Penn View Bible Institute
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Penn View Bible Institute is a Christian training center for missionaries, ministers, educators and laymen in the holiness world since its beginning 40 years ago. It is located in central Pennsylvania. PVBI is part of the Conservative Holiness Movement, and is Wesleyan-Arminian in belief.
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[edit] History
During the God's Missionary Church conference of 1965, after nearly fifteen years of praying and planning, the possibility of beginning a Bible School was brought to the conference floor. The ministers and delegates were told that an adjoining sixteen-acre plot of ground, owned by Clair Knapp, was available. They went to the hill that day, August 5, 1965, and joined together in a season of prayer. By faith, they claimed the ground for God's work and a school. The General Board was authorized to buy the land, providing the price was reasonable. The Penn View ground-breaking was held on July 31, 1966.
[edit] Today
Rev. John W. Zechman is the current college president. He is the first alumnus to serve as president and at 17 years of service is the longing serving President of any Conservative Holiness Bible College.
Students have come from nearly 20 states and several foreign countries. Seventeen different denominations are represented among the faculty, staff, and student body.
[edit] Contact Info:
Penn View Bible Institute ----- PO Box 970 ----- Penns Creek, PA 17862 pvbi@pvbi.edu
