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- ↑ ABP, Bob Agee to leave director post at Baptist college association, baptistnews.com, USA, February 7, 2007
- ↑ Tim Fields, Association of Baptist colleges changes name, baptistpress.com, USA, July 10, 2006
- ↑ William H. Brackney, Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 43
- ↑ "Uniting Baptist Higher Education". IABCU. 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2023-05-09.
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