Academic excellence and Christian spiritual formation
Welcome to WAT
Committed than ever to provide world-class leadership education that focuses on academic excellence, spiritual and leadership formation, and context-relevant instruction.
Over the past thirty years, we have graduated well over 2,000 students, from a wide spectrum of literally hundreds of African churches, scores of ethnic groups, and more than twenty nationalities.
Providing quality theological education in Nigeria and West Africa since 1989 with a Collection of more than 45,000 volumes library materials covering all courses taught in the Seminary.
A LITTLE ABOUT US
West Africa Theological Seminary (WATS) was established in 1989. First, a group of Nigerian and expatriate Christian leaders met to consider the needs of the Church in Nigeria and, in particular, to determine how to provide sound theological training to as many pastors as possible, on a nondenominational platform. The aim was to spread scriptural holiness on a solid Wesleyan foundation. Led by Rev. Prof. Gary S. Maxey of the USA, the group moved quickly to found a strong, academically competent, non-denominational theological seminary, now known as WATS.
At any given moment, WATS usually has students from at least:
NIGERIAN STATES
NATIVE LANGUAGES
church groups
Why WATS
GRADUATE
We offer several specialized Graduate programs facilitated by a top-notch team of adjunct and resident faculty made up of renowned scholars from across the globe.
UNDERGRADUATE
The Department is designed to equip Christian men and women for local and global missionary and pastoral tasks in evangelism, church planting, disciple-making, church admin, pastoral counseling and social services.
POSTGRADUATE
Become equipped as a transformational leader through personal spiritual renewal, growing understanding in Biblical and theological foundations of habits and mission.
BECOME A GLOBAL PARTNER
West Africa Theological Seminary (WATS) has existed for over thirty years in Nigeria and has become the largest and most strategically positioned seminary in all of West Africa. Located in Lagos, Nigeria, it has trained 2,000 graduates, since founding and has 1,200 of its graduates serving in ministry in 22 countries. WATS celebrated her 30th year of existence in Nigeria on 14th September, 2019.
