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	\| motto = ''For the truth. For the church. For the world. For the glory of God''		\| motto = ''For the truth. For the church. For the world. For the glory of God''
	\| established = 1859		\| established = 1859
	\| type = [[Private school\|Private]]		\| type = [[wikipedia:Private school\|Private]]
	\| religious_affiliation = [[Southern Baptist Convention]]		\| religious_affiliation = [[Southern Baptist Convention]]
	\| endowment = $95.5 million		\| endowment = $95.5 million
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	\| provost = [[Paul M. Akin]]		\| provost = [[Paul M. Akin]]
	\| accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|ATS]]<br/> [[wikipedia:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges\|SACSCOC]]		\| accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|ATS]]<br/> [[wikipedia:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges\|SACSCOC]]
	\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]		\| affiliations = [[wikipedia:Kentuckiana Metroversity\|Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]
	\| students = 4,448		\| students = 4,448
	\| faculty = 72		\| faculty = 72
	\| website = [https://~~www.~~sbts.edu sbts.edu]		\| website = [https://sbts.edu sbts.edu]
	}}		}}

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	The '''Southern Baptist Theological Seminary''' ('''SBTS''') is a [[Baptist]] [[theological institute]] in [[wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky\|Louisville, Kentucky]]. It is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. The seminary was founded in 1859 in [[wikipedia:Greenville, South Carolina\|Greenville, South Carolina]], where it was at first housed on the campus of [[wikipedia:Furman University\|Furman University]]. The seminary has been an innovator in theological education, establishing one of the first [[wikipedia:Ph.D.\|Ph.D.]] programs in religion in the year 1892. After being closed during the [[wikipedia:South Carolina in the American Civil War\|Civil War]], it moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in [[wikipedia:downtown Louisville\|downtown Louisville]] and moved to its current location in 1926 in the [[wikipedia:Crescent Hill, Louisville\|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 [[List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|largest theological seminaries]], with an FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention \|url=http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|page=217 \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=January 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129053819/http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>		The '''Southern Baptist Theological Seminary''' ('''SBTS''') is a [[Baptist]] [[theological institute]] in [[wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky\|Louisville, Kentucky]]. It is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. The seminary was founded in 1859 in [[wikipedia:Greenville, South Carolina\|Greenville, South Carolina]], where it was at first housed on the campus of [[wikipedia:Furman University\|Furman University]]. The seminary has been an innovator in theological education, establishing one of the first [[wikipedia:Ph.D.\|Ph.D.]] programs in religion in the year 1892. After being closed during the [[wikipedia:South Carolina in the American Civil War\|Civil War]], it moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in [[wikipedia:downtown Louisville\|downtown Louisville]] and moved to its current location in 1926 in the [[wikipedia:Crescent Hill, Louisville\|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 [[wikipedia:List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|largest theological seminaries]], with an FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention \|url=http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|page=217 \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=January 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129053819/http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	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 [[wikipedia:Greenville, South Carolina\|Greenville, South Carolina]], where it was at first housed on the campus of [[wikipedia:Furman University\|Furman University]]. The seminary has been an innovator in theological education, establishing one of the first [[wikipedia:Ph.D.\|Ph.D.]] programs in religion in the year 1892. After being closed during the [[wikipedia:South Carolina in the American Civil War\|Civil War]], it moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in [[wikipedia:downtown Louisville\|downtown Louisville]] and moved to its current location in 1926 in the [[wikipedia:Crescent Hill, Louisville\|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 [[List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|largest theological seminaries]], with an FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention \|url=http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|page=217 \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=January 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129053819/http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>		The '''Southern Baptist Theological Seminary''' ('''SBTS''') is a [[Baptist]] [[theological institute]] in [[wikipedia:Louisville, Kentucky\|Louisville, Kentucky]]. It is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. The seminary was founded in 1859 in [[wikipedia:Greenville, South Carolina\|Greenville, South Carolina]], where it was at first housed on the campus of [[wikipedia:Furman University\|Furman University]]. The seminary has been an innovator in theological education, establishing one of the first [[wikipedia:Ph.D.\|Ph.D.]] programs in religion in the year 1892. After being closed during the [[wikipedia:South Carolina in the American Civil War\|Civil War]], it moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in [[wikipedia:downtown Louisville\|downtown Louisville]] and moved to its current location in 1926 in the [[wikipedia:Crescent Hill, Louisville\|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 [[List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|largest theological seminaries]], with an FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention \|url=http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|page=217 \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=January 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129053819/http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]		\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]
	\| students = 4,448		\| students = 4,448
	\| ~~academic_staff~~ = 72		\| faculty = 72
	\| website = [https://www.sbts.edu sbts.edu]		\| website = [https://www.sbts.edu sbts.edu]
