Central Baptist Theological Seminary
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Central Baptist Theological Seminary is the name of several Baptist
seminaries:
Baptist
Baptists comprise a group of Christian denominations and churches that subscribe to a doctrine that baptism should be performed only for professing believers , and that it must be done by immersion...
seminaries:
- Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Kansas City, in Shawnee, KansasShawnee, KansasShawnee is a city located in northwest Johnson County, Kansas, United States and is a western suburb of Kansas City, Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 62,209. Shawnee's fur trading and pioneering heritage blends histories of these Kansas Territory townships: Monticello and...
, is a professional graduate schoolGraduate schoolA graduate school is a school that awards advanced academic degrees with the general requirement that students must have earned a previous undergraduate degree...
of theology affiliated with the American Baptist Churches U.S.A. and the Cooperative Baptist FellowshipCooperative Baptist FellowshipThe Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is a Christian fellowship of Baptist churches formed in 1991. Theologically moderate, the CBF withdrew from the Southern Baptist Convention over philosophical and theological differences, such as the SBC prohibition of women serving as pastors. The Cooperative...
. It was founded in 1901, and originally named the Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary.
- Central Baptist Theological Seminary of MinneapolisCentral Baptist Theological Seminary of MinneapolisCentral Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis is one of the oldest fundamentalist Christian seminaries in the United States. The school is located in Plymouth, Minnesota, and has a branch campus in Arad, Romania. Its student body numbers close to one hundred enrolled in graduate and...
, in Plymouth, MinnesotaPlymouth, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 65,894 people, 24,820 households, and 17,647 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,002.0 persons per square mile . There were 25,258 housing units at an average density of 767.4 per square mile...
, is an independent fundamental BaptistIndependent BaptistIndependent Baptist churches are Christian churches generally holding to conservative Baptist beliefs. They are characterized by being independent from the authority of denominations or similar bodies. Members of such churches comprised three percent of the United States adult population according...
graduate school of theology chartered in 1956. It is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and SchoolsTransnational Association of Christian Colleges and SchoolsThe Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools is a U.S. national educational accreditation agency for Christian colleges, universities, and seminaries...
. and the American Association of Christian Colleges and SeminariesAmerican Association of Christian Colleges and SeminariesThe American Association of Christian Colleges and Seminaries, Inc. is an organization of Bible colleges and Christian universities and seminaries in the continental United States and Puerto Rico...
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- Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Virginia Beach, in Virginia Beach, VirginiaVirginia Beach, VirginiaVirginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay...
, is an independent fundamental BaptistIndependent BaptistIndependent Baptist churches are Christian churches generally holding to conservative Baptist beliefs. They are characterized by being independent from the authority of denominations or similar bodies. Members of such churches comprised three percent of the United States adult population according...
graduate school of theology started in 1995 with assistance from institutions including Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis.