| History
Beginnings
Newbury Biblical Institute, 1840-1847
Methodist General Biblical Institute,
1847-1867
Boston, Beacon Hill, 1867-1949
Boston, Commonwealth Avenue, 1949-
Newbury Biblical Institute,
1840-1847
Newbury Seminary
The Newbury Seminary had been established in 1834 in Vermont,
not for educating pastors, but as a "literary institution,"
and operated as a high school.
Newbury Biblical Institute
Following the meeting in Boston, Osmon C. Baker, director of
the seminary, started a biblical studies program at the seminary,
consisting of himself and W. M. Willett, who published The
Newbury Biblical Magazine (1843-45).
Though other schools, like Wesleyan University in Connecticut,
also began talk of some programs, Newbury was in the strongest
position to be the school being established by the Boston group.
Books and funds collected were sent to Newbury in support of
the program. However, the established governing structure of
the school made proper ministerial oversight of the program
difficult, so though the Newbury Biblical Institute received
support during the 1840s, another solution to the seminary issue
was sought.
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