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The Pastoral Bible Institute was founded by a small group who were part of the Bible Student movement, a Christian denomination following Millerite Adventist notions guided by principles expounded by Pastor Charles Taze Russell. It was created when a number of prominent brethren withdrew their support from the Watch Tower Society after Joseph Rutherford became the president of the Society, following Russell's death. The first Bible Student Convention held independent of the Watch Tower Society took place on July 26-29, 1918, in Asbury Park, New Jersey.[1] In November 1918, two to three hundred people attended the second convention in Providence, Rhode Island.[2] It was at this meeting that the Pastoral Bible Institute (PBI) was formed to resume Pastor Russell’s pastoral work independent of the Society.
In December 1918 the first issue of The Herald of Christ’s Kingdom[3] was published. It was edited by R. E. Streeter until his death in December 1924.[4] Although the PBI is essentially defunct, a small representative number continues to publish the Herald magazine and distribute Christian literature.