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Heartland Baptist Bible College is an unaccredited Independent Fundamental Baptist Bible college in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, which offers undergraduate diplomas (HBBC is not allowed by the state of Oklahoma to issue degrees) in pastoral theology, missions, youth, Christian ministries, music education, Christian education (elementary and secondary) and secretarial science. Sam Davison, the current president of the institution, retired as pastor of Southwest Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, in May 2010. Before 1998, the college was located in San Dimas, California, and was known as Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College. ==History== In November 1966, the Western Baptist Bible Fellowship, composed of pastors from that region, met in Las Vegas and created the Pacific Coast Baptist Fellowship. The school received the approval of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International (BBFI), but was not owned by the BBFI and retained its independence.〔William H. Brackney, ''Congregation and campus: Baptists in higher education'' (Mercer University Press, 2008), ISBN 978-0-88146-130-5, pp. 367-368. (Excerpts available ) at Google Books.〕 Classes at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College, a co-educational college, began in fall 1966 in rented facilities upstairs at the NE corner of the intersection of Glassell and Chapman - "The Circle" - in Orange, California. Under the direction of Rev. Ted Hicks, one of the founders and the first president, and then pastor of Bethel Baptist Church in Santa Ana, the college grew and became a preacher-training facility. From Orange, it moved to progressively larger campuses in Walnut and Pasadena. In 1972, the college acquired a campus in San Dimas that had been built in 1928 as a home for underprivileged boys, then became a campus of California State Polytechnic University. The school enforced a strict code of student conduct.〔James Rainey, ("Well-Kept Campus, Well-Scrubbed Students" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', October 14, 1990.〕 Enrollment at PCBBC reached 500 students in the late 1970s, with students coming mainly from 300 churches in the western United States which were also responsible for a portion of the college's budget. However, enrollment declined in the following decade and by 1990 the school had 170 students.〔James Rainey, ("Bible College Says, 'Let There Be Growth'; San Dimas: A plan to replace all buildings on campus--and a 114-house development that will finance the construction--has torn the shroud of secrecy from a small Baptist school." ), ''Los Angeles Times'', October 14, 1990.〕 The college then proposed to demolish the campus, sell for a luxury home development, donate for park land, and rebuild a more compact campus on the remainder.〔James Rainey, ("County OKs 114-Home Project of Bible College, Developer" ), ''Los Angeles Times'', February 17, 1991.〕 Ultimately, the school moved to Oklahoma City in summer 1998 and was renamed Heartland Baptist Bible College.〔Floyd Norris, ("At RadioShack, Some Questions (and Now, Answers)" ), ''New York Times'', February 16, 2006.〕 The move was a consequence of both its financial problems and policy disagreements within the Baptist Bible Fellowship International education establishment. Heartland withdrew from its affiliation with the BBFI. Heartland's executive vice president is Jeff Copes of Oklahoma City and the vice president is Jason Gaddis, current pastor of Southwest Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Until his death, Kevin F. O'Brien (1955–2008) was the Heartland secretary-treasurer, a leading figure among Independent Baptists, and the pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Lubbock, Texas. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Heartland Baptist Bible College」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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