Summit Christian College is a private Christian college in

Gering, Nebraska Gering is a city in, and the county seat of, Scotts Bluff County, in the Panhandle region of Nebraska, United States. The population was 8,564 at the 2020 census. History Gering was officially founded on March 7, 1887, being located at the base ...

. It was established in 1951 in Scottsbluff as Platte Valley Bible College. The college is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Learning (ABHE) and offers on-campus and

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programs leading to bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, and certificates. The college is historically affiliated with non-denominational,

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of the

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. Total enrollment varies between about 40 and 60 students.2005 Nebraska Higher Education Progress Report for the LR75 Legislative Evaluation Task Force

History

Early in the college's history a program of medical missions was the college's major contribution to the efforts of Christian Church-related

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s in the area of world evangelism. The lack of demand and difficulty to provide for such programs eventually led to the discontinuance of the medical mission program at the college. In 2005, Platte Valley Bible College changed its name to Summit Christian College. Three years later, Summit Christian College moved into a newly remodeled campus in the neighboring city of Gering.

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