Shelton College
Former name | National Bible Institute |
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Active | 1907 | –1991
Principal | J. Oliver Buswell |
Location | New Jersey, United States |
Shelton College was a private, Christian, liberal arts college that was located in Cape May, New Jersey. It was involved in a landmark case requiring religious schools to acquire a state license to grant academic degrees.
The college motto was "Training Christian Warriors."[1]
History
Shelton College was founded in 1907 as "National Bible Institute" by Don Odell Shelton and located in New York City.[2]
Carl McIntire was instrumental in the leadership of the college from the early 1940s until it closed in 1991.
It became Shelton College in the early 1950s. The college had a campus in Ringwood, New Jersey, moving to Cape May, New Jersey in 1963.[3]
In 1971 the College moved to Cape Canaveral, Florida, in 1971 and then back to Cape May in 1979.
In September 1973, McIntire became Chancellor.[4]
In New Jersey Board of Higher Education v. Shelton College, the Supreme Court of New Jersey forbade Shelton from granting degrees without a state license.[5][6][7][8] The school became a certificate granting institution until it closed in 1992.
In 2014, the roof collapsed and the building was demolished.[9]
Academic programs
- Bachelor of Arts (BA)
- Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB)
- Bachelor of Theology (BTh)
- Bachelor of Divinity (BD)
- Bachelor of Religious Education (BRE)
- Master of Religious Education (MRE)
Notable alumni
- Edwin M. Yamauchi, historian
- William E. Chilton, US Senator from West Virginia
- Spiros Zodhiates, author and Biblical scholar
- Ronald E. Manahan, president of Grace College and Theological Seminary
- Timothy Tow, principal of Far Eastern Bible College
Notable faculty
- Jack Murray, President
- Arthur E. Steele, President
- Francis Nigel Lee, Theology
- Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, English
- Gary G Cohen, Physics
- Dr. Gordon Drake, Vice President
Publications
Shelton College publishes a theological journal, The Bible Today.
Leadership
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References
- ↑ Rhoads, Gladys Titzck and Nancy Titzck Anderson (2012). McIntire: Defender of Faith and Freedom. Maitland, FL: Xulon Press. p. 101. ISBN 9781619962316.
- ↑ "The Bible Today". PCA Historical Center: Periodical Holdings - The Bible Today (1941-1951). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ Laplaca, Bryan (18 February 1965). "Shelton College". Retrieved 18 September 2015 – via NorthJersey.com.
- ↑ "Rules Are Strict At Shelton". St. Petersburg Times. 26 December 1973.
- ↑ Supreme Court of New Jersey (1982). "New Jersey Board of Higher Education v. Shelton College". Retrieved 24 April 2017.
- ↑ See Russell Kirk, "Shelton College and State Licensing of Religious Schools: An Educator's View of the Interface Between the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses," Law & Contemporary Problems, 44:2 (Spring 1981), 169-184 [Kirk's article is excellent in what it asserts, but some historical details are in need of correction]. The Ringwood Campus, called "Skylands," became the New Jersey Botanical Gardens in 1984 New Jersey Botanical Gardens website
- ↑ "What ever happened to Shelton College?". Cape May New Jersey. Archived from the original on September 28, 2008. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
- ↑ Kirk, Russell (1981). "Shelton College and State Licensing of Religious Schools: An Educator's View of the Interface Between the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses". Duke University.
- ↑ "Former Shelton College building to be demolished after roof collapse". Shore News Today.