Blue Mountain Christian University

Blue Mountain Female Institute, as it was called at first, started with 50 students with Lowrey and his two daughters serving as the faculty.

Originally an independently owned institution, the college was turned over to the Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1920 by the Lowrey Family.

It remained focused on women's education until 1956 when a program to train men for church-related vocations was started.

In October 2005, the college's board of trustees voted to make the school fully coeducational.

Club sports include men's & women's archery, bass fishing and powerlifting.