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	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 [[South Carolina in the American Civil War\|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, Louisville\|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 [[List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|largest theological seminaries]], with an FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention \|url=http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|page=217 \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=January 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129053819/http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>		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 [[wikipedia:Greenville, South Carolina\|Greenville, South Carolina]], where it was at first housed on the campus of [[wikipedia:Furman University\|Furman University]]. The seminary has been an innovator in theological education, establishing one of the first [[wikipedia:Ph.D.\|Ph.D.]] programs in religion in the year 1892. After being closed during the [[wikipedia:South Carolina in the American Civil War\|Civil War]], it moved in 1877 to a newly built campus in [[wikipedia:downtown Louisville\|downtown Louisville]] and moved to its current location in 1926 in the [[wikipedia:Crescent Hill, Louisville\|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 [[List of schools accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|largest theological seminaries]], with an FTE (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention \|url=http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|page=217 \|access-date=January 23, 2016 \|archive-date=January 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129053819/http://www.sbcec.org/bor/2015/2015SBCAnnual.pdf \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	==History==		==History==
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	==Civil rights history==		==Civil rights history==
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	In 1951, President [[Duke Kimbrough McCall]] [[Racial integration\|integrated]] the campus, in defiance of [[Kentucky Revised Statutes\|Kentucky state laws]] that established segregation at public facilities. At the height of the [[Civil Rights Movement]], Southern would become the only SBC agency to host a visit by Baptist minister and civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (1961).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=1783\|title=The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories\|website=[[Library of Congress]]\|publisher=The American Folklife Center\|access-date=January 10, 2015\|archive-date=June 26, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626090535/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=1783\|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web \|url=http://archives.sbts.edu/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID325566_CHID717906_CIID2018760,00.html \|title=Dr. King's Visit – SBTS \|publisher=Archives.sbts.edu \|date=May 11, 2005 \|access-date=April 7, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042054/http://archives.sbts.edu/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID325566_CHID717906_CIID2018760,00.html \|archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> During King's address at SBTS, he mentioned he had been to the seminary's chapel several times in the past when accompanying his mother since King's mother was an organist for the Women's Auxiliary of the [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.\|National Baptist Convention]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/address-mlk-southern-baptist-theological-seminary \|title=Address by MLK at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary \|last1=King Jr. \|first1=Martin Luther \|date=April 19, 1961 \|website=[[King Center for Nonviolent Social Change]] \|publisher=[[JPMorgan Chase]] \|access-date=January 12, 2015 \|archive-date=January 19, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119104034/http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/address-mlk-southern-baptist-theological-seminary \|url-status=live }}</ref>		In 1951, President [[Duke Kimbrough McCall]] [[Racial integration\|integrated]] the campus, in defiance of [[Kentucky Revised Statutes\|Kentucky state laws]] that established segregation at public facilities. At the height of the [[Civil Rights Movement]], Southern would become the only SBC agency to host a visit by Baptist minister and civil rights leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] (1961).<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=1783\|title=The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories\|website=[[Library of Congress]]\|publisher=The American Folklife Center\|access-date=January 10, 2015\|archive-date=June 26, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626090535/http://www.loc.gov/folklife/civilrights/survey/view_collection.php?coll_id=1783\|url-status=live}}<br />{{cite web \|url=http://archives.sbts.edu/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID325566_CHID717906_CIID2018760,00.html \|title=Dr. King's Visit – SBTS \|publisher=Archives.sbts.edu \|date=May 11, 2005 \|access-date=April 7, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720042054/http://archives.sbts.edu/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID325566_CHID717906_CIID2018760,00.html \|archive-date=July 20, 2011 }}</ref> During King's address at SBTS, he mentioned he had been to the seminary's chapel several times in the past when accompanying his mother since King's mother was an organist for the Women's Auxiliary of the [[National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.\|National Baptist Convention]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/address-mlk-southern-baptist-theological-seminary \|title=Address by MLK at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary \|last1=King Jr. \|first1=Martin Luther \|date=April 19, 1961 \|website=[[King Center for Nonviolent Social Change]] \|publisher=[[JPMorgan Chase]] \|access-date=January 12, 2015 \|archive-date=January 19, 2015 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119104034/http://www.thekingcenter.org/archive/document/address-mlk-southern-baptist-theological-seminary \|url-status=live }}</ref>
	[[File:Martin Luther King Jr. at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.jpg\|thumb\|Martin Luther King Jr. preached in Southern Seminary chapel in 1961. King met with professors (from left to right) Henlee Barnette, Nolan Howington and Allen Graves.]]		[[File:Martin Luther King Jr. at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.jpg\|thumb\|Martin Luther King Jr. preached in Southern Seminary chapel in 1961. King met with professors (from left to right) Henlee Barnette, Nolan Howington and Allen Graves.]]
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	In 1984, Anne Davis became founding dean of the Carver School of Church Social Work, which launched the first seminary-based Master of Social Work program to be accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (1987). The school was disbanded in 1997 by a subsequent seminary administration.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/OWHE/cora_ann_davis.htm \|title=ACE \| Cora Ann Davis \|publisher=Acenet.edu \|access-date=April 7, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306172821/http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/OWHE/cora_ann_davis.htm \|archive-date=March 6, 2010 }}</ref> It decided that secular social work was inappropriate for a seminary, and replaced the program with a school for training evangelists, missionaries and church-growth specialists.		In 1984, Anne Davis became founding dean of the Carver School of Church Social Work, which launched the first seminary-based Master of Social Work program to be accredited by the Council on Social Work Education (1987). The school was disbanded in 1997 by a subsequent seminary administration.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/OWHE/cora_ann_davis.htm \|title=ACE \| Cora Ann Davis \|publisher=Acenet.edu \|access-date=April 7, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306172821/http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ProgramsServices/OWHE/cora_ann_davis.htm \|archive-date=March 6, 2010 }}</ref> It decided that secular social work was inappropriate for a seminary, and replaced the program with a school for training evangelists, missionaries and church-growth specialists.

