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Bethany College is a private liberal arts college in Bethany, West Virginia, United States. Founded in 1840 by minister Alexander Campbell of the Restoration Movement , who gained support by the Virginia legislature, Bethany College was the first institution of higher education in what is now West Virginia.
Bethany College, established by Swedish Lutheran immigrants in 1881, is a college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Swedish-Lutheran settlers worked with the Rev. Carl Aaron Swensson , pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, to establish Bethany Academy on October 15, 1881, in the sacristy of the church in Lindsborg, Kansas, with ...
A large portion of this article is based on a U.S. Government depiction of the building's history that is sourced to: Charleton, James H. Old Main, Bethany College [WV]. National Register of Historic Places designation report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior/National Park Service, 1970. Old Main [Bethany College (WV)].
Bethany is a town in southern Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 756 at the 2020 census. [2] It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville metropolitan area. It is best known as the home of Bethany College, a private liberal arts college that was the first institution of higher education in what is now West Virginia.
Bethany Lutheran Theological Seminary, Mankato, Minnesota Bethany Theological Seminary , Richmond, Indiana Bethany University , Scotts Valley, California, formerly known as Bethany Bible College and Bethany College
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity was founded in 1858, though some early documents reference the founding in 1861, at Bethany College in Bethany, Virginia (now West Virginia). [4] The social life on campus at that time centered around the Neotrophian Society, a literary society.
Bethany University was a four-year private coeducational Christian university located in Scotts Valley, California, in Santa Cruz County. It operated from 1919 until closing in 2011 and was endorsed by the Assemblies of God USA , a Pentecostal denomination, and was the denomination's oldest college at the time of its closure. [ 1 ]
Bethany Historic District is a national historic district located at Bethany, Brooke County, West Virginia. It encompasses 111 contributing buildings on the campus of Bethany College , the central business district, and surrounding residential areas in Bethany.