Oklahoma Wesleyan University

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Oklahoma Wesleyan University is an evangelical Christian university of the Wesleyan Church located in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.

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[edit] History

Oklahoma Wesleyan University was founded by the Wesleyan Church to provide higher education within a Christian environment for Wesleyan youth. Bartlesville Wesleyan College, its predecessor, was founded on the campus in Bartlesville, Oklahoma from a series of mergers of several schools. In August of 2001 Bartlesville Wesleyan College became Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

[edit] Motto

"A university where Jesus is Lord."

[edit] School Information

OWU offers over 35 majors through its traditional campus program. There are approximately 960 students, with 480 on the main campus and 480 at OWU campuses around Oklahoma.

[edit] The Four Pillars of the School

  1. The primacy of Jesus Christ as the incarnate Son of God, the Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the End, who is the lens for all learning and the Lord of our daily lives.
  2. The priority of Scripture as the inerrant and authoritative written Word of God that guides us in all matters of faith, learning, and living.
  3. The pursuit of Wisdom as an objective, attainable reality grounded in the person and example of Jesus Christ and anchored in the Bible.
  4. The practice of Truth as the goal for all members of the university community, who work to promote healing and wholeness in a broken culture and hurting world.

[edit] Antecedent Schools

[edit] Timeline

timeline of OWU
1909 Miltonvale Wesleyan College is founded in Miltonvale, Kansas.
1910 Colorado Springs Bible College is founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
1917 Pilgrim Bible College is founded in Pasadena, California.
1932 Holiness Evangelistic Institute is founded in El Monte, California.
1959 Colorado Springs Bible College, Pilgrim Bible College and Holiness Evangelistic Institute merge to become Central Pilgrim College in Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
1968 The Pilgrim Holiness Church and Wesleyan Methodist Church merge to become the Wesleyan Church. Central Pilgrim College becomes Bartlesville Wesleyan College.
1972 Miltonvale Wesleyan College and Bartlesville Wesleyan College merge and retain the Bartlesville Wesleyan College name.
2001 Bartlesville Wesleyan College becomes Oklahoma Wesleyan University.

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