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Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) is an undergraduate and graduate institution of higher learning located in Waxahachie, Texas
Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....
, USA
United States

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. It is regionally-accredited with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and officially endorsed by the Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God

The World Assemblies of God Fellowship, or Assemblies of God for short, is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination, with over 283,413 churches and outstations in over 110 countries and approximately 57 to 60 million adherents worldwide....
. It exists primarily to educate and prepare students for vocational ministry, but also has programs in a number of other fields.

hwestern Assemblies of God University began life as three separate Bible schools.






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Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU) is an undergraduate and graduate institution of higher learning located in Waxahachie, Texas
Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is regionally-accredited with the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and officially endorsed by the Assemblies of God
Assemblies of God

The World Assemblies of God Fellowship, or Assemblies of God for short, is the world's largest Pentecostal denomination, with over 283,413 churches and outstations in over 110 countries and approximately 57 to 60 million adherents worldwide....
. It exists primarily to educate and prepare students for vocational ministry, but also has programs in a number of other fields.

History

Southwestern Assemblies of God University began life as three separate Bible schools. The first, founded by Reverend P.C. Nelson in 1927, was called Southwestern Bible School. It was located in Enid, Oklahoma
Enid, Oklahoma

Enid is a city in Garfield County, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 47,045 at the United States 2000 census. It is the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma....
. The second, founded by Reverend Guy Shields in 1931, was called Shield of Faith Bible School. It was located in Amarillo, Texas
Amarillo, Texas

Amarillo is the 14th-largest city in the U.S. state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the county seat of Potter County, Texas. A portion of the city extends into Randall County, Texas....
. The third, founded by Reverend J.T. Little in 1931, was called Southern Bible College. It was originally located in Goose Creek, Texas (now Baytown, Texas
Baytown, Texas

Baytown is a city in Chambers County, Texas and Harris County, Texas Counties in the Gulf Coast of the United States region of the U.S. state of Texas....
), but relocated in 1933 to Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
.

Shield of Faith moved its Bible school to Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Fort Worth is the List of United States cities by population in the United States and the fifth-largest city within the state of Texas. Situated in and a cultural gateway into the Western United States, the city covers nearly in Tarrant County, Texas and Denton County, Texas counties, serving as the county seat for Tarrant County....
 in 1935. Southern Bible College merged with Shield of Faith in 1940 to create South Central Bible Institute when the school came under the leadership of the North Texas District Council of the Assemblies of God. In 1941, Southwestern Bible School merged with South Central Bible Institute to create Southwestern Bible Institute. In 1943, the institute moved to its present location in Waxahachie, Texas
Waxahachie, Texas

Waxahachie is a city in Ellis County, Texas, Texas, United States. The population was 21,426 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Ellis County....
, taking over the former campus of Trinity University (Texas)
Trinity University (Texas)

Trinity University is an independent, primarily undergraduate, liberal arts college in San Antonio, Texas, Texas....
, which had moved to San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas

San Antonio is the second-largest city in the state of Texas and the List of United States cities by population. Located in , the city is a cultural and geographical gateway into the ....
.

Shortly after relocating, the school added a junior college curriculum. The institute later became known as Southwestern Assemblies of God College and added two more years to the curriculum. In 1994, the name of the college was changed to Southwestern Assemblies of God University.

The university is accredited to award the master's, bachelor's, and associate's degrees.

Sports

Southwestern is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs....
 and the National Christian College Athletic Association
National Christian College Athletic Association

The National Christian College Athletic Association is an association of approximately 100 Christianity university, colleges, and Bible colleges in the United States and Canada which see collegiate sports primarily as an opportunity for Christian fellowship and ministry....
. It currently fields teams in Baseball, Basketball (men and women's), Football, Soccer (men and women's), and Volleyball (women's). There is a cheerleading squad. The school colors are purple and gold. The school mascot is the lion.

Basketball

Retired numbers: 34, Monte Warcup, who was the first inductee to the SAGU Athletic Hall of Fame.

Notable Alumni


  • Gary Chapman
    Gary Chapman (musician)

    Gary Chapman is a Contemporary music Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show Presenter....
     (Christian Musician)
  • John Hagee
    John Hagee

    John Charles Hagee is the American founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, Texas, a Non-denominational Christianity charismatic movement church with more than 19,000 active members....
  • Jerry Lee Lewis
    Jerry Lee Lewis

    Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer, songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and his pioneering contribution to the genre has been recognized by the Rockabilly Hall of Fame....
     (Did not graduate. Lewis was asked to leave before he attained a degree)
  • Kristy Starling
    Kristy Starling

    Kristy Starling is a Contemporary Christian Music singer, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After marrying husband Adam in the fall of 2002, she came second in a national singing competition, Today's Superstar, NBC News' morning show....
     (Christian Musician)
  • Jimmy Swaggart
    Jimmy Swaggart

    Jimmy Lee Swaggart is a Pentecostal preacher and pioneer of televangelism. In the 1980's Jimmy Swaggart's television programming was extremely popular....
  • Tommy Barnett
    Tommy Barnett

    Tommy Barnett Phoenix First Assembly of God in Phoenix, Arizona. The church is known as "the church with a heart" because of its over 200 active outreach ministries....
     (Pastor)
  • Mark Kelly
    Mark Kelly

    Mark Kelly is the keyboardist of the progressive rock band , Marillion. He is also a former milky bar kid.He joined the band in 1981, replacing previous keyboardist Brian Jelliman, and is still a member as of 2008....
     (former bassist for the Christian band Petra
    Petra

    Petra is an Archaeology site in the Arabah, Ma'an Governorate, Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor in a Depression among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Arabah , the large valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba....
    )


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