World Harvest Bible College
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Established | 1941Indiana Secretary of State record |
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Affiliation | LeSEA |
President | Dr. Mark Lantz |
Location | , , United States |
World Harvest Bible College, which was formerly known as Indiana Christian University, is a Christian university located in South Bend, Indiana. It is accredited by the , which oversees and accredits more than 100 Christian colleges and seminaries.
The institution now known as the World Harvest Bible College began in 1907 as a Bible education group, was chartered in 1923 as the Indiana Bible Institute, and became Indiana Bible College in 1934. It adopted the Indiana Christian University name in 1940.[1] In 1988 it became part of Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association (LeSEA Ministries) of South Bend, Indiana,[2] and merged with World Harvest Bible College in 1993.[1][3]
The school went by Indiana Christian University until 2014, when the board of trustees opted to return to its original name, World Harvest Bible College.
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- ^ a b "2009 ICU Catalog" (PDF). Indiana Christian University. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2010.
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