J. Edward Hakes
J. Edward Hakes left his mark on Christian higher education, his book being assigned as required reading in the classrooms of several Christian colleges. He served as president of Cornerstone University (1954–1958) and academic dean of Trinity College (1969–1980). Cornerstone University citation: "In 1955, the Executive Board of the institution moved to allow the Seminary to admit only students with baccalaureate degrees, thus becoming a true graduate school of theological studies. At the same time, steps being taken with the state Board of Education to change both the level and the function of the Bible Institute into a degree-granting, undergraduate institution. Finances and faculty did not adequately support such a transition to a four-year college at that time, but the seeds were planted during the presidency of Dr. J. Edward Hakes (1953-58)." Education *Graduate of Wheaton College *Graduate of Northern Baptist Seminary Northern Seminary is a Baptist Christian semina ...
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Cornerstone University
Cornerstone University is a private Christian university in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Cornerstone University has undergraduate and graduate programs, two seminaries (Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and Asia Biblical Theological Seminary based in Chiang Mai, Thailand), and a radio division called Cornerstone University Radio (WCSG, Mission Network News). The university offers 60 academic programs in the arts, sciences, humanities, Bible, teacher education, computers and business and journalism. The university maintains Mission Network News (MNN), an evangelical "broadcast ministry". Students are required to abide by a "Lifestyle Statement" intended to reflect trinitarianism. Cornerstone had an enrollment of 1,998 students, including professional and graduate studies and both seminaries. The university is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada, and the National Association of Schools of Music. Cornersto ...
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Trinity International University
Trinity International University (TIU) is an evangelical Christian university headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It comprises Trinity College, Trinity Graduate School, a theological seminary (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), a law school (Trinity Law School which is located in Santa Ana, California), and a camp called Timber-lee. the university also maintains campuses in North Lauderdale, Florida & Miami, Florida; the camp is located in East Troy, Wisconsin. TIU is the only university affiliated with Evangelical Free Church of America in the United States and enrolls about 2,700 students. Recently TIU announced it is moving the undergraduate and graduate programs to online modalities only and will close the residential campus. History Tracing its roots to 1897, TIU formed in the late 1940s as the result of a merger of two schools: *A school run by the Swedish Evangelical Free Church, founded in 1897 in Chicago, and incorporated as the Swedish Bible Institute of Chicag ...
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Wheaton College (Illinois)
Wheaton College is a Private college, private Evangelical, Evangelical Christian Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois. It was founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. Wheaton College was a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduated one of Illinois' first black college graduates. History Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States), Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard (Wheaton), Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College (Illinois), Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin College. Mired in financial trouble and unable to sustain the institution, the Wesleyans looked to Blanchard for new leadership. He took on the role as president in 1860, having suggested several Congregationalist appointee ...
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Northern Baptist Seminary
Northern Seminary is a Baptist Christian seminary in Lisle, Illinois. It is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA. Its president is William D. Shiell. History It was founded in 1913 by the Second Baptist Church of Chicago as ''Northern Baptist Theological Seminary'' to prepare students for church leadership and it continues to represent a theologically conservative alternative within its association with American Baptist Churches USA (historically the Northern Baptist convention).James Leo Garrett, ''Baptist Theology: A Four-century Study'', Mercer University Press, USA, 2009, p. 43 It is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada. Noted alumni *David Breese - noted evangelist, author, and radio broadcaster * Carl Henry - founder and first editor of ''Christianity Today'' *Torrey Johnson - first president of Youth for Christ * Tara Beth Leach - pastor and author *John Osteen - first pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texa ...
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American Christian Theologians
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * B ...
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Wheaton College (Illinois) Alumni
Wheaton College may refer to: * Wheaton College (Illinois), a private Christian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois * Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary. The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving ...