Missouri Baptist University
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| Type | Private |
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| Established | 1957 |
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Religious affiliation
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Baptist evangelical Christian |
| Endowment | $3 million |
| President | R. Alton Lacey |
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Academic staff
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230 |
| Students | 4,836 |
| Undergraduates | 3,413 |
| Postgraduates | 1,423 |
| Location |
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. 38°38′30″N 90°27′44″W / 38.64170°N 90.46224°WCoordinates: 38°38′30″N 90°27′44″W / 38.64170°N 90.46224°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Navy blue and White |
| Nickname | Spartans |
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Sporting affiliations
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NAIA – American Midwest |
| Website | www |
Missouri Baptist University is a private evangelical Christian, coeducational university located in western St. Louis County in Creve Coeur Missouri. In August 2002, the Missouri Baptist College was officially renamed Missouri Baptist University. Missouri Baptist offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and has a current enrollment of over 4,800 students on the main 81 acres (32.8 ha)West County campus and several satellite campuses in Greater St. Louis for adult education and evening education.
In 1957, a growing need for an evangelical Christian institution in the St. Louis area prompted the opening of a campus extension of Hannibal-LaGrange College at Tower Grove Baptist Church. Sixty-eight students were enrolled that inaugural year.
Classes for the extension center, also known as St. Louis Baptist College, met in the activities building of Tower Grove Baptist Church. In 1964, Missouri Baptist College was chartered as an evangelical Christian, four-year liberal arts college. Under the auspices of Hannibal-LaGrange College and the direction of its president, Dr. L.A. Foster, Bible courses were offered for pastors and laymen. During the second term, several liberal arts courses were requested and provided. Student influence, along with organizational work of St. Louis Baptist leaders, pastors and laymen, influenced MBU’s charter. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees for Missouri Baptist College was held in January 1964. Dr. Frank Kellogg served as the first chairman of the Board of Trustees and later as the second president.
In July 1964, leaders acquired the site of MBU’s main campus, metropolitan land near Interstate 270 and U.S. Route 40 in West Saint Louis County. In September 1968, 186 students began classes, more than tripling the institution’s size in just over a decade. In May 1973, Missouri Baptist College graduated its first class of twenty-nine students, each earning a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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