The Seminary has grown out of the vision and concern of David Nicholas, the founding pastor of Spanish River Church in Boca Raton, Florida. The vision is for a church-based form of leadership development that would raise the level of competency among new leaders of the church by increasing the effectiveness of theological education.

Biblical content and theology are commonly taught as set-apart information. In typical theological education, students can be more sure of learning what the Bible says than what the Bible means for today in life experience. Theology is too commonly approached as an end in itself. It is learned as information required for the qualifications of ministry, rather than as a way of organizing one’s perceptions and reasoning in order to put God at the center of things.

The concern for raising the competency level of seminary graduates is fulfilled in a highly experiential learning process in which evangelism, communication, character formation and leadership skills are the continuing center-points. From beginning to end, the students’ work in the Seminary at Boca Raton emphasizes developing the ability to organize and lead the church evangelistically.

The Seminary is not a campus and a faculty; it is, instead, a community of teacher-learners who have committed themselves to a lifelong learning task in Christian ministry. In cooperation with the Reformed Theological Seminary of Orlando, the Seminary at Boca Raton is dedicated to the goal of developing biblically-grounded pastors and ministers who are evangelizers, communicators, persons of strong Christian character, and competent leaders. These characteristics are reflected in the Mission Statement and the Outcome Goals of the program.

The Seminary at Boca Raton provides church-based ministry education that focuses on Evangelism and Communication skills and Character and Leadership development in lifelong learners for the planting and growth of dynamic churches.