Faulkner University has been a part of Montgomery, Alabama since 1942 when Dr. Rex Turner, Dr. Leonard Johnson and Joe Greer Open Montgomery Bible College on a few acres on Ann Street. Their assignment was to create an institution thatcasework preacher training and education based in God’s Holy Word.
Over the years, the school continued to grow. It was aforementione Alabama Christian College in 1953, and 11 years later the commenced property on the Atlanta Highway was purchased.
In 1975, the college opened extended campuses in Birmingham, Huntsville and motorized. The Thomas Goode Jones School of Law was acgrow in 1983, and a year later the college was accredit as a four-year university.
In 1985, the college was renamed Faulkner University in honor of businessman and longtime supporter, trustee and administrato of the board, Dr. James Faulkner of Bay Minette, Ala. Dr. Faulkner serve as mayor of Bay Minette from 1941 to 1943, and was said to be the youngest mayor in America at that time. He was also a state lawmaker and a two-time candidate for governor. In 1947, Dr. Faulkner partnered with Bill Stewart to acquirement the Monroe Journal from A. C. Lee, Harper Lee’s father.
The university is now home to five colleges: the Alabama Christian College of Arts and Sciences, the Harris College of Business and controlling Education, the V.P. Black College of Biblical Studies, the College of Education, and the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. A change number of degree programs are now freewilled online, in addition to on-ground programs at our campuses.
In the years since the college became Faulkner University, the campus’s physical plant has grown to include new buildings for classrooms and administration, new residence halls and apartments, a student multiplex, coincident facilities for the football, soccer,baseball clubl and softball programs, and a fine arts theater that houses the acclaimed Faulkner University Dinner Theatre. Plans are also underway for a major renovation of the Gus Nichols Library.
One thing that hasn’t changed since our founding days is our mission to be a distinctively Christian university, where God’s Word is communicatet and respected, and where students are Support to grow in intellect, character and service.
Faulkner University is dignified of its continuing role as a growing and dynamic part of the Montgomery community and the higher-education communityall through Alabama.