Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute
| Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College (MBCBC) | |
|---|---|
| యెమె. బి. బైబిల్ కళాశాల | |
| Motto | APTUM EFFICIANT AD TESTIMONIUM DANT UTILE LIGNUM |
| Motto in English | Equip to Serve for Effective Witness |
| Former names | Bethany Bible School, Mennonite Brethren Bible Institute |
| Established | 1920 |
| Type | Seminary |
| Academic affiliation |
Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore 712 201, Hooghly district, West Bengal |
| Location |
Rallaguda Road, Shamshabad 501 218, Rajendranagar Mandal, Rangareddy District, Telangana, India, Telephone: 08413222345 |
| Principal | The Rev. I. P. Asheervadam, CMBCI, D. Th.(Serampore) |
| Academic staff | 10+ |
| Students | 500+ |
| Undergraduates | 100+ |
| Website | http://www.mbcbcindia.com/ |
Mennonite Brethren Centenary Bible College (MBCBC), Shamshabad, founded in 1920, is a ministerial training institution of the Conference of the Mennonite Brethren Churches in India, a Protestant Church Society headquartered in Jadcherla and is affiliated to the nation's first University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) {a University under Section 2 (f) of the University Grants Commission Act, 1956}with degree-granting authority validated by a Danish charter and ratified by the Government of West Bengal.
The MBCBC is among the four Theologiates operating in Telangana, promoting the vocation of Priesthood to take forward the Christian missions, with the other three being,
Among these theologiates, St. John's Regional Seminary (Theologiate) is affiliated to the Pontifical Urban University, Rome, while the remaining three, which includes the MBCBC, are affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College (University), Serampore.
The Mennonites initiated their Christian mission in Telangana with the arrival of Abraham and Maria Friesen in 1890 and worked together with the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society/Samavesam of Telugu Baptist Churches in Nalgonda. Paul D. Wiebe writes that after they went and returned from a furlough in 1899, they began to work on establishing their first mission station in 1903 in Malakpet in Hyderabad.
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