American Baptist College

Our Mission

The mission of American Baptist College, a Historically Black College with a liberal arts emphasis, is to educate, graduate, and prepare diverse students for Christian leadership, service, and social justice in the world.

Historical

95 Years

Location

54 Acres

Students and Faculty

14 to 1 Ratio

Academics

Here at American Baptist College, we have an outstanding faculty that is committed to helping you grow and holding you accountable to the gift of God within you.

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COURSE CATALOG

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

The curriculum at ABC is designed to help you become a moral leader, a critical thinker, and a servant-leader.

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FACULTY

OUR PROFESSORS

Teachers, entrepreneurs, musicians, and case workers are ministers in their workplaces too.

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SPONSORED ACADEMICS

TITLE III PROGRAMS

Title III is a federal program supporting development and academic progress of Historically Black Colleges & Universities.

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News & Events

7 Aug 2020

American Baptist College Announces Fall Academic Schedule

Distance Learning will be the modality of course delivery at American Baptist College (ABC) for the Fall 2020 semester. Classes will begin Monday, August 24, and the semester ends Friday, December 18, 2020. Distance learning means that courses will not be held in a face-to-face format on campus. Courses are, however, scheduled for specific dates and times so that faculty may design the learning environment to include synchronous lectures and discussions, with faculty and students available and interacting together at the scheduled time.

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29 Jul 2020

{Virtual Chapel} A Portable Pulpit

The thought for the subject, A Portable Pulpit was inspired from a conversation that I had with Pastor Napoleon Harris, who is a 1985 graduate of the American Baptist College. The context and content of our dialogue was sparked by the person, work, life, and death of Congressman John R. Lewis and Rev. Dr. C.T. Vivian

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23 Jul 2020

Two Giants for Justice:  The Reverend C.T. Vivian and Congressman John Lewis

We cannot account for divine providence to have nationally and internationally recognized icons of the civil rights movement, recipients of the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, that their long extraordinary public life of service began here in Nashville at American Baptist College. Here the discovery of a moral compass for justice courageously guided them to confront the segregation culture of Nashville’s lunch counters.

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18 Jul 2020

From the President: John Lewis, A Warrior For Justice

Coming to Nashville at a young age as a student at American Baptist College, John Lewis was captured by the dream of a world of fairness and equality, ideals of the beloved community. Congressman Lewis has secured a prominent place in the history of America’s “profiles in courage.” He never quit, never allowed fear of death to stop him, hate to keep him from loving enemies to reach justice, fighting with every ounce of his humanity against the status quo of American racial injustice.

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