International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities
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The International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities, formerly known as the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools, is an organization of Baptist universities in the United States
and abroad. It comprises 51 schools. It is located in Nashville, Tennessee
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in 1996. From 1998 to 2007, the Executive Director was Bob Agee
. The current Executive Director is Michael Arrington.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and abroad. It comprises 51 schools. It is located in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
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History
It was created in 1948 as the Southern Association of Southern Baptist Colleges. It then changed its name for the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools. In 2006, its name became the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. It replaced the Southern Baptist Education Commission dissolved by the Southern Baptist ConventionSouthern Baptist Convention
The Southern Baptist Convention is a United States-based Christian denomination. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination and the largest Protestant body in the United States, with over 16 million members...
in 1996. From 1998 to 2007, the Executive Director was Bob Agee
Bob Agee
Bob R. Agee was the thirteenth President of Oklahoma Baptist University from 1982 to 1998. He also served as the Executive Director for the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities from 1997 to 2007.-Biography:...
. The current Executive Director is Michael Arrington.
Alabama
- Judson CollegeJudson College (Alabama)Judson College, originally named Judson Female Institute, was founded by members of the Siloam Baptist Church in 1838 in Marion, Alabama. It is the fifth oldest women's college in the United States. It was named after Ann Hasseltine Judson, the first female foreign missionary from the United States...
(woman's college) - Samford UniversitySamford UniversitySamford University, founded as Howard College is a private, coeducational, Alabama Baptist Convention-affiliated university located in Homewood, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It includes the , Cumberland School of Law, McWhorter School of Pharmacy, Brock School of Business, Ida V....
Georgia
- Brewton-Parker CollegeBrewton-Parker CollegeBrewton–Parker College is a private, Christian, coeducational college whose main campus is located in Mount Vernon, Georgia, USA. Brewton-Parker is affiliated with the Georgia Baptist Convention and celebrated their centennial in 2004.-Organization:...
- Mercer UniversityMercer UniversityMercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Mercer is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music,...
- Shorter University
- Truett-McConnell CollegeTruett-McConnell CollegeTruett-McConnell College is a private, Christian, coeducational liberal arts college in Cleveland, Georgia, United States. It is operated under the auspices of the Georgia Baptist Convention, and controlled by a Board of Trustees elected by the Convention. The college was named to honor George W....
Kentucky
- Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville UniversityCampbellsville University, also known as CU, is a private university in Campbellsville, Kentucky, the seat of Taylor County. Founded as Russell Creek Academy, a Baptist institution, the university currently enrolls more than 3,000 students and is open to students of all denominations...
- Clear Creek Baptist
- BibleCollege (Bible School)
- Georgetown College
- Mid-Continent UniversityMid-Continent UniversityMid-Continent University is a four-year, liberal arts Christian institution located near Mayfield, Kentucky.- History :The university opened in January 1949 in Clinton, Kentucky. The University is now located four miles north of Mayfield....
- University of the CumberlandsUniversity of the CumberlandsUniversity of the Cumberlands is a private, liberal arts college located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, with an enrollment of approximately 3,200 students...
Missouri
- Hannibal-LaGrange CollegeHannibal-LaGrange CollegeThe former Hannibal–LaGrange College is a private Christian college located in Hannibal, Missouri, United States. The college is affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention, which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. Enrollment is approximately 1,150 students as of 2007...
- Missouri Baptist UniversityMissouri Baptist UniversityMissouri Baptist University is a private evangelical Christian, coeducational university located in western St. Louis County in Creve Coeur Missouri. In August 2002, the Missouri Baptist College was officially renamed Missouri Baptist University...
- Southwest Baptist UniversitySouthwest Baptist UniversitySouthwest Baptist University is a private institute of higher education affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention which is part of the Southern Baptist Convention. In 2003 there were approximately 3,600 students attending at one of SBU's four Missouri, United States campuses in Bolivar,...
North Carolina
- Campbell UniversityCampbell UniversityCampbell University is a coeducational, church-related university in rural North Carolina, USA. Its main campus is located in the community of Buies Creek; its law school moved from Buies Creek to a new campus in the state capital of Raleigh in 2009. Campbell has an approximately equal number of...
- Chowan UniversityChowan University- Other Notable Former Students :* Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, confessed architect of the September 11 attacks.- External links :* *...
- Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute (Bible School)
- Gardner-Webb UniversityGardner-Webb UniversityGardner–Webb University is a private university located west of Charlotte in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, USA. The school has a total of 14 academic departments offering 45 major fields of study. Among the most popular of the school's 39 undergraduate majors are those in business , education ,...
- Mars Hill CollegeMars Hill CollegeMars Hill College is a private, coed, liberal-arts college affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. The college is located in the small town of Mars Hill, North Carolina, due north of Asheville, western North Carolina's largest city...
South Carolina
- Anderson UniversityAnderson University (South Carolina)Anderson University is a private comprehensive university located in Anderson, South Carolina, offering bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees in approximately 60 areas of study. Anderson is affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and is accredited as a Level V institution by the...
- Charleston Southern UniversityCharleston Southern UniversityCharleston Southern University, founded in 1964 as Baptist College, is an independent comprehensive university located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Charleston Southern enrolls a maximum of 3,200 students. Affiliated with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, the university's mission is...
- North Greenville UniversityNorth Greenville UniversityNorth Greenville University is a comprehensive university affiliated with South Carolina Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention, and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The institution awards Bachelor, Master, and...
Tennessee
- Baptist College of Health SciencesBaptist College of Health SciencesBaptist College of Health Sciences is a private, coeducational, specialized college in Memphis, Tennessee. It offers baccalaureate degrees in the following fields:*Diagnostic medical sonography*Health care management*Medical radiography*Nuclear medicine...
- Belmont UniversityBelmont UniversityBelmont University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. It is the largest Christian university in Tennessee and the second largest private university in the state, behind nearby Vanderbilt University.-Belmont Mansion:Belmont Mansion...
- Carson-Newman CollegeCarson-Newman CollegeCarson–Newman College is a historically Baptist liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. Enrollment as of 2006-2007 was about 2,050. The college's students come from 44 U.S. states and 30 other countries. Studies are offered in approximately 90 different academic...
- Union UniversityUnion UniversityUnion University is a private, evangelical Christian, liberal arts university located in Jackson, Tennessee, with additional campuses in Germantown, Tennessee, and Hendersonville, Tennessee...
Texas
- Baptist University of the AmericasBaptist University of the AméricasThe Baptist University of the Américas was founded by missionary Paul Siebenmann 1947 as the Mexican Baptist Training School, later becoming the Hispanic Baptist Training School and taking its present name in 2003. The University is a Baptist affiliated biblical institution...
- Baylor UniversityBaylor UniversityBaylor University is a private, Christian university located in Waco, Texas. Founded in 1845, Baylor is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
- Dallas Baptist UniversityDallas Baptist UniversityDallas Baptist University , formerly known as Dallas Baptist College, is a Christian liberal arts university located in Dallas, Texas. The main campus is located approximately fifteen miles southwest of downtown Dallas overlooking Mountain Creek Lake...
- East Texas Baptist UniversityEast Texas Baptist UniversityEast Texas Baptist University is a private, coeducational Christian university in Marshall, Texas, United States associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas.- History :...
- Hardin-Simmons UniversityHardin-Simmons UniversityHardin–Simmons University is a private Baptist university located in Abilene, Texas, United States.-History:Hardin–Simmons University was founded as Abilene Baptist College in 1891 by the Sweetwater Baptist Association and a group of cattlemen and pastors who sought to bring Christian higher...
- Houston Baptist UniversityHouston Baptist UniversityHouston Baptist University is a private Baptist institution founded in 1960. It is located in Greater Sharpstown in Houston, Texas near the Southwest Freeway.- History :...
- Howard Payne UniversityHoward Payne UniversityHoward Payne University is a four-year private university located in Brownwood, Texas.Currently the university enrolls 1,400 full-time students. Howard Payne is known for the Douglas MacArthur Academy of Freedom, its Music program and its Christian Studies program...
- University of Mary Hardin-BaylorUniversity of Mary Hardin-BaylorThe University of Mary Hardin–Baylor, generally referred to as UMHB, is a Christian co-educational liberal arts institution of higher learning located in Belton, Texas, United States. Founded by the Republic of Texas in 1845 as "Baylor Female College," it has grown to approximately 2,700 students...
- Wayland Baptist UniversityWayland Baptist UniversityWayland Baptist University is private, coeducational Baptist university based in Plainview, Texas, U.S.A. Wayland Baptist has a total of fourteen campuses in four additional Texas cities, five other states, and the country of Kenya. On August 31, 1908, the university was chartered by the state of...