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Dino Pedrone
Dino J. Pedrone is the former President of Davis College. He served as Senior Pastor of New Testament Baptist Church in the South Florida from 1995 to 2009. He oversaw New Testament Baptist Church's two locations and its two schools Dade Christian School and the Master's Academy. He was also President of the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS) and its parent organization, the International Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. Pedrone became the ninth president of Davis College in July 2008 and served in that capacity for a decade until 2018. He is the author of 16 books and booklets including ''Directions'', the ''Family Life Devotional'' booklet, ''Hope Grows In Winter'', and ''Looking Ahead''. He founded and edited the ''Life at School Christian Journal'' produced by FACCS. His radio ministry included “The Bible Speaks”, which reportedly reached a quarter of the English-speaking world, “Timely Truths”, which could be heard throughout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis College (New York)
Davis College (formerly Practical Bible College) is a private Baptist bible college. It is affiliated with the Baptist Convention of New York and endorsed by the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey. The school currently offers its BRE degree at the campus of the Word of Life Bible Institute, located at 4230 Glendale Road in Pottersville, New York, with which the school has a close relationship. It was formerly located in Johnson City, New York from 1900 to 2019. History Davis College was founded in April 1900 by evangelist Reverend John Adelbert Davis. Rev. Davis wanted to start a school similar to his alma mater, Chicago's Moody Bible Institute. He taught the first classes at what was then known as Practical Bible School with an enrollment of around 80 to 90 students. The school's first classes were held in an upper level of a store in the Lestershire neighborhood of Johnson City, New York, Johnson City In 1911, the college relocated to the former location of the Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dade Christian School
Dade Christian School is a private school, private Christian school that enrolls kindergarten through twelfth grade, 12th grade students in Country Club, Florida, Miami, Florida. The school was founded as a segregation academy in response to the court-ordered desegregation of Miami-Dade public schools. It is one of two private schools run by New Testament Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist church that also runs The Master's Academy. Dade Christian School had a 2024-2025 enrollment of 595. History Founding New Testament Baptist Church was founded in 1954, and Dade Christian School in 1961 by Pastor Al Janney. Janney founded Dade Christian School in reaction to court decisions removing mandatory prayer from public schools and as a segregation academy, a school founded to enable white parents to avoid having their children educated alongside black children. Janney pastored New Testament Baptist Church until 1976. He also founded the Florida Association ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Florida
South Florida, sometimes colloquially shortened to SoFlo, is the Regions of the United States#Florida, southernmost region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is one of Florida's three most commonly referred to directional regions; the two others are Central Florida and North Florida. South Florida is the southernmost part of the continental United States and the only region of the continental U.S. that includes some areas with a tropical climate. South Florida is dominated by the Miami metropolitan area and the Everglades. It also contains the Florida Keys; three U.S. national parks: Biscayne National Park, Biscayne, Dry Tortugas National Park, Dry Tortugas, and Everglades National Park, Everglades; and multiple cities. Composition As with all vernacular regions, South Florida has no official boundaries or status and is defined differently by different sources. A 2007 study of Florida's regions by Ary Lamme and Raymond K. Oldakowski found that Floridians surveyed identified "South F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Association Of Christian Colleges And Schools (FACCS)
The Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS) is an organization that accredits Florida's Christian schools. It holds teachers conventions and annual competitions for its member schools. It is a member of the National Council for Private School Accreditation and is recognized by the Florida Association of Academic Nonpublic Schools. Member Schools {, class="wikitable sortable" , - ! , School ! , City ! , County ! , Enrollment ! , Level , - , Pensacola Christian Academy, , Pensacola , , Escambia , , 2,536 , , Accredited , - , The King's Academy, , West Palm Beach , , Palm Beach , , 1,821 , , Co-accredited , - , Trinity Christian Academy , , Jacksonville , , Duval , , 1,531 , , Co-accredited , - , Evangelical Christian School, , Fort Myers , , Lee , , 1,368 , , Co-accredited , - , Florida Christian School, , Miami , , Miami-Dade , , 1,171 , , Co-accredited , - , Atlantic Christian Academy of the Palm Beaches , , West Palm Beach , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davis College (Binghamton, New York)
Davis College (formerly Practical Bible College) is a private Baptist bible college. It is affiliated with the Baptist Convention of New York and endorsed by the Baptist Convention of Pennsylvania/South Jersey. The school currently offers its BRE degree at the campus of the Word of Life Bible Institute, located at 4230 Glendale Road in Pottersville, New York, with which the school has a close relationship. It was formerly located in Johnson City, New York from 1900 to 2019. History Davis College was founded in April 1900 by evangelist Reverend John Adelbert Davis. Rev. Davis wanted to start a school similar to his alma mater, Chicago's Moody Bible Institute. He taught the first classes at what was then known as Practical Bible School with an enrollment of around 80 to 90 students. The school's first classes were held in an upper level of a store in the Lestershire neighborhood of Johnson City In 1911, the college relocated to the former location of the White City Amusement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evangelical Bible College
Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of the Gospel, Christian gospel. The term evangelical is derived from the Koine Greek word ''euangelion'', meaning “good news,” in reference to the message of salvation through Jesus Christ. Evangelicalism typically places a strong emphasis on personal conversion to Christianity, conversion, often described as being “born again (Christianity), born again,” and regards the Bible as the ultimate authority in matters of Christian theology, faith and practice. The definition and scope of evangelicalism are subjects of debate among theology, theologians and religious studies, scholars. Some critics argue that the term encompasses a wide and diverse range of beliefs and practices, making it difficult to define as a coherent or unified movement ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarksville School Of Theology
Clarksville may refer to: Canada * Clarksville, Alberta * Clarksville, Nova Scotia United States * Clarksville, Arkansas * Clarksville, California * Clarksville, Delaware * Clarksville, Florida * Clarksville, Idaho * Clarksville, Illinois * Clarksville, Indiana, in Clark County * Clarksville, Hamilton County, Indiana * Clarksville, Iowa * Clarksville, Maryland * Clarksville, Michigan * Clarksville, Mississippi * Clarksville, Missouri * Clarksville Township, Merrick County, Nebraska * Clarksville, New Hampshire * Clarksville, New Jersey (other) * Clarksville, New York (other) * Clarksville, Ohio, in Clinton County * Clarksville, Defiance County, Ohio * Clarksville, Perry County, Ohio * Clarksville, Oklahoma * Clarksville, Pennsylvania * Clarksville, Tennessee, the largest city with this name * Clarksville, Texas * Clarksville, Austin, Texas * Clarksville, Virginia Other places * Clarksville, New Zealand * Clarksville metropolitan area, in Tenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luther Rice Seminary
Luther Rice College & Seminary is a private Baptist college and seminary in Lithonia, Georgia. Through the college and seminary the institution offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in leadership, counseling, apologetics, Christian worldview, Christian studies, and Christian ministry. The school is recognized as being theologically conservative. History Luther Rice College & Seminary was founded in 1962 by Robert Gee Witty in Jacksonville, Florida, and named for Luther Rice, an educator, missionary, and clergyman in the early 1800s. The State of Florida granted the school's charter on June 14, 1962. Witty was elected President of the college in 1970, a position he held until 1982, when he retired to become Chancellor. In May 1993, James Flanagan became president of Luther Rice Seminary. He holds an earned Ph.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. According to the college's website, Steven Steinhilber joined the Luther Rice faculty in 2012, graduated with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chambersburg, PA
Chambersburg is a borough in and the county seat of Franklin County, in the South Central region of Pennsylvania, United States. It is in the Cumberland Valley, which is part of the Great Appalachian Valley, and north of Maryland and the Mason-Dixon line and southwest of Harrisburg, the state capital. According to the United States Census Bureau, Chambersburg's 2020 population was 21,903. When combined with the surrounding Greene, Hamilton, and Guilford Townships, the population of Greater Chambersburg is 66,340 people. The Chambersburg, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes surrounding Franklin County, and in 2010 included 149,618 people. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Chambersburg Borough is the thirteenth-largest municipality in Pennsylvania and the largest borough as measured by fiscal size as of 2016. Chambersburg Borough is organized under the Pennsylvania Borough Code and is not a home-rule municipality. Chamber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Testament Baptist Church
Dade Christian School is a private Christian school that enrolls kindergarten through 12th grade students in Miami, Florida. The school was founded as a segregation academy in response to the court-ordered desegregation of Miami-Dade public schools. It is one of two private schools run by New Testament Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist church that also runs The Master's Academy. Dade Christian School had a 2024-2025 enrollment of 595. History Founding New Testament Baptist Church was founded in 1954, and Dade Christian School in 1961 by Pastor Al Janney. Janney founded Dade Christian School in reaction to court decisions removing mandatory prayer from public schools and as a segregation academy, a school founded to enable white parents to avoid having their children educated alongside black children. Janney pastored New Testament Baptist Church until 1976. He also founded the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, the American Association of Christian Schools, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of New York, and serves as the county seat of Broome County. Surrounded by rolling hills, it lies in the state's Southern Tier region near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers. Binghamton is the principal city and cultural center of the Binghamton metropolitan area (also known as Greater Binghamton, or historically the Triple Cities, including Endicott and Johnson City), home to a quarter million people. The city's population, according to the 2020 United States census, is 47,969. From the days of the railroad, Binghamton was a transportation crossroads and a manufacturing center, and has been known at different times for the production of cigars, shoes, and computers. IBM was founded nearby, and the flight simulator was invented in the city, leading to a notable concentration of electronics- and defense-oriented firms. This sustained economic prosperity ear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baptist Writers
Baptists are a denomination within Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing only professing Christian believers (believer's baptism) and doing so by complete immersion. Baptist churches generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), ''sola fide'' (salvation by faith alone), ''sola scriptura'' (the Bible is the sole infallible authority, as the rule of faith and practice) and congregationalist church government. Baptists generally recognize two ordinances: baptism and communion. Diverse from their beginning, those identifying as Baptists today may differ widely from one another in what they believe, how they worship, their attitudes toward other Christians, and their understanding of what is important in Christian discipleship. Baptist missionaries have spread various Baptist churches to every continent. The largest Baptist communion of churches is the Baptist World Alliance, and there a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
