Heartland Baptist Bible College
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Heartland Baptist Bible College, formerly known as Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College, is an unaccredited independent Baptist Bible college located at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The college's program prepares students for full-time ministry, either as pastors, missionaries, or musicians. The school has a fundamentalist belief that promotes the King James Version of the Bible.
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[edit] History of the college
In January, 1966, the Western Baptist Bible Fellowship, composed of pastors from that region, met in Las Vegas, Nevada and voted the Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College into existence. Classes began in fall 1967 in rented facilities in Orange, California. In June 1969 the campus moved from Orange to Walnut, California, in 1971 it moved to Pasadena, California, and in 1972 it leased the 149 acre former Cal Poly Voorhis campus in San Dimas, California and purchased the property from the state in December 1977.
In February 1980, Pastor Ted Hicks stepped down and Pastor J.C. Joiner became the college head with Jack Baskin as the executive vice president. In May 1983, Pastor Frank Johnson became the third president of Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College. On June 8, 1992, Pacific Coast was revived to “a new walk in the old paths” with Pastor Duane Thorp elected as president.
In May 1995, Pastor Terry Randolph was elected as the fifth president of PCBBC after serving as the interim president during the spring of 1995. He led the college during a time of financial crisis and declining enrollment which eventually forced the historic relocation of the college from Southern California to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in June 1998. During seven weeks in the summer of 1998, the new campus, a former college campus built in the 1970’s, was renovated in time for fall classes.
In September 1998 the college was renamed Heartland Baptist Bible College. During the months that followed, the college reorganized, changed its emphasis from a regional to a national focus, and established an link with a group of pastors, missionaries, and evangelists known as the “Friends of Heartland.”
In 1999, Terry Randolph resigned and Sam Davison, pastor of Southwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, was named the new president.
November 17, 2000, Heartland Baptist Bible College formally requested to be removed from the list of schools approved by the Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI).'
HBBC is a board-run institution and is not under the authority of Southwest Baptist Church.
HBBC has three music groups, "Witness!", "GloryBound", and "Assurance", Heartlands new ladies trio.
[edit] Alumni
[edit] University
- Jack Eggar - B.A. in Education (1975) - President and CEO of Awana Clubs International[1]
[edit] See also
- List of unaccredited institutions of higher learning
- List of unrecognized accreditation associations of higher learning
- School accreditation
