Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary

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Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary

Motto:	With the Word to the World
Established:	1921
Type:	Bible college and seminary
President:	Dr. James Maxwell III
Faculty:	30
Students:	400
Location:	Ankeny, Iowa, USA
Campus:	Suburban
Colors:	Maroon and white
Website:	Faith.edu

Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary is a private undergraduate and graduate institution located in Ankeny, Iowa, USA.

1 Mission statement
2 History
3 Campus
4 College programs
5 Seminary degrees
6 Accreditation and affiliations
7 References
8 External links

[edit] Mission statement

The mission of Faith Baptist Bible College is to provide an intensive biblical, vocational, and general education on the college level with the goal of preparing students to minister effectively in Christian service through leadership positions in and through fundamental Baptist churches and other organizations of like convictions.^[1]

The mission of Faith Baptist Theological Seminary is to provide an advanced biblical, theological, and ministerial education at the graduate level with the goal of preparing Bible expositors to serve effectively in Christian ministry through leadership positions within Baptist fundamentalism.^[2]

[edit] History

At the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, William H. Jordan heard Dwight L. Moody speak about the importance of training Christian workers for the ministry. Impressed by Moody's vision, Jordan also was burdened to see schools established that would carry out that objective. In 1921, as pastor of Third Presbyterian Church in Omaha, Nebraska, Jordan founded Omaha Bible Institute to educate men and women in the Bible, theology, and ministry.

Enrollment declined and costs increased in the 1940s, and the Board of Trustees considered closing the school. John L. Patten, pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Omaha, saw the need for the school continue. In 1947, Patten volunteered to step in as the school's new leader. He served as president until 1965. Under his leadership, the institution changed its name (to Omaha Baptist Bible Institute, and later to Omaha Baptist Bible College) and sought the support of Baptist organizations. In 1956, the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches approved OBBI. To this day, the GARBC remains the school's largest base for student enrollment.

In the 1960s, OBBC outgrew its Omaha facilities. Relocation to Ankeny took place in 1967, and the school again changed its name to Faith Baptist Bible College.

In the 1980s, declining enrollment at Denver Baptist Bible College caused DBBC and FBBC to merge. FBBC also added the seminary at that time.^[3]

[edit] Campus

Faith's campus is located in Ankeny, a suburb of Des Moines. At the time of its construction, the campus was the westernmost point in Ankeny. Within fifteen years, residential development surrounded the property.

The campus is built around a large center circle. It consists of 23 buildings. Some of them are:

Administration Building (1967) -- administrative offices
Multipurpose Building (1967) -- dining hall, homiletics lab, classrooms
Patten Hall (1969) -- 60,000-volume library, education resource center, classrooms
Convocation Building (1974) -- 1,500-seat gymnasium, locker rooms, athletic office, student life department, student center, bookstore, music room, health center, classrooms
Gray Hall -- classrooms, computer lab, science lab, faculty offices
Music Building -- practice rooms, faculty studios, classrooms
Maintenance Building
Multiple Residence Halls
Multiple Faculty Office Buildings