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Randall University is a Christian university in
Moore, Oklahoma Moore is a city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States, and is part of the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. The population was 62,793 at the 2020 census, making Moore the seventh-largest city in the state of Oklahoma. Located between Okla ...
. Founded in 1917, it offers associate, bachelor's, and
master's A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.
degrees. It is one of several higher learning institutions associated with the
Free Will Baptists Free Will Baptists are a group of General Baptist denominations of Christianity that teach free grace, free salvation and free will. The movement can be traced back to the 1600s with the development of General Baptism in England. Its formal est ...
. Randall University is also a member of the Oklahoma Independent Colleges and University. In 2015, it had an enrollment of 365.


Location and description

Randall University is located on a 41-acre campus adjacent to Interstate 35, in the city of Moore. The University has a multimillion-dollar plant which includes the John H. West Administration Building composed of classrooms and administrative offices; 4 student dormitories housing approximately 120 students and living quarters for the dormitory supervisor: Willey Hall, Barnard Hall, Friends Hall, and Yandell Hall; Oller Annex, a science lab/classroom; 16 single bedroom apartments: Randall Hall and Palmer Hall, 8 units each; an activities building consisting of a student center, campus bookstore, offices, fitness training center, and a gymnasium; the Geri Ann Hull Learning Resource Center/Classroom Building; a faculty duplex, and the Hillsdale House (missionary residence). The Bill J. and Alma Lou Barber Conference Center is on the east side of the quad (Administration, Library/Classroom, Activity, and Conference Center Building). The Barber Conference Center contains an 850 seat auditorium, a recital hall, a cafeteria, classrooms, and offices.


Biography of Benjamin Randall

Benjamin Randall (February 7, 1749 – October 22, 1808) was converted during the Great Awakening as a result of the preaching ministry of George Whitfield. Rev. Randall served in the New Hampshire militia during the American Revolutionary War. The first Benjamin Randall biographer, quoted Rev. Randall’s journal in recounting his conversion experience: “I saw in Him (Jesus) a universal love, a universal atonement, a universal call to mankind, and was confident that none would ever perish, but those who refused to obey it (Buzzell, John. The Life of Elder Benjamin Randel, principally taken from documents written by himself. Limerick, ME: Hobbs, Woodman, and Co. 1827).” Rev. Randall’s theological departure from the Calvinistic norm of his era occurred at the point of his conversion. Today Free Will Baptists are known for believing John 3:16 to be literally true, that God’s love sent Jesus to die for the sins of humanity so that everyone no matter what tribe, nation, or language has the opportunity to respond to saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ. Rev. Randall went on to found a church in New Durham, New Hampshire that we now recognize as the first Free Will Baptist Church in New England. Rev. Randall was instrumental in planting more than 50 churches throughout the region in his 28 years as a circuit riding preacher. The churches were organized into quarterly and yearly meetings that became a force in the revivals of the nineteenth century, missions, and education. Benjamin Randall is recognized as the leader of the Free Will Baptists, an indigenous American religious movement which ordained persons of color and women in the early days of the nineteenth century. The Free Will Baptists (also known as Free, General, Open Communion, and Antislavery Baptists) were aggressive church planters on the American frontier and embraced missions among immigrant and freedmen populations, as well as, spreading the gospel internationally. Randallite Free Will Baptists were known for their opposition to slavery forming anti-slave societies, prohibiting slave owners from holding membership in the church, and publicly promoting abolition through the “Morningstar” (the official newspaper of the movement). In addition, Free Will Baptists founded non-discriminatory institutions of higher education admitting men and women of different ethnic backgrounds such as: Bates College, ME (1855); Hillsdale College, MI (1844); Storer College, WV (1865); and Tecumseh College (1917), OK. Tecumseh College was the first Free Will Baptist College out of the Randall movement west of the Mississippi. Randall University traces its roots back to Tecumseh College.


Academics

Randall University offers eleven academic programs across three schools (School of Arts and Sciences, School of Christian Ministry, and School of Education). Randall offers two fully online Master's degrees: Master of Arts in Ministry and Master of Public Administration. Additionally, the School of Professional Studies offers fully online, adult degree completion options in four undergraduate majors. Randall University was granted an exception to
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in 2017, allowing the school to legally discriminate against
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students for religious reasons.


School of Arts and Sciences

* Associate in Arts (AA) * Business Administration (BS) with concentrations in: ** ''Business Management'' ** ''Public Administration'' ** ''Sports Management'' * Exercise Science (BS) * Letters (BA) * Multidisciplinary Studies (BA) * Psychology (BS)


School of Christian Ministry

* Christian Ministry (BA) with concentrations in: ** ''Pastoral Ministry'' ** ''Theology'' ** ''Youth and Family Ministry'' * Intercultural Studies (BA) * Ministry & Business (BA) * Worship & Music Studies (BA)


School of Education

* Teacher Education (BS) with concentrations in: ** ''Elementary Education'' ** ''Secondary Education – Mathematics'' ** ''Secondary Education – Social Studies'' ** ''Secondary Education – Business*'' ** ''Secondary Education – English*'' ''*Alternative Certification''


School of Professional and Graduate Studies

* Business Administration (BS) with concentrations in: ** ''Business Leadership'' ** ''Public Administration'' * Christian Ministry (BA) with concentrations in: ** ''Ministry and Leadership'' ** ''Worship Studies'' * Ministry & Business (BA) – Professional Studies * Multidisciplinary Studies (BA) * Master of Arts in Ministry (MA) * Master of Public Administration (MPA)


Athletics

Randall University features six varsity sports teams which compete in the
Association of Christian College Athletics The Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA) is an organization of collegiate athletics. It was incorporated to provide an opportunity for smaller Christian college members to compete on an equal level of competition with schools of like ...
(ACCA) and the
National Christian College Athletic Association The National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) is an association of Christian universities, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada whose mission is "the promotion and enhancement of intercollegiate athletic ...
(NCCAA). The student-athletes are known as the Saints or the Lady Saints, for male and female competitors, respectively. The Saints and Lady Saints represent Randall in the following varsity sports: Men's sports Women's sports


Baseball

The Randall University Saints have won five national championships since 1999 and produced four national championship runner-up appearances during the same span. * NCCAA II National Championships ** 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2011http://www.thenccaa.org/custompages/History%20PDF%20Files/Baseball_DII_Archives.pdf * National Championship runner-up ** 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008


Men's basketball

Throughout its history, the Saints have won nine national championships and four regional championships. * NCCAA Division II National Championship ** 2016 ** 2017 * ACCA National Championships ** 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2007, 2011 * NCCAA Division II Regional Championships ** 1996, 1999, 2002, 2011 **


Women's basketball

The Lady Saints won the ACCA national championship in the 2006, 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014 national tournaments.


Women's volleyball

The Lady Saints won the ACCA national championship in 2010 and 2016, coached by 30 under 30 winner Dave Ulrich.


References


External links


Official website
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