HISTORY

Apex School of Theology was founded in 1995 as Apex Academy School of Religion, and later changed its name to Apex School of Theology. The school was founded by the Reverend Dr. Joseph Perkins at the historic Apex First Baptist Church, Apex NC, where he is the pastor.  ASOT outgrew the church facilities and moved to 5104 Revere Road, Durham NC in 2002.  In 2006 the school relocated to 2945 South Miami Blvd. Durham, in the heart of the Research Triangle Park.  

There are a number of excellent religious and divinity schools in the Research Triangle Park area; however; several reasons motivated the founding of ASOT:  

1) to reach and serve area clergy who wanted formal theological training;

2) to meet the educational needs of lay leaders in the faith community who could not afford the tuition of other Seminaries and could not afford to pay back loans after graduation.

Our students are from a number of denominations in the faith community, they serve small, medium and large churches as Pastors, Christian Educators, teachers, chaplains, and nursing/rest home providers of ministry. Many of them are bright and brilliant adult learners who are destined to use the training they receive here to enlarge the Kingdom of God here on earth.  ASOT provides them an opportunity to fulfill their “call” to Christian service.

The faculty and staff of Apex School of Theology have benefited from the faith community and we serve here at a very minimal stipend as a way of giving back something to that community that nurtured us. This is how we keep the tuition affordable for those who wish to receive a Christian based education from an accredited school. We achieved accreditation with all of its cost while holding tuition at a bare minimum. Most of our staff and faculty have been here from the beginning and there is a long list of qualified people on the waiting list who wish to be associated with ASOT. All of our faculty members have either a masters or terminal degree from an accredited institution.

Our students are serving in many capacities in the faith community a formal education allows them to sharpen their skills and/or learn new skills. We believe we have done a good job in filling our niche in theological education.  We offer a Distance Learning Program which reaches those serving in the armed forces, physically challenged students and students all over the world who benefit from an affordable cost and quality education. We here at ASOT have done everything within our means to see to it that you get a quality Christian Education in a learning environment that is spiritual uplifting and nurturing so that the best that is in you may be drawn out for the Master's services.