Bethany University is a
four-year private Christian university
located in Scotts Valley, California
in Santa Cruz County
. It is endorsed by the American
arm of the Assemblies
of God, a large Pentecostal
fellowship (denomination). It was formerly called Bethany
Bible College and Bethany College. It is part of the NAIA in the
California Pacific Conference for athletics.
World Missions Globe which represents
Bethany's commitment to worldwide missions around the world, is
outside the library at Bethany University.
History
Bethany University is the oldest of the several Assemblies of God
institutions of higher education. It was founded in 1919 as Glad
Tidings Bible Institute at 1280 Webster Street, San Francisco,
California to be the training school for an inner-city ministry in
San Francisco conducted by Robert and Mary Craig. Through the next
three decades the church and school enjoyed an international
reputation as a strategic source of Christian workers.
Academics and accreditation
Since 1947 the university has been the official leadership program
for the Northern California and Nevada District of the Assemblies
of God. The school was relocated to its present site in Scotts
Valley in 1950 and became a four-year, degree granting institution
in 1955. Bethany was accredited with the Senior Commission of the
Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) in 1966. The
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing recognized Bethany's
teacher education program in 1968.
In 1990 the name was changed to Bethany College of the Assemblies
of God, and was later designated with University status in
2005.
School of Theological Studies
Biblical and Theological Studies
Church Leadership
Church Leadership & Children's Ministries
Church Leadership & Urban Ministries
Church Ministries
Church Music
General Ministries
Music Ministries Leadership
Youth Ministries Leadership
School of Arts & Sciences
Communications
English
Liberal Arts
Music
Social Sciences
School of Professional Studies
Addiction Studies
Applied Professional Studies
Business
Child Development
Intercultural Child Development
Liberal Studies
Psychology
Teacher Education
Master's Degree in Education
Master's of Science in Clinical Psychology
School of Distributed Learning
eBethany/External Degree Program
APPL - San Jose, Monterey Bay, Las Vegas
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