Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private university in Greenville,South Carolina,United States. It is known for its conservative and evangelical cultural and religious positions. The university,with approximately 3,000 students,is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. In 2017,the university estimated the number of its graduates at 40,184.
Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York is a private ecumenical liberal Christian seminary in Morningside Heights,Manhattan,affiliated with Columbia University. Columbia University lists UTS among its affiliate schools,alongside Barnard College and Teachers College. Since 1928,the seminary has served as Columbia's constituent faculty of theology. In 1964,UTS also established an affiliation with the neighboring Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Despite its affiliation with Columbia University,UTS is an independent institution with its own administration and Board of Trustees. UTS confers the following degrees:Master of Divinity (MDiv),Master of Divinity &Social Work dual degree (MDSW),Master of Arts in religion (MAR),Master of Arts in Social Justice (MASJ),Master of Sacred Theology (STM),Doctor of Ministry (DMin),and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD).
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is a Baptist theological institute in Fort Worth,Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. It was established in 1908 and in 2005 was one of the largest seminaries in the world. It is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada,the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges,and the National Association of Schools of Music to award diplomas and bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees.
Mark A. Brister is a humanitarian,Baptist pastor,and former university president.
Billy Kim is a prominent Christian evangelist and humanitarian. He was the president of the Baptist World Alliance from 2000 until 2005 when he was succeeded by David Coffey.
North Greenville University is a private Baptist college in Tigerville,South Carolina. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and awards bachelor's,master's,and doctoral degrees.
The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville,Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville,South Carolina,where it was at first housed on the campus of Furman University. The seminary has been an innovator in theological education,establishing one of the first Ph.D. programs in religion in the year 1892. After being closed during the Civil War,it moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in downtown Louisville and moved to its current location in 1926 in the Crescent Hill neighborhood. In 1953,Southern became one of the few seminaries to offer a full,accredited degree course in church music. For more than fifty years Southern has been one of the world's largest theological seminaries,with an FTE enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.
John Monroe "Monk" Parker,was a Baptist evangelist,college president,and mission board director.
Ernest Dinwoodie Pickering was a fundamentalist Christian pastor,author,college administrator,and mission board representative.
Stewart Cleveland Cureton,also known as S. C. Cureton,was an American clergyman and civil rights activist.
James David "J.D." Greear is an American Baptist pastor. He is the pastor of The Summit Church in Durham,North Carolina. Greear has authored several books,including 12 Truths &a Lie (2023),Essential Christianity (2023), Just Ask (2021),What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? (2020),Above All (2019),Not God Enough (2018),Gaining by Losing (2015),Gospel (2011),Stop Asking Jesus into Your Heart (2013),and Jesus,Continued… (2014). He also hosts Summit Life,a half-hour daily radio broadcast and weekly TV program. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Chick-fil-A,serves as a Council member for The Gospel Coalition,and served as the 62nd president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 2018 to 2021.
William Bullein Johnson was an American Baptist minister,one of the founders of the South Carolina State Baptist Convention in 1821,and later was the first president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1845 to 1851. Johnson is also the founder of Johnson Female Seminary,later renamed Johnson University,in 1848,the predecessor to Anderson University.
Basil Manly Sr. was an American planter,preacher and chaplain best known as the author of the Alabama Resolutions,which formed part of the argument for creation of the Southern Baptist Convention on proslavery grounds.
George W. Dollar (1917–2006) was a prominent preacher,teacher and author in Independent Fundamental Baptist circles. He is most famous as of co-founder of the Southwide Baptist Fellowship,author of 3 books including A History of Fundamentalism in America and a militant defender of his faith.
The National Baptist Convention,USA,Inc.,more commonly known as the National Baptist Convention,is a Baptist Christian denomination headquartered at the Baptist World Center in Nashville,Tennessee and affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance. It is also the largest predominantly and traditionally African American church in the United States and the second largest Baptist denomination in the world.
Stephen Davis Pettit,Sr. is an American Christian evangelist who served as the fifth president of Bob Jones University from 2014 to 2023.
Gene Fant Jr.,a leader in Christian higher education and prolific writer,is the current president of North Greenville University,which is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and located in Tigerville,South Carolina. Gene was elected as president by the university's board of trustees and officially began his term on June 1,2017. Gene became the university's first president to be selected with the assistance of a third-party executive search firm. He holds more academic degrees than any previous president at the institution.
Adam W. Greenway is an American pastor,theologian and religious leader. He served as the 9th president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) in Fort Worth,Texas from 2019 to 2022. He was the youngest president in the history of the seminary,being installed at 41 years old. Simultaneous with his role as president,he served as a Professor of Evangelism and Apologetics. A report release by the school in June 2023 concluded that Greenway misspent seminary funds during his tenure.
George Washington Baines was an American politician,Baptist preacher,journalist,slaveowner,and educator. He was a co-founder and the third president of Baylor University,while the university was located in Independence,Texas,during the American Civil War.
