George W. BonDurant
George William BonDurant (August 9, 1915 – July 11, 2017) was an American
Early life and education
BonDurant attended Columbia University for one year before transferring to Cincinnati Christian University. He graduated from Cincinnati Christian University in 1936.
Atlanta Christian College
After several unsuccessful attempts by other parties to start a Christian college in the
Mid-Atlantic Christian University
BonDurant then found employment as an evangelist of the Roanoke District Christian churches and churches of Christ in eastern North Carolina in 1947. The BonDurants founded Mid-Atlantic Christian University (known as Roanoke Bible College until 2009) in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in 1948 due to the extreme lack of preachers in the area at the time.[1] Under his leadership, Mid-Atlantic Christian University received its first school accreditation in 1979 from the Association for Biblical Higher Education.[2] BonDurant retired in 1986 and was succeeded by William A. Griffin.
BonDurant was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine on December 2, 2009, by North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue for his work at Mid-Atlantic Christian University and his contributions to the state.[3] He turned 100 in August 2015.[4] BonDurant died on July 11, 2017, at age 101.[5][6]
See also
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Georgia (U.S. state) portal
References
- ^ "MACU Founder Awarded Long Leaf Pine". Dailyadvance.com. 2009-12-03. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ "The Association for Biblical Higher Education - Directory". Directory.abhe.org. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ "Mid-Atlantic Christian University". Macuniversity.edu. 2009-12-02. Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2010-12-08.
- ^ William F. West (2015-03-21). "Hundreds attend Mid-Atlantic's 67th homecoming rally". Dailyadvance.com. Elizabeth City Daily Advance. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ^ "Death of MACU Founder". Mid-Atlantic Christian University. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
- ^ "BonDurant, co-founder of MACU, dead at 101". Elizabeth City Daily Advance. 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2019-02-04.