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__NOTOC__ The John Leland Center for Theological Studies is a Christian institution of higher education, comprising a seminary and a school of ministry. The center's main campus is in Arlington, Virginia, with several satellite locations elsewhere in Virginia.〔 Leland is partnered with the Baptist General Association of Virginia〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ministry Partners )〕 and the District of Columbia Baptist Convention,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Partners )〕 though the center has ties with a range of denominations and churches.〔 Leland is a member of the Washington Theological Consortium.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Member Institutions )〕 The center's namesake, John Leland, was an 18th and 19th century Baptist minister in the United States who was a proponent of the separation of church and state.〔 ==History== At a 1997 Baptist World Alliance meeting, several Baptist leaders discussed developing the Washington Metropolitan Area's first Baptist seminary. These individuals resolved to create the center which began offering classes the next year.〔〔 Randel Everett, the center's first president, stepped down in late 2006.〔 Mark J. Olson became Leland's second president in 2007. 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「John Leland Center for Theological Studies」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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