The International Christian College in Glasgow, Scotland, was formed in 1998 as the result of a merger between Glasgow Bible College (formerly the Bible Training Institute) and Northumbria Bible College (formerly Lebanon Missionary Training College), moving to its present premises at 110 St. James Road in 1999.
The Bible Training Institute, located in Bothwell Street, Glasgo], was started under the influence of Dwight Lyman Moody and Ira D. Sankey, and even today ICC has close links to the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, USA.
The BTI was opened in 1892 and from 1898 was located in or alongside the Christian Institute building, which also housed the YMCA (The YMCA's Christian Institute closed in 1974).
In 1980 it moved to a former Church of Scotland building in Great Western Road and in 1991 became Glasgow Bible College. Facilities here were larger than previous buildings, but still grossly insufficient for a growing institution.
Its present building at St. James Road was formerly a college of nursing and midwifery with several suitable classrooms, a lecture theatre, suites of offices, kitchen and common rooms. The top floor was converted into student accommodation for students from overseas and other students who chose to apply. The move to the St. James Road Campus was an answer to prayer for the college and has allowed the ministry of the college to flourish and develop.
The college offers Certificate, Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate level qualifications in Theology, Youth Work, Urban Theology and Children's Ministry.
The college has a strong community feel, seeking to model Christian fellowship in its truest sense. The aim of the college is to provide first class evangelical-focussed training. Its students often go on to further study for ministry in their own denomination, get involved with a wide range of mission organisations (such as Operation Mobilisation or OMF to name but two) or simply return to secular employment with a secure foundation in Christian studies.
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