	In 1968, Southern helped establish [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]], a local consortium of two seminaries, two state universities, a community college and two private colleges. They offer a joint library catalog, cross-registration of any student in any member institution, and faculty and cultural exchanges. In 1970, Southern helped create the Theological Education Association of Mid-America (TEAM-A), one of the United States' first seminary "clusters," a consortium of five schools related to the [[Presbyterian]], [[Wesleyan Church\|Wesleyan Methodist]], [[Disciples of Christ]], [[Roman Catholic]] and Baptist traditions. They provide inter-institutional team teaching, cross-registration among students, and a joint library catalog.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.eteama.org/ \|title=Team – A \|publisher=Eteama.org \|access-date=April 7, 2011 \|archive-date=July 4, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704004713/http://eteama.org/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		In 1968, Southern helped establish [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]], a local consortium of two seminaries, two state universities, a community college and two private colleges. They offer a joint library catalog, cross-registration of any student in any member institution, and faculty and cultural exchanges. In 1970, Southern helped create the Theological Education Association of Mid-America (TEAM-A), one of the United States' first seminary "clusters," a consortium of five schools related to the [[Presbyterianism\|Presbyterian]], [[Wesleyan Church\|Wesleyan Methodist]], [[Disciples of Christ]], [[Roman Catholic Church\|Roman Catholic]] and [[Baptist]] traditions. They provide inter-institutional team teaching, cross-registration among students, and a joint library catalog.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.eteama.org/ \|title=Team – A \|publisher=Eteama.org \|access-date=April 7, 2011 \|archive-date=July 4, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704004713/http://eteama.org/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>

