The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is located in Louisville, Kentucky and is the flagship seminary of the SBC, Southern Baptist Convention. Southern Seminary or SBTS is the oldest of the seminaries in the SBC and was founded in Greenville, South Carolina in 1859 by James Petigru Boyce who served as its first president. The seminary moved to Louisville, Kentucky in 1877. Southern Seminary upholds the SBC Baptist Faith and Message, and its own Abstract of Principles.

The seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The ninth and current president of the seminary is R. Albert Mohler, Jr., whose tenure began in 1993.

History

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has been an innovator in theological education since its founding in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina as the first seminary of the Southern Baptist Convention. The school's pioneering legacy began in the visionary mind of James Petigru Boyce, the school's first president. Boyce dreamed of a school that would accept all God-called individuals for study regardless of their educational background.

Though disrupted

Southern Seminary looks to the future with great expectation, not forgetting the legacy of its storied past or its commitment to the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

Mission Statement

Under the lordship of Jesus Christ, the mission of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is to be totally committed to the Bible as the Word of God, to the Great Commission as our mandate, and to be a servant of the churchesof the Southern Baptist Convention by training, educating, and preparing ministers of the gospel for more faithful service.