APNTS is the graduate school for the Church of the Nazarene in the Asia-Pacific Region, including the countries of Australia, China, Fiji, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Japan, Myanmar, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Samoa, Taiwan, and Thailand. It also serves the South Asia field of the Eurasia Region of the Church of the Nazarene, so we have students coming from India and Bangladesh. In addition, in recent years, the school has cooperated with the Wesleyan Church and the Free Methodist Church to train students from these denominations. Students from many other holiness groups and other denominations study at the seminary.

APNTS seeks to prepare men and women for excellence in the task of Christian ministries. This is accomplished through the development of both personal and professional attitudes and skills to enable analytical reflection upon Christian faith and life and through the development of competencies in the practice of ministry. We recognize that fruitful service is dependent upon the Holy Spirit, but also that it is developed and nourished through the discipline and refinement of personal talents and innate abilities.

The Seminary intends to encourage the effective communication and proclamation of the gospel within Asia and the Pacific and to address the gospel creatively and dynamically to the cultures of this area of the world. We realize that we must enable ministers to facilitate holistic growth within the people for whom there is responsibility for Christian care. In doing this there must be an understanding of and commitment to the Word of God. We are committed to the authority of the Bible as understood by the Wesleyan evangelical tradition.

There must be sensitivity to theological interpretation and our graduates must possess an ability to put these understandings into practice in local situations. Those students who have exercised discipline and who have adequately completed the programs of the school will evidence attainment of these purposes through certain intellectual, professional, and personal characteristics. APNTS is located in the town of Taytay, on the edge of Metro Manila, the Philippines.  This location was strategically chosen to provide an opportunity for students to practice ministry in an urban setting.

It is easy to get to the seminary using the many types of public transportation available in the Manila area. Shopping can be done at the nearby Taytay SM Mall, less than a 5-minute drive away, as well as the many shops and stores located along the roads. There are many ministry opportunities in the area, in larger, organized churches as well as in street ministry and church planting.