"Baptist Bible College" List

[Jerome]

I know of three still going by "...Baptist Bible College" in 2026:

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College (Pineville, Kentucky)
Faith Baptist Bible College (Ankeny, Iowa)
Fruitland Baptist Bible College (Hendersonville, North Carolina)

Faith's main constituency is GARBC; the other two are Southern Baptist.

Are there others? Perhaps some 'local church' outfits?
What about those that were renamed (dropping "Baptist", "Bible" or both!), and/or that went belly up?

Please provide the location, group with which it was associated*, and dates of the above occurences, if you know.
*or church in whose basement it meets

 

[Jerome]

Baptist Bible College (Springfield, Mo.), BBF, renamed as 'Mission University' 2024.
Baptist Bible College (Clarks Summit, Pa.), GARBC, renamed as 'Summit University' 2015, then 'Clarks Summit University' 2016, closed 2024.

 

[Salty]

Bible Baptist college Jacksonville, AR

Global Baptist Bible (Online) Fargo, ND)
GBC is only for those who live outside North America.

Otherwise those living in the USA Masters Baptist College (also Fargo, ND)

List of Baptist colleges (regardless of name)

 

[Jerome]

Reminder, we're only looking for schools with "Baptist Bible College" in their names.

Mid-Continent Baptist Bible College (Mayfield, Ky.), Southern Baptist, dropped "Baptist" and "Bible" in 1993, became 'Mid-Continent University' in 2004, closed 2014.

 

[Salty]

Reminder, we're only looking for schools with "Baptist Bible College" in their names.

Ten lashes with a wet noodle

 

[Ben1445]

Is “Baptist Bible College” an indication of an affiliation?
Is Bible Baptist acceptable?
Is Baptist College acceptable?

Can you help me out with the significance please?

 

[Jerome]

Is “Baptist Bible College” an indication of an affiliation?

Seem there's quite a range of affiliations: so far Southern Baptist, GARBC, BBF...

Is Bible Baptist acceptable?
Is Baptist College acceptable?

As stated in the title and OP, this thread is about schools named "Baptist Bible College".
If a once-"Baptist Bible College" has dropped "Bible" from its name, becoming "Baptist College", that would be relevant.

 

[Jerome]

Grand Rapids Baptist Bible College (Mich.), GARBC, dropped "Bible" in 1972, dropped "Baptist" in 1994. Now it's 'Cornerstone University'.
Western Baptist Bible College (Salem, Oregon), GARBC, dropped "Bible" in 1978, dropped "Baptist" in 2005. Now it's 'Corban University'.

There was a Denver Baptist Bible College (Broomfield, Colo.), GARBC, that in 1986 merged into Faith Baptist Bible College [listed above, Post 1].
Also a Spurgeon Baptist Bible College (Mulberry, Fla.), GARBC, that in 2003 merged into Piedmont Baptist College (N.C), Independent Baptist.

 

[Jerome]

Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (Owatonna, Minn.), FBFI, closed 2008.
Maranatha Baptist Bible College (Watertown, Wisc.), FBFI, dropped "Bible" in 2013. Now it's 'Maranatha Baptist University'.
Northland Baptist Bible College (Dunbar, Wisc.), FBFI, dropped "Baptist Bible" in 2009. 'Northland International University' closed 2015.

 

[Salty]

FWIW - there were never any "official GARBC schools" (or other agencies)
Rather the schools were approved by the GARBC - (specifically by the Council of 18)
However, back in the 90's a motion was made that members of Council of 18 should only be pastors of local churches.
and specifically, any paid member of an approved agency (school, mission board, ect) could not be on the board.
The reasoning was that a person could vote to approve his agency!. AKA - the wolf guarding the hen house.
That seemed like a reasonable motion to me.
However, that motion was voted down.
The compromise - The GARBC would no longer have an approved list of schools, mission boards, ect.
It would be up to the local church to make such determination.

That is around the time that several churches formed the Independent Baptist Fellowship of North America and left the GARBC.
Though many still stayed with their State affiliated Fellowships of Regular Baptist Churches.

 

[Jerome]

And now back to the topic?

Southwestern Conservative Baptist Bible College (Phoenix, Ariz.), CBA, dropped "Baptist" and "Bible" c. 2005. Then 'Southwestern College' became 'Arizona Christian University', non-denominational, c. 2010.

Powellhurst Baptist Bible College (Portland, Oregon), CBA, closed 1963.

 

[Jerome]

Free Will Baptist Bible College (Gallatin, Tenn.), NAFWB, dropped "Baptist" and "Bible" in 2012 to become 'Welch College'.

 

[Jerome]

Linda Vista Baptist Bible College (San Diego, Calif.), ABCUSA?, dropped "Baptist" merging into 'Southern California Bible College' 1997, which then dropped "Bible" in becoming 'Southern California Seminary', in 2005.

San Francisco Baptist Bible College (San Francisco, Calif.), ABCUSA, closed c. 1960?

 

[Jerome]

Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College (San Dimas, Calif.), BBF, closed 1998 and relocated and renamed to Heartland Baptist Bible College (Oklahoma City, Okla.) by a BBF splinter group.

Baptist Bible College East (Boston, Mass.), BBF, dropped "Bible" in 2002, now 'Boston Baptist College'.

Baptist Bible College West (Bellflower, Calif.), BBF, closed c. 2006?

 

[Jerome]

Birmingham-Easonian Baptist Bible College (Birmingham, Ala.), NBC

Western Baptist Bible College (Kansas City, Mo.), NBC

Carver Baptist Bible College (Kansas City, Mo.), FBFA