Ministry List - Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary history

In 1955, Gordon moved to Wenham, Massachusetts, selling its old facilities to Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT).

Doctor David B. Barrett, an Anglican missionary who arrived in Kenya in 1957 to conduct a field survey of church affiliations in that country.

In the process, he established the World Evangelization Research Center (WERC) in Nairobi in 1965.

Through the years, these schools would thrive and grow, change their names, and ultimately merge in 1969 as Gordon-Conwell.

In 1970, the divinity school separated from the college and merged with the Conwell School of Theology (formerly in Philadelphia). The merged schools settled about two miles from the Gordon College campus, forming the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Published in 1982 and containing information on some 22,000 Christian denominations worldwide, the WCE was hailed as a vital resource.

Common Goals In 1985, Gordon merged with Barrington College (formerly in Barrington, Rhode Island); the combined school retained the name of Gordon College.

Meanwhile in 1989, Todd Johnson, a missionary researcher and doctoral candidate, had joined WERC and would serve as both a co-author for a second edition of the World Christian Encyclopedia and director of WERC.

The Charlotte program was founded in 1992, and it offers courses on weekends, evenings and through week-long intensive courses, and generally attracts an older student body.

Following the publication of the second edition of the WCE and its companion volume World Christian Trends (WCT) in 2001, the Rev.

The Jacksonville campus opened in February 2006 and was originally an extension of the Charlotte campus, though it now is the fourth campus for Gordon-Conwell.

The December 2009 publication of the Atlas of Global Christianity, which documents the shift of Christianity from the North to the Global South over the 20th century, was greeted with enthusiasm by scholars and Christian leaders from around the world.

On February 2, 2012 the school began renovations of two large rooms in the main administrative and residence building on their South Hamilton campus.