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W E LCO M E TO S O U T H E R N S E M I N A RY
Southern Seminary is relentless about the task of training this generation of ministers.
Find your place here.
SOUTHERN SEMINARY TRAINS
MINISTERS IN MULTIPLE SETTINGS,
INCLUDING ONLINE EDUCATION AND
EXTENSION CENTERS. BUT THERE
IS SOMETHING VALUABLE ABOUT
EXPERIENCING THE SEMINARY
COMMUNITY IN LOUISVILLE. STUDENTS
WHO COME HERE LEAVE WITH A
GREATER PASSION FOR THE GOSPEL,
DEEPER FOUNDATIONS IN THE FAITH
AND A STRONGER SENSE OF CALLING
TO GO OUT INTO THE WORLD
EDUCATED AND PREPARED.
ALUMNI MEMORIAL CHAPEL
In the 1940’s, President Ellis A. Fuller led the alumni effort to raise the $500,000 needed to build this 1,400-seat structure to accommodate worship services for the seminary community. Completed in 1950, the cornerstone of the cha-pel contains a copy of the Abstract of Principles as well as photographs of the signatures of all SBTS professors who had signed the Abstract at the time of the chapel’s construction. Today, Southern’s Alumni Chapel regularly holds services and events for the seminary along with providing services to various organizations and the larger Louisville community.
LE GACY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTER
Located on campus, Legacy Hotel and Confer-ence Center offers accommodations for guests and invitees of Southern Seminary, those affili-ated with the Southern Baptist Convention and its agencies and those on campus for seminary-related business. The Legacy Hotel offers modern amenities, friendly service, high-tech capabilities, a convenient location and all of the benefits of being on the campus of Southern Seminary. More information is available at www.legacyhotellouisville.com
DU K E K . M CC ALL SESQU I C ENTENNI AL PAVI L I ON
Named in honor of Southern Seminary’s seventh president, the Duke K. McCall Sesquicentennial Pavilion serves as a “front door” for the campus and houses the admissions and security offices as well as the seminary concierge.
A R O U N D CA M P U S
Landmarks at Southern
FOUNDERS ’ C AFÉ
Founders’ Café offers customers various types of coffee and espresso drinks along with soft drinks and an assortment of food items. The café also provides ample space for students to study, meet and dine together.
EDGAR ’ S EM P ORI U M AND F IFTH AND B ROADWAY
Edgar’s Emporium is a retail shop located in the Hon-eycutt Campus Center across from Founders’ Café.
Fifth and Broadway features a post office, a print shop and a convenience store all in one on-campus location.
JAMES P. BOYCE CENTENNIAL LIBRARY
Southern Seminary built the James P. Boyce Cen-tennial Library in 1959 during Duke K. McCall’s presidency. Lucy Boyce, the daughter of James P. Boyce, partially endowed the $1.75 million that paid for its construction. Completed 100 years after the seminary’s establishment, the library houses one of the largest collections of theological works in the United States.
L I FE WAY CA MPUS STORE
LifeWay Christian Resources operates South-ern Seminary’s campus bookstore and carries all required textbooks, the newest academic books and one of the largest selections of best-selling academic books in the United States.
THE ARCHIVES AND SPECIAL COLLECTIONS depart-ment of the James P. Boyce Centennial Library acquires and preserves rare books, manuscripts, Baptist church association and convention minutes, photographs and institutional history.
HE A LTH AND RECREAT ION CENTER
The Health and Recreation Center serves the seminary community by providing education, programming and facilities that encourage and assist seminary community members and their families to develop and maintain healthy lifestyles. Services and amenities include wellness, fit-ness and aerobics classes, access to the basketball court, swimming pool and weight room, intramural sports opportunities and more. Information about the Health and Recreation Center is available at sbts.edu/hrc
FALL FEST I VAL
On a September Friday each year, Southern Seminary holds its Fall Festival. Free to friends of the seminary community, the event offers plenty to eat along with a variety of theme-based attrac-tions, games and entertainment.
SOU THERN SEM I NARY M AGAZI NE
The award-winning Southern Seminary Magazine gives readers a sampling of the life and thought of Southern Seminary, showcas-ing feature articles from faculty as well as the latest in seminary news and events.
TOWERS
Towers is Southern’s award-winning monthly news magazine. Each issue carrying a different theme, Towers features news stories, book reviews, author interviews, campus announce-ments and more.
