Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

===19th century to early 20th century (1835–1950)===

[[Basil Manly Sr.]] first issued a call for a new seminary for Baptists in the south in 1835. Over the next two decades, he was the driving force in a movement to establish the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

In 1856, South Carolina Baptists gathered together and met in [[Greenville, South Carolina]] with [[James P. Boyce]] to discuss the need to finance a seminary. In that meeting, Southern Baptists agreed to pledge $100,000 in the establishment of a theological school. In 1857, Boyce convinced members of the convention in [[Louisville, KY]] to approve a motion to establish The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. In the fall of 1859, Southern began its first academic year with 26 students. The seminary continued to grow until it temporarily closed from 1861 to 1865 due to [[American Civil War]]. After the war, the seminary had to recover at a different location. The Board of Trustees along with Boyce decided the new location would be the seminary's current location of [[Louisville, Kentucky]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=SBTS – Founding: 1859–1878 |url=https://archives.sbts.edu/the-history-of-the-sbts/our-story/founding-1859-1878/ |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=archives.sbts.edu}}</ref>

[[File:US-KY(1891) p290 LOUISVILLE, SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINAR.jpg|thumb|left|Southern in 1891]]
In 1889, John A. Broadus became the seminary's second President. Attendance and enrollment continued to grow and the [[Master of Divinity]] (M.Div.) and [[Doctor of Philosophy]] (Ph.D.) began to be offered as graduate degrees starting in the early 1890s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SBTS – Calm: 1889–1895 |url=https://archives.sbts.edu/the-history-of-the-sbts/our-story/calm-1889-1895/ |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=archives.sbts.edu}}</ref> After Broadus, William Whitsitt became the third President of Southern in 1895.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SBTS – Conflict: 1895–1899 |url=https://archives.sbts.edu/the-history-of-the-sbts/our-story/conflict-1895-1899/ |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=archives.sbts.edu}}</ref> After a difficult tenure along with controversy dealing with [[Landmarkism]] amongst Baptists during that period, Whitsitt was succeeded by E.Y. Mullins (Boyce's College main dormitory is named after him) as president. Under Mullins, the seminary reached an endowment of an estimated 1.8 million dollars. It was during the early 1900s when women were beginning to be admitted to the classes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SBTS – Progressivism: 1899–1919 |url=https://archives.sbts.edu/the-history-of-the-sbts/our-story/progressivism-1899-1919/ |access-date=2020-06-16 |website=archives.sbts.edu}}</ref>