The Central Philippine University College of Theology, also referred to as CPU COT, CPU College of Theology, or CPU Theology, is a Baptist theological seminary and one of the academic units of Central Philippine University, a private research university in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was founded in 1905 as the Bible School for the training of Christian men, workers, and missionaries, through a grant from the American industrialist and Northern Baptist, John D. Rockefeller. The College of Theology is the oldest college and academic unit of Central Philippine University and the first and oldest Baptist theological seminary in the Philippines.
Initially established as the Bible School, it later evolved into the theological department one year after when Jaro Industrial School, the predecessor of Central Philippine University, became a junior college in 1923. In 1938, the Baptist Missionary Training School for women, a separate seminary for women, merged with it as Central Philippine University became a senior college. In 1953, when Central Philippine College was converted to a university, the department was elevated to the status of the College of Theology.
The Seminary has its origins in a foreign mission of the American Baptist Missionary Union on the island of Panay in February 1900,[2][3] when the Philippines islands was opened to the Evangelical missions after it was ceded to the United States administration.
An idea of establishing an industrial for boys and theological seminary to train Christian workers and ministers thereafter was conceived. Then in 1901, a grant was given by the American industrialist], philanthropist, oil magnate, and devoted Northern BaptistJohn D. Rockefeller to establish mission schools in the islands to the American Baptist Churches. The Philippine Baptist Conference voted later in December 1904 to establish two schools, an industrial school for boys and a Bible school to train ministers and other Christian workers. The task to found the mission schools was given to American missionary William Orison Valentine, who also became the first presidents of the both schools, with other missionaries as co-founders.[4] Before it, Valentine and Miss Van Allen were married back in 1903 and thereafter, the couple left for the new appointment in Iloilo in the Philippines.
In the summer of 1905 (June), the Baptist Missionary Training School was established by the ReverendWilliam Orison Valentine in their home and later in the fall of 1905, the Jaro Industrial School was established. The leadership of the Bible School was turned over to the Reverend Henry Munger who conducted classes off campus. In 1907, Dr. Eric Lund became principal and classes were held at the Mission Press building where Lund was doing his Scripture translation work. When Dr. Lund left in 1912, the Bible School was closed. It was reopened in 1913 by Reverend Alton Bigelow. It was under his leadership that the school began to have a definite direction in its development.
In 1923, the Jaro Industrial School became Central Philippine College. In April of the following year, the Baptist Missionary Training School became an organic part of the college. A program leading to the degree of Bachelor of Theology was offered. Those who enrolled were men students who were trained to be pastors of the churches. In 1936, through the guidance of Rev. Alton Bigelow, the school became the Department of Theology of Central Philippine College.
While the Baptist Missionary Training School was established for the training of men to be pastors, the training of women to be missionaries began in 1907 with the establishment of separate seminary for women under the leadership of Miss Anna V. Johnson and Celia Sainz. Both were sent to the Philippines by the Women's American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. Miss Johnson was assigned in Capiz. The seminary for women continued to develop separately from the Baptist Missionary Training School until 1938, when it was merged with the Department of Theology of Central Philippine College. With the merging of the two schools, two degree programs were offered-the Bachelor of Theology and the Bachelor of Science in Religious Education. On April 1, 1953, Central Philippine College was granted government recognition as a university. Following this, the Department of Theology became the College of Theology. Gradually, the leadership of the university and the College of Theology was turned over to the Filipinos. A significant part of this Filipinization process took place in 1966 when Dr. Rex D. Drilon became the first Filipino President of the university.
↑ William H. Brackney, Historical Dictionary of the Baptists, Scarecrow Press, USA, 2009, p. 442
↑ J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices, ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 788
↑ Roque Granada, William O. Valentine, in Half a Century of Service, Souvenir Journal of the Golden Jubilee Year (Central Philippine University, Iloilo, 1959), p.48.
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