Bethany University

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Bethany University is a four-year private Christian university located in Scotts Valley, California in Santa Cruz County. It is endorsed by the American arm of the Assemblies of God, a large Pentecostal fellowship (denomination). It was formerly called Bethany Bible College and Bethany College. It is part of the NAIA in the California Pacific Conference for athletics.

World Missions Globe which represents Bethany's commitment to worldwide missions around the world, is outside the library at Bethany University.

[edit] History

Bethany University is the oldest of the several Assemblies of God institutions of higher education. It was founded in 1919 as Glad Tidings Bible Institute to be the training school for an inner-city ministry in San Francisco conducted by Robert and Mary Craig. Through the next three decades the church and school enjoyed an international reputation as a strategic source of Christian workers.

[edit] Academics and accreditation

Since 1947 the university has been the official leadership program for the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies of God. The school was relocated to its present site in Scotts Valley in 1950 and became a four-year, degree granting institution in 1955. Bethany was accredited with the Senior Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in 1966. The California Commission on Teacher Credentialing recognized Bethany's teacher education program in 1968.

In 1990 the name was changed to Bethany College of the Assemblies of God, and was later designated with University status in 2005.

[edit] School of Theological Studies

Biblical and Theological Studies
Church Leadership
Church Leadership & Children's Ministries
Church Leadership & Urban Ministries
Church Ministries
Church Music
General Ministries
Music Ministries Leadership
Youth Ministries Leadership

[edit] School of Arts & Sciences

Communications
English
Liberal Arts
Music
Social Sciences

[edit] School of Professional Studies

Addiction Studies
Applied Professional Studies
Business
Child Development
Intercultural Child Development
Liberal Studies
Psychology
Teacher Education
Master's Degree in Education
Master's of Science in Clinical Psychology

[edit] School of Distributed Learning

eBethany/External Degree Program

APPL - San Jose, Monterey Bay, Las Vegas

[edit] External links

• Bethany University Official website
• Bethany University Myspace