From: Bryan K. Johnson, Dean, Seattle Bible College

To: Whom It May Concern

Listed below are a number of institutions that have accepted students from Seattle Bible College (known as Seattle Bible Training School from 1955 to 1985), and/or maintain an articulation agreement with SBC. This list is not intended to be a complete, all-inclusive accounting of such accredited institutions. Several student examples are also mentioned, with year of SBC graduation noted.

Assemblies of God Theological Seminary Springfield, MO, M.Div. program – Tony Luxem ’03
Azusa Pacific University Graduate Center
Azusa, CA - Ron Jackson ’93, Melissa Jackson ’93, Darcie Hammer ’08
Bakke Graduate University
formerly Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry
Seattle, WA – Roger McCune ’82; Dan Hammer ’81 - Master’s & Doctoral program; Bryan Johnson ’79, Paul Vallee ’81; Kathy Troll ’09 and Jirote Bongkotmart ’09 – Doctoral program.
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI – Katrina Budde
Christian Life College Mount Prospect, IL
Agreement to accept up to 3 years of transfer credits
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas, TX – James Porterfield ’96
Emmanuel School of Religion
Johnson City, TN – Cameron Lacy ’04
faith evangelical seminary
Tacoma, WA – Ed Vainio ’70
Fuller Theological Seminary
Pasadena, CA – Tissa Weerasingha ’73, Richard ’67 and Esther Collingridge, Sune Andersson ’70, Barbara Sobol ’72, Jack & Doris Schenaker ’86, Jin Kim ’99, Terry Tarsiuk ’78
King’s College & Seminary
Van Nuys, CA – John Sprecher, Graduate Program ’72; Carol Rogers, Bachelor’s program
*LIFE Pacific College
San Dimas, CA – Jim Tinsley
*This school provides a formal articulation agreement that allows for up to two years of SBC credits to be transferred in to a bachelor’s degree.
/ Northwest University Kirkland, WA
formerly Northwest College of the Assemblies of God– Northwest has had a long-standing relationship with SBC in accepting SBC students. Numerous students have either totally or partially completed a program and then have transferred to NU to pursue an accredited bachelor’s degree. In 2011 admissions were opened for SBC graduates to pursue graduate degrees in the College of Ministry.
Oral Roberts University
School of Theology and Missions, Tulsa, OK – Kelvin Johnson ’98
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA - Robertson School of Government, Nathan Johnson ’03 School of Leadership Studies, Russell Johnson ’06, School of Education, Heather Roy ’00
Shasta Bible College
Redding, CA - James Cantrell, Jason Curfman, Justin Hoke ’99
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Fort Worth, TX – Clifford Johnson (’09) was granted admission to the Master of Arts in Church Music program.
The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, Seattle
Eldrick Lal ’12 and Moses Masitha ’13, M.Div. program
Vanguard University
formerly Southern California College, Costa Mesa, CA - Gary Giedra ’80, Bryan Johnson ’79, Erik Leksen ’86, Russell Johnson ’06 were accepted into the graduate studies program.
Western Evangelical Seminary
Portland, OR – Y.S. Lai ’82, Grace Lai ’82
Westminster Theological Seminary
Escondido, CA - Mark Collingridge ’97, Joel Fick ’98
Westminster Theological Seminary Philadelphia, PA – Tissa Weersingha ’73 in Doctoral program and Mark Peterson, ’97 was admitted in 1997 at Master’s level.
Note: This list does not signify a guarantee that SBC credits will be accepted into an academic institution. A person seeking detailed information concerning transferability of SBC credits into a program offered by any college should personally inquire as to the requirements and any limitations imposed by that particular school upon such a prospective student.
Rev. 03.25.15