Preparing Ministers Since 1926 The Latin American Bible Institute celebrates its 83rd anniversary this year and holds the distinction of being one of the oldest educational institutions in the United States of America. On October 1, 1926, Miss Alice E. Luce, a former Anglican missionary, and Sister Jovita Bonilla, joined with Ralph and Richard Williams and founded the Latin American Bible Institute in San Diego, California, in conjunction with the renowned Glad Tidings Bible Institute. Luce’s vision and determination for the making of a Bible school has remained an underlying factor in the success of LABI. Experiencing a time of growth, the institute moved in 1935 from San Diego to nearby La Mesa, California, and then again in 1941 to East Los Angeles. As more students enrolled for ministerial training, overcrowded conditions made it imperative to find larger facilities. Land was purchased in La Puente, California, site of the present facilities, and by 1950 the school graduated its first class in La Puente. LABI has offered an adequate and relevant education in biblical, theological, and ministerial disciplines. Today, reflecting the needs of a multicultural population, instruction is offered in both English and Spanish, thus providing a setting conducive to the development of an effective multicultural ministry. For more than eighty years, the institute’s purpose has been focused on the preparation of men and women who have received a calling from God to enter into full-time ministry or other positions of lay ministry and service. That is why educating a ministry that will serve the spiritual needs of a world steeped in humanism, materialism, hedonism, and secularism is of the utmost importance. Such a challenge can only be met by a ministry empowered by the Holy Spirit, filled with compassion for a lost world, armed with the sword of the Spirit, consumed by a burning desire to preach the gospel, and full of the love of God. The institute’s mission is to provide a ministerial education to students with a Christian calling, based on spiritual, theological, and practical principles in order that they are capable and sensitive to the challenges that are faced in the church, the community, and the world.

Academic Downloads For Fall 2009
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UPCOMING EVENTS:

DISTINGUISHED CHAPEL SERIES
Noviembre 10-12

FACULTY APPRECIATION DAY
November 24

THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
November 26-27

FINAL EXAMINATIONS WEEK
December 7-10


Have a Wonderful Christmas Holiday!