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Motto | It's all about the word |
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Type | Private religious college |
Established | June 2000 |
Location | , , 33°56′N83°58′W / 33.94°N 83.96°W |
Campus | none |
Website | www |
Oval Bible College (OBC) is an independent religious institution founded by Dr. Timmy Tezeno in June 2000 in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. The College, which provides theological education, is now located in Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Oval Bible College operates in 38 states and several countries, including Greece, China, West Indies, Nigeria, South Africa, Mauritius, Singapore, Canada, Australia, Mexico, United Kingdom, Puerto Rico, Kenya, Philippines, Virgin Islands, Norway, Germany, India, Italy, Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, and Ghana.
Pointe Coupee Parish is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 20,758. The parish seat is New Roads.
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Calcasieu Parish is a parish located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 216,785. The parish seat is Lake Charles.
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Iowa is a town in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,436 in 2020. It is part of the Lake Charles metropolitan statistical area.
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The Bible Belt is a region of the Southern United States and one Midwestern state, the state of Missouri, in all of which socially conservative Protestant Christianity plays a strong role in society. Church attendance across the denominations is generally higher than the nation's average. The region contrasts with the religiously diverse Midwest and Great Lakes and the Mormon corridor in Utah, southern Idaho and northern Arizona.
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The McNeese State Cowboys baseball team is a varsity intercollegiate athletic team of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. The team is a member of the Southland Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The team plays its home games at Joe Miller Ballpark in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The Cowboys are coached by Justin Hill.
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The Federal Detention Center (FDC Oakdale) was a United States federal prison which housed male detainees, for the U.S. Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE). ICE used the facility for temporary housing of federal immigration detainees in Louisiana. It was part of the Oakdale Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) and was operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice. The facility also has an adjacent satellite prison camp for minimum-security male inmates.
Great Lakes Bible College is a private Bible college associated with the Churches of Christ located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is accredited by the Ontario Ministry of Education as a private university.
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