Tennessee Temple University

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Tennessee Temple University
Tennessee Temple University seal.jpg
Motto Training to Transform
Established 1946
Type Private
Students 468 University Students; 88 Seminary
Location Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Campus Highland Park, 37404
Mascot Crusaders
Website www.tntemple.edu

Tennessee Temple University is a four-year private Christian university, with its focus on liberal arts education, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Operating there, also, is Temple Baptist Seminary, the university's graduate school of Christian theology.

Tennessee Temple was founded in 1946 under the leadership and vision of Dr. Lee Roberson. As the pastor of a prominent Southern Baptist church, Highland Park Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Dr. Roberson saw the need to train people for ministry through higher education. Believing that God was leading him to act upon this need, he began an evening Bible institute which would eventually blossom into a Bible college and a liberal arts college. Later, a seminary would be added. The close relationship that the school maintained with Highland Park Baptist Church, one of the early mega-churches of the modern era, created many ministry training opportunities for the students of Tennessee Temple. This model would be the inspiration for a pastor in the mountains of Virginia, the Rev. Jerry Falwell (note: Rev. Falwell did NOT attend Tennessee Temple), to begin what would become Liberty University. Today, Tennessee Temple graduates circle the globe. While they are predominately known for their roles as ministers, missionaries, and educators, Temple grads serve in every imaginable occupation, in all walks of life. Dr. Steve Echols [1] is the current President of Tennessee Temple University.

Alumni

Name Known for Relationship to Tennessee Temple University
Dallas Willard Professor at the University of Southern California B.A. in Psychology, 1956
Kevin Malone Former general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers Coach[2]
Jimmy DeYoung [3] Prophecy teacher and journalist. Formerly the Vice-President and General Manager of New York City's first Christian radio station, WNYM. Jimmy DeYoung Ministries[4] and Founder of Prophecy Today [5] a radio ministry that reaches stations globally. Doctorate, 1996
Dan Lothian White House Correspondent for CNN [6] Bachelor Degree, 1987
Ron Bishop [7] Founder of SCORE International [8] Master of Divinity, 1971
Paul Dixon [9] President of Cedarville College, 1978-2003 Graduated from TTC in 1961 and Temple Seminary in 1964
Victor Hazard [10] Dean of Students, University of Kentucky [11] B.A. in Psychology, 1978

References

  1. ^ http://www.tntemple.edu/dr-steve-echols
  2. ^ David Paschall, Chattanooga: Lookouts embrace Dodger blue
  3. ^ http://www.facebook.com/JimmyDeYoung
  4. ^ http://jimmydeyoung.com/index.shtml
  5. ^ http://prophecytoday.com/aboutus/index.php
  6. ^ http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/lothian.dan.html
  7. ^ http://www.scoreintl.org/about/home-office/
  8. ^ http://www.scoreintl.org/#all
  9. ^ http://www.cedarville.edu/inauguration/pastpresidents_dixon.htm
  10. ^ http://www.uky.edu/PCD/members/Hazardbio.php
  11. ^ http://www.uky.edu/PCD/members/Hazardbio.php

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