Bresee Theological College

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

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

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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