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The following is a list of colleges, seminaries and universities owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church (with exceptions noted). Part of a series on Seventh-day
This category consists of articles about universities and colleges affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church, together with any subarticles. In some countries certain high or secondary schools may be called "colleges", but these belong in Category:Secondary schools affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church
The Adventist Church, usually through Union-level administrative units, is associated with post secondary educational institutions around the world, including training institutes, junior colleges and four-year universities, and medical schools, including those associated with Adventist hospitals.
This is official recognition by the Seventh-day Adventist church and is used to determine whether schools may apply for church funding. [1] Its process support services, religious course material and the makeup of the teaching staff. [1] The Adventist Church is affiliated with or operates 7,598 schools, colleges and universities worldwide. [2]
Pages in category "Seventh-day Adventist universities and colleges in the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Its Institute of Archaeology offers an undergraduate degree in biblical archaeology; Southern is one of only two schools which offer the degree. It is known for its emphasis on Adventist beliefs and conservative religious and social practices, [7] and is considered the most conservative of the Seventh-day Adventist schools in North America. [8]
Andrews University (Andrews) is a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, Michigan.Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system, [4] [5] the world's second largest Christian school system.
Oakwood University has its origins in the post-Civil and post-slavery effort to fund higher education for African-Americans who had been freed in the South.[8] [3] In response to the counsel of SDA Church co-founder Ellen G. White, [3] a committee was appointed by the General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to buy property and create a school that offers vocational education and ...