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The institution was launched in 1951 by [[L. L. Clover|Leander Louis Clover]], a native of [[Clark County, Arkansas|Clark County]], [[Arkansas]], and then pastor of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Minden, the sponsoring church of the seminary. Clover began with two students studying from his home.[3]The seminary was incorporated by the state in 1956.[4]The original seminary location was 903 Shreveport Road across the highway from Calvary Church.[5]

The institution was launched in 1951 by [[L. L. Clover|Leander Louis Clover]], a native of [[Clark County, Arkansas|Clark County]], [[Arkansas]], and then pastor of the Calvary Missionary Baptist Church of Minden, the sponsoring church of the seminary. Clover began with two students studying from his home.[3]The seminary was incorporated by the state in 1956.[4]The original seminary location was 903 Shreveport Road across the highway from Calvary Church.[5]

The seminary is now located at 102 Seminary Lane off the Homer Road adjacent to the Calvary church sanctuary.[6] It is affiliated with the theologically conservative American Baptist Association, with headquarters at 4605 North State Line Avenue in Texarkana, Texas.[7][8][9]

The seminary is now located at 102 Seminary Lane off the Homer Road adjacent to the Calvary church sanctuary.[6] It is affiliated with the theologically conservative American Baptist Association, with headquarters at 4605 North State Line Avenue in Texarkana, [[Texas]].[7][8][9]

The seminary offers the bachelor's, master's, and doctor of theology degrees, with Hebrew and Greek. The credentials are fully recognized within the Missionary Baptist denomination.[10][11] LMBIS is unaccredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and does not seek accreditation by a secular board.[12]

The seminary offers the bachelor's, master's, and doctor of theology degrees, with Hebrew and Greek. The credentials are fully recognized within the Missionary Baptist denomination.[10][11] LMBIS is unaccredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and does not seek accreditation by a secular board.[12]

According to the website Cortera, LMBIS has fewer than twenty employees and sales of under $500,000 annually.[6][13] The seminary is headed by president Don McCormick of Minden, another former pastor of Calvary Church.[11] Manta.com estimates the number of LMBIS employees at eleven, but it is unclear if that also includes Calvary Church employees.[11]

According to the website Cortera, LMBIS has fewer than twenty employees and sales of under $500,000 annually.[6][13] The seminary is headed by president Donald McCormick of Minden, another former pastor of Calvary Church.[11] Manta.com estimates the number of LMBIS employees at eleven, but it is unclear if that also includes Calvary Church employees.[11]

The LMBIS faculty and administration are drawn from area churches, who over the years included Roy Edgar Chapman (1932-1994), a native of Hamburg, Arkansas, who in 1962 succeeded the LMBIS dean, [[A. T. Powers]], as the pastor of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden. Chapman taught Bible analysis and evangelism and served as the LMBIS registrar. Other administrators included the late Dwayne Furlow, pastor of the since disbanded Central Missionary Baptist Church in Shreveport; Irvin Russell Roshto (born 1934), Clover's immediate successor in 1964 as pastor at Calvary Church, and Olen Johnson, the seminary dean during the middle 1960s.[14]

The LMBIS faculty and administration are drawn from area churches, who over the years included Roy Edgar Chapman (1932-1994), a native of Hamburg, Arkansas, who in 1962 succeeded the LMBIS dean, [[A. T. Powers]], as the pastor of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden. Chapman taught Bible analysis and evangelism and served as the LMBIS registrar. Other administrators included the late Dwayne Furlow, pastor of the since disbanded Central Missionary Baptist Church in Shreveport; Irvin Russell Roshto (born 1934), Clover's immediate successor in 1964 as pastor at Calvary Church, and Olen Johnson, the seminary dean during the middle 1960s.[14]

In 1972-1973, LMBIS reported thirty-three regular and twenty-one parttime students.[15]

In 1972-1973, LMBIS reported thirty-three regular and twenty-one parttime students.[15]

In 1996, more than two decades after pastor Clover's death, Calvary Church voted to relocate from 1000 Shreveport Road to 1400 Homer Road in east Minden. Construction began late in 2002, and the new facilities, including the adjacent LMBIS building, were dedicated on November 2, 2003.[16]The previous Calvary Church structure at 903 Shreveport Road was sold to an African American congregation, the Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church. Its pastor, Terrence A. McCray, Sr., is a graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a member of the Black Preaching Network.[17]

In 1996, more than two decades after pastor Clover's death, Calvary Church voted to relocate from 1000 Shreveport Road to 1400 Homer Road in east Minden. Construction began late in 2002, and the new facilities, including the adjacent LMBIS building, were dedicated on November 2, 2003.[16]The previous Calvary Church structure at 903 Shreveport Road was sold to an African American congregation, the Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church. Its pastor, Terrence A. McCray, Sr., is a graduate of [[Liberty University]] in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]], and a member of the Black Preaching Network.[17]

==Notable alumni==

==Notable alumni==