B. H. Carroll Theological Institute, Irving

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B. H. Carroll Theological Institute is an accredited Christian Baptist institution in Irving, Texas with multiple sources of funding and a self-perpetuating board of governors. It is named after Benajah Harvey Carroll and teaches Baptist principles and practices. It operates in cooperation primarily with Baptist churches, and also cooperates with other Great Commission Christians. The institution offers classes in both conventional classroom settings and by innovative means. It trains students in "“teaching churches” located in multiple Texas cities, as well as through interactive lessons taught over the Internet", with 20 such "teaching churches" in operation throughout Texas as of November 2006. The school plans to focus on the use of distance education to make it easier for students to obtain theological education. As of 2006, the school's second year of operation, B. H. Carroll Theological Institute had 300 students taking courses and an additional 300 students auditing courses. Bruce Corley was Carroll's first president; Gene Wilkes is Carroll's second president. ()

Established: 2004 (20 years ago)Coordinates: 32°53'53"N, 96°59'25"W

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Las ColinasIrving United States

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Nearby attractions include: Irving Mall, Toyota Music Factory, Irving Arts Center, National Scouting Museum.

4 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Irving Mall, Irving
103 min walk • Irving Mall is an enclosed American shopping mall located in Irving, Texas, at the intersection of Texas State Highway 183 and Belt Line Road.
3.1 miSE
Music venue
Toyota Music Factory, Irving
81 min walk • The Toyota Music Factory is an entertainment complex located in the Las Colinas neighborhood of Irving, Texas. Developed by the ARK Group, City of Irving and designed by architecture firm Gensler, for roughly $US175 million, the live music venue holds more than 8,000 spectators.
3.7 miSE
Museum, Theater, Concerts and shows
Irving Arts Center, Irving
95 min walk • The Irving Arts Center, located in Irving, Texas, is a 10-acre art center that caters to all ages within the community. The center contains over 91,500 square feet of performing and visual arts space which includes a 3,800 square-foot Main Gallery.
1.4 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
National Scouting Museum, Irving
36 min walk • The National Scouting Museum is the official museum of the Boy Scouts of America.
4.2 miE
Museum
ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History, Dallas
108 min walk • The ICR Discovery Center for Science & Earth History is a creationist museum in Dallas, Texas. Owned and operated by the Institute for Creation Research, the museum opened on September 2, 2019, with 1,600 people visiting on its first day.
3.1 miSE
Convention center
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, Irving
79 min walk • The Irving Convention Center is a 275,000 sq ft facility on a 40 acres tract in Las Colinas Urban Center in Irving, Texas.
5.2 miNW
Spiritual, Church
Fellowship Church, Grapevine
132 min walk • Fellowship Church is Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch located in Grapevine, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth, that is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. FC's lead pastor has been Ed Young since its opening in 1989.
3.4 miSE
Monuments and statues
Mustangs of Las Colinas, Irving
88 min walk • Mustangs of Las Colinas is a bronze sculpture by Robert Glen that decorates Williams Square in Las Colinas in Irving, Texas. It portrays a group of nine wild mustangs at 1.5 times life size running through a watercourse. Fountains give the effect of water splashed by the animals' hooves.
3.4 miSE
32°52'16"N • 96°56'32"W
Irving-Las Colinas Chamber of Commerce, Irving
86 min walk • Bridge
4 miE
32°53'20"N • 96°55'19"W
Luna Vista Golf Course, Dallas
103 min walk • Golf
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City
Coppell
111 min walk • Coppell is a city in the northwest corner of Dallas County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is a suburb of Dallas and a bedroom community in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. Its population was 38,659 at the 2010 census.