Refined With Time is a collection of articles about Bob Jones Academy. 
It seeks to present how God has molded and used BJA to train young saints to serve and glorify their Savior.

The articles are divided into three categories. Click on the category to see articles currently available.

• BJA HISTORY – A chronological look at the facts and stories of BJA’s near 100-year history
• BJA FACETS – A look into aspects of BJA that have helped to accomplish its mission  
  • Facilities Facets
  • Facets of Student Life
  • Academic Facets
  • Multifarious Facets
• BJA PROFILES – Biographic sketches of individuals that have influenced BJA   ​

Dedication 
At its incorporation in 1925 Bob Jones College was to be a soundly Christian, liberal arts, junior college.  BJC opened in 1927.  That first year one third of the total campus enrollment was high school students in the "Preparatory Department."  For most of its near 100 year existence the number of pre-college students has never been less than 10%, usually closer to 20%, and currently running over 25% of campus enrollment. 
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While hard to ignore that percentage of a student body, most historical treatments of the institution brush lightly over what today is known as Bob Jones Academy.  For the near 15,000 students who have enrolled in her classes, and the over 700 faculty who have taught those classes, Refined With Time - A History of Bob Jones Academy is an attempt to rectify that oversight.  To all of them, this website is dedicated.  I trust you enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed preparing it.    - WSP 

The Name Refined With Time
During the 50th anniversary of the school, I was sponsor of the Bob Jones Academy Student Body Organization.  The officers wanted to do something to commemorate the Golden Anniversary.   We decided that preparing a series of articles about BJA's history for the school's newspaper, the Triangle, would be appropriate.  The final article appeared in a special issue of the newspaper, the largest the Triangle had ever published.  It included testimonies of graduates and faculty members, histories of various BJA organizations and the first photographic illustrations the newspaper had ever published.  A Student Body Officer suggested we name the series of articles Refined With Time.  Later Bob Jones, Jr. commented to me that he liked the title and would have considered it as the theme for the University’s celebration of its Golden Anniversary if he had thought of it earlier.   Fifty years later the title stills feels appropriate to describe the history of Bob Jones Academy.  - WSP