Church Leadership in Nepal

Cross-Way Church has already planted more than twenty churches in surrounding Nepali villages. In cooperation with the local seminary, Cross-Way has developed and sent passionate and gifted leaders to lead these churches. As these churches proclaim the good news, they see the hunger for Jesus among the people of Nepal, and the overwhelming response to the gospel compels them to work to plant many more local churches in the future.

REFORMED & PRESBYTERIAN SEMINARY (RPS)

RPS (originally established in 1999 as Evangelical Presbyterian Theological Seminary) exists to provide Christ-centered training to equip godly leaders for the Nepali church, who are authentic in Christian character, competent in theological knowledge, and equipped for ministry

The initial batch of students at the newly established EPTS was only a small number of 13 students. All of them were local church pastors in the Kathmandu Valley and were eager to undertake a formal theological education. Due to their busy situations in their respective church ministries, the classes were offered during evening time from January 2000 to 2003. The presently ongoing daytime and residential scholar system began in 2002 when students were recruited from different provincial regions. Several Presbyterian churches in Nepal recommended students, and teachers introduced by Presbyterian missions taught the students. The purpose of EPTS was to produce new church planters who were equipped with Reformed theology and a Presbyterian Church tradition.

menu_logo_imgIn 2004, our missionaries joined EPTS and began teaching at the seminary. He now serves as the chairperson and helped develop the current, fully-accredited Bachelor of Theology program. Gifts, donations, and scholarships enable more than 35 students per year to live on-campus and take classes full-time in order to receive the Christ-centered training at RPS that will develop them into godly church leaders who are authentic in Christian character, competent in theological knowledge, and carry out a Reformed Worldview in life and ministry as they passionately serve the Nepali church.

The name change for the seminary from Evangelical Presbyterian Theological Seminary to Reformed and Presbyterian Seminary was approved by the Board of Trustees and declared on 31st October 2017.