Record Enrollment At Trinity Life Bible College Emphasizes Need For New Facilities And A New Identity
While the local economy continues its bleak outlook, there are a few bright spots on the horizon. Enter Trinity Life Bible College (TLBC), operating successfully for over 35 years; having experienced 78% enrollment increase in the past two years and ready to unveil its well-planned growth strategy for the future—new name, new home, new programs for an interdenominational student population from around the world.
TLBC will unveil its new name, EPIC Bible College, in a multi-week campaign designed to inform the students, faculty, community business leaders and large donor base of the college’s wide-ranging plans for the future. Among the most respected higher education institutions in the region, the school ranks within the top 10 U.S. colleges of similar size and degree programs (Federal Government Ranking: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System-IPEDS). EPIC Bible College offers specific academic programs in education, music, psychology, counseling and Christian ministry.
TLBC is currently located on a campus that includes Trinity Church, off of Hwy. 80 at 5225 Hillsdale Blvd. In 2004, prior to reaching site capacity, the EPIC Bible College Board of Trustees initiated conversations with the church leaders to broker a successful separation of facilities to form a new, non-profit entity.
The new campus center for EPIC Bible College will provide for large, state-of-the-art classrooms, library, resource center, chapels and administrative and student services offices. This allows the college to continue its current programs and expand to include online, graduate and doctoral degree programs in the immediate future.
Students are offered accredited degree programs taught by faculty comprised of Masters and Doctoral level professors with an equal blend of life experience and professional skills. In an effort to make a college education available to a wide range of students from teens to mature and senior populations, EPIC Bible College provides a flexible class schedule as well as valuable financial aid and scholarship programs. Its quest for academic excellence has helped the college place hundreds of graduates in leadership positions in over 32 countries around the globe—assisting a worldwide population struggling to achieve basic human needs in the 21st century.
EPIC Bible College held a private event on Thursday, February 18 at Aura Restaurant, 2724 J Street, where college officials introduced the institution’s new name, concept for a new campus home—complete with architectural renderings—and new programs, to a large gathering of school officials, community business leaders and donors. This event also served as a celebration of the school’s 35 years of academic excellence.
“’Epic’ describes our new journey as well as our new name and we’re confident that community support will help us to achieve our vision in the year ahead,” stated Dr. Ronald W. Harden.