Indiana Bible College

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Indiana Bible College

Type| Private college, Bible college
Established| 1981; 43 years ago (1981)
Founder| Rev. Dennis Croucher

Religious affiliation

|  Oneness Pentecostal, United Pentecostal Church International
President| Joshua B. Carson
Dean| Jennifer L. Mast
Executive Vice President| Jason D. Gallion
Location|

Indianapolis

Indiana

Website| indianabible.college

Indiana Bible College (IBC) is a Bible college endorsed by the United Pentecostal Church International (UPCI).[1]

## Overview

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Founded in 1981 by Rev. Dennis Croucher of Seymour, Indiana, United States, it relocated to Indianapolis in 1988 under Pastor Paul Mooney and Calvary Tabernacle of Indianapolis, Indiana.

The campus is at the former University Heights Hospital at 1502 East Sumner Avenue site, 1 km from University Heights.

## Academics

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Indiana Bible College (IBC) focuses on preparing students for careers in professional ministry. The college offers Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Arts programs in Biblical Studies, Worship Studies, and Missiology with academic minors in religious education, missiology, social science, theology, communications and media, and worship studies, youth ministries, and urban ministries. IBC provides leadership across the United Pentecostal Church International, both in music and theology. It also offers on-site courses, night classes, a large External Studies program, and Spanish course offerings at the main campus.

While none of the degrees that are offered have been accredited by any higher accreditation agencies[citation needed], IBC credits routinely transfer to institutions of higher learning, and several students have used IBC degrees to obtain accredited master's degrees and Doctorates from around the country in various fields. (e.g., Urshan Graduate School of Theology, the accredited seminary of the UPCI, accepts degrees from IBC because their accrediting agency considers IBC equivalent to an accredited institution.)

## Campus Life

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The Worship Studies Department has several groups that travel extensively ministering throughout the US, including IBC PRAISE and IBC Chosen.

‘’Perspectives Magazine’’ is the official magazine of IBC. It has a readership of about 20,000 per issue, making it the largest circulated Apostolic Pentecostal periodical in the US.[2]

The library has around 20,000 volumes and a broad range of scholarly and practical periodicals are also accessible to students. A rare book room contains many volumes for special areas of study and learning.

## Staff

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President Joshua Carson is an international speaker has previously served as the General Youth President of United Pentecostal Church. As of June 2020 he is the Pastor of Calvary Tabernacle.

In June 2020, Rev. Jason Gallion became Executive Vice President.

Jim Sleeva (Dean of Urban Missions) has been a missionary, prison chaplain, youth counselor, and Bible College instructor for many years.

Other staff members include Lindel Anderson, Rev. Chris Henderson, Rev. Tim Massengale and Rev. Bobby Killmon.

## References

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1. ^ ‘’Official website’’
2. ^ ‘’Perspectives official website’’

## External links

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* Official website

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Colleges and universities in the Indianapolis metropolitan area

Public institutions|

* Ball State University‡
* Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
* Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana (Central Indiana Region)
* Purdue Polytechnic
* Purdue University Global
* Vincennes University‡

Private institutions|

* Anderson University
* Bishop Simon Bruté College Seminary
* Butler University
* Christian Theological Seminary
* DePauw University
* Franklin College
* Indiana Bible College
* Indiana Institute of Technology‡
* Indiana Wesleyan University‡
* Marian University
* Martin University
* Oakland City University‡
* Trine University‡
* Union Bible College
* University of Indianapolis

For-profit institutions|

* American College of Education
* Chamberlain University College of Nursing‡
* Fortis College‡
* International Business College
* Lincoln Tech‡
* Salem University‡
* South College‡

Defunct|

* Crossroads Bible College
* Harrison College
* ITT Technical Institute

Footnotes|

The ‡ symbol denotes institutional branches whose main campuses are located outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area.

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