Founding
The college was founded by J. Frank Norris in 1939 as Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute. The college started with sixteen students and held classes at the First Baptist Church of Fort Worth. The college's first graduates became pastors or missionaries through the World Fundamental Baptist Fellowship.
In 1945, the college was renamed the Bible Baptist Seminary. George B. Vick became the new president, but later Norris worried that Vick had been given too much power, so Norris regained control over the school and removed Vick as president. This angered many pastors who had reportedly grown tired of Norris' ways and who began to pull away from him, the college, and the World Baptist Fellowship. By 1950 these Pastors had established the Baptist Bible Fellowship International and Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri, with George Vick as president.
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