Overview
Randall University is a Christian university in Moore, Oklahoma. Founded in 1917, it offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. It is one of several higher learning institutions associated with the Free Will Baptists. Randall University is also a member of the Oklahoma Independent Colleges and University. In 2015, it had an enrollment of 365.
Location and description
Randall University is located on a 41-acre campus adjacent to Interstate 35, in the city of Moore. The University has a multimillion-dollar plant which includes the John H. West Administration Building composed of classrooms and administrative offices; 4 student dormitories housing approximately 120 students and living quarters for the dormitory supervisor: Willey Hall, Barnard Hall, Friends Hall, and Yandell Hall; Oller Annex, a science lab/classroom; 16 single bedroom apartments: Randall Hall and Palmer Hall, 8 units each; an activities building consisting of a student center, campus bookstore, offices, fitness training center, and a gymnasium; the Geri Ann Hull Learning Resource Center/Classroom Building; a faculty duplex, and the Hillsdale House (missionary residence). The Bill J. and Alma Lou Barber Conference Center is on the east side of the quad (Administration, Library/Classroom, Activity, and Conference Center Building). The Barber Conference Center contains an 850 seat auditorium, a recital hall, a cafeteria, classrooms, and offices.
Biography of Benjamin Randall
Benjamin Randall (February 7, 1749 – October 22, 1808) was converted during the Great Awakening as a result of the preaching ministry of George Whitfield. Rev. Randall served in the New Hampshire militia during the American Revolutionary War. The first Benjamin Randall biographer, quoted Rev. Randall’s journal in recounting his conversion experience:
“I saw in Him (Jesus) a universal love, a universal atonement, a universal call to mankind, and was confident that none would ever perish, but those who refused to obey it (Buzzell, John. The Life of Elder Benjamin Randel, principally taken from documents written by himself. Limerick, ME: Hobbs, Woodman, and Co. 1827).”
Rev. Randall’s theological departure from the Calvinistic norm of his era occurred at the point of his conversion.
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