New Hope Christian College, formerly known as Eugene Bible College, is a private, four-year Bible college

Bible college

Bible colleges are institutions of higher education that specialize in biblical studies. Curriculum is Bible-based and differs from that of liberal arts colleges or research universities. Bible colleges generally exclude the study of philosophy, unlike seminaries and theological colleges...

 located on a 36 acres (14.6 ha) campus in Eugene, Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

, United States. The curriculum centers on the vocational application of Biblical training including pastoral studies, Christian counseling

Christian counseling

Christian counseling is counseling which draws upon psychology and Christian teaching. Efforts to combine counseling with Christian or other religious perspectives or approaches are sometimes called "integration."...

, Christian education, intercultural studies, worship arts and youth ministry.

History

The school was founded by Fred Hornshuh in 1925. It was part of the Open Bible Churches denomination which originated from two revival movements: the Bible Standard Conference, founded in Eugene in 1919, and the Open Bible Evangelistic Association, founded in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1932.

In 1974, the school moved to its current campus site at 2155 Bailey Hill Road, overlooking west Eugene. The hilltop location displays a 70 feet (21.3 m) cross relocated from Skinner Butte

Skinner Butte

Skinner Butte is a prominent hill on the north edge of downtown Eugene, Oregon, United States, near the Willamette River. Skinner Butte is a local landmark and the location of Skinner Butte Park, a municipal park. It is named for Eugene Skinner, the founder of Eugene...

 on June 24, 1997.

In 2009, the school joined the Pacific Rim Christian College Consortium, a group of three other colleges in Honolulu, Myanmar

Myanmar

Burma , officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar , is a country in Southeast Asia. Burma is bordered by China on the northeast, Laos on the east, Thailand on the southeast, Bangladesh on the west, India on the northwest, the Bay of Bengal to the southwest, and the Andaman Sea on the south....

 and Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 founded by alumnus Wayne Cordeiro

Wayne Cordeiro

Wayne Cordeiro is Founder and Senior Pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu, Hawaii.- Biography :Cordeiro was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia...

. Cordeiro was appointed chancellor when NHCC, then still Eugene Bible College, joined the consortium. The name was changed from Eugene Bible College to New Hope Christian College in June, 2010.

Accreditation and affiliation

New Hope Christian College is accredited by Association for Biblical Higher Education - ABHE. The school is affiliated with the Open Bible Standard Churches

Open Bible Standard Churches

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 denomination and the church New Hope Christian Fellowship

New Hope Christian Fellowship

New Hope Christian Fellowship, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, is a chartered church of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Started by Pastor Wayne Cordeiro, New Hope has 14,500 attendees weekly with five locations on Oahu and affiliate churches worldwide.- Purpose Statement :New Hope's...

and incorporated by the State of Oregon.

Athletics

The school's athletic teams compete as the Deacons in basketball, volleyball and soccer.