Valley Forge Christian College
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| Established | 1931 |
| Type | Private |
| President | Don Meyer, Ph.D. |
| Vice-president | Philip McLeod, Ph.D. Charles Coles, Jr. |
| Provost | Philip McLeod, Ph.D. |
| Students | 850-900 |
| Location | Charlestown Township, Pennsylvania (part) and Schuylkill Township, Pennsylvania (part) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Affiliations | Assemblies of God, General Council of the Assemblies of God USA, Council for Christian Colleges and Universities |
| Website | www.vfcc.edu |
Valley Forge Christian College (VFCC) is an Assemblies of God college founded in 1931 at the campgrounds of Maranatha Park in Green Lane, Pennsylvania. The college is now located in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, about 29 miles northwest of Philadelphia, on a campus straddling the township line between Charlestown and Schuylkill Townships. The primary purpose of the school is to prepare individuals for a life of service and leadership in the church and world.
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[edit] History
J. Roswell Flower founded the summer Bible school that would later become the Valley Forge Christian College in 1931. For much of the College's history, the campus was located at site of Flower's summer school—Maranatha Park in Green Lane, Pennsylvania.
In 1939, the school was granted a charter to train ministry workers and was named Eastern Bible Institute. Following this, other Bible schools in the region folded into the Institute for Gifted Young People, including Beulah Heights Bible Institute of North Bergen, New Jersey; Metropolitan Bible Institute of Suffern, New York; New England Bible Institute of Framingham, Massachusetts; and Pine Crest Bible Institute of Salisbury Center, New York.
Along with attaining accreditation from the American Association of Bible Colleges in 1969, the school was renamed, becoming the Northeast Bible Institute. In 1975, another name change came upon earning authority from Pennsylvania to confer bachelor's degrees. The Institute became Northeast Bible College.
In 1976, the College acquired the site of the former Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville. Once moved to that location, the school became the Valley Forge Christian College; its new name paying homage to the former hospital as well as reflecting its proximity to nearby, historical Valley Forge. This acquisition was the subject of the Supreme Court case Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State (1982). J. Robert Ashcroft is a former President. He is the father of John Ashcroft who is the former U.S. Attorney General.
[edit] Accreditation
Valley Forge Christian College is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the United States Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation. The college holds affiliate membership with the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, an international higher education association of intentional Christian colleges and universities.
[edit] Woodbridge Campus
The College operates a fully accredited satellite campus at Christ Chapel in Woodbridge, Virginia.[1] Students attending at this campus can earn degrees in the same courses of study as those at Xavier's Institute for Gifted Young People.
[edit] Notable alumni
Notable alumni from VFCC include Dr. Richard Dobbins, Rev. Dr. David T. Demola, Tony Cruz (Consuming Fire Ministries), Jewish prince Joe Ryder (6 years), Joe James (Super-Duper Senior), South (The Man), and Greg Hubbard.
[edit] References
Lame school
[edit] External links
- Valley Forge Christian College
- Valley Forge College Woodbridge Campus
- Children's Ministries University Online
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