BTI - The Boston Theological Institute

The Boston Theological Institute, founded in 1968, is a consortium of ten theological schools and seminaries in the Boston area. It seeks to enrich each member school's mission, advance intentional collaboration, and share resources in order to advance interreligious and ecumenical learning; to strengthen teaching, learning and research; to maximize the stewardship of resources; and to engage the member schools in building interreligious community.

The majority of the schools were founded in the 1800’s, reflecting Boston’s long history as the U.S. centre of theological education. The schools affiliated are Anglican, Evangelical, Jewish, Methodist, United Church of Christ, Nondenominational, Nonsectarian, Orthodox and Roman Catholic traditions. Hebrew College, the ‘newest’ institution, has been training scholars in Judaism for almost 80 years. All schools are accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada and/or the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.