Statement of Purpose
Caribbean Nazarene College offers quality education in a Christian environment
The College’s commitment to quality education can be seen in its emphasis of cultivating Christian leadership through academic excellence, spiritual development, community awareness, and steadfast loyalty to the principles of the Wesleyan holiness tradition in a Caribbean cultural environment.
The programmes are designed to prepare persons for pastoral ministries and religious education in the local church and to prepare persons who desire to serve as Christian leaders in the church, their chosen careers, and religious and business organizations.
The College also strives to encourage lifelong learning for those in leadership and to enhance the ministry of those that are already in ministry or in full-time career positions by offering seminars, conferences, and workshops.
QUICK FACTS
MOTTO:
Our Utmost for His Highest
COLOURS:
Red and White
MISSION STATEMENT:
Quality, holistic, higher education in a Christian environment
VISION STATEMENT:
CNC is committed to cultivating leadership through Academic Excellence, Spiritual Development, Community Awareness and Service in a Caribbean and Global Cultural Environment.
LOCATION:
The College is situated in the upper Santa Cruz valley in the northern mountain range of Trinidad. The beautiful 35-acre campus is at the end of Sam Boucaud Road out of Cantaro Village.
BRIEF HISTORY
Raymond and Ruth Miller, veteran missionaries of 19 years in Africa, founded Nazarene Training College. This institution began as part of the Trinidad District with invitations extended to the other two English-speaking Caribbean fields, Barbados and British Guiana. British Guiana had the honour of enrolling the first student on opening day–January 3, 1951.
At first, all students were enrolled in the Ministerial Diploma program, a three-year curriculum compressed into two calendar years in order to meet the pressing need for trained pastors.
In 1955, Rev. Prescott Beals, who had previously served in India, succeeded Rev. Miller as principal. Two years later, the College formed an Area Board and became an official school for Trinidad, Guyana, and Barbados. As the Church of the Nazarene expanded in the West Indies, other countries and districts have sent their first students:
- 1951 Curacao (Rosalva Gilbert)
- 1951 Guyana (Bernice Chance)
- 1951 Trinidad (Pearl George)
- 1953 Barbados (Eileen Squires)
- 1960 Tobago (Dolores Charles)
- 1970 U.S.A. (Karen Knox)
- 1971 St. Croix (Hugh Connor)
- 1972 Antigua (Clifford Warner sent by St. Croix)
- 1972 St. Vincent (Hamilton Pope sent by St. Croix)
- 1972 Grenada (Dawson Neckles sent by St. Croix)
- 1974 Jamaica (Mary Provost)
- 1976 St. Lucia (Victor Price)
- 1977 Bahamas (Jefferson Newton)
- 1981 Martinique (Georges Carole)
- 1987 Ethiopia (Konjit Abere)
- 1987 Nigeria (Festus Akpan)
- 1988 Suriname (Anna-Rita Lingers)
- 1976 Dominica (Ineze Thomas)
- 1999 Belize (Rolando Quiroz)
- 1999 Canada (David & Jayne Zarecky)
