Arlington Baptist College

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Arlington Baptist College is a private four year Bible college in Arlington, Texas. The current president is David Bryant. Enrollment is less than 200.

1 History
2 Academics and athletics
3 Alumni
4 Trivia
5 Links

[edit] History

Founded by the well-known Fundamentalist J. Frank Norris in 1939 as Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute, it changed its name to Bible Baptist Seminary in 1945 and adopted its present name in 1972. The school has been affiliated with the World Baptist Fellowship for its entire existence.

The school first held classes at Norris' First Baptist Church of Fort Worth until his death, then leased facilities in Fort Worth, Texas until 1956, when it purchased its current facility in Arlington.

[edit] Academics and athletics

The college is accredited by Association for Biblical Higher Education. It offers four year Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees. While it was known as the Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute and (later) Bible Baptist Seminary, the school granted Master's and Doctoral degrees.

The ABC athletic program has been inactive for several years. The school has traditionally competed with the Patriot as their mascot.

[edit] Alumni

John Birch, namesake for the ultra-conservative John Birch Society. One of the school's first graduates in 1940.
Kirk Franklin- Grammy winning gospel singer

[edit] Trivia

The Arlington campus is notable as being the site of a former casino which attracted the likes of Joe Louis, Humphrey Bogart, and Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow. Because of its notoriety the campus was declared a Texas state historic site on May 17, 2004.