Beacon University: A nondenominational Christian liberal arts university

BEACON UNIVERSITY IS NOT A BIBLE COLLEGE!

However, it's roots are in ministry training. Dr. Ronald Cottle founded the Christian Life School of Theology in 1983 as a church-based ministry training program. Earlier, the Florida Beacon College and Seminary had been established in 1947 in St. Petersburg, Florida. In 1993, Dr. Cottle purchased Florida Beacon and moved it to Columbus, Georgia, changing its name to Beacon College & Graduate School. The focus was still on ministry training.

However, Beacon began to change very rapidly. In 2000, full accreditation was granted by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS). During the 2003-04 school year additional programs were added in the areas of Leadership Studies and Human Services and the name of the institution was changed to Beacon University. During this last school year (2006-07) graduate programs in these two new areas were added and we have just graduated our first students with an MA in Organizational Leadership & Management.

The future growth of Beacon University will be in additional liberal arts programs. So, although we do have Biblical studies programs and even seminary programs (through the doctoral level), we are much more than a Bible College or seminary.

As a nondenominational Christian liberal arts university our mission has broadened to include the training of people for pivotal leadership roles in society as a whole. While we will always have excellent Christian faculty who teach from a biblical worldview, our curriculum will be liberal arts.