New Hope Christian College is a

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. It has a curriculum that centers on the vocational application of Biblical training including pastoral studies,

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, Christian education, intercultural studies, business, worship arts, and youth ministry.

History

The school was founded by Fred Hornshuh in 1925. It was part of the

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denomination which originated from two revival movements: the Bible Standard Conference, founded in Eugene in 1919, and the Open Bible Evangelistic Association, founded in

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, in 1932. The school began as the Bible Standard Training School, and was later known as the Bible Standard Institute, the Bible Standard College, Eugene Bible College, and finally New Hope Christian College. In 1974, the school moved to its current campus site at 2155 Bailey Hill Road, overlooking west Eugene. The hilltop location displays a

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, which was formerly on

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from 1964 to 1997. It was installed on campus on June 24, 1997. In 2009, the school joined the Pacific Rim Christian College Consortium, a group of three other colleges in

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and Japan founded by alumnus

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. Cordeiro was appointed chancellor when NHCC, then still Eugene Bible College, joined the consortium. The name was changed to New Hope Christian College in June 2010.

Accreditation and affiliation

New Hope Christian College is

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by the

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.Accreditation.
Eugene Bible College. The college is affiliated with the

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denomination and the church

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and incorporated in the State of Oregon.

Athletics

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. However, in the fall of 2020 NHCC dropped its league play with the NCCAA. They now only offer club sports, and non-collegiate on campus teams.

Notable alumni

* Robert F. Burt, United States Navy admiral *

, pastor, writer, president of NHCC *

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, theologian

References

External links

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