News
A Tribute to Dr. Victor M. Matthews
Apr 17, 2008
In conjunction with Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, the family of Dr. Victor Matthews has scheduled …
NT Professor (Dr. Turner) Releases Commentary with Baker
Mar 20, 2008
New Testament scholar David Turner (Professor of New Testament at Grand Rapids Theological Seminary) …
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 an institution of higher education that enables individuals to apply unchanging bibilical principles in a rapidly changing world. Founded in 1941, 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 three radio stations, an internationally syndicated program called Mission Network News, and a nationally distributed children's radio ministry called His Kids Radio.
