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Tennessee Temple was founded in 1946 under the leadership and vision of Dr. Lee Roberson.As the pastor of a prominent Southern Baptist church, Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Roberson saw a need to train people for ministry through higher education.
Baptist University of America (1971–1987) Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (Owatonna, Minnesota; 1957–2008) Tennessee Temple University (Chattanooga, Tennessee; 1946–2015)
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga: Chattanooga: Public Doctoral/Professional university: 11,380 1886 University of Tennessee Health Science Center: Memphis: Public Special-focus institution: 3,121 1911 University of Tennessee at Martin: Martin: Public Master's university: 6,941 1900 University of Tennessee Southern: Pulaski: Public ...
In 1946, during his leadership, Tennessee Temple University was established as an adjunct to the church, and the church and university were considered centers of the Independent Baptist movement. The church membership grew dramatically, reportedly reaching a peak of about 57,000 in the early 1980s. [ 3 ]
Four years later, Roberson founded Tennessee Temple University and Zion College. Two years later in 1948, a theological seminary, Southeastern Baptist Seminary (renamed Temple Baptist Seminary in 1954) was added. His ministry would continue to branch out to radio via WDYN, a citywide bus ministry, and the founding of Camp Joy. At one point in ...
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The defunct Tennessee Temple University (1946–2015) — formerly a private Baptist college, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Subcategories.
Temple Baptist Seminary is the graduate school of Christian theology of Piedmont International University.Originally established as "Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary" in Chattanooga, Tennessee in 1948, the name was changed to Temple Baptist Theological Seminary five years later, after the Southern Baptist Convention founded its own Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.