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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:// | | 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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==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== | ||