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Why Carey

Carey offers biblically faithful, confessionally grounded theological education rooted in historic Protestant orthodoxy and the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Our seminary’s online and flexible model allows students to study from anywhere, while remaining rooted in their local communities—ideal for pastors, missionaries, educators, and ministry leaders who need graduate training without uprooting their lives.

Through strong partnerships with local churches, Carey’s world-class faculty form leaders who are theologically sound, pastorally prepared, and spiritually mature. This combination of clarity, flexibility, and academic credibility position Carey as a trusted seminary for the faithful remnant in Canada and around the world.

Our Seven Values

Wisdom

We seek discernment rooted in the truth of Scripture, practiced in community, andrefined by experience.

Patience

We embrace long obedience in the same direction—trusting God’s timing andstewarding slow, deep formation.

Humility

We lead and serve with a posture of dependence on God and on others, alwayspointing beyond ourselves to the unchanging truth of God’s Word.

Gentleness

We lead with strength under control—speaking truth with grace, and showing thecompassion of Christ in all we do.
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Courage

We speak truth boldly, with moral clarity and theological conviction, in a world thatoften calls for compromise.
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Strength

We equip leaders to serve faithfully with endurance, resilience, and spiritual depthover the course of a lifetime.
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Perseverance

We stand firm in faith and conviction, even in difficulty, for the good of the churchand the glory of God.

Our Four Values

Bible

We value the Holy Scriptures – Old and New Testaments – as the inspired foundation of our beliefs, our worship and our discipleship. Carey is devoted to the study, interpretation, and proclamation of the Scriptures.

Jesus

Jesus Christ is the unique son of God within the fellowship of the father and the spirit. He alone is Redeemer, Savior and Lord worthy of all worship and trust. Our College is devoted to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ both individually and as a learning community.

Mission

The Great Commission is the announcement of God's saving grace in Christ offered uniquely to all humankind. It's a call to discipleship and faithfulness for all Christ's follower. Mission is God's work as God invites us to participate. Go, teach, and baptize are the watchwords of the Carey Community.

Church

The church is the body of Christ gathered by the Holy Spirit for worship, service, fellowship and witness. The church is open to all who trust in Christ as Savior and Lord and desire to lead lives worthy of the gospel. The church and the college hear the overarching words of Jesus; to love the Lord our God and to love our neighbour as ourselves. 

Carey Theological College’s
Doctrinal Statement

As part of the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (CBWC), Carey affirms the Lordship of Jesus Christ as revealed through Scripture, informed by the historic Baptist tradition and expressed in detail in the CBWC Identity Statement.

We are a Spirit-led, multicultural community, united in seeking the Father’s will and celebrating God’s work among us. Together, we participate in God’s mission locally and globally as disciples of Christ in word and deed.

Standing within the historic orthodox understanding of Church and Scripture and the Baptist heritage, we wholeheartedly embrace the revelation of God in the Old and New Testaments. We explicitly affirm:

The sovereignty, love, and grace of the triune God in creation, providence, revelation, redemption and final judgment.
The divine inspiration, trustworthiness, and supreme authority of Holy Scripture.
The value of each human being as created by God; and the universal sinfulness of humankind since the fall, which alienates all from God and subjects all to condemnation.
The full deity and humanity of Jesus Christ, whose substitutionary sacrifice is the only ground of redemption from the guilt, penalty and power of sin.
The justification of the sinner by grace through faith alone in Christ’s crucifixion, death and resurrection.
The illuminating, regenerating, indwelling and sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit.
The nature and mission of the Church as expressed in the New Testament and understood historically in the Baptist community.
The expectation of Christ’s personal, visible return, our participation in the resurrection, and the hope of eternal life.

We also affirm marriage as a publicly recognized lifelong covenant between a woman and a man, marked by loving faithfulness, mutual responsibility, and potential for procreation. This covenant reflects God’s relationship with His people and Christ’s relationship with His Church.

All Carey faculty, senior administrators, members of the Board of Administrators and Senate subscribe to Carey’s Doctrinal Statement and any the CBWC Assembly's Identity Statement, in writing on an annual basis.

Our History

Carey Hall was founded by the Convention of Baptist Churches of BC, as the organizing body for both Carey Theological College and the Carey student residence at the University of British Columbia. In 1975, Carey became a ministry of the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (CBWC) through an affiliation agreement.

Established under the Carey Hall Act of 1959, Carey opened in 1960 as a Christian residence for 42 undergraduate men. Graduate theological education began in the 1970s, leading to the creation of a Baptist Graduate College in 1980. The residence became co-ed in 1985 and continued its mission to provide a supportive Christian environment for UBC students. Over time, Carey expanded to offer graduate, doctoral, and continuing education programs.

In 1991, the residence and college became separate entities—Carey Theological College and the Carey Centre. In 2006, the Carey Institute was launched to provide accessible, non-traditional theological and leadership training through workshops, courses, and contextualized learning opportunities.

Why Carey

Our mission: to form resilient leaders marked by wisdom, courage, and meekness, firmly anchored in the truth of God's Word.

Our mission is to re-imagine Christian discipleship.