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Indiana Bible College

Indiana Bible College (IBC) is a Bible college endorsed by the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI). It was originally founded in 1981 by Rev. Dennis Croucher of Seymour, Indiana, before relocating to Indianapolis in 1988 under the direction and sponsorship of Rev. Paul D. Mooney and Calvary Tabernacle of Indianapolis, Indiana. Its current campus is located at 1502 East Sumner Avenue – the site of the former University Heights Hospital, one half mile north of the University of Indianapolis in University Heights.

Academics

Established with a strong religious foundation, Indiana Bible College is known for its emphasis on preparing students for careers in professional ministry, Christian education, or counseling. The college offers Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts programs in Biblical Studies and Music with academic minors in Religious Education, International Studies, Social Science, Theology, Communications and Media, and Music. Indiana Bible College provides leadership across the United Pentecostal Church International, both in music and theology. All degrees that are offered have not been accredited by any higher accreditation agencies. However, IBC credits and degrees routinely transfer to Institutions of Higher Learning, and several students have successfully used IBC degrees to obtain accredited Masters degrees and Doctorates from around the country in various fields, though not in every case. The accredited Seminary for the UPCI accepts degrees from IBC, because their accrediting agency considers IBC equivalent to an accredited Institution. For the past several years, IBC has been the largest UPCI Bible College. It currently offers on-site courses, night classes, a large External Studies program, and Spanish IBC, at the main Campus, for those speaking Spanish.

Bible college

Bible colleges (sometimes referred to as Bible institutes) are institutions of higher education that prepare students for Church ministry with theological education, Biblical studies and practical ministry training.

Bible colleges primarily offer undergraduate degrees, but may also offer graduate degrees and/or lower-level associate degrees, "certificates", or "diplomas" in specialized areas of Christian training, where a full degree is not required.

The Association for Biblical Higher Education asserts that "there are more than 1,200 Bible schools and colleges in the United States and Canada", and that Bible colleges produce "a large percentage of North American evangelical missionaries and serve as a primary training center for local church leadership". The South Pacific Association of Bible Colleges claims that "more than fifty percent of all Protestant missionaries in the world today are graduates of the Bible Colleges". According to Theology-Degrees.com, there are over 300 accredited Bible colleges in the United States as of November 2012.