New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

The institutes's purpose was centered on missionary work, and initially established as gateway to Central America.

The Seminary started as the Baptist Bible Institute in the Garden District and later relocated to the current location in the heart of Gentilly.

NOBTS is also an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and has authorization to operate in the State of Florida.

[17] The NOBTS excavation has been chronicled in multiple sources including the Biblical Archaeology Review[18] and the Baptist Press.

[19] In 2011 Dennis Cole, Dan Warner and Jim Parker from NOBTS led another team in an attempt to finish the effort.

NOBTS's Chapel
NOBTS courtyard
June 3, 2011, ongoing works to clear the Bronze Age water system at Gezer , originally excavated by Macalister .
David Platt - former president of the International Mission Board, American Pastor and author of Radical
Adrian Rogers , former president of the Southern Baptist Convention , pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church
David A. Sampson , former United States Deputy Secretary of Commerce , president and CEO of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).