By JAY LINDSAY
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) - The owners of
an historic campus in western Massachusetts have announced they'll give
it away to a Christian college from Arizona that plans to eventually
host 5,000 students there.
The Green family of
Oklahoma, who founded the Hobby Lobby craft store chain, said Friday
that they've selected Grand Canyon University as the recipient of the
Northfield campus.
The campus is the former
home of the Northfield Mount Hermon prep school, which was founded by
evangelist D.L. Moody. The Greens offered to give the campus for free to
an organization that would honor Moody's commitment to traditional
Christian teachings.
For-profit Grand Canyon was the choice after the other finalist, a mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention, backed out.
The two were the last standing after more than 100 organizations expressed interest in the 217-acre property.
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