Tennessee Temple University

1815 Union Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37404 -  View Map

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• Tennessee Temple University is dedicated to providing a Christ-centered education to a diverse population of students from many geographical locations.
• Tennessee Temple University is a distinctively Christian institution offering an education that is characterized by its goal of academic excellence in the classroom and its effort to build Biblical character and ethical values in its students. Tennessee Temple University is multi-faceted, with undergraduate programs at the associates and bachelors levels and a graduate program in education. The University's purpose is to prepare Christian men and women for life through education with an emphasis on knowledge acquisition, Biblical application, skill development, evangelism and Godly living. Tennessee Temple University balances a traditional liberal arts program with the historical Baptist position regarding doctrine and conduct. Its unique characteristic is its emphasis on local church ministries through affiliation with the Highland Park Baptist Church of Chattanooga, Tennessee.
• Tennessee Temple University is a mile from Interstate 24, and four miles from both Interstate 75 and Chattanooga’s airport, Lovell Field. Chattanooga is approximately 100 miles from Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia.
• Tennessee Temple University received full accreditation by the American Association of Bible Colleges from 1984-2001. Since September 2000, the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools has fully accredited Tennessee Temple University.
• Tennessee Temple University is accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS). TRACS is approved by the United States Secretary of Education as a nationally recognized institutional accrediting agency. All institutions which hold accredited status with TRACS are listed in the Higher Education Directory.
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In the News:

• Tenn. Temple president resigns after plagiarism (Washington Examiner)
  posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:30:20 am
  The Associated Press The Associated Press CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. The president of Tennessee Temple University is resigning after students at the Christian college in Chattanooga complained that he had plagiarized, but Danny Lovett said he was leaving the university anyway. Lovett told the Chattanooga Times Free Press on Thursday that he was planning to leave because he had become a pastor at a ...
• Tenn. Temple president resigns after plagiarism (WRCB Chattanooga)
  posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:28:13 am
  The president of Tennessee Temple University is resigning after students at the Christian college in Chattanooga complained that he had plagiarized, but Danny Lovett said he was leaving the university anyway.
• Tennessee Temple University president resigns in part because of plagiarism incident (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on June 23, 2011 at 08:17:45 pm
  Tennessee Temple University President Danny Lovett said he was planning to transition into a full-time pastor position at Highland Parks Baptist Church, but a plagiarism concern brought forward to the board by some students speeded up the process.
• Tennessee Temple University president resigns (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:32:27 pm
  Tennessee Temple University President Danny Lovett has resigned, according to school officials.
• Area players set for Point change (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
  posted on May 18, 2011 at 04:10:57 am
  Randy Douglas always likes coming back to the Chattanooga area, where he played soccer at Tennessee Temple University and lived another 13 years before leaving to coach at Atlanta Christian College.

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