Seminary Accreditation
To ensure that STLTS maintains its high educational standards,
STLTS has sought accountability through accreditation. The purpose of
STLTS partnering with an accrediting organization is not to gain "approval,"
but to undergo scrutiny by a monitoring agency to verify and vouch for the ongoing
quality of its programs, as well as its academic policies and facilities.
St. Louis Theological Seminary and Bible College has received
accreditation with Accrediting Commission International, Inc.
Accrediting Commission International, Inc. (ACI) of Bebe, Arkansas, is
primarily a religious school accrediting association. ACI has no
affiliation with the federal or state departments of education.
ACI is renowned to be one of the largest nongovernmental accrediting
organizations in the world, specializing in Christian colleges and seminaries.
Due to constitutional issues regarding the separation of church and state, STLTS
is exempt from the governmental requirements of the Missouri Department of Higher
Education Proprietary School Certification Program based on the religious designation of
the programs and degrees offered at STLTS. In accordance with subsection
173.616.2 RSMo,
this exemption was granted STLTS as "a not for profit school owned, controlled and operated
by a bona fide religious or denominational organization which offers no programs or
degrees and grants no degrees or certificates other than those specifically designated
as theological, bible, divinity, or other religious designation."
Students pursing a course of study at STLTS with the goal of being licensed, certified, or authorized in any profession must contact the appropriate licensing or regulatory agency to determine whether course, certificates, or degrees from STLTS will meet their requirements. It is important to inform that agency that STLTS is accredited by Accrediting Commission International, Inc., which is a nongovernmental association.
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