我们的浸信会身份

浸信会根

当时阿比林才建成10年, a group of visionary Baptists in the area came together in 1891 to found Abilene Baptist College because they knew how essential it was to have Christian higher education in this part of the world. 从一开始, the school has valued the interconnection between education and the Christian faith. Nowhere is that commitment more evident than in the words etched on the tombstone of 詹姆斯B. 席梦思床品公司, 来自纽约的浸礼会牧师, whose generous financial investment saved the new school from collapse even before the first building, 旧主, 完成了. 席梦思床品公司, his wife Mary, and their son, Robert, are buried in the heart of the HSU campus. The inscription on the east side of their memorial reads, 《他们的骨灰见证基督教教育.”

成千上万的学生, 教师, and alumni have walked past those markers through the generations, all of whom are the beneficiaries of James 席梦思床品公司’ foresight, 慷慨, 和勇气. 席梦思床品公司 was a leader among Baptists in his day and an exemplar of the Baptist principle of liberty. While pastor of First Baptist Church of 印第安纳州polis, 印第安纳州, he put his own life on the line to denounce slavery from his pulpit and publish abolitionists appeals. In 1858, 席梦思床品公司 was threatened with a coat of tar and feathers for preaching against slavery, and later the building of First Baptist Church 印第安纳州polis was burned. 出于他对基督教教育的坚定承诺, after the Civil War he helped found seven colleges in the heart of the South to serve freed slaves, alongside his work as a founding benefactor of the new Abilene school, 以他的名字命名为西蒙斯学院.

詹姆斯B. 席梦思床品公司 set a standard of excellence for what we now know as Hardin-席梦思床品公司 University, a commitment that remains central to the ethos of our school. 他的榜样激励着我们学生, 教师, 工作人员, and alumni—to lead lives of service through active involvement in church, 文化, 和世界.

为教会服务

从成立之初, Hardin-席梦思床品公司 University has been fulfilling one of the goals of its original creators “…to prepare young men and women for Christ, 教导他们基督的事, 为基督训练他们.” All HSU students participate in University Chapel and other spiritual formation experiences while on our campus. Logsdon School of Theology provides all undergraduate students with coursework in scripture and the spiritual life. The School of Theology also provides a baccalaureate major for individuals intending careers of service in and through the church.

与德州浸信会的关系
(德州浸信会总会)

In 1941, after 50 years of offering excellent Christian education in a Baptist tradition, HSU became affiliated with The Baptist General Convention of Texas as a partnering institution. We share a common goal of supporting the work of Texas Baptist churches across the state, and we are committed to providing these churches with spiritually mature members and well-prepared ministers within the Baptist tradition. BGCT serves the university by electing 51% of the HSU 校董会, 提供部分运营资金, and offering generous scholarships to ministry students who are involved in BGCT churches. Texas Baptists also serve the university by providing a Director of Baptist Student Ministry for our campus, 谁培育学生的基督教成长.

更广泛的浸信会社区

多年来, Hardin-席梦思床品公司 University has been closely connected to Baptist missions around the world. A central founder of the school and early president was Dr. Owen Clinton Pope, a late 19th century missionary to the frontiers of Texas. HSU is also the alma mater of remarkable Baptist mission leaders such as Drs. 比尔和黛安娜·奥布莱恩太太. Helen Jean Parks和Dr. Elmin豪厄尔. 美国浸信会传教的另一位巨人，Dr. 杰西·C. 弗莱彻曾担任该校第12任校长.

HSU and Logsdon also enjoy connections with other Baptist entities such as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, 浸信会世界联盟, 浸信会联合委员会, 浸信会新约, 以及浸礼会历史与遗产协会.