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Bye, bye Bible colleges

Posted July 11, 2006

Bible Belt Blogger: Bye, bye Bible colleges

Frank Lockwood

Brite College of the Bible became Brite Divinity School in 1963 according to the Handbook of Texas Online. Lexington College of the Bible became Lexington Theological Seminary in 1965, according to an article in Christianity Today.

In Texas, at least, the move came at a time when the school was shifting its emphasis away from undergraduate degrees to graduate degrees.

Other denominations have dropped the "Bible college" label to signal that they're a full-fledged liberal arts institution, preparing students for both secular and spiritual vocations.

For example: Northwest Bible College near Seattle became Northwest College of the Assembly of God in 1962, a name it kept until recently, when it became Northwest University.

http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/BB/kbb17.html

http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/003/1.46.html

COMMENTS:

AUTHOR: Caleb Powers

EMAIL: Lexington40502@aol.com

DATE: 07/11/2006 03:53:20 PM



Here's an interesting story about the Lexington Theological Seminary, formerly the College of the Bible. Someone told me that when the College of the Bible moved away from the Transylvania campus, I think sometime in the '40s or '50s, they were looking for a place to go. The property they currently occupy, on South Limestone, sits in front of a traditionally black neighborhood called Pralltown. Supposedly, the University of Kentucky tried to buy the property to expand its campus (the current law school is right across the street), and the owner, an African American, refused to sell it to them unless UK agreed to integrate its programs, which it refused to do. Apparently the College of the Bible said that it would be integrated, and so the property was sold to it instead.

I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, it's a good story. This was told to me by a '50s era grad of the seminary who would have been in a position to know.