Central Seminary

1901 establishments in KansasEducation in Johnson County, KansasSeminaries and theological colleges affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USASeminaries and theological colleges in KansasUniversities and colleges established in 1901

Central Baptist Theological Seminary, also known as Central Seminary, is a seminary Shawnee, Kansas, affiliated with American Baptist Churches USA and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.It was founded in 1901 as the Kansas City Baptist Theological Seminary. According to the Schaff–Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, it was founded "to meet the needs of Baptists of the Middle West for an institution devoted exclusively to ministerial education, none such then existing west of Chicago and Louisville." The name was changed to Central Baptist Theological Seminary in 1941. It moved from Kansas City to Shawnee in 2006.Central has been in partnership with Myanmar Institute of Theology since 2009 and with Calvin University in South Korea since 2020.Molly Marshall was appointed president in 2005 and served until 2020. The current president is Pamela Durso.As of 2022, Central has 287 students.

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Monticello Road, Shawnee

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