Mid-Atlantic Christian University
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| Motto | Set for the Defense of the Gospel |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1948 |
| Affiliation | Christian churches and churches of Christ |
| President | D. Clay Perkins |
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Academic staff
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9 |
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Administrative staff
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6 |
| Students | 178 |
| Location |
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, US 36°18′15″N 76°13′01″W / 36.304093°N 76.216847°WCoordinates: 36°18′15″N 76°13′01″W / 36.304093°N 76.216847°W |
| Nickname | Mustangs |
| Website | www |
Mid-Atlantic Christian University or MACU (formerly Roanoke Bible College or RBC) is a private Christian university located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States. It is supported by Christian churches and churches of Christ, which is part of the Restoration Movement. MACU is a four-year, co-educational institution and is authorized to award Bachelor's degrees, Associate's degrees and certificates. MACU has been the primary source of Christian Church/Church of Christ preacher training in eastern North Carolina and Virginia for approximately 60 years.
Mid-Atlantic Christian University was founded as Roanoke Bible College in 1948 by George and Sarah BonDurant to train preachers for churches in eastern North Carolina and the Tidewater region of Virginia. The BonDurants had previously founded Atlanta Christian College in 1937, and George BonDurant served as its first President until 1947, when he left over a dispute with the trustees. He then found employment as an evangelist of the Roanoke District Churches of Christ in eastern North Carolina in 1947.
Less than a year later, the BonDurants founded MACU due to the extreme lack of preachers in the area at the time. Classes began in 1948 with 12 full-time students. The first group of transfer students graduated in 1950 and the first class to complete all four years at MACU graduated in 1952. MACU has graduated a class every year since.
MACU has been accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education since 1979. It has been accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1999.
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