The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1946-10-26
MISS. BAPTIST SEMINARY IS
GREAT ADVENTURE IN INTER-
RACIAL COOPERATIVE MISSION
School of theology On
Wheels Has Served
Over 5000 In Sfote

Over 1900 In Sfute
The Mississippi Baptist Seminary
was organized with a view pri-
marily toward the training of lead
ership of more than one-fourth
million Negro Baptist of the State
of Mississippi.
The Seminary was originally in
corporated at Prentiss Institute,
Prentiss, Mississippi, Jefferson Da-
vie County Because of the rapid
development of the work, it was
soon realized that a more centrally
located place was necessary for
the Main office and Central school.
The Board of Trustees in its an
nual session, May 80, 1916, met in
the assembly room of the State
Baptist Headquarters and unani-
mously chose Jackson as the per-
manent home of the Seminary and
revised the charter from its ORR
ginal incorporated name of Missis-
sippi Union Theological Seminary
to the Mississippi Baptist Semina-
ry.
The vision of the founder and
president is that this Home Mis-
sion Educational Program could
best be projected by carrying the
program of training to the people
and by organizing units or centers
(classes) in various strategic areas
of the State. These classes are to
operate as units or centers of the
Main school rather than organizing
and operating one main school in
the center of the State and trying
to draw the needed constituency
to it for training.
A School Of Theology
On Wheels
To this end classes have been
organized and conducted for the
past three years in seventeen I'D
centers of the State, and more than
500 ministers and laymen have
matriculated in organized classes
| for training in Christian Leader
ship. More than five thousand
$4,000 adults have studied in Bible
Institutes, over 5000 children have
been trained in Daily Vacation
Bible Schools.
| And approximately three hun
dred fifty $500 adults trained in
Vacation Bible School Clinics.
The year. 1916, has brought
transition in the on-going of the
program To this end, a series of
permanent Centers are being estab-
lished, under the direct supervision
of the President, with standard
uniform courses of study in Theo-
logy and Christian Training. 1t is
the vision and strong recommended
ton of the President that such a
Course of Study be adopted and
projected in all like Institutions in
the State, not withstanding it may
| have no official utilization with the
Mississippi Baptist Seminary, and
that each Negro Mississippi State
Convention have representation on
the, Seminary Board of Trustees.
Each of the Seminary Centers
function through local boards of
management. These Boards clear
annually through the State Board
of Trustees.
Each center operates under the
direct supervision of the President
with an Administrative Dean and
staff of teachers. Too, such CEN
tiers aside from the main Center in.
Jackson, operating full time schools
are completely organized and func-
tioning in fine way. Others are
in the process of organization.
There is second type of center
organized and functioning through
District Association Boards exam
pie: Delta Center in Indianola,
Mississippi.
A third type: Center includes
number of Baptist schools through
out the State, which were built in
earlier years and incorporated in
the name of colleges, doing largely
elementary work, are now doing
religious work primarily example:
Harpers Baptist Seminary at Mag
nolia, Mississippi
The fourth type: A number of
Baptist schools owning their own
property and Incorporated func-
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