Bresee Theological College
Former names
Kansas Holiness Bible College
TypePrivate
Active1905–1940
AffiliationNazarene
Location
Hutchinson
,
Kansas
,
United States
CampusRural

Bresee College was a junior college in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. It has closed and merged with Bethany-Peniel College.

History

Mattie Hoke founded Kansas Holiness Bible College in Hutchinson, Kansas 1905.[1] It was first supported by a local holiness congregation called Apostolic holiness Church,[2] then later by the Kansas and Nebraska District Churches of the Nazarene[3] under the name of Bresee Theological College.[4] In 1917, R. E. Dunham was president of Kansas Holiness College.[5] It came under the leadership of Olivet alumnus Sylvester T. Ludwig, also the general secretary for the Church of the Nazarene,[6] starting in 1927.[7][8] In 1940, its financial situation overwhelmed it and it closed to merge with Bethany-Peniel College, and Ludwig took the presidency there.[9]

The yearbook was called The Comet.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Kansas Colleges That Have Closed, Merged, Changed Names". .westminster-mo.edu. Archived from the original on January 3, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  2. ^ "Called Unto Holiness Vol. 2 by Westlake Taylor Purkiser. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House, 1983" (PDF). Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  3. ^ ""Why These Schools? Historical Perspectives on Nazarene Higher Education" by Stan Ingersol" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  4. ^ "USGenWen Census Project: Reno County, Kansas – - 1930 Federal Census Team Transcription". Us-census.org. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  5. ^ Yearbook of the Churches 1918, covering the year 1917, edited by Clyde F. Armitage. January 1, 1930. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  6. ^ "Theodore and Minnie Ludwig: The Challenge of Evangelism". Nazarene.org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  7. ^ "HERALD OF HOLINESS – SILVER JUBILEE ISSUE – OCTOBER 25, 1933, Nazarene Publishing House, Kansas City MO" (PDF). Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  8. ^ "Yearbook of American Churches: A Record of Religious Activities in the United States for the Year 1932, edited by Herman C. Weber, published by Round Table Press New York (1933)". Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  9. ^ Wills, Garry (September 25, 2007). Under God by Garry Wills, Simon & Schuster 2007, 44. ISBN 9781416543350. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
  10. ^ "Southern Nazarene University: History of Bresee College". Snu.edu. Retrieved January 8, 2012.
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