Alberta Bible College is a Canadian Bible college located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
History Alberta Bible College was founded in 1932 following a motion by Helen McGilvary, with C. H. Phillips beginning classes in a church basement alongside a small group of students.Douglas A. Barrie, "Alberta Bible College." In A History of the Christian Church and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in Alberta, Canada. M.A. thesis. Lincoln, Illinois: Lincoln Christian Seminary, 1975, pp. 147–153. The college was established through collaboration among Alberta congregations, with significant support from E. E. Breakenridge and others, and it was incorporated in 1936 before moving to a permanent location in 1937.Melvin L. Breakenridge, "A Sketch of the History of the Alberta Bible College." 25th Anniversary booklet. Calgary, Alberta: Alberta Bible College, 1957. After financial difficulties in the 1960s, the college later stabilized and expanded, eventually achieving accreditation in 2008.Ron A. Fraser, "Alberta Bible College." In The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement. Ed. by Douglas Foster, et al. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2004, pp. 23–24.
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