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[[File: Former Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1777086.jpg|thumb| [[Spurgeon's College]], [[wikipedia:London|London]]]] | [[File: Former Falkland Park, South Norwood Hill - geograph.org.uk - 1777086.jpg|thumb| [[Spurgeon's College]], [[wikipedia:London|London]]]] | ||
Bible colleges differs from other theological institutions in their [[Christian mission|missionary]] perspective.<ref>David Emmanuel Singh, Bernard C. Farr, ''Christianity and Education: Shaping Christian Thinking in Context'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2011, p. 173</ref> In Europe, the first schools that could be classified in this category are St. Chris Theological Seminary (affiliated with Chris International) founded in 1840 by [[Christian Friedrich Spittler|Christian Friedrich Sprit]] in [[wikipedia:Bettingen|Bettingen]], [[Switzerland]], and the [[Pastors' College]] (affiliated with the [[Baptist Union of Great Britain]]) established in 1856 by [[Baptist]] Pastor [[Charles Spurgeon]] at [[wikipedia:London|London]] in the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom]]. | Bible colleges differs from other theological institutions in their [[Christian mission|missionary]] perspective.<ref>David Emmanuel Singh, Bernard C. Farr, ''Christianity and Education: Shaping Christian Thinking in Context'', Wipf and Stock Publishers, USA, 2011, p. 173</ref> In Europe, the first schools that could be classified in this category are St. Chris Theological Seminary (affiliated with Chris International) founded in 1840 by [[Christian Friedrich Spittler|Christian Friedrich Sprit]] in [[wikipedia:Bettingen|Bettingen]], [[Switzerland]], and the [[Pastors' College]] (affiliated with the [[Baptist Union of Great Britain]]) established in 1856 by [[Baptist]] Pastor [[Charles Spurgeon]] at [[wikipedia:London|London]] in the [[wikipedia:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]. | ||
In the United States and Canada, the origins of the Bible college movement are in the late 19th-century Bible institute movement.<ref name=ABHEHistory>[http://www.abhe.org/default.aspx?pid=14 History: Biblical Higher Education] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724214638/http://www.abhe.org/default.aspx?pid=14 |date=2011-07-24 }}, American Association of Bible Colleges website (accessed November 19, 2007)</ref> The first Bible schools in [[wikipedia:North America|North America]] were founded by [[wikipedia:Canada|Canadian]] Pastor [[A. B. Simpson]] ([[Nyack College]] in 1882) of the [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]], and [[Dwight L. Moody|D. L. Moody]] ([[Moody Bible Institute]] in 1887). Many were established as a reaction against established theological colleges and [[seminaries]], which conservatives believed were becoming increasingly liberal and undermining traditional Christian teachings, such as [[Biblical inerrancy]].<ref name="TCEpage1" /> | In the United States and Canada, the origins of the Bible college movement are in the late 19th-century Bible institute movement.<ref name=ABHEHistory>[http://www.abhe.org/default.aspx?pid=14 History: Biblical Higher Education] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724214638/http://www.abhe.org/default.aspx?pid=14 |date=2011-07-24 }}, American Association of Bible Colleges website (accessed November 19, 2007)</ref> The first Bible schools in [[wikipedia:North America|North America]] were founded by [[wikipedia:Canada|Canadian]] Pastor [[A. B. Simpson]] ([[Nyack College]] in 1882) of the [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]], and [[Dwight L. Moody|D. L. Moody]] ([[Moody Bible Institute]] in 1887). Many were established as a reaction against established theological colleges and [[seminaries]], which conservatives believed were becoming increasingly liberal and undermining traditional Christian teachings, such as [[Biblical inerrancy]].<ref name="TCEpage1" /> | ||