Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
MottoFor the truth. For the church. For the world. For the glory of God
TypePrivate
Established1859
AccreditationATS
SACSCOC
Religious affiliation
Southern Baptist Convention
Endowment$95.5 million [1]
PresidentR. Albert Mohler Jr.
ProvostPaul M. Akin[2]
Academic staff
72[3]
Students4,448 (2021–2022)[4]
Location,
CampusSuburban
100 acres
AffiliationsKentuckiana Metroversity and Boyce College
Websitesbts.edu

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 (full-time equivalent) enrollment of over 3,300 students in 2015.[5]

  1. ^ "The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | Data USA". datausa.io. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  2. ^ "Provost". The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on July 31, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  3. ^ "Faculty". The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Academic Overview". Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  5. ^ "Annual of the 2015 Southern Baptist Convention" (PDF). p. 217. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.