Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis is a fundamentalist Christian seminary in Plymouth, Minnesota. As of the fall of 2016, 39 graduate students were enrolled.
<p>Accreditation
Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. It is a candidate for accreditation by the Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada.
History
Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis officially held its first class on September 11, 1956, with a group of thirty-one students from ten states and a faculty of seven. Richard V. Clearwaters, pastor of the Fourth Baptist Church of Minneapolis where the seminary was housed, was the first president.
Presidents
Douglas R. McLachlan succeeded Clearwaters as pastor of Fourth Baptist Church in 1982 and became the second president of the seminary during he 1986-87 academic year. In 1988, McLachlan was succeeded by Ernest Pickering as president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary and pastor of Fourth Baptist Church. In 1983, after Pickering left for another position, McLachlan returned to become Fourth Baptist Church's pastor and the seminary's president.
In May 2003, Kevin T. Bauder became full-time president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary. Samuel E. Horn succeeded Bauder on July 1, 2011. Horn left in October 2014 for a position elsehwere. In 2014, the Matt Morrell, pastor of Fourth Baptist Church, was named the seminary's president taking office in January 2015.
References
External links
- Official website