SOUTHERN SEMINARY RESOURCESSouthern Seminary hosts a mul-titude of lectures and events on campus throughout the year, and much of the content from these events is available online. Content from magazines and other print resources, conferences, lectures, chapel and event audio and video is available at sbts.edu/resources
W H AT ’ S G O I N G O N
Events and things to do
RESOLUTE AND RENOWN
The Resolute and Renown conferences take place on the campus of Southern Seminary every spring. Renown offers high school students a chance to come to campus and hear well-known speakers and worship leaders. Resolute offers a similar chance for college students to come to campus and be strengthened in their faith. More information is available at events.sbts.edu
D 3 YOUTH CONFERENCE
Designed to develop students’ understanding of leadership, worldview and missions, the D3 Youth Conference equips stu-dents on the campus of Southern Seminary. More information about D3 is available at events.sbts.edu/d3
ALUMNI ACADEMY
Free for alumni of Southern, Alumni Academy seeks to offer ministry enhancement and ongoing theological train-ing to graduates of Southern Seminary. More information is available at events.sbts.edu
SOU THERN SEM I NARY
EXP EDI T I ONS
Southern Seminary Expeditions gives students the opportunity to earn course credit in areas such as systematic theology, ethics and church history while visiting his-torical sites abroad. Participants in the trips stand where our broth-ers and sisters died for their faith and walk behind those who led the early church throughout the centuries. More information about Southern Expeditions is available at events.sbts.edu/expeditions
1877SBTS founder James P. Boyce and seminary trustees consid-ered Chattanooga, Atlanta and
Memphis before moving the seminary from Greenville, S.C. to
Louisville in 1877._____
Civil War Due to the Civil War, the
seminary closed in the fall of 1862 and did not reopen until
October 1865._____
84 acresIn 1926, Southern Seminary
moved to its present location – an 84-acre campus designed by the firm of famed landscape ar-chitect Frederick Law Olmsted.
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Doctoral Degrees
Southern Seminary is the only institution in North America
offering biblical spirituality de-grees at the M.Div., Th.M., D.Min.
and Ph.D. level.
LegacyThe Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary is the flagship school of the Southern
Baptist Convention, the larg-est of the six Southern Baptist seminaries and one of the larg-
est seminaries in the world._____
1859Southern Seminary began in
1859 in Greenville, S.C., holding its first session with 26 students
and four professors. _____
4,000+The seminary now maintains a student body of more than
4,000.
CentennialLibrary
James P. Boyce Centennial Library houses more than one million items, including several
hundred thousand books._____
R. Albert Mohler Jr.Trustees named R. Albert
Mohler Jr. as the ninth president of SBTS in 1993.
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DiversityStudents from all 50 states and 41 countries make up the SBTS
student body.
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S O U T H E R N FAC T S
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Hot Brown The Hot Brown originated at
The Brown Hotel in Downtown Louisville in the 1900s. The
open-faced turkey and bacon sandwich is topped with a rich
cheese sauce.
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Louisville Slugger
baseball batAndrew “Bud” Hillerich made
the first Louisville Slugger base-ball bat in his father’s Louisville woodworking shop in 1884. The brand name, “Louisville Slugger,”
was first used in 1893.
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Frederick Law
OlmstedLouisville’s nationally acclaimed parks system includes parks and parkways designed by famed ar-chitect Frederick Law Olmsted, who also designed Central Park
in New York City.
1778George Rogers Clark founded
Louisville in 1788, naming it after King Louis XVI of France.
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Churchill Downs
Since 1875, Churchill Downs has been the home of the Kentucky Derby, the first leg of the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred horse
racing.
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CheeseburgerThe cheeseburger originated at Kaelin’s Restaurant on Newburg Road. In 1934, Margaret Kaelin’s husband asked her to put a slice of American cheese on his ham-burger and the legend was born.
6,000 acresLouisville owns the nation’s larg-
est urban municipal forest – the 6,000 acre Jef-
ferson Memorial Forest in south Louisville.
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Modjeskas candy
Modjeskas is a candy treat made of marshmallow dipped in liquid caramel that was created and made in Louisville by Anton
Busath in the 1870’s.
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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, world-recog-nized Louisvillian and Kentucky’s
Athlete of the Century, was a three-time heavyweight boxing
champion.
LOUISVILLE FACTS
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BLUE DOG BAKERY & CAFÉ
This award-winning eatery near Southern Seminary’s campus, on Frank-fort Avenue, offers customers the best in artisan breads as well as quality pastries and beverages. Open Tuesday through Saturday, Blue Dog makes a pleasant brunch location.
