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'''Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary''' prepares students for vocational [[Religion:Christian ministry|ministry]].  It provides associate, masters and doctorate theological degrees, and is accredited by The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

The main campus is located in Cordova in Shelby County, Tennessee (east of the City of Memphis), with a branch campus in Schenectady, New York, and an extension campus in Oxford, Mississippi.

It adheres to the theology of the Baptist Faith and Message and the conservative wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, but is not formally affiliated or operated by the SBC.

==History==
The school was founded in 1971 as the "School of the Prophets" in Louisiana, but no classes were held. The following year it was moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, and the name was changed to Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. In 1976 the school moved to Memphis, Tennessee, on the old campus of Temple Israel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mabts.edu/templates/System/details.asp?id=23267&PID=69046|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923193606/http://mabts.edu/templates/System/details.asp?id=23267&PID=69046|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2010|title=History|date=23 September 2010|accessdate=26 February 2018}}</ref> In 1996 the school moved to a larger campus in South Germantown, Tennessee, in the quarters of the old Germantown Baptist Church. In 2006 the school moved to Cordova, Tennessee across the street from the Bellevue Baptist Church into a new $28 million facility located on 51 acres (35 donated by Bellevue and 16 purchased by the Seminary).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wreg.com/Global/story.asp?S=5317173|title=Story Of Survival During Halloween Tornado In Caraway, AR|date=5 November 2013|publisher=|accessdate=26 February 2018}}</ref><ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/stories/2004/10/18/story4.html Sheffield, Michael and Aldinger, Jane (15 October 2004) "Seminary launches campus adjacent to Bellevue Baptist" ''Memphis Business Journal'']</ref>

==Degrees==
MABTS offers the following degrees:
*Associate of Divinity
*Associate of Christian Education
*Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies
*Master of Divinity
*Master of Missiology
*Master of Arts in Christian Education
*Master of Christian Education
*Doctor of Ministry
*Doctor of Philosophy

==Notable alumni==
*Roger Duke, theologian and author
*Brandt Smith, member of the Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015

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==External links==
* [http://www.mabts.edu Official website]

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