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Oneida Baptist Institute

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Website
  
www.oneidaschool.org

Phone
  
+1 606-847-4111

Founded
  
1899

Oneida Baptist Institute

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Address
  
11 Mulberry St, Oneida, KY 40972, USA

Parent organization
  
Similar
  
Clay County High Sch, Clay County School S, Clay County Middle Sc, Owsley County High Sch, Oneida Elementary School

Profiles

Oneida Baptist Institute (OBI) is a coeducational Southern Baptist boarding school in Oneida, Kentucky, affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

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History

Oneida Baptist Institute was founded by James Anderson Burns with the intent of bringing an end to the culture of feuds and violence in Clay County, Kentucky. Burns aimed "to teach the children of the hostile clans to love each other and not fight," believing that a combination of education and Christian love would cause their feuds to "stop automatically." With the help of H. L. McMurray, a Baptist preacher originally from Kansas, Burns selected a site for the school and recruited members of the warring clans to work together to build it.

The first building was completed in 1899 and classes began on January 1, 1900, with four teachers and 125 students.

References

Oneida Baptist Institute Wikipedia