QUILLS COFFEE
Owned by brothers Nathan Quillo and Gabriel Quillo, this coffee shop represents the third wave coffee movement in which baristas give each cup significant attention in order to produce the highest quality micro-roasted coffee possible.
SIMPLY THAI
Located near Southern Semi-nary’s campus, in the St. Mat-thews Neighborhood, this take on Thai food is both traditional to its cultural roots and pleasing to the North American palette.
PORCINI
In the Crescent Hill Neighbor-hood, Porcini specializes in fine Northern Italian cuisine. Diners at the restaurant can expect fresh food, quality service and an intimate atmosphere.
RAMIRO’S CANTINA
Ramiro’s resides in a popular spot on Frankfort Avenue, and offers fresh, authentic Mexican cuisine. There are lunch specials, an ex-tensive menu and great outdoor seating.
HEINE BROTHERS
With locations across Louisville, Heine Brothers is a locally owned franchise that holds to a strict fair-trade philosophy in regard to its imported products. Locations provide customers with a warm atmosphere conducive to reading and studying.
MOMMA’S MUSTARD, PICKLES AND BBQ
Located in the St. Matthews Neighborhood just minutes from campus, Momma’s features Kansas City-style barbeque. The menu boasts the best wings in town, as well as mustard and pickles from an original recipe. All of the meat served at Momma’s is smoked on-site.
AROUND THE CITY
Eateries
LOUISVILLE SLUGGER MUSEUM
The Louisville Slugger Museum and Factory is home to the official bat of Major League Baseball. A trip to the museum will show guests how the sport has evolved throughout the years while the bat remains an essential element of the game.
CHURCHILL DOWNS
Churchill Downs is the premier Thoroughbred racetrack and home of the Kentucky Derby. The Kentucky Derby Museum is open daily.
THE YUM! CENTER
The KFC Yum! Center is Lou-isville’s newest multi-purpose arena, regularly featuring large productions. The facility is 721,762 square feet in size and boasts 22,000-plus seats.
LOUISVILLE ZOO
The Louisville Zoo is the offical state zoo of Kentucky. Open year-round, the park houses a wide range of birds, fish, inver-tebrates, mammals, reptiles and amphibians.
THE LOUISVILLE SCIENCE CENTER
The Louisville Science Center features interactive activities for children, families and adults. In addition to its many exhibits, the center houses a four-story IMAX theater.
BAXTER AVENUE FILMWORKS
Baxter Avenue Filmworks offers first-run (mainstream), foreign and independent fare. The theater houses eight wall-to-wall screen auditoriums.
WATERFRONT PARK
Eighty-five acres in size, Louisville’s Waterfront Park is the front door to Kentucky. The park is a gathering place for people of all ages. Located on the bank of the Ohio River, the park provides space for concerts, festivals and other activities.
KENTUCKY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Home to many of the city’s major arts organizations, including the Louisville Orchestra, Kentucky Opera and Louisville Ballet.
CARMICHAEL’S BOOKSTORE
Louisville’s oldest independent bookstore, Carmichael’s offers customers a hand-picked selection of titles that reflect the taste of the owners as well as the neighbor-hoods of which they are a part.
CHEROKEE PARK
Cherokee Park is a 389-acre property that sits near Southern Seminary’s campus. Known for its open areas, the park’s main feature is the 2.4-mile Scenic Loop, which has separate lanes for vehicle traffic and recre-ational users. Amenities include archery ranges, bas-ketball courts, mountain biking trails and hiking trails, in addition to playgrounds, picnic tables restrooms and more. Frederick Law Olmsted, the father of landscape architecture, designed the park (along with 18 of the city’s 123 public parks).
AROUND THE CITY
Parks and recreation
LOUISVILLE IS A THRIVING
METROPOLITAN CITY, FREQUENTLY
RANKED AS A TOP PLACE FOR
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO LIVE
AND RAISE A FAMILY. IT REPRESENTS
A CENTRAL CROSSROADS IN THE
UNITED STATES AND AS A CENTRAL
CROSSROADS FOR GOSPEL MINISTRY
AS IT REGULARLY HOSTS EVENTS,
COUNCILS AND TRAINING FOR GREAT
COMMISSION INITIATIVES.
Find your place here.
Louisville is one of the best places to live in America.
WELCOME TO LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY