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6 unusual facts about Lexington Theological Seminary


Lexington Theological Seminary

Lexington Theological Seminary is an accredited graduate theological institution located in Lexington, Kentucky.

In 2005, Lexington Seminary began sharing its campus with the Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, a seminary of the Cooperative Baptists in the state.

In 1865, under the economic pressure of the American Civil War, the school relocated to Lexington and merged with Transylvania University with the new school adopting the Kentucky University name (until changed to Transylvania University in 1908).

On May 12, 2013, the University of Kentucky (UK) agreed to purchase the LTS campus for $13.5 million.

This arrangement lasted until 2010, when BSK relocated to the campus of Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky, a Baptist-related institution near Lexington.

The prior went on to become the state's primary public institution, the University of Kentucky; and the College of the Bible changed its name on its centennial to the Lexington Theological Seminary.



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