In that address he stressed that a Christian university has the obligation to deal honestly with its purpose and its parent Christian body in the task of presenting knowledge and values. The key emphasis of that address is also the key to understanding the new president of Mercer University, and his desire to commit the university to academic integrity and Christian purpose. A Dialogue in Christian Higher Education . Ben C. Fisher. Permission has been requested for the use of this material.
Mercer is now the second-largest Baptist university in the world.
Today Mercer has eight schools in the two cities. In 1990 the Press published its most successful book, the critically acclaimed Mercer Dictionary of the Bible . The reference work, now in use as a text at more than 20 seminaries and universities throughout the world, has received numerous awards, including a coveted Literary Market Place Award in 1991. The Medical School was a pioneer in teaching medicine by the case study method, which has been adopted by Harvard Medical School. Mercer is one of only two Baptist universities with an engineering school.