Dr. Charles Stevens 1892 - 1982
Founder of the Piedmont Bible College
Celebrating 50 Years 1945 - 1995 Published: July 18, 1982 SALEM, N.C., July 17 (AP) - Dr. Charles Hadley Stevens, who founded the Piedmont Bible College and served as its president for 25 years, died Friday.
He was 90 years old.
For 40 years Dr. Stevens was pastor of Salem Baptist Church here. ''We were so poor in those days that you had to bring your own chair,'' Dr. Stevens once said in an interview. He retired from the college in 1970 but continued to serve as a consultant and adviser. He retired as pastor of Salem Baptist on his 80th birthday in 1972
While we did not gradualate from Piedmont, we did attend the School for a couple of years and this was sent to the Alumni of the college. We have treasured this collection of Sermons and have sown a few seeds from these messages, which are great.
Messages Produced in 1995 - Recorded over the years from the 1950s 1. The Local Church 2. Know, Control, Deny Thyself 3. Pre-eminence of Christ 4. Thre Types of Conversion 5. Unreasonable Expectations 6. Joshua - Spiritual Leader 7. What Is Christianity 8. The Elder Brother 9. The Second Coming 10. The 4 Stewardships of Abraham 11. Seven Wonders Of Divine Grace
Piedmont Baptist College is a testimony to the vision and leadership of Dr. Charles H. Stevens, pastor of Salem Baptist Church in Winston-Salem (1925-28; 1933-72). Dr. Stevens, a man of fervent love for the Bible, was long noted as a “walking Bible” and a pastor with a passion “to teach the Scriptures as they are, to men as they are.” It was this intense desire to share the Word of God that led him to lay the foundations of what was to become Piedmont Baptist College.
In 1945, Dr. Stevens established the Piedmont Bible Institute to accommodate returning war veterans eager to begin long-delayed Bible studies. Classes were held in the educational facilities of his church for a number of years.
In response to the recommendation of mission boards and leaders in the field of Christian Education, the Bible Institute enlarged its faculty and expanded its curriculum to include a Bible College in the spring of 1948. The first college students were enrolled in the fall semester of that year.