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25-525: Montreat may refer to: Montreat, North Carolina , United States Montreat Conference Center , located in Montreat, North Carolina, United States Montreat College , located in Montreat, North Carolina, United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Montreat . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

50-672: A Baptist minister who had done extensive work in camp and conference ministry, served as the President of the Mountain Retreat Association. In the 1980s, Montreat was expanded again to offer a four-year curriculum. Later it also offered graduate programs. In the 1990s, it expanded the number of sites where it offered classes, in addition to offerings online. After the Great Recession of 2008, Montreat College had financial problems. In 2013, it considered

75-648: A Special Assistant to Billy Graham, was called as Pastor of the Montreat Presbyterian Church. At the same time, he served as the first chaplain to students at Montreat-Anderson College. He held both of these jobs until 1992, when Ed Bonner was called as college chaplain. Thielman continued as Pastor of the Church until his retirement in 1995. In 1975 the college and the Mountain Retreat Association conference center formed two separate organizations: Vaughn served as College President and Monroe Ashley,

100-470: A careful examination of the Montreat property, and believe that it could be made suitable for school purposes by installing heating facilities and adding up-to-date school equipment. In this way provision could easily be made for 350 to 400 pupils. 2. We have carefully considered the various schools within the bounds of our General Assembly and under the control of the various Synods and Presbyteries, and we believe that one need of our ecclesiastical school system

125-781: A college degree, as well as those who want to expand their horizons. In June 1998 Montreat College was accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools as a level three institution to offer the master's degree in business administration. This accreditation was reaffirmed in December 2012. As of the fall of 2021, Montreat's traditional campus student body consists of 662 undergraduate students. The School of Adult and Graduate Studies consists of 311 adult undergraduate, graduate, and online students. The Montreat athletic teams are called

150-602: A community and health resort with places for dwellings, permanently and temporarily, for health, rest, recreation, Christian work and fellowship, together with whatever may be connected therewith, directly or incidentally." Today the name Montreat is used for at least three different entities including Montreat College. The original Mountain Retreat Association was adapted as a Presbyterian conference center fewer than ten years after its founding. J. R. Howerton of Charlotte, North Carolina, purchased Montreat for use by

175-444: A household in the town was $ 45,625, and the median income for a family was $ 60,625. Males had a median income of $ 39,375 versus $ 22,292 for females. The per capita income for the town was $ 16,699. About 3.6% of families and 11.9% of the population were below the poverty line , including 7.8% of those under age 18 and 3.9% of those age 65 or over. The town is the location of the main campus of Montreat College . The town of Montreat

200-441: A merger with Point University . This idea was later dropped. In March 2014, after a $ 6 million anonymous gift, trustees decided to raise money and hire a new president. Paul J. Maurer took office the next summer. Many of the older buildings are constructed of stone. In the early days Emilie Miller Vaughan described it thus: "I wish I could tell you of the scenery around here & at the retreat. People who have travelled say it

225-600: Is a Christian Normal School for Teachers. We believe that Montreat is well located and adapted for a school of this nature." Montreat Normal School opened in October 1916. Anderson served as the first president. According to the Asheville Citizen , the school's purpose, in addition to training girls for teaching careers, was "to give Christian education to worthy girls of junior college and high school age who desire education and whose character and purpose assure

250-474: Is only equaled by Switzerland" Montreat College's traditional program has almost 700 students. It has more than 90 majors, minors, and concentrations. The School of Adult and Graduate Studies began offering classes on September 19, 1994. With online programs and physical campuses in Asheville, Charlotte, and Morganton, the college seeks to serve adults in the work force, or who are retired, who want to earn

275-482: Is the county line, with McDowell County to the east. The town is located in the valley of Flat Creek and is surrounded by mountains on three sides. The only road access is via North Carolina Highway 9 , which leads southwest 2 miles (3 km) to the town of Black Mountain . According to the United States Census Bureau , Montreat has a total area of 2.7 square miles (7.1 km ). As of

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300-407: The 2020 United States census , there were 901 people, 69 households, and 57 families residing in the town. As of the census of 2000, there were 630 people, 185 households, and 98 families residing in the town. The population density was 227.3 inhabitants per square mile (87.8/km ). There were 572 housing units at an average density of 206.3 per square mile (79.7/km ). The racial makeup of the town

