Colleges and Universities

The Southern Baptist Convention lists the following colleges and universities as a service to Southern Baptists and the Baptist state conventions with which it maintains a cooperative relationship.  With the exception of the five theological colleges associated with our SBC seminaries, the Southern Baptist Convention has no direct connection with any of these institutions.  It provides no funding.  It elects no trustees.  Each institution is related to one of our partnering Baptist state conventions.

The Cooperative Program is the unified budget plan adopted by the SBC.  Each state convention receives Cooperative Program funds from churches in its state or region.  The state convention retains a portion of Cooperative Program contributions from its affiliated churches for missions and ministries in its respective state or region.  If a college or university receives funding from a Baptist state convention, this funding comes only from Cooperative Program funds forwarded to the state convention by churches in that respective state.  No Cooperative Program funds forwarded by the states to the national convention (the SBC) are allocated to a college or university related to any of our partnering Baptist state conventions.

The SBC provides no scholarship assistance to any student through the SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget.  Scholarship awards are coordinated through each respective college or university’s finance office in accordance with guidelines adopted by the individual school. 

The governance and funding procedures of the five colleges associated with the SBC seminaries are compatible with the Southern Baptist Convention’s bylaws and its Business and Financial Plan.