TSBC makes an impact in and from Appalachia by offering access to a community of biblical scholarship for students to fulfill their ministries.
The greatest need of Appalachia, Akron, America, and the world is the gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus is building his church. He gave us his method for building his church—the great commission, a disciple-making movement based on baptism and instruction. Tri-State Bible College has served local churches for nearly 54 years in the same way that “the Lecture Hall of Tyrannus” served the gospel mission of the church in Acts 19.
We offer access to residential and online learning environments that impact instruction so that Christian shepherds, servants, stewards, and scholars can fulfill their ministries in Christ’s commission. Our core values of theological discernment, biblical & contextual intelligence, spiritual maturity & vitality, and ministry competence create a culture have prepared men & women to strengthen local churches for over five decades.
As a community committed to believing, biblical scholarship, Tri-State Bible College serves as a regional resource through which impactful instruction passes to nourish churches all over Ohio, the tri-state, and beyond. Our commitment to the inerrant, infallible, authoritative word of God, to the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and to the power of the Holy Spirit continues to stand firm while we adapt to improve access for students to our training programs.
The Barna Group continues to publish evidence that a Christian leadership crisis has arrived for Christian churches and ministries in America: pastor retirements, pastor vacancies, unfilled leadership positions in Christian schools, colleges, and seminaries, unqualified deacons and elders, and by extension, a disruption to missionary outreach.
The need for Tri-State Bible College’s mission to offer access to a community of biblical, Christ-centered training is key to developing the Christian leaders of the next generation. As you read about the Impact Campaign, pray to God and ask him how he wants you to support the vital ministry of TSBC.