Northwest University (United States)
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Former names
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Northwest Bible Institute, Northwest Bible College, Northwest College |
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| Motto | "Carry the Call: Heart, Head, Hand" |
| Type | Private, Nonprofit |
| Established | 1934 |
| Affiliation | Assemblies of God |
| Endowment | 9,252,855 |
| President | Joseph Castleberry |
| Provost | James Heugel |
| Students | 1,733 |
| Undergraduates | 1,438 |
| Postgraduates | 295 |
| Location |
Kirkland, Washington, United States 47°39′29″N 122°11′32″W / 47.65806°N 122.19222°WCoordinates: 47°39′29″N 122°11′32″W / 47.65806°N 122.19222°W |
| Campus | Suburban, 56 acres |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics | NAIA |
| Sports | Basketball Cross Country Soccer Track & Field Volleyball Softball |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Affiliations | Council for Christian Colleges and Universities |
| Website | www |
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Northwest University is a regionally accredited private Christian liberal arts college in Kirkland, Washington, United States, a suburb of Seattle on the east side of Lake Washington, with satellite campuses in Salem, Oregon and Sacramento, California. The university offers associate, baccalaureate, master's, and doctorate degrees through its College of Arts & Sciences, School of Business and Management, School of Education, Mark and Huldah Buntain School of Nursing, College of Ministry, and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
Northwest was started as a Bible Institute by the Northwest Ministry Network of the Assemblies of God USA and is still operated under the control of the Alaska, Montana, Oregon, Northwest, Southern Idaho, and Wyoming districts of the Assemblies of God.
The idea for starting a Bible institute in the Northwest started in 1928 at an annual meeting of the Northwest District Council of the Assemblies of God. J.S. Secrist, a council member had presented the idea, but it wasn’t until the annual meeting in 1933 that his idea was adopted by council members from all of the states in the District.
Meanwhile, a small church in Seattle called the Hollywood Temple had invited a young man from Fargo, North Dakota to be the pastor of the small ministry. Henry H. Ness accepted the invitation and moved his family to Seattle the same year. After only a few months, Ness had the impression from God that he should start a Bible school. Ness had started the North Central Bible Institute, now North Central University, four years before moving to Seattle. He approached the Northwest District of the Assemblies of God about starting the institute and offered the Hollywood Temple as the campus. Later that year, Ness became the first president of Northwest Bible Institute and C.C. Beatty became the first dean and instructor. Charles E. Butterfield, and T.S. Sandall, both pastors from the Puget Sound area also taught a couple times a week. Other staff and faculty included Ruth Morris, an English teacher, Delbert Cox, who taught music, and Christiansen, who volunteered as the Dean of Students.
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