Texas Holiness University was founded by B. A. CordellHunt County Historic Commission, Hunt County Historical Marker Descriptions: Peniel and E. C. DeJernett in 1898.A&M Commerce Libraries, Northeast Texas History and Genealogy Center, W. Walworth Harrison Library: Texas Holiness University catalogue and prospectus 1910-1911 It was then established on a 37-acre campusSouthern Nazarene University: History of Texas Holiness University in 1899 by A. M. Hills and a small holiness community at Holiness, later called Peniel and now part of Greenville, Texas. It was sponsored by the Holiness Association of Texas, but the association disbanded in 1910 after many of its members united with the Church of the Nazarene."Why These Schools? Historical Perspectives on Nazarene Higher Education The school then became one of the first three "official" Nazarene educational institutions in 1908, supported by the Dallas District Church of the Nazarene, and the name was changed to Peniel College.Handbook of Texas Online: Texas Holiness College In 1920, the college merged with Oklahoma Nazarene College in Bethany, Oklahoma, which was then renamed "Bethany-Peniel College".
