Your Degree in Less Time
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How Is This Possible?

It is NOT too good to be true! 
It is simply the difference between being a State regulated, secular or Christian,
liberal arts or sciences college and being a State recognized
 Bible College for Ministry Education exempt from secular regulations! 

IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE!  We are strictly a BIBLE EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL!  This means that we do not teach as the secular world teaches ... we do not require that you learn mathematics or sciences or history or other "prerequisite" courses that really do not have anything to do with earning a Bible or Ministry degree and will not, in most cases, be of spiritual value in fulfilling their ministries!

So, the question then becomes:  How does THBI avoid being required to include these study subjects and still be classified as a "college"?

By being recognized by the State and being officially declared as "exempt from licensing"! 

The U.S. constitution forbids legislation that will establish or prohibit the free exercise of religion.  Thus the government cannot dictate what a Bible College does or does not teach ... unless that Bible College wants to "be like the world" and teach what the world teaches!  Many Bible Colleges do just this - they feel that in order to be "legitimate" they must offer what the world offers which then means they must pay the costly prices of hiring "worldly staff" (motivated by money) and meet the costly demands of the State to be certified - - meaning to teach their subjects in a way that pleases the State!

THE DIFFERENCE IS IN OUR AGENDA!  Our focus and foundation is spiritual preparation and develoment for Christian ministry.

Many Christian Colleges are actually Liberal Arts schools with an option for Bible or Ministry majors, and serve those students who are called to be Christian professionals in secular vocations such as in the Medical Profession, Law, private and public educational profession, research scientists, business administrators, accountants, and the list goes on.

Our agenda is to be a Bible College for Minsitry Leadership education and development!  We have a singular focus, Bible edification for students to be spiritually equipped to go forth as what God calls them in the ministry of Christ and the Gospel!

Therefore we choose to be strictly Bible based in our education activities.  We do not teach history - as a separate subject.  We do not teach mathematics - as a separate subject.  We do not teach literature, language or grammar - as separate subjects!  We do not teach science - as a separate subject!  Does this mean that these topics are totally ignored?  Not at all!  It simply means that we do not teach liberal arts curricula nor do we teach the Sciences curricula.

Because of these conditions we are not hamstrung with the State ordered requirements (and all the expenses that are passed on to the students) in order to become a State certified secular level college that adds Bible subjects along with the State's agenda and call it a Bible College!

True Hope Bible Institute is TRULY, purely and simply a Bible College - everything we teach is taught on the foundation of Scriptures and taught in a way that you are able to put into real life practice ... yours and the real lives of those you will be ministering to!

And we do have to prove this to the State Department of Higher Education ... and the state does not simply rubber stamp anything about education! In fact, it took THBI nearly half a year to satisfy the Arkansas Department of Higher Education that we qualify as a Bible College!

• Upon proving that our curricula and degrees are strictly Biblical, we were granted acedemic exemption by the state of Arkansas Department of Higher Education.   
• By this the ADHE recognizes and lists True Hope Bible Institute as a legitimate Bible College and officially authorizes THBI to confer the degrees we list in our Student Catalog/Handbook.  Our "exemption" is valid until 2012, at which time we must renew our exemption with the State of Arkansas.  

Again ... Exemption does not mean we are free from meeting any requirements of a Higher Educational Institution ... exemption means that we have met the state's requirements of being a NON-ACADEMIC (non secular) CHRISTIANCOLLEGE and therefore we are exempt from the requirement to be licensed (with all the required extra curricula and expenses).

ALL OF THIS ADDS UP TO THE MINISTRY STUDENT BEING ABLE TO FOCUS ON AND EARN HIS/HER DEGREE MUCH FASTER AND FOR MUCH LESS MONEY THAN A "STATE CONTROLLED" SECULAR STYLED SCHOOL!

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More Comparisons . . .

What about those well known, big name, secularly certified Christian Colleges?  

Many "Christian Colleges"arefocused on academics.  This means that in order to graduate, and apart from the degree field you are studying for, you must earn so many prescribed credits in such things as English, Science, Math, History, Social Sciences, and other subject matter that is important to the secular world!

These all take much more time and costs a lot more money because of the related overhead and expenses!

MORE IMPORTANTLY ... this also means that such Bible Colleges are required to satisfy the state's requirements for academic curriculum.  In other words such Bible Colleges must maintain a curriculum that is "politically correct"!

• This really means that such Bible Colleges are either defacto liberal arts colleges that offer Bible degrees, or Bible Colleges that are forced to be schools of liberal arts/sciences. 

If a Christian College chooses to teach "academic" subjects as part of their degree requirements, that college must be certified by the state department of higher education, which means that the Christian College must adhere to STATE STANDARDS to be recognized and licensed as a college.

• In other words, the academic curriculum of the Bible College must be politically correct ... so to teach creation without also teaching evolution may ultimately cost the Bible College it's certification! 
• And IF that college exists in order to produce revenue (even if they're non-profit) the focus inevitably becomes "protect the revenue" ... compromise enters in which is justified by arguments such as the jobs that will be lost if the school is lost, thus TRUTH again has fallen victim to State control! 

Choosing to be a College that teaches only Christian subjects, not ordinarily taught by secular academic colleges, allows us to be exempt from state certification while still being recognized and authorized by the state to confer degrees upon students that complete the prescribed studies.

Being "Exempt"means that our students can earn a Bible College Degree that is recognized by the "state" as legitimate* but one that will not take nearly as much time as if you attended a "state licensed" academic college!

SO IT COMES DOWN TO A SIMPLE EQUATION ...
... Less time requires less money required by the student!

ANOTHER FACTOR COMES INTO PLAY FINANCIALLY AS WELL ... Many colleges require that a student ATTEND no less than 80% of available class time!

Of course, class time means CLASS ROOMS!  Having class rooms also means:

• Staffing expenses (Teachers, Administrators, Janitors, Maintenance Technicians) 
• Maintenance and upkeep expenses (Light bulbs, floor care products, cleaning products & tools, etc.)  
• Operating costs (Lights, heating, cooling, computers running, other electrical usages)   
• Equipment costs (Desks, chairs, chalk boards, pens, paper, etc.) 
• This is not even mentioning books and such! 

Because True Hope Bible Institute is free from the majority of these expenses, coupled with the advantages from being an "exempt" Bible College, we could either:  Charge the more typical higher fees and tuition making more money for this ministry -- OR -- we could pass these significant savings on to our students as an added blessing! 

We choose to bless our students!

For instance ... we are able to include all required books in our tuition!  
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*Note:  Although the Arkansas Department of Higher Education recognizes our degrees as legitimate, this does not in any way mandate that any other college, institution or organization accept our course credits or degrees. Nor are other colleges required to transfer THBI credits to their school. This is a matter that is always left up to the individual educational institutions, so we are not making any claim to the contrary.