Peniel College
Former names
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Texas Holiness University, Peniel University |
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Type | Private |
Active | 1899–1920 |
Affiliation | Nazarene |
Location | , , |
Campus | Rural |
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Peniel College was a Nazarene college located in Peniel, Texas. It has since closed.
History
Texas Holiness University was founded by B. A. Cordell[1] and E. C. DeJernett in 1898.[2] It was then established on a 37-acre campus[3] in 1899 by A. M. Hills and a small holiness community at Holiness, later called Peniel and now part of Greenville, Texas.[4] It was sponsored by the Holiness Association of Texas, but the association disbanded in 1910 after many of its members united with the Church of the Nazarene.[5] The school then became one of the first three "official" Nazarene educational institutions in 1908,[4] supported by the Dallas District Church of the Nazarene, and the name was changed to Peniel College.[6] In 1920, the college merged with Oklahoma Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, which was then renamed "Bethany-Peniel College".[5]
Peniel's presidents included A. M. Hills, Edgar Ellyson[7] (1907-1911), Roy T. Williams[3] (1911-1913), J. B. Chapman (1913-1918),[8] and A. K. Bracken, who took the presidency at Bethany-Peniel College in 1920.[9][10][11]
Legacy
Founded in 1909, Oklahoma Holiness College, called Oklahoma Nazarene College when it absorbed Peniel College, took on the founding date of Texas Holiness University (1899).
Notes and references
- ↑ Hunt County Historic Commission, Hunt County Historical Marker Descriptions: Peniel
- ↑ A&M Commerce Libraries, Northeast Texas History and Genealogy Center, W. Walworth Harrison Library: Texas Holiness University catalogue and prospectus 1910-1911
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Southern Nazarene University: History of Texas Holiness University
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Why These Schools? Historical Perspectives on Nazarene Higher Education
- ↑ Handbook of Texas Online: Texas Holiness College
- ↑ A&M Commerce Libraries, Northeast Texas History and Genealogy Center, W. Walworth Harrison Library: Texas Holiness University faculty 1910-1911
- ↑ Spirit-Filled: The Life of James Blaine Chapman by David Shelby Corlett, Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press
- ↑ Yearbook of American Churches Covering the year 1916 by H. K. Carroll
- ↑ Yearbook of American Churches Covering the Year 1917 by Clyde F. Armitage
- ↑ Yearbook of American Churches Covering the Year 1918 by Clyde F. Armitage
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