Lbc.edu
Title
Lancaster Bible College and Graduate School
Description
Lancaster Bible College was founded by Henry J. Heydt in September 1933 as Lancaster School of the Bible. Seven students were enrolled in the original class which met in the Old Convention Hall at West Orange and Pine Streets in Lancaster. In 1934, 1939, and 1941, the school made further relocation moves. On May 2, 1957, Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin Esbenshade presented the school with an eighteen acre tract of land; and after extensive renovations of the existing buildings, the property housed the new campus of Lancaster School of the Bible. Residence facilities constructed in 1963 enabled the School to operate on the new campus. Additional land was later acquired, including a major addition in 1994, so that the current campus comprises seventeen buildings on approximately one hundred acres in Manheim Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
The Degree of Incorporation for the College was granted by the Court of Common Pleas on December 15, 1939. On September 24, 1944, the Corporation resolved that the name of the School should be Lancaster School of the Bible and School of
Theology. In 1961 the name was changed to Lancaster School of the Bible. Upon provisional approval to grant degrees from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Education, Lancaster Bible College became the official designation on May 19, 1973. In January 1981, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) granted permanent approval to Lancaster Bible College to award the Bachelor of Science in Bible degree. In November 1982, the PDE approved a two-year program for offering the Associate of Science in Bible degree. In addition, the PDE granted approval to the College in 1990 for graduates of the professional program in Secretarial Studies to receive an Associate of Science degree in Secretarial Studies and in 1993 for graduates of the Elementary Education Program in the Teacher Education Department to receive the Bachelor of Science in Education degree.
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