325-684: The Blue Ridge Mountains outside of Asheville, North Carolina . In 1897 Congregationalist minister John C. Collins, from New Haven, Connecticut , joined with a number of like-minded associates from other denominations, including evangelist Weston R. Gales, to form the Mountain Retreat Association . "The corporation was not owned by one denomination but it was interdenominational in its makeup without church connection or control. The original Montreat idea has changed, grown and developed into what now is. Its name

350-828: The Presbyterian Church in the United States (also known informally as the Southern Presbyterian Church). In 1913, Robert C. Anderson, then president of the Mountain Retreat Association, proposed that the grounds and facilities of the Association be used for a school during the academic year. In 1915, an Ad Interim Committee of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.S. reported: "1. We have made

375-581: The Mountain Retreat Association (MRA) passed to the Presbyterian Church in the US , and for many years Montreat has been host to religious conferences, mainly Presbyterian, organized through the MRA. Significant organizations in the contemporary town of Montreat, in addition to the Mountain Retreat Association, include Montreat Presbyterian Church: PC(USA), Montreat College (founded in 1916), and Christ Community Church, EPC (formerly Montreat Presbyterian Church). In 2024,

400-572: The best use of it." Having been granted a charter by the State of North Carolina in January 1917, the Mountain Retreat Association 'Managing Committee' voted in July of that year to provide buildings, grounds and equipment to the school for eight months per year. The school was to be responsible for paying for the utilities it used and for ordinary repairs. In this way the predecessor to Montreat College

425-408: The late 1950s, it reverted to junior college status. The Town of Montreat was founded in 1967 after the Mountain Retreat Association chose to give up maintaining the infrastructure of the retreat center. The Board of Directors voluntarily agreed to surrender "all municipal powers and functions and permit Montreat to be governed by the laws of Buncombe County and the State of North Carolina." Among

450-440: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montreat&oldid=933002236 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Montreat, North Carolina Montreat is located in eastern Buncombe County. Its eastern border

475-515: The school's benefactors over the years were evangelist Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth Graham , who lived in the community. They were actively involved with the school's students for many years. During a time when the school's identity was being defined, the Grahams gave a total of $ 150,000 over a period of three years. In 1962 Calvin Thielman, who had been living in Montreat for some time as

500-463: The town was severely damaged by Hurricane Helene. Montreat College Montreat College (pronounced "mon-treet") is a private , Christian college in Montreat, North Carolina . Founded in 1916, the college offers associate, bachelor's, and master's degree programs for traditional and adult students. The college's main campus for four-year traditional students is located in the foothills of

525-450: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16 and the average family size was 2.63. In the town, the population was spread out, with 9.4% under the age of 18, 45.7% from 18 to 24, 10.3% from 25 to 44, 11.6% from 45 to 64, and 23.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there were 102.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.8 males. The median income for

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550-531: Was 95.40% White , 0.95% African American , 0.63% Native American , 0.63% Asian , 0.79% from other races , and 1.59% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.43% of the population. There were 185 households, out of which 11.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.1% were married couples living together, 2.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.0% were non-families. 37.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 20.0% had someone living alone who

575-421: Was created as a part of the Mountain Retreat Association to make year-round use of the facilities previously used only for summer conferences. But from the beginning, "the accounts of the Mountain Retreat Association and Montreat College were kept separate. No money was ever transferred from one to the other." In 1934 Montreat College became a junior college . Later, the college offered a four-year curriculum. By

600-512: Was derived from the words 'Mountain Retreat.'" The original organization stated its purpose as follows: "…to establish and maintain in the mountain section of North Carolina, a municipality containing assembly grounds for the encouragement of Christian work and living through Christian convention, public worship, missionary work, schools, libraries, orphan homes, manual and trades training and other operations auxiliary and incidental thereto; also

625-448: Was incorporated as a North Carolina township in 1967. Much of the property in the area is still owned by the Mountain Retreat Association, formed in 1897 by John Collins, a Congregationalist minister from Connecticut . Funding for the retreat's creation was secured from candy manufacturer and philanthropist John S. Huyler, founder of Huyler's . The name of Montreat is a portmanteau of the words "Mountain" and "Retreat". In 1907 control of

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