Updated October 24, 2006 (first published June 10, 1998) (David Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061, 866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org; for instructions about subscribing and unsubscribing or changing addresses, see the information paragraph at the end of the article) -

People frequently ask us for the names of schools that stand for the King James Bible. The following schools use only the Received Text in their Greek courses, oppose modern textual criticism, and have an open and clear conviction that the KJV is an accurate translation of the preserved Greek and Hebrew text.

Though we do not recommend the following schools on every issue of doctrine and practice, we do recommend them in general and thank the Lord for them.

By the way, please do not write to me for more information about the schools I am listing or about schools not on the list. This is all that I have to say about them.

Before I get to the list, I need to make the following comments:

1. This list does not pretend to be exhaustive. There are many other schools that stand for the KJV. In some cases I simply don’t have enough personal knowledge of a school to recommend it. In other cases I refuse to add a school to my list because of some serious problem or issue related to the institution or to the men who govern and/or founded it. For example, we do not support Peter Ruckman nor do we knowingly support schools that take his position or support him or use his materials. We also do not support the late Jack Hyles nor do we knowingly support churches and institutions that follow his philosophy and methodology. Also we do not support any kind of Baptist Brider position. Further, some independent Baptist schools are moving gradually in the contemporary New Evangelical direction, and when we discern such a direction in a church or a school we stop recommending it.

2. I am publishing this list in an attempt to help those who are searching for such information. The list is merely a suggested starting point. If you are interested in any of these schools, it is your responsibility to check them out prayerfully by the Word of God (1 Thess. 5:21).

3. I have no official association with any of these schools. I receive no money for publishing this list. It is strictly a labor of love on my part to attempt to help God’s people. About the only thing I receive from publishing a list like this is a hard time from those who disagree with my judgment! In fact, I stopped publishing it for a few years because of this and more especially because it difficult to decide exactly which schools to list.

4. Please note, too, that institutions change, and sometimes they change quickly. A school that takes a certain stand today might drop (or weaken their conviction on) that stand tomorrow. In regard to the Bible Version issue, we have seen many schools change their position over the past 30 years, some strengthening their conviction about the KJV and some weakening. An example of the latter is Maranatha Baptist Bible College in Watertown, Wisconsin, which stood unhesitatingly for the KJV when the late Myron Cederholm was President. In those days Maranatha had a Dean Burgon Society branch on campus and published the excellent book “Evaluating Versions of the New Testament” by Everett Fowler (available now from Bible for Today, 900 Park Ave., Collingswood, NJ 08108, 800-564-6109, http://www.BibleForToday.org). Sadly, when the school changed leadership some years ago, it changed its position on this and other things, though it is still a good school in many ways. On the other hand, some schools which once did not have a strong conviction on the Received Text and the KJV have changed their position and have adopted this stand.

5. One of the important considerations in choosing a fundamentalist Christian college is, of course, the student’s goal. If a young person desires training in a field such as nursing his options are much more limited than in the fields of preaching or Christian education. A school such as PENSACOLA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (25 Brent Lane, Box 18000, Pensacola, FL 32523. 877-787-4723, http://www.pcci.edu/) offers more degree programs (e.g., pre-pharmacy, pre-physical therapy, computer science and software engineering, political science, arts in media communication, masters degree in nursing or business admin., etc.) than the ones in the following list, which are geared more specifically to training preachers, missionaries, and Christian school teachers; and if a student desires training in one of the fields offered by Pensacola but not offered in the other schools that are listed, I recommend Pensacola

6. I do not recommend Bob Jones University. Not only does BJU not stand for the King James Bible it has taken a strident stand in recent years against those who do. On a visit to the BJU bookstore in March 2005, I counted at least 10 books that tear down the King James Bible and its underlying Greek text and that attack its defenders, including One Bible Only: Examining Exclusive Claims for the King James Bible edited by Beacham and Bauder; Bible Preservation and the Providence of God edited by Schnaiter and Tagliapietra; From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man edited by J.B. Williams; God’s Word in Our Hands edited by J.B. Williams and Randolph Shaylor; The King James Version Controversy by James White; Facts on the Kings Only Debate by Ankerberg and Weldon; and The King James Version Debate by D.A. Carson. In the introduction to From the Mind of God to the Mind of Man, the editor, J.B. Williams, calls the defense of the KJV a “cancerous sore” that has resulted in “a deplorable condition in Fundamentalism.” He describes the defense of the KJV as a “mass of misinformation.” There were at least five books for sale at BJU by Bruce Metzger, who believes that the Old Testament is filled with myth, including his book The Text of the New Testament: Its Transmission, Corruption, and Restoration, which by its very title denies the divine preservation of Scripture. This school has a lot to answer for before Almighty God for promoting the heresy of modern textual criticism which is predicated upon the principle that the Scripture was “corrupted” and had to be “restored” and therefore was not divinely preserved in any reasonable, practical sense. Though the aforementioned books claim to hold to some sort of position on preservation, it is a position that is not based upon the Bible’s own testimony but is fashioned by the authors’ commitment to the Westcott-Hort-Metzger-Aland brand of textual criticism. BJU claims to love the King James Bible, but with friends like this the KJV needs no enemies. Edward F. Hills, who had a doctorate in textual criticism from Harvard, refuted the teaching found in the aforementioned books that are sold in the BJU bookstore in his The King James Bible Defended, which was first published in 1956, long before Peter Ruckman dipped his acrid pen into the ink well on this topic. What I have said about Bob Jones University also goes for Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary, and some others that have determined to defend the indefensible.

THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME SCHOOLS THAT STAND FOR THE KING JAMES BIBLE AND WHICH I RECOMMEND

AMBASSADOR BAPTIST COLLEGE
101 Stockton St., P.O. Box 158, Lattimore, NC 28089. 704-434-0303 (voice), 704-434-8331 (fax), http://www.ambassadors.edu (web site), jcomfort@ambassadors.edu(e-mail), clsurrett@juno.com (e-mail).

Ron Comfort, Founder and President/ Charles Surrett, Assistant to the President

CROWN COLLEGE
Temple Baptist Church, 1700 W. Beaver Creek Drive Powell, TN 37849, 865-938-8186 (phone), admissions@goforthecrown.com (e-mail), http://www.goforthecrown.com (web site). Also a graduate school and seminary programs.

Clarence Sexton, Pastor, President

EMMANUEL BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
Emmanuel Baptist Church, 296 New Britain Ave., Newington, CT 06111. 860-666-1055 (voice), 860-666-0146 (fax), http://www.emmanuel-newington.org/seminary/ (web site), seminary@emmanuel-newington.org

Michael Bates, Pastor/President; Thomas Strouse, Dean

FAIRHAVEN BAPTIST COLLEGE
Fairhaven Baptist Church, 86 E. Oak Hill Road, Chesterton, IN 46304. 800-733-3422, 219-926-6636 (voice), 800-733-3422 (toll free), 219-926-1111 (fax), http://www.fairhavenbaptist.org (web site), info@fairhavenbaptist.org(e-mail).

Roger Voegtlin, Pastor/President

FAITH BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE
Faith Baptist Church, Rt. 1 Box 464, Horsecreek Rd., Seneca, PA 16346. 814-677-5172 (voice), 814-678-2910 (fax), http://www.csonline.net/fbbc (web site), fbbc@csonline.net (e-mail).

Larry Williams, Pastor/President

LANDMARK BAPTIST COLLEGE AND SEMINARY
Landmark Baptist Church, 2222 East Hinson Ave., Haines City, FL 33844. 800-700-5322, 941-421-2937 (voice), 941-422-0188 (fax). http://landmarkbaptistchurch.org (web site), LBCDOS@juno.com (e-mail).

Mickey Carter, Pastor/President. Extension training also available.

MARYLAND BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE
Maranatha Baptist Church, P.O. Box 66, 4131 Old Neck Elk Road, Elkton, MD 21922. 800-226-0869 (voice), 410-398-6667 (voice), 800-226-0869 (toll free), mbbc@dol.net (e-mail), http://www.mbcmin.org/mbbc (web site).

Allen Dickerson, Pastor/ Robert Hitchens, President

MASSILLON BAPTIST COLLEGE
Massillon Baptist Church, 1219 Overlook Ave., SW, Massillon, OH 44647. 330-830-5902 (voice), 330-830-5980(fax), mbcoffice@mbcaf.org (e-mail), http://www.mbcaf.org (web site).

Bruce Cummons, Founder (1924-2004)/ Thomas Crowley, Dean

SOUTHEASTERN FUNDAMENTAL BAPTIST COLLEGE
Madison Baptist Church, 840 Balch Rd., Madison, AL 35758, 256-830-6224 (voice), broallison@madisonbaptist.com (e-mail), http://www.madisonbaptist.com (web site). Madison Baptist Church offers two Bible training programs. The Madison Bible Institute is a three-year program consisting of 288 lessons encompassing Theology and Old and New Testament surveys. Southeastern Fundamental Baptist College is a four-year program and courses are taught at night.

Mike Allison, Pastor and President/ Bill Boruff, Dean

SYDNEY BIBLE BAPTIST COLLEGE
214 Pennant Hills Road, Oatlands, N.S.W. 2177 Australia. 02 96834244 or 02 96201148, metro@ihug.com.au (e-mail), http://www.metropolitanbaptist.net. A ministry of Metropolitan Baptist Church, Sydney.

Mario Schiavone, Pastor and President/ Pastor R.L. Hester, Principal

WEST COAST BAPTIST COLLEGE
Lancaster Baptist Church, 4020 Lancaster Blvd., Lancaster, CA 93535. 800-688-6329 (voice), 805-946-4663 (voice); 805-946-2620 (fax), lbc@pobox.com (e-mail), http://www.westcoastbaptist.edu (web site).

Paul Chappel, President

NOTE: This is all I will say about the schools, and I will not give any further information pro or con even if you contact me personally. If you need more information, please contact the schools directly.