Kentucky Mountain Bible College
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Former names
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Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute, Vancleve Bible School |
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| Motto | Training Holiness Leaders |
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1931 |
| Affiliation | Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association |
| President | Dr. Philip Speas, B.A., M.Div., D.D. |
| Vice-president | Thomas H. Lorimer, B.A., M.A., M.Ch.M. |
| Dean | James Nelson |
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Academic staff
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17 |
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Administrative staff
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30 |
| Students | 89 |
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Vancleve, Kentucky, US 37°36′13″N 83°26′20″W / 37.60356°N 83.43894°WCoordinates: 37°36′13″N 83°26′20″W / 37.60356°N 83.43894°W |
| Campus | Rural |
| Student-faculty ratio | 6 to 1 |
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Purple and White |
| Affiliations | Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association, Mount Carmel High School, National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities |
| Website | http://www.kmbc.edu |
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Purple and White
Kentucky Mountain Bible College (KMBC) is a four-year evangelical Christian Holiness Bible college in Vancleve, Kentucky. The college is located near the town of Jackson in Breathitt County, and is a ministry of the Kentucky Mountain Holiness Association.
Its catalog states that over 70% of KMBC's graduates have entered Christian ministry, including speakers, missionaries, and pastors in over 60 countries worldwide. KMBC is one of six colleges that World Gospel Mission recommends on its web site.
Part of KMBC's mission is to keep their program affordable to anyone who wishes to attend, with 2010 tuition of $3,355 per semester. KMBC was ranked 10th by an InsideCollege review of colleges for student acceptance. In an article titled "Colleges Students Don't Turn Down", InsideCollege found that 83.9% of students who are accepted to KMBC enroll.
In a 2009 re-accreditation, the Association for Biblical Higher Education found Kentucky Mountain Bible College to be performing well in the areas of finances, academics, facilities, student services, and in fulfillment of mission. The college recently added a Music program and the Helen Matthews Luce Chapel.
Kentucky Mountain Bible College was initially established by Dr. Lela G. McConnell and Rev. Martha Archer in 1931 as an offshoot of the nearby Mount Carmel High School. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Pelfrey donated the land, which had been at one time used by a defunct coal mining company as a commissary, approximately three miles from the present site. Because of the "young people with the call of God upon them" who "felt the need of further training beyond the high school work in order to fit them better for missionary work", the Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute, signed as the "Vancleve Church School," was established in order to train young people from the Appalachian foothills of Eastern Kentucky in the areas of ministry and missions.
After the remodeling of the commissary, Kentucky Mountain Bible Institute (KMBI) opened in October, 1931 with Miss Martha Archer as its first principal and teacher, Miss Lela McConnell as a second teacher, and just two students. KMBI initially offered a two-year Bible course. After the first semester, additional faculty and students were added. A men's dormitory was completed in 1937. In 1938, KMBI expanded to a three-year program which included practical studies. The program was a full Bible course offering theology, psychology, ethics, church history, English, speech, Greek, homiletics, instrumental music, and vocal music.
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