West African Baptist Advanced School of Theology

The West African Baptist Advanced School of Theology or WABAST (French: École supérieure baptiste de théologie de l'Afrique de l'Ouest), located in Lomé, Togo, is a Baptist Bible college.

West African Baptist Advanced School of Theology
TypePrivate
Established1971
Location
Lomé, Togo
CampusUrban
Websiteesbtao.org/en

History
West African Baptist Advanced School of Theology, in 2018, in Lomé

The school was founded in 1971 as the Baptist Pastoral School by the International Mission Board, a Baptist Missionary Agency of the Southern Baptist Convention, to serve the French West African region. [1][2][3]

In 1999, Bachelor of Theology programs is introduced.[4] That same year, the school take its current name, West African Baptist School of Theology.[5]

Programs

The school offers programs in evangelical Christian theology, whose licentiate.[6][7][8][9]

Partners

The WABST is mandated to serve the French-speaking region of West Africa and collaborates primarily with four Baptist denominations, the Togo Baptist Convention, the Baptist Church of Benin, Union of Missionary Baptist Churches in Ivory Coast and the Union of Evangelical Baptist Churches of Burkina Faso.[10]

References
  1. Randy Arnett, Pentecostalization: The Changing Face of Baptists in West Africa, Dissertation, Doctorate of Philosophy, Faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA, December 14, 2012, p. 47
  2. ESBTAO, Historic, esbtao.org, Togo, retrieved December 3, 2018
  3. William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 579
  4. ESBTAO, Historic, esbtao.org, Togo, retrieved December 3, 2018
  5. Randy Arnett, Pentecostalization: The Changing Face of Baptists in West Africa, Dissertation, Doctorate of Philosophy, Faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, USA, December 14, 2012, p. 47
  6. ESBTAO, Licence, Diplôme, Certificat supérieur, esbtao.org, Togo, retrieved December 3, 2018
  7. ATOP, Religion : Sortie de la 16e promotion des étudiants de l'ESBTAO, faapa.info, Togo, June 26, 2017
  8. Randy Arnett, École Supérieure Baptiste de Théologie, trainingleadersinternational.org, USA, retrieved December 3, 2018
  9. Firmin TEKO-AGBO, 13 étudiants de ESBTAO de Lomé consacrés Pasteurs, togoportail.net, Togo, July 3, 2011
  10. ESBTAO, Nos partenaires academiques, esbtao.org, Togo, retrieved December 3, 2018

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