	The seminary is governed by a board of trustees<ref>{{cite web\|title=Annual of the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention\|url=http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|page=383\|access-date=February 24, 2010\|archive-date=July 24, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054736/http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref> nominated and elected by the SBC. It receives almost one-third of its $31~~ ~~million annual budget from the SBC Cooperative Program, the unified financial support system that distributes gifts from the congregations to the agencies and institutions of the denomination. In fiscal year 2007–08, Southern received $9.5~~ ~~million through the Cooperative Program. Its endowments and invested reserves totaled $78~~ ~~million.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Annual of the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention\|url=http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|pages=329–331\|access-date=February 24, 2010\|archive-date=July 24, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054736/http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref>		The seminary is governed by a board of trustees<ref>{{cite web\|title=Annual of the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention\|url=http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|page=383\|access-date=February 24, 2010\|archive-date=July 24, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054736/http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref> nominated and elected by the SBC. It receives almost one-third of its $31 million annual budget from the SBC Cooperative Program, the unified financial support system that distributes gifts from the congregations to the agencies and institutions of the denomination. In fiscal year 2007–08, Southern received $9.5 million through the Cooperative Program. Its endowments and invested reserves totaled $78 million.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Annual of the 2009 Southern Baptist Convention\|url=http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|pages=329–331\|access-date=February 24, 2010\|archive-date=July 24, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724054736/http://www.sbcec.net/bor/2009/2009SBCAnnual.pdf\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	[[File:The Chapel, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky (85749).jpg\|thumb\|The Chapel]]		[[File:The Chapel, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Ky (85749).jpg\|thumb\|The Chapel]]
	[[File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg\|thumb\|The Billy Graham School was launched in 1994, with Graham himself present at Southern's campus <ref>{{Cite web\|title=R. Albert Mohler Jr. {{!}} 25 Years of Service – The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\|url=https://www.sbts.edu/mohler25/\|access-date=June 23, 2020\|website=SBTS\|language=en-US}}</ref>]]		[[File:Billy Graham bw photo, April 11, 1966.jpg\|thumb\|The Billy Graham School was launched in 1994, with Graham himself present at Southern's campus <ref>{{Cite web\|title=R. Albert Mohler Jr. {{!}} 25 Years of Service – The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\|url=https://www.sbts.edu/mohler25/\|access-date=June 23, 2020\|website=SBTS\|language=en-US}}</ref>]]
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	The seminary's mission statement is: "Under the Lordship of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]], the mission of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is to be totally committed to the Bible as the Word of God, to the Great Commission as our mandate, and to be a servant of the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention by training, educating, and preparing ministers of the gospel for more faithful service."<ref name = "sbts.edu" />		The seminary's mission statement is: "Under the Lordship of [[Jesus]] [[Christ]], the mission of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is to be totally committed to the Bible as the Word of God, to the Great Commission as our mandate, and to be a servant of the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention by training, educating, and preparing ministers of the gospel for more faithful service."<ref name = "sbts.edu" />

	Southern was one of the first seminaries in the nation to offer the PhD degree, beginning in 1892.~~{{citation needed\|date=February 2017}}~~ During the 1970s and 1980s, it had the largest accredited PhD program in religion in the United States. It was the first seminary in the nation to offer courses in religious education, beginning in 1903. This program ultimately expanded into a School of Religious Education in 1953.		Southern was one of the first seminaries in the nation to offer the PhD degree, beginning in 1892. During the 1970s and 1980s, it had the largest accredited PhD program in religion in the United States. It was the first seminary in the nation to offer courses in religious education, beginning in 1903. This program ultimately expanded into a School of Religious Education in 1953.

