News
Fagerstrom Releases 14th Book
Oct 23, 2009
Dr. Douglas Fagerstrom, president of Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (GRTS), recently released The …
Cultural Intelligence
Sep 19, 2009
Leading with Cultural Intelligence by Dr. David Livermore NOW AVAILABLE! How do you lead with cultural …
History & Values
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids Theological Seminary of Cornerstone University was founded as a degree-granting institution to 1948 when the State of Michigan authorized it to grant the Bachelor of Divinity degree (now called the Master of Divinity). The first graduating class in 1949 had two graduates. The institution originally opened in January 1941 as an evening Bible institute at Wealthy Street Baptist Church. In 1944, a day school was started that became the seminary four years later, at which time the school was renamed Grand Rapids Bible Institute and Theological Seminary. The Bible institute became a state-approved degree-granting Bible college in 1963, moved to its present location in 1964, and transitioned into a Christian liberal arts college in 1972. In 1999, the entire institution acquired state-approved university status. Today, Cornerstone University and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary share a 123-acre campus four miles from downtown Grand Rapids and operate under a single board of trustees and university president. The seminary is housed in the Leon J. Wood Seminary Building, opened in 1977, and is run by its own administrative office staff and faculty.
Cornerstone University
Cornerstone University is a Christ-centered university with a passion for global influence through the transforming power of the gospel. We exist to empower men and women to excel as influencers in our world for Christ by offering a student-focused learning community where Jesus Christ is central. We aspire to create a thriving community of fully devoted followers of Jesus in a spiritually contagious, academically excellent, richly resourced and culturally diverse learning environment that attracts outstanding students, faculty and staff who influence our world for Christ, his church and his kingdom.
The university is now a three-part enterprise: the undergraduate college, with programs for traditional students as well as accelerated degree programs for working adults, the graduate program including Grand Rapids Theological Seminary and Asia Baptist Theological Seminary based in Singapore, and a Christian radio division known as Cornerstone University Radio that involves two radio stations and an internationally syndicated program called Mission Network News.
