is a

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Christian university in

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, Japan.

History

It was founded in 1916 as an academy for boys by Rev. C. K. Dozier, a

missionary from the

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. Naoko Sakamoto
５月１５日は西南学院大学の創立記念日
christianpress.jp, Japan, May 15, 2020In 1949, it became a university. The chancellor of Seinan Gakuin is Yoshiki Terazono, and Gary W. Barkley, a former Baptist missionary, has served as the university president since December 2006. Seinan Gakuin University is located in Sawara Ward of Fukuoka and is between the Nishijin and Fujisaki subway stations. SGU museum

Points of interest

* Seinan Gakuin University Biblical Botanical Garden

References

External links

Seinan Gakuin University official site
{{Authority control Educational institutions established in 1916 Baptist universities and colleges Private universities and colleges in Japan Seinan Gakuin University 1916 establishments in Japan Association of Christian Universities and Colleges in Asia