Lipscomb University is a private Christian university in Nashville,Tennessee. It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. The campus is located in the Green Hills neighborhood of Nashville;it also maintains one satellite location called "Spark" in Downtown Nashville to serve the business community. Total student enrollment for the fall 2022 semester was 4,704,which included 2,955 undergraduate students and 1,749 graduate students.
Furman University is a private liberal arts university in Greenville,South Carolina. Founded in 1826 and named after Baptist pastor Richard Furman,Furman 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.
The Southland Conference,abbreviated as SLC,is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports;for football,it participates in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The Southland sponsors 18 sports,10 for women and eight for men,and is governed by a presidential Board of Directors and an Advisory Council of athletic and academic administrators. Chris Grant became the Southland's seventh commissioner on April 5,2022. From 1996 to 2002,for football only,the Southland Conference was known as the Southland Football League.
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 Christian 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.
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.
Mars Hill University is a private Christian university in Mars Hill,North Carolina. The university offers 35 undergraduate majors and includes a school of nursing and graduate schools in education,criminal justice,and management. From 1859 to 2013 the school was called Mars Hill College;in August 2013 it officially changed its name to Mars Hill University.
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.
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.
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.
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.
