Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary

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Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary
Photograph of the entrance sign, hill, and building.
Former names
Association Free Lutheran Bible School and Seminary
Established1966 in Plymouth, Minnesota
PresidentWade Mobley
DeanBible College: Rev. Adam Osier Seminary: Rev. James Molstre
Location
Plymouth[1]
,
Minnesota
AffiliationsAssociation of Free Lutheran Congregations
MascotConquerors
Websitehttps://flbc.edu/
Tuition, $13,030/year (2020-2021)[2]

Free Lutheran Bible College (FLBC) and the Free Lutheran Seminary (FLS) are accredited theological seminary schools located in Plymouth, Minnesota, at the national offices of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations (AFLC).

Bible College[]

FLBC is a two-year, college accredited undergraduate institution.[3] It was established in 1966 by the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations as the Association Free Lutheran Bible School. The school and seminary names were changed on June 14, 2019, to the Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary. In honor of the name change they built the New Life Student Center. [4] AFLC church founders sought to establish education for young Christians in the Bible before college, in efforts to help believers to "win, build and equip". Current enrollment is approximately 100 students. FLBC students have attended from outside of the United States including Canada, Latvia, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ecuador, Tanzania, Norway, Haiti, Bolivia, Germany, Mexico, and Brazil. The Bible college is a member of the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA).

Deans of the AFLBS/FLBC[]

Name Term
Rev. John Strand 1966-1967
Rev. Richard Snipstead 1968-1974
Rev. Ken Moland 1975-1984
Rev. Donald Greven 1985-1996
Rev. James L. Johnson 1996-2006
Rev. Joel Rolf 2006-2018
Dr. Wade Mobley (interim) 2018-2019
Rev. Adam Osier 2019-

Seminary[]

The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations established a theological seminary committed to historic Lutheran theology. The seminary opened in September 1964. The Free Lutheran Seminary only admits men into the school. Students attend seminary classes for 3 years. The fourth year is an internship at one of the AFLC churches.

As an institution of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, the seminary believes and teaches that:

  • The Bible is the divinely inspired, revealed, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God and as such is trustworthy in all its parts and is the supreme and only rule of faith and practice.
  • The Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, and Luther's Small Catechism are faithful expositions of the truths of Scripture.
  • The local congregation is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth. It teaches there is no authority above itself except the Word of God and the Spirit of God.

Deans of the AFLTS/FLS[]

Name Term
Dr. Iver B. Olson 1965–1971
Rev. Amos O. Dyrud 1971–1981
Dr. Francis W. Monseth 1981–2013
Rev. Robert L. Lee 2013–2015
Dr. Wade Mobley 2015–2017
Dr. James Molstre 2017–

Accreditation[]

The Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), receiving Candidate Status on October 21, 2014. TRACS is a religious based accreditation organization focusing entirely on accrediting primarily small Christian seminaries. It was fully accredited on October 30, 2018 as a Category Ill institution by the TRACS Accreditation Commission.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FLBC Contact information".
  2. ^ "Tuition and Aid". Free Lutheran Bible College.
  3. ^ "Member Institutions (showing accreditation status)". Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. Archived from the original on 2015-06-07. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Press Release: Schools Corp Votes in Favor of Name Change". Association Free Lutheran Theological Seminary Corporation.
  5. ^ "news". Free Lutheran Bible College & Seminary.

External links[]

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