The International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU) is an association of Baptist universities. Its headquarters are in Nashville, Tennessee.
History It has its origins in the Southern Association of Southern Baptist Colleges founded in 1948.ABP, Bob Agee to leave director post at Baptist college association, baptistnews.com, USA, February 7, 2007 It replaced the Southern Baptist Education Commission dissolved by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1996 and became the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools.Tim Fields, Association of Baptist colleges changes name, baptistpress.com, USA, July 10, 2006 From 1998 to 2007, the Executive Director was Bob Agee. In 2006, it became the International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities.William H. Brackney, Congregation and Campus: Baptists in Higher Education, Mercer University Press, USA, 2008, p. 43 In 2023, it had 42 member universities.
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