Penn View Bible Institute is a Christian training center for missionaries, ministers, educators and laymen in the holiness world since its beginning 40 years ago. It is located in Penns Creek in the central part of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is part of the conservative holiness movement, and is Wesleyan-Arminian in belief.
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During the God's Missionary Church conference of 1965, after nearly fifteen years of praying and planning, the possibility of beginning a Bible School was brought to the conference floor. The ministers and delegates were told that an adjoining 16-acre (65,000 m2) plot of ground, owned by Clair Knapp, was available. They went to the hill that day, August 5, 1965, and joined together in a season of prayer. By faith, they claimed the ground for God's work and a school. The general board was authorized to buy the land. The Penn View ground-breaking was held on July 31, 1966.
Rev. John W. Zechman is the current college president. He is the first alumnus to serve as president and at 21 years of service is the longest serving president of any conservative holiness Bible college.
Students have come from nearly 20 states and several foreign countries. Seventeen different denominations are represented among the faculty, staff, and student body.
Recent plans include the addition of a new student life center and music hall.