Editing Crandall University (section)

==History==
[[File:Crandall University.jpg|thumb|right|Stultz Hall]]
Crandall University was founded in 1949 under the name '''United Baptist Bible Training School''' (UBBTS), and served as both a secondary school and a Bible school by the [[Canadian Baptists of Atlantic Canada]].<ref name="Randall Herbert Balmer 2004, p. 42">Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition'', Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 42</ref> Over two decades, the focus of the school gradually shifted toward post-secondary programs. In 1968, UBBTS became a Bible and junior Christian liberal arts college, and in 1970 the name was changed to '''Atlantic Baptist College''' (ABC).<ref name="Randall Herbert Balmer 2004, p. 42"/> A sustained campaign to expand the school's faculty and improve the level of education resulted in ABC being able to grant full Bachelor of Arts degrees in 1983.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.crandallu.ca/about-crandall/history/ |title=History |access-date=March 26, 2019 |publisher= Crandall University}}</ref> Its campus at this time was located along the Salisbury Road, west of [[Moncton]]'s central business district.

The institution moved to a new campus built on the Gorge Road, north of the central business district, in 1996. The name was changed to '''Atlantic Baptist University''' (ABU), a reflection of expanded student enrolment and academic accreditation. In 2003, the ABU sports teams adopted the name ''The Blue Tide''. The institution was the first, and thus far only, English-language university in Moncton.  The ''Atlantic Baptist University Act'' was passed by the [[Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gnb.ca/legis/bill/FILE/56/2/Bill-64-e.htm |title=Atlantic Baptist University Act, 2008|publisher=Government of New Brunswick|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref>

On August 21, 2009, it was announced that the institution had changed its name to '''Crandall University''' in honour of Rev. [[Joseph Crandall]], a pioneering Baptist minister in the maritime region.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/atlantic-baptist-university-changes-name-1.805676 |title=Atlantic Baptist University changes name |publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=August 21, 2009|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> In conjunction with the university name change, Crandall Athletics took on a new identity as "The Crandall Chargers."