288:. Mike Randall was installed as the fifth president on February 20, 2002. Accreditation was received in 2005, due in part to Randall's hard work but mostly due to the hard work of Russell Dell who served as Baptist Bible College's academic dean for many years. In 2008, Jim Edge was appointed to office, and resigned after three years. The board of trustees named Ron Sears as interim president and began the search for a new president. In 2012, by a unanimous vote of the trustees, Mark Milioni was named as the new president.
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Vick's executive vice president, W. E. Dowell Sr., became president for the following eight years. In 1983, A. V. Henderson led the school for three years. In 1986, Leland
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509:"Baptist Bible College is Now Mission University"
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939:Kansas City University
774:University of Missouri
680:gopatriotathletics.com
419:– acting President of
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879:College of the Ozarks
513:Baptist Bible Tribune
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246:Springfield, Missouri
180:Sporting affiliations
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411:Bachelor of Theology
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807:Harris–Stowe State
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1144:State Tech
1134:Ozarks TCC
944:Lindenwood
859:A.T. Still
685:August 18,
660:August 18,
593:August 17,
567:August 17,
545:2009-11-08
494:2019-03-21
467:January 6,
427:References
364:volleyball
344:basketball
270:Fort Worth
254:bachelor's
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994:Rockhurst
954:Maryville
924:Fontbonne
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302:Academics
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884:Columbia
360:softball
340:baseball
258:master's
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117:Missouri
106:Location
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1029:Webster
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413:in 1956
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