Denver Seminary

== Theological stance ==
The evangelical theological stance of Denver Seminary is demonstrated by the words of the late chancellor Vernon Grounds:

<blockquote>Here is no unanchored liberalism, freedom to think without commitment. Here is no encrusted dogmatism, commitment without freedom to think. Here is a vibrant evangelicalism, commitment with freedom to think within the limits laid down in Scripture.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mekonnen |first=Alemayehu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4OM2DAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Here+is+no+unanchored+liberalism%2C+freedom+to+think+without+commitment.+Here+is+no+encrusted+dogmatism%2C+commitment+without+freedom+to+think.+Here+is+a+vibrant+evangelicalism%2C+commitment+with+freedom+to+think+within+the+limits+laid+down+in+Scripture.%22&pg=PT21 |title=The West and China in Africa: Civilization without Justice |date=2015-11-13 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |isbn=978-1-4982-2019-4 |language=en}}</ref></blockquote>

This statement was first used by Grounds to stake out Denver Seminary's theological position in the midst of conflict between moderately conservative and ultra-conservative factions of the [[Conservative Baptist Association]] that eventually led the ultra-conservative faction to withdraw from the CBA and found the Conservative Baptist Fellowship (CBF). Grounds, formerly the academic dean of fundamentalist Baptist seminary in New York state affiliated with the [[General Association of Regular Baptist Churches]], eventually became a key spokesperson for the [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] movement that attributes its roots to the writings of [[Carl F. H. Henry]]. Under his leadership, Denver Seminary became firmly rooted in this theological camp.