Portland Bible College

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Portland Bible College
Portland Bible College campus - Portland, Oregon.JPG
Campus on Rocky Butte
TypePrivate
Established1967
Religious affiliation
Mannahouse Church
Academic affiliations
Pacific Christian Athletics Conference
Chancellor Marc Estes
President Simon Mould
Dean Ken Malmin
Students220[ citation needed ]
Location
Portland
,
Oregon
,
U.S.

45°32′58″N122°33′55″W / 45.54944°N 122.56528°W / 45.54944; -122.56528
CampusUrban
Sporting affiliations
 ACCA,
NCCAA
Website www.portlandbiblecollege.org
Portland Bible College logo.png

Portland Bible College (PBC) is a four-year Bible college in Portland, Oregon, United States that offers theological and church ministry degrees. It was founded in 1967 and is associated with Mannahouse Church, which is associated with Ministers Fellowship International. [1] The campus is adjacent to Mannahouse Church on Rocky Butte in northeast Portland. [2]

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Accreditation

Portland Bible College has degree granting status from the State of Oregon, the State of Washington and the State of California. This means PBC is unaccredited and as such cannot be guaranteed by either the United States Department of Education or the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to provide quality education. However, PBC has taken positive steps to ensure strong academic standards by holding membership with the Academic Council for Educational Accountability as well as securing several articulation agreements with other accredited seminaries, colleges and universities.

In Oregon, The Higher Education Coordinating Commission lists PBC in its Institutions and Programs Approved for Veterans Affairs.

As for Washington, the Washington Student Achievement Council has determined that Portland Bible College qualifies for religious exempt status from the Degree-Granting Institutions Act.

In California, PBC was issued a verification of exemption pursuant to the California Education Code CEC § 94874.7 as registered with the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education.

Academics

The college's Chancellor, Pastor Marc Estes, states that the college is "committed to training and equipping leaders to strengthen local churches" and "offers training in Pastoral Leadership, Worship & Creative Arts, Pastoral Counseling, and Youth Ministry along with a Humanities Program designed for university transfer." The college awards six different degrees with multiple emphasis, including: Associate of Theology, Associate of Church Music, Associate of Christian Humanities, Bachelor of Church Music, Bachelor of Theology. Over 35 people work as faculty or staff at the college. [3]

The School of Worship and the associated degrees in Church Music seek to provide a "broad knowledge of music, rhythm instruments and worship leading." [4]

According to the college's webpage, for over 40 years PBC has had a consistently high rate of international students. [5] International students make up around "twenty percent of the PBC student body" and play "a strong role in defining the core of PBC." [6]

The college has formal transfer agreements with Portland State University, Warner Pacific College, Concordia University, Northwest Christian College and Pittsburg State University (Kansas). On a discretionary basis, the University of California (Berkeley), Arizona State University, Boise State University, Seattle Pacific University, Baylor University and Southeastern University (Florida) have accepted credits earned at the college. George Fox University, Western Seminary, Fuller Theological Seminary, Regent University, Liberty University, Azusa Pacific University and Multnomah University have honored the college’s degrees on a discretionary basis. [7]

Athletics

Portland Bible College Basketball Program is part of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) and the Pacific Coast Athletics Conference (PCAC) and competes with NCAA, NAIA, and NCCAA institutions. [8] It has had "12 All-Conference players and five All-American award winners while qualifying for the national tournament five of past six seasons." In November of 2022, they lost a men's basketball game to the Portland State Vikings after allowing the first 38 points of the game, an NCAA record. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "History". 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ Phillip Douglas Chapman, The whole gospel for the whole world, Thesis, Ph. D., Michigan State University, p. 281; Thomson Gale, ed. The National faculty directory, vol. 3, Detroit: Gale Group, 2007, p. cxxiii; Directory of postsecondary institutions, vol. 1, Wash. DC: U.S. Dept. of Education, 1992, p. 334.
  3. ↑ Academics at PBC
  4. ↑ "Portland Bible College :: School of Worship". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2012-08-24.
  5. ↑ "Home". portlandbiblecollege.org.
  6. ↑ ("International Students" at PBC Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Letter from the Dean of Portland Bible College (Oct. 8, 2012) "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Portland Pilots release 2012-13 men's basketball schedule" (Wednesday, August 15, 2012) http://www.oregonlive.com/pilots/index.ssf/2012/08/portland_pilots_release_2012-1.html
  9. ↑ "Portland Bible vs. Portland State - Men's College Basketball Game Summary - November 30, 2022". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
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