	In 1907, William Owen Carver founded the Women's Missionary Union Training School, which eventually became the Carver School of Missions and Social Work.<ref>{{cite book \| page = 142 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yl8qy2l9TIAC&pg=PA142 \|title=Who's Who in Christian History\| format = Google books\|isbn= 9780842310147 \|last1= Douglas \|first1= James Dixon \|year= 1992 \| publisher=Tyndale House Publishers }}</ref>		In 1907, William Owen Carver founded the Women's Missionary Union Training School, which eventually became the Carver School of Missions and Social Work.<ref>{{cite book \| page = 142 \|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yl8qy2l9TIAC&pg=PA142 \|title=Who's Who in Christian History\| format = Google books\|isbn= 9780842310147 \|last1= Douglas \|first1= James Dixon \|year= 1992 \| publisher=Tyndale House Publishers }}</ref>
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	===Alumni===		===Alumni===
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	* [[Charles C. Baldwin]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force]] 2004–2008		* [[Charles C. Baldwin]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force]] 2004–2008
	* [[Reginald Bibby]], sociologist		* [[Reginald Bibby]], sociologist
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	===Faculty===		===Faculty===
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	* [[Michael Haykin]], Professor of Church History.		* [[Michael Haykin]], Professor of Church History.
	* [[Thomas R. Schreiner]], New Testament scholar.		* [[Thomas R. Schreiner]], New Testament scholar.
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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|Kentucky}}~~
	* [[Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary]]		* [[Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary]]
	* [[Religion in Louisville, Kentucky]]		* [[Religion in Louisville, Kentucky]]

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	{{Infobox university		{{Infobox university
	\| name = The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary		\| name = The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
	\| image = Southern Baptist Theological Seminary logo.jpg		\| image = Southern-Baptist-Theological-Seminary-logo.jpg
	\| motto = ''For the truth. For the church. For the world. For the glory of God''		\| motto = ''For the truth. For the church. For the world. For the glory of God''
	\| established = 1859		\| established = 1859
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	\| accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|ATS]]<br/> [[wikipedia:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges\|SACSCOC]]		\| accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|ATS]]<br/> [[wikipedia:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges\|SACSCOC]]
	\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]		\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]
	~~\| website = [https://www.sbts.edu sbts.edu]~~
	\| students = 4,448		\| students = 4,448
	\| academic_staff = 72		\| academic_staff = 72
			\| website = [https://www.sbts.edu sbts.edu]
	}}		}}

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	\| type = [[Private school\|Private]]		\| type = [[Private school\|Private]]
	\| religious_affiliation = [[Southern Baptist Convention]]		\| religious_affiliation = [[Southern Baptist Convention]]
	\| endowment = $95.5 million <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://datausa.io/profile/university/the-southern-baptist-theological-seminary\|title=The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary \| Data USA\|website=datausa.io\|access-date=June 16, 2020\|archive-date=May 11, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511083602/https://datausa.io/profile/university/the-southern-baptist-theological-seminary\|url-status=live}}</ref>		\| endowment = $95.5 million
	\| president = [[R. Albert Mohler Jr.]]		\| president = [[R. Albert Mohler Jr.]]
	\| provost = Paul M. Akin<ref>{{cite web\|title=Provost\|url=https://www.sbts.edu/provost/\|website=The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\|access-date=July 30, 2022\|archive-date=July 31, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731023809/https://www.sbts.edu/provost/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		\| provost = [[Paul M. Akin]]
	~~\| city = [[Louisville]]~~		\| accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|ATS]]<br/> [[wikipedia:Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges\|SACSCOC]]
	~~\| state = [[Kentucky~~]]
	\| accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada\|ATS]]<br/> [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges\|SACSCOC]]
	\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]		\| affiliations = [[Kentuckiana Metroversity]] and [[Boyce College]]
	\| website = ~~{{URL\|~~https://www.sbts.edu/\|sbts.edu}}		\| website = [https://www.sbts.edu sbts.edu]
	\| students = 4,448 (2021–2022)<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.collegeevaluator.com/institute/the-southern-baptist-theological-seminary/ \| title=The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Academic Overview \| access-date=May 29, 2023 \| archive-date=May 11, 2024 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511083601/https://www.collegeevaluator.com/institute/the-southern-baptist-theological-seminary/ \| url-status=live }}</ref>		\| students = 4,448
	\| academic_staff = 72<ref>{{cite web\|title=Faculty\|url=http://www.sbts.edu/academics/faculty/\|website=The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary\|access-date=May 4, 2017\|archive-date=May 11, 2024\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511083713/https://www.sbts.edu/faculty/\|url-status=live}}</ref>		\| academic_staff = 72
	~~\| campus = [[Suburban]]<br />100 acres~~
	}}		}}

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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary]]		* [[Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary]]
	* [[Religion in Louisville, Kentucky]]		* [[wikipedia:Religion in Louisville, Kentucky\|Religion in Louisville, Kentucky]]

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==