Seattle Pacific University (SPU) is a private Christian university in Seattle, Washington. Seattle Pacific University was founded in 1891 by Free Methodist pioneers to train missionaries for overseas service.It was founded in 1891 in conjunction with the Oregon and Washington Conference of the Free Methodist Church as the Seattle Seminary. It became the Seattle Seminary and College in 1913, adopting the name Seattle Pacific College in 1915, and took its present moniker in 1977. Seattle Pacific University is a member of the Christian College Consortium.