New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

NOBTS's Chapel NOBTS courtyard The Southern Baptist Convention founded the institution as the Baptist Bible Institute during the 1917 convention meeting in New Orleans. [ 4 ] New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, or NOBTS for short, was the first institution created as a direct act of the Southern Baptist Convention. The institutes's purpose was centered on missionary work, and initially established as gateway to Central America. The Seminary started as the Baptist Bible Institute in the Garden District and later relocated to the current location in the heart of Gentilly. On May 17, 1946, the SBC revised the institutes' charter to enable it to become a seminary, and the name was changed to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. [ 5 ] Missions and evangelism have remained the core focus of the seminary. In 1953, it relocated from Washington Avenue in the Garden District to a more spacious campus in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. [ 6 ] The school purchased a 75-acre (300,000 m 2 ) pecan orchard and transformed it into what is now a bustling campus over 100 buildings, including academic buildings, faculty and staff housing, and student housing. The new campus was designed by noted Louisiana architect A. Hays Town . In 1995, a campus was established at the Louisiana State Penitentiary following an invitation from the prison warden, Burl Cain. [ 7 ] The school has contributed to a significant reduction in the rate of violence in the prison. [ 8 ] By 2022, it had opened six campuses in prisons in different states. [ 9 ] For the year 2021-2022, it had 2,004 students. [ 10 ] Presidents NOBTS has had nine presidents since its founding: More information No., President ... No. President Years of Service 1 Byron H. Dement 1917 – 1928 2 William W. Hamilton Sr. [ a ] 1928 – 1942 3 [ b ] Duke Kimbrough McCall 1943 – 1946 – John Jeter Hurt [ c ] 1946 4 Roland Q. Leavell 1946 – 1958 – J. Washington Watts [ d ] 1958 – 1959 5 H.

Leo Eddleman 1959 – 1970 – James Mosteller [ e ] 1970 6 Grady C. Cothen 1970 – 1974 – Ray P. Rust [ f ] 1974 – 1975 7 Landrum P. Leavell II [ g ] 1975 – 1995 8 Charles S. Kelley 1996 – 2019 9 James K. Dew 2019 – present Close [a] Hamilton was initially appointed acting president before being named to the full position shortly thereafter. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] [b] Robert G. Lee, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee , was initially elected to be the third president, but he declined the position. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [c] Served as acting president until Leavell took office. [ 15 ] [d] Served as acting president [ 16 ] [e] Served as acting president from January to October, 1970 [ 17 ] [f] Rust served as acting president from March 1, 1974, to January 1, 1975. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [g] Although Leavell retired effective December 31, 1994, he remained interim presient through December 31, 1995. [ 20 ] [ 21 ]

Accreditation New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. [ 22 ] The graduate programs are also accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada . NOBTS is also an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and has authorization to operate in the State of Florida. [ 23 ]

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