Christ Seminary

Welcome to

Christ Seminary

Why Us?

Since 1997, Christ Seminary in Polokwane has been training pastors and leaders from across Africa with a dual commitment to theological depth and pastoral formation. As a ministry of Christ Baptist Church, we believe in equipping God’s people through sound doctrine, faithful preaching, and lived discipleship.

Our Mission

Vision

Christ seminary exists to strengthen churches and transform communities by training pastors and faithful believers in Africa. (Ezra 7:10; 2 Tim 2:2; 3:15; 4:2).

What Makes Us Different
A carefully balanced curriculum combining systematic and historical theology, pastoral care, Biblical languages, and practical ministry.
Faculty who are pastors, preachers, and teachers with years of ministry experience.
Mentorship and local church involvement built into the training.
Fully accredited programmes recognised by the South African Department of Higher Education (registration no. 2008/HE08/001).
A diverse student community drawn from many denominations across Africa, united in purpose.

An African continent filled with faithful and equipped pastors, accurately interpreting, living, and preaching the Word of Truth.

Accredited Programmes

The seminary is accredited to offer :

Language policy

Though there are 12 national languages in South Africa, it is necessary to identify one language among them that is common to all for use in instruction, assessment, and administration at the seminary. English, being a common, international, and formal language, is the language of instruction, assessment, and administration at the seminary. All forms of assessment; both formative and summative, both oral and written, shall be done in English, except in the Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Greek Grammar and Hebrew and Greek Exegesis courses. All applicants must demonstrate oral and written competence in English and have attained a minimum 40% in the English subject in their National Senior Certificate (NSC) qualification to enrol into the Diploma programme, and 50% into the Bachelor programme.

Testimonial

Seminary Testimonials

Our collection of real, honest student reviews of CBS and its courses, to help you
make well-informed decisions about your future.

Astieldo Randriamanana

Graduate

Christ Seminary has instilled
values in us students: Faithfulness and time management. It also teaches expository preaching as a method of preaching the Bible. It involves reading the passage to understand what it is talking about and its meaning, then explaining it to the audience, helping them to apply the Scripture to their lives. Recently, I preached 1 Timothy 1:12-17. Using the tools for exegesis and interpretation helped me to deliver faithfully, not what I think, but what the Bible says. In my future ministry in Madagascar, I wish to apply the preaching that I learned in an expositional way. Then, God willing, I will teach this method to the men called to preach the Holy Scripture.

Kevin Khosa

Graduate

The 3 years that I’ve spent at Christ Seminary have been challenging and yet rewarding at the same time. I thought I had a high view of Scripture, but when I got to Christ Seminary I realized that my view of Scripture was never high enough. I have now come to appreciate the inerrancy, authority, sufficiency and inspiration of Scripture. My theology and worldview before coming to Christ Seminary was seriously challenged as each of the lecturers kept pointing me back to the Scriptures. They have stirred up in me a deeper love and appreciation for God’s word as the only source of all truth.