"Belhaven University is an innovative and academically progressive institution built on the timeless principles of scholarship, service, and biblical Truth. Since its founding, Belhaven University has sought to fulfill the mission expressed in its motto: ""to serve, not to be served."" Today's Belhaven is the culmination of three separate institutions of higher learning which merged over the years. Belhaven College, now Belhaven University, was founded in 1883 in Jackson, Mississippi as a privately-owned institution. In 1911 Belhaven was merged with McComb Female Institute, and in 1939 merged with the Mississippi Synodical College. The founding date of the latter institution, 1883, was adopted by the Board of Trustees as the official founding date of Belhaven College (now Belhaven University)."