Penn View Bible Institute
Encyclopedia
Penn View Bible Institute is a Christian training center for missionaries, ministers, educators and laymen in the holiness world since its beginning 40 years ago. It is located in Penns Creek
in the central part of the U.S. state
of Pennsylvania
.
It is part of the conservative holiness movement
, and is Wesleyan
-Arminian
in belief.
conference of 1965, after nearly fifteen years of praying and planning, the possibility of beginning a Bible School was brought to the conference floor. The ministers and delegates were told that an adjoining 16 acres (64,749.8 m²) plot of ground, owned by Clair Knapp, was available. They went to the hill that day, August 5, 1965, and joined together in a season of prayer. By faith, they claimed the ground for God's work and a school. The general board was authorized to buy the land.
The Penn View ground-breaking was held on July 31, 1966.
Students have come from nearly 20 states and several foreign countries. Seventeen different denominations are represented among the faculty, staff, and student body.
Recent plans include the addition of a new student life center and music hall.
Penns Creek, Pennsylvania
Penns Creek is a census-designated place in Snyder County, Pennsylvania.Its ZIP code is 17862.-Geography:Penns Creek is located at , bordered on the north by its namesake creek, Penns Creek...
in the central part of the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
.
It is part of the conservative holiness movement
Conservative Holiness Movement
The conservative holiness movement is a term that loosely defines a group of conservative Christian denominations that trace their origin back to Methodist roots and the teachings of John Wesley.-Doctrines and distinctives:...
, and is Wesleyan
Wesleyanism
Wesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous...
-Arminian
Arminianism
Arminianism is a school of soteriological thought within Protestant Christianity based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic followers, the Remonstrants...
in belief.
History
During the God's Missionary ChurchGod's Missionary Church
God’s Missionary Church is a Protestant denomination within the tradition of Wesleyan Methodism. It is part of the conservative holiness movement. It was organized in 1935 as a result gospel tent meetings throughout central Pennsylvania, held by evangelists, Rev. William Straub and Rev. Daniel...
conference of 1965, after nearly fifteen years of praying and planning, the possibility of beginning a Bible School was brought to the conference floor. The ministers and delegates were told that an adjoining 16 acres (64,749.8 m²) plot of ground, owned by Clair Knapp, was available. They went to the hill that day, August 5, 1965, and joined together in a season of prayer. By faith, they claimed the ground for God's work and a school. The general board was authorized to buy the land.
The Penn View ground-breaking was held on July 31, 1966.
Today
Rev. John W. Zechman is the current college president. He is the first alumnus to serve as president and at 21 years of service is the longest serving president of any conservative holiness Bible college.Students have come from nearly 20 states and several foreign countries. Seventeen different denominations are represented among the faculty, staff, and student body.
Recent plans include the addition of a new student life center and music hall.