University of the Cumberlands Freed from Kentucky Baptist Convention

Jerome · Nov 1, 2018

Now, just tiny Clear Creek Baptist Bible College remains under the thumb of the Convention.
Not that long ago, KBC had five colleges in its portfolio. Cumberlands' declaration of independence follows Georgetown's and Campbellsville's. Another Bible college (Mid Continent) went belly up several years ago while still associated with the Convention.

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The University of the Cumberlands is moving to end its formal ties to the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The university has requested the change, which is expected to be approved by the convention
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the state Baptist group currently appoints all board members for Cumberlands.
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rlvaughn · Nov 23, 2018

Jerome said: ↑

Another Bible college (Mid Continent) went belly up several years ago while still associated with the Convention.
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Are you suggesting the KBC bears responsibility for the belly-upedness of Mid-Continent, or just noting the belly-upedness as the reason it is no longer affiliated with KBC?

Thanks.

Jerome · Nov 24, 2018

Yeah, it's kind of hard to be affiliated any more now that it's defunct! I believe Mid Continent was more so a local outfit in western Kentucky, but 'affirmed' by the state Convention.

Previous threads discussing Mid Continent Baptist Bible College (founded back in 1947, folded a few years ago after rebranding itself 'Mid Continent University'):

"Bible Colleges"

Tom Butler said:

A dozen years or more ago, Mid-Continent Baptist Bible College in Mayfield, Kentucky, began moving in that direction....When I joined the board, the top enrollment as 171 students. Its main sources of income were gifts from cooperating Baptist Associations and tuition....To broaden appeal beyond Christian vocation students, we dropped Baptist and Bible from our name. The expected firestorm followed from our supporters who took this as a sign that we were going liberal.
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Tom Butler said:

The Bible College still exists within the university, and has more students than ever before....Our bylaws stress that we teach from a Christian world view and hold to scriptural interrancy, and are guided by the Baptist Faith and Message. All faculty must agree to teach accordingly and incorporate those views into the curriculum (in writing)....So far, we have remained faithful.....vigilance will always be required, and we can never take it for granted. It will take a steady flow of like-minded Baptist trustees and the man they hire as president. We are blessed on both counts.
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Mid-Continent University Update

Tom Butler said:

Every faculty membere in the MCU Batpist Colelge of the Bible is an inerrantist. I'm pretty sure they're all creationist, as well.
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Christian (Baptist) Higher Education

Tom Butler said:

Our bylaws require that every trustee hold to inerrancy. So must all the faculty in the Baptist College of the Bible. We have a smattering of professors in the College of Arts and Sciences who are not Baptist, but even they must agree not to teach contrary to the Baptist Faith and Message....I know, I know, somebody who reads this will say, ah hah, one of those right-wing, fundamentalist bible schools. Conservative, yes, and unashamedly so. We are what we are, and we're not subtle about it.
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rlvaughn · Nov 24, 2018

Jerome said: ↑

The University of the Cumberlands is moving to end its formal ties to the Kentucky Baptist Convention. The university has requested the change, which is expected to be approved by the convention
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Sounds like this was an expected end. Was it approved at the KBC meeting?

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