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Newton Theological Institution was a
Baptist Baptists form a major branch of Protestantism distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only ( believer's baptism), and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul c ...
theological seminary A seminary, school of theology, theological seminary, or divinity school is an educational institution for educating students (sometimes called ''seminarians'') in scripture, theology, generally to prepare them for ordination to serve as clergy, ...
founded on November 28, 1825 in
Newton Centre, Massachusetts Newton Centre is one of the thirteen villages within the city of Newton in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The main commercial center of Newton Centre is a triangular area surrounding the intersections of Beacon Street, Centre St ...
.Hovey, Alvah, Historical Address Delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Newton Theological Institution, June 8, 1875 (Boston, 1875), p. 6. Newton adopted the
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model and three-year curriculum pioneered by
Andover Theological Seminary Andover Theological Seminary (1807–1965) was a Congregationalist seminary founded in 1807 and originally located in Andover, Massachusetts on the campus of Phillips Academy. From 1908 to 1931, it was located at Harvard University in Cambridge. ...
, with which it shared a theological tradition of evangelistic zeal. Students from the two institutions were at the forefront of the modern missionary movement.


Merger

Newton shared its campus with Andover from 1931 to 1965, when the schools formally merged to form
Andover Newton Theological School Andover Newton Theological School (ANTS) was a graduate school and seminary in Newton, Massachusetts. Affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the United Church of Christ. It was the product of a merger between Andover Theological ...
. By virtue of Andover's prior affiliation with
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, students of Andover Newton are allowed to take classes in any of Harvard's ten graduate schools. In 2016 Andover Newton Theological School announced that it would be leaving the Newton Centre campus in June 2017 and that most courses would thereafter be taught at
Yale Divinity School Yale Divinity School (YDS) is one of the twelve graduate and professional schools of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Congregationalist theological education was the motivation at the founding of Yale, and the professional school has ...
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Newton Theological Institution: A Sketch of Its History, and an Account of the Services at the Dedication of the New Building, September 10, 1866
'. (Boston: Gould & Lincoln, 1866). * Hovey, Alvah.
Historical Address Delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Newton Theological Institution, June 8, 1875
'. (Boston: Wright and Potter, 1875). *
Historical Addresses Delivered at the Newton Centennial, June 1925
'. (Newton Centre, MA: The Institution Bulletin, 1925). {{authority control Educational institutions established in 1825 Seminaries and theological colleges in Massachusetts Defunct private universities and colleges in Massachusetts Former theological colleges in the United States