Indiana Christian University
| Established | 1941Indiana Secretary of State record |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | LeSEA |
| President | Dr. Mark Lantz |
| Location | South Bend, Indiana, United States |
| Website |
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World Harvest Bible College /Indiana Christian University (WHBC) is a conservative Christian university located in South Bend, Indiana. WHBC has two extension campuses in Indianapolis, Indiana and Anderson, Indiana. The school went by Indiana Christian University until 2014, when the board of trustees opted to return to its original name, World Harvest Bible College. WHBC is a fully accredited member of the Transworld Accrediting Commission International.[1]
History
According to the school's catalog, the institution started in 1907 as a Bible education group, was chartered in 1923 as Indiana Bible Institute, and became Indiana Bible College in 1934. It adopted the present name in 1940.[2] In 1988 it became part of Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association (LeSEA Ministries) of South Bend, Indiana, and merged with World Harvest Bible College (not to be confused with World Harvest Bible College in Columbus, Ohio, which is now Valor Christian College) in 1993.[2]
Academics
The school is accredited by the Transworld Accrediting Commission International, which oversees and accredits more than 100 Christian colleges and seminaries. As of 2008, it was listed as having approval from the Indiana Department of Veterans Affairs for military veterans' education for associate's and bachelor's degrees.[3]
Indiana Christian University offers a one-year "Certificate of Charismatic Studies", as well as various Associate of Arts, Bachelor of Arts, and graduate and post-graduate degrees.[4]
Alumni and honorary degree recipients
- Tunde Bakare - Honorary D.Min. - Vice Presidential Candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) Federal Republic of Nigeria.
- Joseph Chambers - Pentecostal minister and author
- Ulf Ekman - Honorary D.D. - President of Livets Ord University.
- George L. Faull - Rel. D. in 1981 - Founder and president of Summit Theological Seminary
- Charles Humble - honorary Doctor of Psychology - promulgator of the controversial "Computer Voice Stress Analyzer", used in U.S. police and military organizations to verify truthfulness of subjects' statements (although the accuracy of this method has been seriously undermined, e.g. by Hollien et al (2008) Journal of Forensic Sciences)
- Rod Parsley- Hon. D.D. Christian Minister (World Harvest Church), author, and founder and chancellor of Valor Christian College
- Harold S. Slusher - Honorary D.Sc - Controversial creationist[5]
Notes
- ↑ 2013
- 1 2 "2009 ICU Catalog" (PDF). Indiana Christian University. Retrieved 2010. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Directory of Institutions". Indiana Commission on Proprietary Education. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008.
- ↑ "Indiana Christian University". LeSEA Ministries. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
- ↑ Kendrick Frazier. Science Confronts the Paranormal. Prometheus Books. p. 314. ISBN 9781615926190.