Summit College

rightSummit College was a Canadian Bible college, founded in 1996 by Kaj Ballantyne as a place where a small number of students could come each year for intense, indoor Bible classes, a strong, supportive community structure, and a variety of extreme outdoor sports and experiences. In 2007, the Ballantynes stepped down after eleven years of running the program. Jay Cornish, the previous Director of the program, took over as the Director of Summit. Due to structural and leadership changes at MBC, Summit was suspended in the fall of 2008, to undergo evaluation and possible restructuring.
Location
Summit is a ministry of Muskoka Bible Conference (MBC), near Port Sydney, Ontario.
Indoor classes
Summit provides students with a year's worth of regular Bible college courses, but each course is modular and is completed within a week. This results in a lot of overtime work for students, but also allows for well-known professors to be flown in from all over North America for the week.
Outdoor classes
Summit Students receive instruction and certification in a large variety of outdoor pursuits, and are given many opportunities to put their skills to use. There are canoe trips, winter camping trips, paddling classes, rock and ice climbing classes, snowboarding and cross-country skiing classes, Wilderness Advanced First Aid classes, and the year ends with a five-week trip through Arkansas, paddling, climbing, and camping.
Facilities
Students originally stayed and held classes in MBC buildings, until Founder's Hall was built in year 8 of Summit (2003). The new building contains dorm-style rooms for students and interns, a small apartment for staff or interns, several lounge areas, a computer lab, offices, and a classroom.
Students are well fed by the MBC Dining Room, and have access to the "Hub" (short-order kitchen), and the MBC Bookstore, Chapel, and Fellowship Hall (gym).
Due to the wide variety of outdoor skills students acquire while at Summit, they also have access to the following:
*Camping Gear (Tents, Winter Sleeping Bags, etc.)
*Canoes
*Whitewater Kayaks
*Rock/Ice Climbing Gear
*Climbing Walls
*Bouldering Wall
*Ice Tower
*Snowboarding Gear
*Cross Country Skiing Gear
*Winter Camping Gear
*Snowshoes
*First Aid Gear
Interns
*There are 4-6 interns selected from students who apply each year to return for a second year at Summit. Interns receive certifications to instruct outdoor classes the next year, and become an integral part of the community as leaders and friends.
Boundless
In 2006, Summit piloted a new program called Boundless, a three-month discipleship program for students aged 17-19 years. The program was discontinued after one year due to staffing changes.

Main Menu

See Also

Main Menu