Ouachita Hills College

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Ouachita Hills College is a missionary training college in southwest Arkansas. As a tutorial center of Griggs University, it offers a small number of students degrees in Religion, Theology, Business and Education.

Students enrolled in the college program spend part of each day in practical work programs. The program was founded to incorporate apprentice-style learning into accredited religious studies.

Many of the students in the program pay their way through school by taking part in literature evangelistic efforts.

The college is legally owned by Ouachita Ministries, Inc. Its teachers are Seventh-day Adventists.

Philosophy of the School In the mid 1800's the Seventh-day Adventist denomination began erecting a system of higher education. One of the early schools, Madison College of Tennessee, pioneered a philosophy of education that emphasized a holistic preparation for life.

Students at Madison learned a trade. Their teachers joined them for several hours each day in practical work outside the class room. The school cultivated a strong agriculture program.

Counsels from Ellen White gave significant guidance to the Madison school.

In 2002 a collection of teachers including Harriet Clark, Principal of Ouachita Hills Academy, and Eugene Prewitt united to found a 21st century school built on the philosophy modeled by the Madison school.

Students from all denominations are welcome to apply at the college. Those accepted into the rigorous mentoring program will study the beliefs and practices that set the Seventh-day Adventist Church apart from unbelievers.

In keeping with the reform-minded philosophy of its founders the school cafeteria offers a non-dairy vegetarian diet. Students take classes in agriculture, family values and nutrition.

In its theology classes, several of which are part of the core curriculum required for all majors, students are taught general and distinctive teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

These include:

  A literal return of Jesus to the earth in the near, but unspecified, future
  The inerrant quality and absolute authority of the Bible
  The abiding obligation of men to keep the Ten Commandments
  A historicist approach to interpreting prophecy
  Man's freedom, when empowered by the Holy Spirit, to chose life or death, right or wrong

History In its first four years of operation its students knocked on more than 400,000 doors promoting the values and teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. As a result of their labor more than 3,000 persons have requested Bible studies during that time.

Graduates from the first classes are now leaders in the Literature Evangelism work of the church in North America and Europe. These colporteurs have been partially responsible for a revival of the church's work in several areas.