Furman University is a private university in Greenville,South Carolina,United States. Founded in 1826 and named after Baptist pastor Richard Furman,the liberal arts university is the oldest private institution of higher learning in South Carolina. It became a secular university in 1992,while keeping Christo et Doctrinae as its motto. As of Fall 2021,it enrolls approximately 2,300 undergraduate students and 150 graduate students on its 750-acre (304 ha) campus.
Samford University is a private Baptist university in Homewood,Alabama. It was founded in 1841 as Howard College by Baptists. In the fall of 2023,the university enrolled 5,791 students from 49 states,1 U.S. territory,and 16 other countries.
Union Presbyterian Seminary is a Presbyterian seminary in Richmond,Virginia,and Charlotte,North Carolina,offering graduate theological education in multiple modalities:in-person,hybrid,and online.
Union University is a private Baptist university in Jackson,Tennessee,with additional campuses in Germantown and Hendersonville. The university is affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. It is a union of several different schools:West Tennessee College,formerly known as Jackson Male Academy;Union University of Murfreesboro;Southwestern Baptist University;and Hall-Moody Junior College of Martin,Tennessee.
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.
King University is a Presbyterian-affiliated private university in Bristol,Tennessee,United States. Founded in 1867,King is independently governed with covenant affiliations to the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC).
Council for Christian Colleges &Universities (CCCU) is an international organization of evangelical Christian colleges and universities. The headquarters is in Washington,D.C.,United States.
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in New Orleans,Louisiana. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Missions and evangelism are core focuses of the seminary.
L. Paige Patterson is an American Baptist former administrator. He served as president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest,North Carolina,from 1992 to 2003,as president of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) from 1998 to 2000,and as the eighth president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth,Texas,from 2003 until his firing in 2018 over mishandling of a rape allegation.
Louisiana Christian University (LC) is a private Baptist university in Pineville,Louisiana. It enrolls 1,100 to 1,200 students. It is affiliated with the Louisiana Baptist Convention.
The Louisiana Baptist Convention (LBC) or Louisiana Baptists is a Baptist state convention affiliated with the Southern Baptists. Comprising approximately 1,600 affiliated churches and 620,000 members,the Louisiana Baptist Convention's offices are located in the city of Alexandria. The executive director of the Louisiana Baptists is Steve Horn.
Liberty Christian Academy is a private Christian school in Lynchburg,Virginia. Founded in 1967 by Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell Sr. as a ministry of Thomas Road Baptist Church and a segregation academy,the school is recognized as an educational facility by the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Virginia State Board of Education,Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,and the Association of Christian Schools International. The academy consists of pre–K through grade 12.
Lincoln Christian University (LCU) was a private Christian university in Lincoln,Illinois. It maintained extension sites in Normal,Illinois,metropolitan Indianapolis,Indiana,and Las Vegas,Nevada. LCU was affiliated with the Christian churches and churches of Christ.
New Orleans University was a historically black college that operated between 1869 and 1935 in New Orleans,Louisiana,United States. It was founded by Freedmen's Aid Society and the Methodist Episcopal Church. It merged with Straight College in 1935 to form Dillard University.
Rory R. Lee is a Southern Baptist clergyman,educator,and former college administrator and president who has been since 2004 the executive director of Baptist Children's Village,a statewide ministry based in Ridgeland,Mississippi,which provides group homes for children along with psychological and spiritual counseling for families.
Robert Lee Lynn was a prize-winning poet in suburban Atlanta,Georgia,who from 1975 to 1997 was the sixth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana Christian University in Pineville,Louisiana. Previously he was an administrator and interim president at his alma mater,Oklahoma Baptist University,and a journalist primarily for a Baptist press.
George Earl Guinn,known as G. Earl Guinn,was from 1951 to 1975 the fifth president of Southern Baptist-affiliated Louisiana Christian University in Pineville,Louisiana.
Paul Lowell Haines served as the 31st President,2016-2019,of Taylor University in Upland,Indiana.
Argile Asa Smith Jr. is an American clergyman and academic administrator who served as interim president of Louisiana Christian University from August 2014 to April 2015.
