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- Gordon College was founded in 1889 under the name Boston Missionary Training School. It is named for its founder, the Rev. Dr. Adoniram Judson (A. J.) Gordon, pastor of Boston's Clarendon Street Church and a prominent clergyman of the late 1800s.
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Gordon College was founded in 1889 under the name Boston Missionary Training School. It is named for its founder, the Rev. Dr. Adoniram Judson (A. J.) Gordon, pastor of Boston's Clarendon Street Church and a prominent clergyman of the late 1800s.
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Gordon College is located in suburban Wenham, MA, a...
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In 1889 Adoniram Judson Gordon founded the school, Boston Missionary Training Institute, [ 4 ] in the Fenway–Kenmore neighborhood of Boston at the Clarendon Street Baptist Church [ 5 ] to train Christian missionaries for work in what was then the Congo Free State. [ 6 ] .
- The motto of Clan Gordon, or House of Gordon, (from which A. J. is a descendent) is Bydand, which means abiding or steadfast.
- While Gordon College’s mascot is the Lion Rampant of Scotland (which appears on the Royal Banner of Scotland), the country’s national animal is actually a unicorn, a heraldic symbol since the 12 century.
- Like many of the College’s current students, A. J. Gordon was originally from New Hampshire. The Gordon family ancestors were among the first settlers in his hometown of New Hampton.
- Since its founding, Gordon College has had 12 names, including the Boston Missionary Training Institute (1889), Gordon Bible Institute (1914) and Gordon College, The United College of Gordon and Barrington (1985).
- Founding The College
- School Grows in Size
- School Moves to Frost Hall on Fenway
- The Great Depression
- Post-War Gordon
- 1960s
- 1970s
- 1980s
- 1990s to Present Day
Dr. A.J. Gordon, along with his Clarendon Church deacons, opened a school to train missionaries and Christian leaders at 7 Clarendon St. In a small hallway of rented rooms, 15 men and a woman attended the first day of class at the Boston Missionary Training Institute on October 2nd, 1889. Gordon’s innovative approach was in step with the times. Ste...
Gordon school was in talks with Newton seminary for several years about Gordon joining as a part of their institution. It would give Newton the credentials to give students the entrance requirements to attend graduate level seminary. The president at the time, Nathan E. Wood, admired the school’s proclivity for nurturing spirituality and decided th...
During the years of World War I, Gordon was well on its way to gaining collegiate status. Leadership had also moved the School’s operations back to Clarendon. Once the separation from Newton was finalized, the name became Gordon Bible Institute. Upon adopting an official college seal, the name once again changed to Gordon Bible College. The College...
Gordon was not exempt from the constraints of the Great Depression. In the early thirties, advertising was discontinued, as applications for enrollment exceeded space. The generation of founders ended with the death of Mrs. Gordon in 1921 and M.R. Deming in 1925. Professors Nathan E. Wood and Rev. A.Z. Conrad continued their work in earnest despite...
With T. Leonard Lewis as President–inaugurated October 1944–Gordon would enjoy the same dramatic growth as its higher education peers. Dr. Lewis had earned a B.A. from Wheaton College in Illinois and a Th.D. from Northern Baptist Seminary. Admired by students for his sensitivity, sense of resolve, and depth of faith, President Lewis initiated plans...
Gordon welcomed Dr. James Forrester as President in September 1960 and changes continued to sweep the campus. Forrester initiated new administrative changes, facility planning, and educational experimentation. As far as buildings, all the college had were some small buildings and the Princemere mansion. In 1961 The College received full regional ac...
Trustee Harold John Ockenga was named president in 1969. Ockenga’s history as an internationally recognized church leader, founder and first president of the National Association of Evangelicals and Fuller Theological Seminary, and holder of thirteen earned and honorary degrees made him a popular candidate for the position. One of Ockenga’s first o...
Like most college students in the 80s, Gordon students were interested in individualism and diversity. Gordon’s Christian earnest dedication to its Christian posture was appealing to students from an array of different backgrounds. Clubs and campus activities multiplied while all-school functions that accompanied the older notions of class identity...
Though blessed by a sudden apex of expansion, Gordon began to face trials common to institutions of higher education. As of 1990, tuition had increased 8.3% from the previous year; Gordon’s tuition rates were also higher than any other college in the Christian Coalition. The outdoor ice rink, the only campus-wide recreational facility, closed becau...
Gordon College is a private institution that was founded in 1889. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 1,293 (fall 2023), its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 485 acres.
- 255 Grapevine Road, Wenham, 01984, MA
- 097892 72300
Gordon College was founded in 1889 under the name Boston Missionary Training School. It is named for its founder, the Rev. Dr. Adoniram Judson (A. J.) Gordon, pastor of Boston's Clarendon Street Church and a prominent clergyman of the late 1800s.
Gordon College is located in suburban Wenham, MA, a residential community 25 miles north of downtown Boston, with easy access to the city, and Logan International Airport. An overview of Gordon College with facts and statistics about accreditation, enrollment, degrees, student life and more.
