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B. H. Carroll Theological Institute is an accredited Christian Baptist institution in Irving, Texas with multiple sources of funding and a self-perpetuating board of governors. It is named after Benajah Harvey Carroll and teaches Baptist principles and practices.〔(Three schools claim part of B.H. Carroll's legacy ), ''The Baptist Standard'', December 19, 2003.〕 It operates in cooperation primarily with Baptist churches,〔(Theology education taken to churches ), ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', August 1, 2004.〕 and also cooperates with other Great Commission Christians. The institution offers classes in both conventional classroom settings and by innovative means. It trains students in "“teaching churches” located in multiple Texas cities, as well as through interactive lessons taught over the Internet",〔(Unconventional seminary begins second year of instruction ), ''Associated Baptist Press'', January 13, 2006.〕 with 20 such "teaching churches" in operation throughout Texas as of November 2006.〔(Without a campus, seminary is still going strong ), ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', November 25, 2006.〕 The school plans to focus on the use of distance education to make it easier for students to obtain theological education.〔(New Baptist seminary aims to open in '04: Church officials say school to make it easier to get theology degrees ), ''Dallas Morning News'', November 5, 2003.〕 As of 2006, the school's second year of operation, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute has 300 students taking courses they hope will lead to seminary degrees and an additional 300 students auditing courses.〔 Bruce Corley was Carroll's first president;〔 Gene Wilkes is Carroll's second president.〔(Ken Camp, "Carroll Institute President Faces Challenges" ),''The Baptist Standard'', January 2, 2014.〕 In January 2007, the Institute was certified to grant degrees by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board,〔 and was later exempted from such certification through a ruling of the Texas State Supreme Court. In late February 2012, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute received accreditation status from the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). Carroll is listed among Institutions and Programs accredited by recognized U.S. Accrediting Organizations by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation(CHEA). ==History== The Institute's founding chancellor is Russell H. Dilday, a former president of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention, who wrote of a 'lively renaissance of Baptist theological education at the edge of a new millennium' prior to the launch of the Institute.〔Dilday, Russell H, Jr, ("Theological education at the edge of a new century" ). ''Theological Education' V.6 no.2 Spring 2000 pg. 1-62 (accessed March 2, 2012)〕 At the 2006 installation of the Institute's president and first administrators, Dilday indicated that 'the time is right for such a school as the Carroll Institute.'〔 The four inaugural faculty members at Carroll all formerly taught at Southwestern.〔(Mark Wingfield, "Carroll Institute hires first faculty, denies competition with Southwestern" ), ''Biblical Recorder'', November 7, 2003.〕 including Corley, who was a professor of New Testament and Greek and the Dean of the School of Theology there.〔(Four leave Southwestern Baptist to join new seminary ), ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'', November 5, 2003.〕 Corley was awarded both a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) and Doctor of Theology (Th. D.) from Southwestern.〔(Bruce Corley, Th.D. ), accessed November 1, 2006.〕 The Institute's representatives express no competition existing between the residential-model of education exemplified by Southwestern and their own non-residential model.〔 In a guest post for the National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion Southwest Region NABPR-SW blog, Corley suggests schools like the Institute can help 'bridge the gap between where the seminaries are and what their publics need.'〔Corley, Bruce. "Songs in a Strange Land". The NABPR-Southwest Blog: a place for Baptist Professors in the Southwest USA to share a few ideas (March 10, 2012). http://www.nabpr-sw.blogspot.com/2012/04/songs-in-strange-land-by-dr-bruce.html (accessed May 15, 2012).〕 Dr. Corley stepped down as President in October, 2013; Dr. Gene Wilkes of Legacy Church of Plano, Texas, was elected as Carroll's 2nd President in October 2013 and was inaugurated in February 2014.〔 With both Baylor and Southwestern's historic links to the man, some contention developed over the adoption of the name of B.H. Carroll by the Institute, as Carroll was the founding president of Southwestern Seminary. 〔 Writing long before the controversy, Leon McBeth testifies to the importance of Benajah Harvey Carroll's legacy to Baylor University and Southern Seminary as well as to modern Baptist history, describing the man as 'the John Wayne of Texas Baptists.'〔Leon McBeth, 'The Texas tradition : a study in Baptist regionalism,' ''Baptist History and Heritage'', 26, No. 1, January 1991, pg. 42. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rfh&AN=ATLA0000837535&site=ehost-live accessed March 3rd, 2012.〕 After headquartering in Arlington, Texas for several years, the Institute moved to its "first permanent location" in Irving beginning in May 2015.〔Teri Webster, 'Theological Institute makes Irving home,' ''The Rambler,'' July 18, 2015. ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「B. H. Carroll Theological Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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