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The Battle of Lexington and Wilmore

"A look at the history of two Kentucky seminaries—one liberal, one evangelical—shows how evangelicals won the Protestant mainstream."

William 'Beau' Weston | posted 3/11/2002 12:00AM

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William "Beau" Weston is author of Presbyterian Pluralism: Competition in a Protestant House, and teaches sociology at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky. The Louisville Institute provided the funds for his research.

Breaking Into the Top 20

In 33 years, the proportion of students enrolled in evangelical seminaries among the top 20 divinity schools grew from 44 to 79 percent.

Evangelical institutions shown in bold.

1964

Southwestern Baptist 1,036
Southern Baptist 860
Concordia (Missouri) 672
Union (New York) 617
Southeastern Baptist555
Princeton 506
Yale 481
Candler (Emory) 470
Luther Northwestern 446
New Orleans Baptist442
Lutheran (Chicago) 392
Garrett-Evangelical 388
Drew University 365
Concordia (Indiana)354
Boston University 348
Andover Newton 336
Perkins (S. Methodist U.) 328
Colgate Rochester 323
Trinity Evangelical310
Lutheran (Philadelphia) 303

1997

Southwestern Baptist 2,190
Fuller 1,780
Trinity Evangelical 974
Dallas 898
Southern Baptist 851
Southeastern Baptist 762
Asbury 748
New Orleans Baptist 738
Princeton 630
Candler (Emory) 601
Reformed587
Luther Northwestern 576
Golden Gate Baptist556
Bethel484
Gordon-Conwell484
Concordia (Missouri)483
Duke University 483
Harvard University 470
Ontario 457
Ashland426

Endowments to the Top 20 (1997)

Mainline seminaries still draw greater funding than evangelical schools.

Evangelical institutions shown in bold.

Millions of Dollars

738.1
232.2
155.7
124.1
102.3
101.7
96.6
95.8
83.8
82.2
75.8
75.2
61.7
61.5
50.6
47.0
44.1
42.9
39.6
39.2

Princeton
Candler (Emory)
Columbia
Asbury
Fuller
Union (Virginia)
Southern Baptist
Virginia (Episcopal)
Yale
Austin Presbyterian
McCormick
Christian
Louisville Presbyterian
Union (New York)
Brite (Texas Christian U.)
San Francisco
General (Episcopal)
Luther Northwestern
U. of the South (Episcopal)
Colgate Rochester

Related Elsewhere

The Web sites for Lexington Theological Seminary and Asbury Theological Seminary each have information for prospective students and more.

Christianity Today International's Seminary and Grad School Guide features schools, posts insightful advice columns and has allows viewers to search by region for semanaries.

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