Denver Seminary

==History==
Denver Seminary was founded in 1950<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rabey |first=Steve |title=Higher education: Colorado's theology schools train clergy, counselors and more |url=https://gazette.com/life/faith-values/higher-education-colorados-theology-schools-train-clergy-counselors-and-more/article_d95ce768-7fd3-11ed-ac18-83007667b3da.html |access-date=2023-01-18 |website=Colorado Springs Gazette |language=en}}</ref> by members of the newly founded [[Conservative Baptist Association]]. This is a group of churches that separated from the [[Northern Baptist Convention]] over theological differences stemming from the [[Fundamentalist-modernist controversy]] conflict earlier in the twentieth century. The school was originally known as the Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary and, in 1982, changed its name to Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary. 

The school was originally known as the Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary and was based in [[Englewood, Colorado]]. In 1982 it changed its name to Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary. In 1998 it  changed its name again to Denver Seminary; this was a reflection of its growing appeal to a wide-spectrum of evangelical students. 

Carey Thomas became the Seminary's first president in 1950. In 1956, [[Vernon Grounds]] was appointed as the second president and remained so until 1979. In June 1962, the seminary was granted associate membership in the American Association of Theological Schools (now the Association of Theological Schools). Full ATS accreditation was achieved in 1971. 

Full accreditation to the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools was achieved in 1972. 

In 1996, Clyde McDowell, the fifth president, introduced a program of training and mentoring for which Denver Seminary has become well known. During his time, the institute became the first seminary ever to receive accreditation by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs (CACREP) for its counseling degree program. The institute is also accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

In 2002, Bruce Shelly, the Senior Professor of Church History, authored a biography on Grounds titled ''Transformed by Love:The Vernon Grounds Story''. This book gives a comprehensive overview of Denver Seminary's history as it developed from a small denominational school to a major evangelical seminary under Grounds' leadership.

In 2005, under the leadership of President Craig Williford, the institute moved to a new campus in  [[Littleton, Colorado]] where the school currently resides. Built from the ground up specifically for the Seminary, the campus includes teaching and leadership facilities and nearly 100 student apartments. The campus is situated next to the [[South Platte River]].

The seminary had a campus in West Texas for a time, but this has now closed.<ref>[https://www.collegeevalutor.com/institute/denver-seminary_closed-campus College Evalutor website, Retrieved 2023-04-21]</ref>

===Presidents===
The following men have served in the presidency of Denver Seminary:

1. Carey S. Thomas, 1950-56<br />
2. [[Vernon C. Grounds]], 1956-1979<br />
3. [[Haddon Robinson]], 1979-1991<br />
4. Edward L. Hayes, 1993-1996<br />
5. Clyde McDowell, 1996-1999<br />
6. Leith Anderson (interim president) 1999-2001<br />
7. G. Craig Williford, 2001-2008<br />
8. Mark Young, 2009-present