[1] Luther Rice College & Seminary was founded in 1962 by Robert Gee Witty in Jacksonville, Florida, and named for Luther Rice, an educator, missionary, and clergyman in the early 1800s.

[2] Witty was elected President of the college in 1970, a position he held until 1982, when he retired to become Chancellor.

[3] According to the college's website, Steven Steinhilber joined the Luther Rice faculty in 2012, graduated with his M.Div.

Steinhilber holds an earned Doctor of Ministry degree from Clamp Divinity School, Anderson University, S.C.

In August 1991, the college moved from Florida to its current location in Metro Atlanta, Georgia.