Boston Baptist College was founded in 1976 by Dr. A.V. Henderson (he served as the first President), and Dr. John Rawlings (then president of BBFI, Baptist Bible Fellowship International). The Baptist Bible Fellowship International is a strong separatist fundamentalist organization formed in 1950 by members who separated from the World Baptist Fellowship. ...
Its original name was Baptist Bible Institute East and this first campus was in Shrub Oak, New York. In 1981 the school moved to its present location in Boston, Massachusetts. At the time of the move, the school was considered a branch campus of Baptist Bible College (in Springfield, Missouri). Shrub Oak is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Yorktown in Westchester County, New York. ... Springfield is the third largest city in Missouri. ...
In 1986, Dr. Harry Boyle was chosen to be the second president. Beginning in 1993, the school began operating as a separate entity within Massachusetts, and ceased from being a branch campus of Baptist Bible College. State nickname: Bay State Other U.S. States Capital Boston Largest city Boston Governor Mitt Romney Official languages English Area 27,360 km² (44th) - Land 20,317 km² - Water 7,043 km² (25. ... Baptist Bible College is a 322. ...
Accreditation was sought and awarded in 1995, with bachelor degree granting abilities to follow in 2001. Another name was taken to reflect its location and to identify it with the higher education status of its location. Boston Baptist College is now the name under which the school operates.
In 2005, David Melton became the third president. He formerly served at the college in the capacity of Executive Vice President (2002-2005) and Academic Dean (1996-2002).
The Baptist Bible Fellowship International is a strong separatist fundamentalist organization formed in 1950 by members who separated from the World Baptist Fellowship.
Frank Norris was the recognized leader of the WBF and the Bible Baptist Institute of Fort Worth, Texas.
To further church planting BBFI is cooperating in the International Baptist Network.
The first Baptist church in Boston was established in 1665, and the organization of the first one in Maine, then part of Massachusetts, was completed in 1682.
The Northern Baptists constituted, 17 May, 1907, at Washington, a representative body, called the "Northern Baptist Convention", whose object is "to give expression to the sentiment of its constituency upon matters of denominational importance and of general religious and moral interest." Governor Hughes of New York was elected president of the new organization.
The earliest Baptist church in the Dominion of Canada was organized at Horton, Nova Scotia, in 1763, by the Rev. Ebenezer Moulton of New England.