Hood Theological Seminary

Hood Seminary was founded as the Zion Wesley Institute in 1879 by James Walker Hood as a outgrowth of plans for a Christian education program of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in Concord, N.C.; in 1882 institute moved to Salisbury; Livingstone College organized a Theological Department in 1892; 1904 the department was upgraded to a school; cornerstone of the building was laid in 1906, and the seminary was named in honor of Bishop Hood; 1965 the AME Zion Church erected a new building for the seminary on land adjacent to the college; 1996 the General Conference of the AME Zion Church voted to separate the seminary from the college; 2000 the seminary began planning for separation from the college and in 2001 the seminary was granted its own charter by the State of North Carolina; January 2002 the Board of Bishops of the AME Zion Church declared that the separation was complete; seminary and the college continue as sister institutions under the sponsorship of the AME Zion Church, but they operate independently of each other.

From the description of Hood Seminary records, [18--]-1993. (Livingstone College). WorldCat record id: 70970056