Abilene Christian University (ACU) occurs as personal university located in Abilene, Texas, affiliated with Churches of Christ. ACU was founded within 1906, as Childers Classical Institute. ACU has an annual enrollment of astir 5,000 students from either through a US and 60 nations.

History
Abilene Christian University grew from either an ideThe held by A. B. Barret & Charles Roberson to form the school inside West Texas. A Church of Christ within Abilene agreed to back a task. J. W. Childers sold Barret l& & a big home west of a town and lowered a price by using the stipulation that the school would exist as known as inside his honor. Childers Classical Institute opened in the fall of 1906, with Xxv students.

Whilst Jesse P. Sewell became president of the institute around 1912, the school began utilizing "Abilene Christian College" in completely its printed poop. Around 1920, a school paid a Childers personal $4,000 & formally changed the title.

A Optimist, a university's student-process newspaper, was based inside 1912. A Prickly Pear, a school yearbook, was founded inside 1916. A campus literary-arts magazine (today A Shinnery View, erst A Pickwicker) has been inside production since 1933.

Around 1927, with a serve of a $75,000 contribution from either a city of Abilene, the board of trustees purchased 680 demesne (Deuce.Eighter from decatur kilometer²) northeast of Abilene. Additionally, residents donated 75 landed estate (304,000 m²) of adjoining land. A recently campus opened in the fall of 1929.

From either the period its founding to a present, the university has been governed by a board of trustees mass produced higher of members of the Churches of Christ. Abilene Christian College operated as an unaffiliated church-related school until December of 1951, when it was granted to a full accreditation from either the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

In February 22, 1976 the name was changed to Abilene Christian University. A school is preparing to celebrate its centenary in the 2005-06 school month.

Mission statement
"The mission of Abilene Christian University is to educate students for Christian service and leadership throughout the world."

Presidents
Allen Booking agent Barret (1906-08) H. C. Darden (1908-09) Robertson Lafayette Whiteside(1909-11) James F. Cox (1911-12)*Jesse Parker Sewell (1912-1924) Batsell Barrett Baxter (1924-1932) James F. Cox (1932-1940) Don H. Morris (1940-1969) John C. Stevens (1969-1981) William J. Teague (1981-1991) Royce Money (1991-present)

Notable Alumni
Fisher, Brent Layfield, John Lucado, Max