Welcome to Bethel College

Bethel Bible Institute (BBI) was founded by Dr. John Mannion in 1996 for the purpose of training missionaries and church leaders. Pastor Ron Johnson, who was a sectional presbyter with the Potomac District, assumed the presidency. In 2005, Bethel College was incorporated in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a non-profit corporation (501(c)(3)) and was authorized to operate as an in-state, non-profit college by Virginia. Also in 2005, The Association for Biblical Higher Education, an accreditating agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, granted applicant status to Bethel College.