Arlington Baptist College

Arlington Baptist College
Established 1939
Type Private
President D.L. Moody[1]
Students 147[2]
Location Arlington, Texas, United States
Former names Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute
Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Ergun Caner[3]
Website www.abconline.edu

Arlington Baptist College is a private, four-year Bible college in Arlington, Texas. The school was founded by J. Frank Norris in 1939 as Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute.[4]

In June 2011 it hired Ergun Caner, a former Muslim, as Provost and professor. [3]

Campus

The Arlington campus is the site of the former Top O' Hill Terrace casino which has been recognized with a Texas state historical marker.[5]

References

  1. ^ "About ABC". Arlington Baptist College. http://www.abconline.edu/HTML/AboutABC/AboutABC.html. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  2. ^ "Arlington Baptist College". The Association for Biblical Higher Education. 2011. http://directory.abhe.org/Details.aspx?id=8. Retrieved 2011-06-24. 
  3. ^ a b Shipp, Brett (June 21, 2011). "Controversy follows Baptist theologian to North Texas". Dallas-Fort Worth: WFAA. http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Controversy-follows-Baptist-theologian-to-north-Texas-124318149.html. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
  4. ^ Leonard, Bill J. (2007). Baptists in America. Columbia University Press. p. 116. ISBN 9780231127035. http://books.google.com/books?id=ilK4e4xba98C&lpg=PA116&pg=PA116#v=onepage. Retrieved 2011-01-31. 
  5. ^ "Top O' Hill Terrace - Texas Historical Marker". Arlington Baptist College. http://www.abconline.edu/HTML/TopOHill/TopOHill.html. Retrieved 2008-11-07. 

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