Mid-America Christian University

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The Mid-America Christian University ("MACU") is located on 3500 South West 119th Street, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

1 History
2 Academics
3 Campus
4 External Links

[edit] History

The institution that is now MACU was founded on 14 September 1953, as the South Texas Bible Institute at Houston, Texas. It was chartered as a center for higher education. Dr. Max R. Gaulke established the institution with the help of the First Church of God.

In the fall of 1955, the curriculum of the institution was expanded to that of a four-year university and the name was changed to Gulf Coast Bible College. In 1966, Gulf-Coast Bible College became an associate member of the American Association of Bible Colleges and was granted full membership in 1968. The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the regional accrediting association, granted full accreditation in 1978.

The Gulf-Coast Bible College became a general agency of the Church of God, Anderson, Indiana in June 1968. The Executive Council of the Church of God accepted the college as a member organization. Additionally, the college also was granted membership on the Commission on Higher Education of the Church of God.

The Gulf-Coast Bible College relocated to Oklahoma City in the summer of 1985, and changed its name to Mid-America Bible College. The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools has accredited the college. The institution adopted its current name, Mid-America Christian University in the year 2003.

[edit] Academics

MACU offers Bible-based academic excellence through its comprehensive range of liberal arts programs and ministry education. The university extends over 20 major fields of study leading to a degree. The students and faculty members of the university explore issues from a Christian world-view.

[edit] Campus

The university campus consists of eight buildings set on a 65-acre (26 hectare) plot. The main building has nearly two acres under the same roof. The college auditorium has the capacity of 670 seats, which is used for chapel, assemblies, and other special sessions.

The Charles Ewing Brown Library in the university campus assists the students and faculty to attain cognition. Its collection contains over 42,000 print volumes, over 50,000 electronic resources, over 8,000 online periodical titles, online government documents and print periodical titles maintained for browsing purposes. It has over 9 semi-private study carrels and 33 computer stations along with two meeting rooms, a writing lab and the Education Resource Center.