2024
Regent College Board Appoints Paul Spilsbury President
After a meticulous global search, through a deeply prayerful process, Regent’s Board of Governors is delighted to announce that Dr. Paul Spilsbury has been appointed as the sixth President of Regent College. Paul has been a senior leader in Christian education for nearly 20 years, nine of which have been spent here at Regent as Vice Presi...
Seeking Your Support as We Grow in the Spirit
Every year, Regent reaches out to our global community and invites support through our annual Christmas letter. This year, the Canada Post strike has disrupted our plans to send a physical mailing, but our message—and your generosity—is more important than ever. Read on to catch the highlights, or read the full letter online. If you’d lik...
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Regent Establishes Advisory Council on Belonging and Equity
Regent College, as a Christian academic community, takes relationships seriously, seeking to live in light of our biblical and theological commitments. We seek to be a college that embraces the vast implications of being the “new humanity in Christ,” including how we treat gender, ethnic, racial, denominational and theological diffe...
Introducing Regent’s Newest Board Members
This October, Regent College’s Board of Governors welcomed two new members: Peter Andersen and Jey Jesuratnam. Peter and Jey will join their fellow Board members in governing the College’s operations and overseeing the business, affairs, property, and revenue of the College. President Jeff Greenman expressed his gratitude for Peter and Je...
Alumnae Receive Word Awards for Best Non-Fiction Book, Poetry
Regent College is delighted to congratulate two alumnae writers, Carolyn J. Watts and Naomi Pattison-Williams, on their recognition at the 2024 Word Awards. Presented by The Word Guild, the Word Awards recognize outstanding writing by Canadian Christians working in various genres and formats. Naomi Pattison-Williams (GradDipCS ’19, MATS ’22) wo...
Mark Glanville Appointed Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrew's Hall
Mark Glanville, Regent College’s Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology, has been appointed Director of the Centre for Missional Leadership at St. Andrew’s Hall in Vancouver. He will thus be leaving his role at Regent College at the end of December 2024. Regent Academic Dean Paul Spilsbury said, “Mark is greatly loved by many at Regent,...
Regent College Completes Sale of its Parking Lot
Maps Data: Google Earth ©2023, Image Landsat / Copernicus. President Jeff Greenman has announced that Regent College has completed the sale of its parking lot to Polygon Homes. Polygon plans to use this lot to build an 18-story tower, to be called Regent House, with an attractive landscaped plaza between the Regent College building and the n...
Regent Audio to Go On Pause
Regent Audio has provided thousands of people with years of service, bringing the very best in Christian thought and culture to a large and engaged community. “We deeply value this work and everything our community has given to it,” said President Jeff Greenman. “So we want to show great care now in conveying the College’s need to pause Regen...
Regent College Building Gets a Refresh
Starting in August 2024, Regent College’s building will undergo renovations, primarily on the ground floor. President Jeff Greenman commented, “Regent is committed to taking good care of our wonderful facility, a space which is so deeply loved by our community. It’s time for us to refresh our building with new paint, carpet, furniture, a...
MACS and ThM Programs Updated to Improve Student Experience
As part of its ongoing commitment to providing academic programs that meet the needs of our students, Regent is pleased to announce some recent and upcoming changes to two of our degree programs. These changes reflect careful attention to the particular characteristics of both the programs themselves and the students who tend to enroll i...
Student Tenants Seek Local Landlords
As new students start planning their move to Vancouver, the Regent community’s need for affordable local housing is stronger than ever. If you live in the Vancouver area and have a space available to rent, please advertise to our students at housing.regent-college.edu! Re-launched earlier this year, Regent’s off-campus housing database a...
Regent College Renews Its Moral Vision
Regent College has announced a revised Moral Vision Statement. “Through a deeply prayerful, reflective, and consultative process collaborating with staff, faculty, and senior leadership, Regent’s Board of Governors has approved a clear, renewed expression of the College’s commitment to historic orthodoxy,” stated Earl Phillips, Chair of Regen...
Remembering Ken McAllister
It is with great sorrow that we inform you that our friend and colleague Ken McAllister died on the evening of Tuesday, April 23, 2024, at Vancouver General Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. In the health update provided to Regent in the week before he died, his wife Jen referred to Ken as "this most amazing, positive, creati...
Regent College Launches New Strategic Plan
Following 16 months of collaborative effort by members of Regent College’s staff, faculty, students, and Board of Governors, the Board has unanimously approved a new strategic plan. Titled “Shift,” the plan covers the years 2024–2026. Earl Phillips, Chair of the Board of Governors, remarked: “I am grateful for the strong collaboration, ca...
New Initiative to Help Canadian Church Groups Learn Together
Regent is pleased to announce a new Church Group Learning Initiative that aims to provide flexible financial support to congregations interested in learning together. This initiative is inspired and sponsored by Regent Exchange, a five-year project of walking with churches to help them discern God’s call and foster a posture of learning. ...
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Introducing Scholar-in-Residence Jessamin Birdsall
Dr. Jessamin Birdsall came to Regent as a student in Fall 2022. After completing the requirements for a Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies, she transitioned into the role of Scholar-in-Residence for the Winter 2024 term. Jessamin holds a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy from Princeton University and has worked in the fields of intern...
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Regent College Begins Presidential Transition
On February 27, 2024, Jeff Greenman, president of Regent College, announced the beginning of a presidential search and transition process that will culminate by June 2025. Jeff became Regent College’s fifth President in 2015; prior to assuming his present role, he served as Regent’s Academic Dean and Executive Vice President. “It has bee...
Updates to Canada's Study Permit Application Process
As you may have heard, Canada has recently made some changes to how it handles applications for study permits from international students. These changes primarily affect students interested in the Graduate Diploma in Christian Studies (GradDipCS) program, as another step has been added to their permit application process. Please see below for...
MDiv Curriculum Refresh Coming This Fall
Last December, the Regent College Faculty and Senate approved a refreshed curriculum for Regent's Master of Divinity (MDiv) program. The changes come into effect in Fall 2024. The new curriculum will continue to have a robust foundation in biblical studies, languages, history, and theology. Courses such as Soul of Ministry, Pastoral Ethic...
Helping More Students by Expanding Access to Financial Aid
Regent College’s Enrollment and Financial Aid team is delighted to announce that scholarships, bursaries, and other financial aid from Regent College are being opened up to a whole new group of students, beginning in the 2024/2025 academic year. Going forward, students taking at least 6 credit hours (typically 2 courses) per Fall or Winter...