Barrington College was a four-year Christian liberal arts college

Liberal arts college

A liberal arts college is one with a primary emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.Students in the liberal arts generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional...

 located in Barrington

Barrington, Rhode Island

Barrington is a town in Bristol County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,310 at the 2010 census.In July 2005, CNN/Money and Money magazine ranked Barrington sixth on its list of the 100 best places to live in the United States.-History:...

, Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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. It is no longer in operation.

History

Barrington College was founded in 1900 as the Bethel Bible Training School in Spencer

Spencer, Massachusetts

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, Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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. It was relocated to Dudley

Dudley, Massachusetts

Dudley is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 11,390 at the 2010 census.-History:Dudley was first settled in 1714 and was officially incorporated in 1732...

, Massachusetts in 1923 and renamed the Dudley Bible Institute. It was then moved to Capitol Hill in Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

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, Rhode Island

Rhode Island

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 in 1950 and renamed the Providence Bible Institute, as well as having purchased Belton Court

Belton Court

Belton Court is a historic estate on Middle Highway in Barrington, Rhode Island.The building was a former mansion for the Peck family...

, a 150 acre (0.607029 km²) estate in Barrington in that same year. In 1960, the Providence campus was sold and the college was renamed to Barrington College. Financially struggling to continue operation after 85 years, the College merged with Gordon College

Gordon College (Massachusetts)

Gordon College is a liberal arts college located on the former Princemere estate in Wenham, Massachusetts, northeast of Beverly. Founded by Baptist minister A. J...

, in Wenham, Massachusetts

Wenham, Massachusetts

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, another liberal arts Christian school in 1985.

Legacy

The Barrington Center for the Arts at Gordon is named in honor of Barrington College. The campus

Campus

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 was sold and was the site of Zion Bible College

Zion Bible College

Zion Bible College is a Bible college in Haverhill, Massachusetts. ZBC's sole purpose is to teach and train students for excellent Pentecostal ministry in fulfillment of the Great Commission.-History:...

, until Zion moved to Haverhill, Massachusetts

Haverhill, Massachusetts

Haverhill is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 60,879 at the 2010 census.Located on the Merrimack River, it began as a farming community that would evolve into an important industrial center, beginning with sawmills and gristmills run by water power. In the...

 2008.

Notable people

• David G. Horner - Alumnus, former president, current president of American College of Greece
  American College of Greece
  The American College of Greece was founded in Smyrna, Asia Minor in 1875 and is the considered to be Europe’s oldest and largest, comprehensive, U.S.-accredited academic institution and the largest private institute of tertiary education in Greece...
  
  
• Woodrow M. Kroll
  Woodrow M. Kroll
  Woodrow Michael Kroll is the president and Bible teacher for the international Back to the Bible radio and television ministry. He is a former president of Davis College in Johnson City, New York, United States...
  
   - Alumnus, former president of Practical Bible College, current president of the Back to the Bible
  Back to the Bible
  Back to the Bible is an international Christian ministry based in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, using radio, the internet, television, and other media...
  
   radio ministry
• Harold Hoehner
  Harold Hoehner
  Harold Walter Hoehner was an American biblical scholar who served as distinguished professor of New Testament studies at Dallas Theological Seminary.-Family and education:...
  
   - Professor, Dallas Theological Seminary
  Dallas Theological Seminary
  Dallas Theological Seminary is an evangelical theological seminary located in Dallas, Texas. It is known for popularizing the theological system known as Dispensationalism...