Bereich "Identifikation"
Typ des Rechtsträgers
Organisation
Autorisierte Namensform
Coghlan Bible School
Parallele Namensformen
Standardisierte Namensform gemäß anderer Regelwerke
Andere Namensformen
Kennzahlen für Körperschaften
Beschreibungsfeld
Daten des Bestehens
1939-1943
Geschichte
The need for a centralized school that "would be the guardian of traditional Mennonite faith" was seriously proposed at the 1937 Ministers Conference of the Conference of United Mennonite Church of BC. At that time several local Mennonite congregations in British Columbia had established Bible schools, popularly known as "Religionsschulen" or schools of religious instruction, and others were established in following years. These were located in Abbotsford, Coghlan, Sardis and Yarrow, with Coghlan having commenced operations in 1939.
Under the gifted leadership of Nicolai W. Bahnmann (1879-1945), a graduate of the Pedagogical School in Halbstadt (Russia) and student at the Basel Bible School, the initiative in Coghlan showed considerable promise. In its first year, 22 young people enrolled in courses studying the Bible, Church, and Mennonite History. The three teachers, Bahnmann, J. D. Jantzen, and A. J. Jantzen, volunteered their time to teach over three and a half months, and students paid no tuition. A society was formed in 1940 to run the school for a three-year period until the Conference assumed full responsibility for the school in 1943.
In 1940, delegates at the annual general meeting of the Conference instructed the Bible School Committee to plan for a single, integrated school. Subsequently, a four acre tract of land was purchased next to the West Abbotsford Mennonite Church and Bethel Bible Institute was launched in 1946. A girls' dormitory was built immediately, and in 1947 an administration building was completed.
Orte
Coghlan, British Columbia