Peter Drucker predicts that
"universities won't survive." The future
is outside the traditional campus,
outside the traditional classroom.
Distance learning is coming on fast.(Gubernick, Lisa and Ebeling, Ashlea (1997), "I
Got My Degree Through
E-Mail," Forbes, June, pp. 84-92)
Distance learning is not coming fast, as
Peter Drucker predicts; it is here. The
world has certainly become a very busy
place with people having more duties and
responsibilities to perform than hours
to do so.
Students do not have the time to sit for
many hours in a classroom staring at a
chalkboard. The way to go is distance
learning. Caribbean College of the Bible
International is a distance learning
Bible College offering Christian
Education to 'more than a chosen few'
History
Caribbean College of the
Bible International was founded in 1978
by Dr. and Mrs. Saunders of Samaritan
Inn International, Sunbright Tennessee
USA, as a non-profit Distance Learning
Bible College. On their retirement in
2004, The College was placed in the
hands of the Caribbean Division under
its first Caribbean President, Dr.
Kathleen James and a local board of
Directors on 31st
October 2004.
Since then the College became
registered with the Accreditation
Council of Trinidad and Tobago (ACTT) in
2009 and became a member of the Caribbean
Evangelistic Theological Association
(CETA), and Caribbean Area Network for
Quality Assurance Tertiary Education
(CANQATE).
In the month of May 2015, Caribbean College of the Bible
International (CCBI) was evaluated by
the Accreditation Council, and on July
09, 2015, a decision was made by the
Board of the Directors of the
Accreditation Council of Trinidad and
Tobago (ACTT), to register the Caribbean
College of the Bible International as a quality institution.
Location
Caribbean College of the Bible (CCBI) is now
located at # 59 Eastern Main Rd. Barataria, Port of Spain, Trinidad West
Indies. The Administration, Learning
Resource Center and the President’s
office are all located in this building.
Its founders, Dr. Raymond and Mrs.
Saunders, envisioned a College from
which students would study the Bible
from the Certificate to the Doctoral
levels without having to leave their
places of employment, be they secular or
sacred. The vision of
this Distance Learning and high-quality
education continues today. CCBI educates
students
throughout the Caribbean and around the
world via Distance Learning.
College Theology Majors
The College offers
Doctor of Theology,
Masters
of Theology,
Bachelor of Theology, and Associate of Theology all with
Our calling is to provide a high-quality
Christian education by correspondence to
countries whose Christian leaders do not
wish to leave their country for a
traditional residential education.
CCBI was founded and developed by
educators who were trained according to
the North American model of university
accreditation. However, as we have
served a student population in countries
accustomed to a European model of higher
education, we are using a similar model
of independent study, under Faculty
and/or denominational Mentors. This new
direction does not include U.S.
accreditation. Instead, CCBI seeks
approval from three segments:
Christ-centered churches and
denominations in the area
The credits issued by CCBI are widely
recognized. For example, the Southern
Baptist International Mission Board
accepted CCBI credits in 1998 for
completing requirements toward a career
missionary appointment to Belize,
Central America.Further to this, the Nazarene
denomination in Belize has officially
accepted our course work for
appointments and promotion; one example
being the headmaster of Nazarene High
School in Belize City; Adventist
International Institute of Advanced
Studies, Philippines; and Evangelical
School of Theology in Suriname.
Several North American colleges
accept our students to do further
studies. Colleges such as Liberty
University;Claremont Graduate School, GA;
Covington Theological College; A young
Guyanese evangelist who completedher Associate and Bachelor's
degrees with CCBI reported that Oral
Roberts University had accepted her to
begin a Master's degree. It should also
be noted that Prof. Jabini, a graduate
of CCBI, became the graduate dean at the
South African Theological Seminary
(SATS); Canada Christian College;
University of North Florida; Grace Bible
College and Seminary; andFreedom Bible College, justto name a few.
Some of the major Colleges /
Universities in Trinidad and Tobago, in
addition to CETA registered Colleges,that
receive our students:are the University of the West Indies;
Caribbean Nazarene College; Oasis
Institute of Higher Learning; and West
Indies School of Theology.
It must be noted that
each institution has its own policy
regarding transfer credits.
Mrs. Lystra Joseph
Quality Assurance Officer (Assist.)
Quality Objectives
Caribbean College of the Bible
International(CCBI) is committed
to the following quality tenets that are
essential to its operations:
To establish, review, and continuously refine our academic policies, programs, and procedures;
To ensure that all our services comply
with international best practices concerning teaching, research, and outreach;
To maintain the required standards for
contractual specifications and other
legal requirements;
To design and implement a competency-based curriculum according to
international standards, and deliver the
same using hard texts, 2.0 web tools, and
other On-Line
Educational Resources;
To adopt assessment methods that are simultaneously reliable, valid, and motivating to ensure that the alignment of inputs, throughputs, outputs, and feedback, rebound to the student's benefit;
To provide for the development of the student’s personality, spiritual learning, and research skills in a manner that would help them to inspire and empower others;
To
network and assist in fostering a strong spiritual
fellowship among Christian professionals
and
leaders worldwide, generating enthusiasm
and encouragement.
Christ-centered churches and
denominations in the area
