We would like to welcome you to
West Tennessee Bible Institute. You have chosen to enroll in what we
believe to be the finest Bible Believing Institute available today.
The Bible says that a christian and a preacher specifically is to
“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
truth. But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase
unto more ungodliness.” These verses point out the fact
that there is only one correct way to understand the Bible: to
rightly divide it, anything else is just babblings. All heresies and
unscriptural movements fail to rightly divide the
Scriptures.
The late Dr. Oliver B. Greene
said,” A call to preach is a call to prepare.” The Apostle Paul
declared in 2 Tim 2:2, “ And the things that
thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to
faithful men, who shall be able to teach others
also.”
The West Tennessee Bible Institute
is a theological seminary designed to assist and train those who have
been called to the ministry. WTBI operates as a correspondence school,
making it possible for ministerial students to earn a non-accredited,
college level Theological Degree, and yet be active in their local
church.
The West Tennessee
Bible Institute upholds the Bible as the inspired, infallible,
inerrant Word of God (Proverbs 30:5). It is the position of this
institute that the Holy Scripture (2 Tim. 3:15) has been preserved in
the English Authorized King James Version, and are thereby "given by
inspiration of God" (2 Tim. 3:16).
Accreditation
WTBI is a ministry of
our local church, therefore we do not seek accreditation from any
state or local organization. Our credits and degrees stand on their
own merit. Many Bible colleges are approved by the state of
Tennessee; yet their credits are no more respected in state
universities than ours.
As to how our credits
will be accepted at other colleges, some points need to be made.
First, every school is its own authority when deciding what credits
to accept or reject. We trust that as our reputation for quality
becomes known that many Bible schools of like faith will accept our
credits. Second, most secular schools will not accept any credit or
degrees from Bible colleges.
Doctrinal Statement
1. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three
persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
2. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His
sinless life, His vicarious and atoning death, in His shed blood, in His
bodily resurrection and His ascension to the Father’s right hand.
3. We believe that man is totally depraved, a sinner both nature and
practice, therefore totally separated from God, totally lost and in need
of the convicting and regenerating ministry of the Holy Ghost.
4. We believe that salvation is a free gift from God offered to any man
totally “by grace” and must be received “through faith” apart from any
works, plus nothing and minus nothing.
5. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the saved unto “LIFE” and
the unsaved unto “JUDGMENT” and everlasting damnation. We believe in a
literal heaven with golden streets and a literal burning hell with fire
and brimstone.
6. We believe in the visible, personal, and premillennial return of
Jesus Christ.
7. We believe in the local New Testament church which is a body of
baptized believers who come together in obedience to Christ to carry out
the message of the Word of God.
8. We believe that there are two ordinances of the local
church--Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe baptism to be the
symbolic act of a saved believer being immersed in water, the Lord’s
Supper being observed by the church by taking of bread and grape juice as
a memorial of the Lord’s death and in expectation of His return.
9. We believe that the Bible ( King James 1611) is the Word of God and
is the absolute authority in determining the faith and practice of God’s
people. We affirm that the sixty-six books of the Bible are inerrant
divinely and uniquely inspired, and are given to mankind written as they
were inspired by the Spirit of God. These Scriptures are divinely intended
for personal study and interpretation under the guidance of the Holy
Spirit.
10. We believe that when a person accepts the Lord Jesus Christ as his
personal Lord and Saviour, he can never be lost as he is kept by the power
of God.
11. We believe in the personality of Satan; in his power and kingdom,
in his wiles and in his judgment at the cross and in his eternal
destruction in hell.
DEGREE PROGRAMS
BACHELOR PROGRAM
Prerequisite: None
The Bachelor’s Degree requires 128 credit hours . These hours
are composed of the following courses.
Subject
Bible Doctrines I
Bible Doctrines II
King James Bible Study
Bible Interpretation
Genesis- Deuteronomy
Joshua – Ruth
I Samuel – II Chronicles
Job- Song of Solomon
Jeremiah- Daniel
Hosea-Malachi
Evangelism
Isaiah
Credit Hours
6
6
6
6
6
5
6
5
6
6
6
4
Subject
Dispensationalism I
Dispensationalism II
Matthew- Luke
John
Acts
Dispensationalism III
Hebrews- James
Revelation
Modern Speech Versions
Church History
Credit Hours
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
4
4
6
#GRADING
SCALE
GRADE
POINT SCALE
A
B
C
D
F
90---100
80---89
70---79
60---69
59 and below*
Financial Information
We believe that the Lord has lead us to do what we do. And that is to teach
the Word of God to anybody with a teachable spirit.
TUITION
Application fee: $35.00
The courses are $35.00 per course.
Note: Tuition does NOT cover the cost of the books
that must be purchased for some of the courses.
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check.
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should be made out to:
WTBI
Our Address is: P.O. Box 3274, Jackson, TN 38303-3274
You can enroll at WTBI by printing out and completing a form below
and mailing it in along with the appropriate payment or
use Pay-Pal. If a course
requires a book, it will be your responsibility to purchase that book.
You may keep all CDs, handouts, and any course material that you
receive.
Please mail your application for admission and payment to:
Upon receipt of your application and payment, WTBI will mail you
the course material if you like, or send a link to you for downloading
yourself. If you have any questions, concerns, or have
problems with your CDs, please call WTBI at (731) 627-3926.
This is one of the sample courses
in the left column. Once you make your payment, you can download the
course to your computer.
These next four
courses make up Bible Doctrine II
THE FACULTY OF W. T. B .I
Pastor Leonard Ballinger Jr:
Founder of Dyersburg Bible Institute and holds a Bachelor of Bible Degree
from Open Bible College in Millbrook, AL. He is the pastor of Trinity Baptist
Church in Dyersburg, TN, where he has been for 34 years. Leonard Ballinger has
trained many preachers who now have there own churches and serving the Lord.
Pastor Jeremy Ballinger:
President of West Tennessee Bible Institute and holds a Bachelor of Bible
Degree from Dyersburg Bible Institute, a Master of Theology & Doctor of
Theology from Slidell Baptist Seminary in Slidell, Louisiana. He was the
pastor of Christ Chapel Bible Baptist Church in Atwood, TN for 6 years, and
now the pastor of Holy Hills Baptist Church Dyersburg, TN since January
2007.
