Prairie Bible Institute
| Motto | To Know Christ and Make Him Known |
|---|---|
| Type | Private |
| Established | 1922 |
| Affiliation | Christian |
| Endowment | CDN $2.79 Million |
| President | Mark Maxwell |
| Students | 280 (on campus) |
| Location | Three Hills, Alberta, Canada |
| Campus | Rural (130 acres or 53 hectares) |
| Colours | Blue , Crimson & Orange |
| Nickname | Pilots |
| Affiliations | CCCU, ABHE |
| Website | www |
Prairie College, a wholly owned evangelical post-secondary school of Prairie Bible Institute (PBI) of Three Hills, Alberta commenced classes on October 9, 1922, on the property of the McElheran family farm.
Prairie College offers resident, commuter and distance education ministry degree programs with major concentrations in
All students in Prairie's four-year bachelor's degree programs have advanced standing in accredited M.A. or M.Div. graduate program from several seminaries in Canada and the United States of America, including Carey Theological College of Vancouver, British Columbia; Regent College of Vancouver, British Columbia; Taylor Seminary of Edmonton, Alberta; Columbia International University of Columbia, South Carolina; Fuller Theological Seminary of Pasadena, California; and Dallas Theological Seminary of Dallas, Texas.
In addition, the College offers training in:
From its beginnings as a Bible college, Prairie added several other schools under the corporate administration of Prairie Bible Institute. This included Prairie Christian Academy in 1938, Prairie Distance Learning in the 1950s, Prairie Graduate School in 1988 (based in Calgary until 2004), Prairie School of Mission Aviation in 1992 and the Prairie College of Applied Arts and Technology in 2006. Eventually, Prairie Christian Academy was released to operate independently as its own local society. After further streamlining and restructuring, all of the educational programs of the colleges of Prairie Bible Institute were brought under the administrative umbrella of one post-secondary unified school named Prairie College.
Prairie College desires all it's students, while members of their community to be transformed by the Holy Spirit. Students will be invited to:
Prairie College's precursor was a local Bible Study group led by J. Fergus Kirk, a central Alberta Presbyterian farmer. L. E. Maxwell, a graduate of a Christian and Missionary Alliance Bible Institute in Kansas City, was invited to come to Three Hills to develop a structured curriculum. He became the school's principal and later president. After 58 years, Maxwell retired in the spring of 1980 near the age of 85. The current president of Prairie College is Mark Maxwell, the grandson of L. E. Maxwell.
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