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Originally Posted by Kevin  Very few Presbyterian & Reformed seminaries are either. That is they are not "Independent" or "under" a church. Most are run by, or overseen by a board of directors that are representative of the church that they primarily serve.
The exceptions would be denominational schools that are agencies of synod or GA. The two most prominent examples in this catagory are schools such as Covenant (PCA) or Erskine (ARP). In these cases the schools are still run by boards, however the broader court has a right of review of past actions & have an advisory position re the future on an annual basis.
Others such as Greenville, WTS, Know, etc. are all board run schools. I know of no Reformed seminaries that are under the authority of a presbytry or a session. |
Knox is under the authority of the session of CRPC, but this is rare. Some will make a case for a church run seminary like Knox or perhaps Birmingham Theological Seminary (which may be under the session of the PCA church in Birmingham) and others would make a case for the national seminary like WTS, but all have their strengths and weakenesses.