The opening ceremony of "the Practical Teaching Base of Jiangsu Theological Seminary" was held in Nantong City One Church or Diyicheng Church on Dec. 29, 2016.
Rev. Zhang Keyun, president of Jiangsu Seminary, Rev. Shi Chengzhong, president of Nantong TSPM, and Rev. Zhang Zhixiang, chairman of Nantong CCC, inaugurated the base, witnessed by about 1500 attendees.
The base will work as a platform for exchanges between teachers and students and local churches. The base system is a new exploration of school-running models by the seminary in the recent years. Now the seminary has the other three bases in Jiannan, Sheyang and Sihong.
Founded in March 1996, the regional seminary started to recruit students in October 1998. In 2012, it was upgraded into a four-year, bachelor's level institution. It focuses on training undergraduates and meets the learning demand of the faculty and volunteers.
Translated by: Karen Luo
