Tennessee Temple University

Tennessee Temple University
Motto Training to Transform
Type Private
Established 1946 - 2015
Students 468 University Students; 88 Seminary
Location Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Campus Highland Park, 37404
Nickname Crusaders
Website www.tntemple.edu

Tennessee Temple University was a four-year private Christian university, with its focus on liberal arts education, located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Operating there, also, was 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, 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 megachurches of the modern era, created many ministry training opportunities for the students of Tennessee Temple. This model would be the inspiration for the Rev. Jerry Falwell to begin what would become Liberty University.

Tennessee Temple's peak enrollment was more than 4,000. As of September 2013, there were "just over" 400 students enrolled.[1] In September 2013, university leaders reported that the institution was considering a campus relocation, from Highland Park to a larger site on Woodland Park Baptist Church property located on Standifer Gap Road.[1][2] In February 2014, the university announced that it would sell most of its Highland Park campus buildings to Redemption to the Nations, the parent organization of Redemption Point Church, and move to a new site by June 2015.[3]

In March 2015, it was announced that, as of April 30, 2015, Tennessee Temple University would dissolve and merge with Piedmont International University, a private Christian college in Winston-Salem, N.C.[4] Dr. Steve Echols was the last President of Tennessee Temple University.[5]

Alumni

Name Known for Relationship to Tennessee Temple University
Kay Arthur Co-founder of Precept Ministries International Class of 1965
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[6]
Jimmy DeYoung [7] Prophecy teacher and journalist. Formerly the Vice-President and General Manager of New York City's first Christian radio station, WNYM. Jimmy DeYoung Ministries[8] and Founder of Prophecy Today [9] a radio ministry that reaches stations globally. Doctorate, 1996
Dan Lothian White House Correspondent for CNN [10] Bachelor's degree, 1987
Ron Bishop [11] Founder of SCORE International Master of Divinity, 1971
Paul Dixon [12] President of Cedarville College, 1978-2003 Graduated from TTC in 1961 and Temple Seminary in 1964
Victor Hazard [13] Dean of Students, University of Kentucky [13] B.A. in Psychology, 1978
Max Helton Founder of Motor Racing Outreach [14] B.A. in English, 1963

References

  1. 1 2 "Tennessee Temple University May Leave Highland Park For Woodland Park Baptist Church Campus". The Chattanoogan. September 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ Brantley, Megan (September 16, 2013). "TTU, Woodland Park Baptist church in talks about new campus". Chattanooga: WRCB-TV.
  3. ↑ Carroll, David (February 16, 2014 (updated February 17, 2014). "Tennessee Temple University will move by 2015". Chattanooga: WRCB-TV. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/local/story/2015/mar/03/glory-gonetennessee-temple-university-far-its/291216/
  5. ↑ "Dr. Steve Echols". Tennessee Temple University. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  6. ↑ "Chattanooga: Lookouts embrace Dodger blue". Times Free Press. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  7. ↑ "Jimmy DeYoung - Chattanooga (Tennessee) - Bekend persoon". Facebook. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Jimmy DeYoung". Jimmydeyoung.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  9. ↑ "Prophecy Today". Prophecy Today. 2002-12-01. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  10. ↑ Archived January 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Home Office | Score International". Scoreintl.org. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  12. ↑ Archived June 3, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
  13. 1 2 "University of Kentucky // President's Commission on Women". Uky.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  14. ↑ "Motor Racing Outreach, Ministry Sharing God and Faith with NASCAR and Racing Communities". Go2mro.com. Retrieved 2014-02-19.

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