Shelton College was a private,

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college that was located in

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. It was involved in a landmark case requiring religious schools to acquire a state license to grant academic degrees. The college motto was ''"Training Christian Warriors."''

History

Shelton College was founded by Don Odell Shelton in 1907 as the National Bible Institute of New York City, and it was incorporated in 1908. The Union Missionary Training Institute of Brooklyn, founded by Lucy D. Osborn in 1885, merged with the National Bible Institute in 1916. From 1925 to 1952 the National Bible Institute's headquarters were located at 340 West 55th Street in New York City and was known as the National Bible Institute School and Dormitory.

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was instrumental in the leadership of the college from the early 1940s until it closed in 1991. The National Bible Institute was renamed as Shelton College in 1950. The college moved to a campus in

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, in 1953, then to

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in 1963. In 1971 the college moved to

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, and then back to Cape May in 1979. In September 1973, McIntire became Chancellor. In '' New Jersey Board of Higher Education v. Shelton College'', the

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forbade Shelton from granting degrees without a state license. The school became a certificate granting institution until it closed in 1992. In 2014, the roof collapsed and the building was demolished.

Academic programs

* Bachelor of Arts (BA) * Bachelor of Sacred Theology (STB) * Bachelor of Theology (BTh) * Bachelor of Divinity (BD) * Bachelor of Religious Education (BRE) * Master of Religious Education (MRE)

Notable alumni

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, historian *

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, author and Biblical scholar * Ronald E. Manahan, president of Grace College and Theological Seminary *

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, principal of Far Eastern Bible College

Notable faculty

* Jack Murray, President * Arthur E. Steele, President *

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, Theology *

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, English * Gary G Cohen, Physics

Publications

Shelton College publishes a theological journal, ''The Bible Today''.

Leadership

References

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