Vision Bible College History of VBC

We greatly appreciate your interest in Vision Bible College (VBC). It would be impossible to share about the history of VBC without sharing about what God has done through Lifeline Ministries. This is what makes it possible for us to provide a program that is based so deeply on practical experience. It also provides us with faculty and instructors who have a deep passion for serving Jesus.

In 1984 the Lord built this ministry around the simple yet profound reality that people need Jesus. Our goal from the beginning has been to go to the hungry ones and see them filled with the life of Christ. We began with a strong commitment to training Christian Leaders that would be highly educated and passionately dedicated to practical real-life ministry application. Through the years our desire to reach lives for Jesus has led us to minister in many different ways. We have held countless services, crusades, and concerts in churches, auditoriums, camps, parks, prisons and juvenile detention centers, to the poor in wealth and in spirit, to people with AIDS, and to folks without a place to call home, in shopping malls, on street corners, and have experience ministering virtually anywhere that you can find people who need Jesus or need to know Him better. Over the past 17 years there have been thousands led to Jesus through Lifeline Ministries. While our traveling area has been primarily the western U.S. and Canada, our publishing, recording, music, and Internet ministries are continuing to expand around the world.

We continually endeavor to expand the cause of Christ in this world through any means available. Some of the ministries of Lifeline include: Lifeline - the Music of Benje & Michele Graves, the Lifeline Evangelistic Teams, the Lifeline Recording Studio, the Lifeline Newsletter and CD/Tape of the Month, several Discipleship Ministries and Curriculums, the Lifeline Discipleship House of Boston, MA, Over The Edge Ministries of Vancouver, WA, the oversight of the Montana Light and Power Youth Ministry, the Lifeline Ministries Nigeria Outreach, and of course, Vision Bible College located in Marsing, Idaho, U.S.A..

In 1992 the Lord began to impress upon us that there was a great need in the Body of Christ for a formal training program with a solid theological curriculum balanced with a strong emphasis on real-life ministry application. We saw a need for an educational program that featured a focus on personal growth and practical ministry as well as the ability to earn an Associates or Bachelors Degree in Theology. There are excellent organizations such as YWAM with strong discipleship and missions programs, and many traditional Bible Colleges who focus purely on classroom learning and degrees. Our goal is to balance these two approaches to produce a well-rounded training experience. Many of our students come simply to earn the One-Year ministry Diploma, and others continue for the full four years. VBC is at the forefront of providing excellent classroom instruction along with real-life experience through ministry trips and practical experience. With VBC you are not merely attending a college, you are becoming part of an effective ministry.

In addition to our vision to provide high-quality ministry training, we are also passionately dedicated to providing that training at the lowest possible cost. As you study this catalog you will see that Vision Bible College is offering college education of the highest quality for a fraction of the going rate. Our goal is that each student would graduate virtually debt-free. To that end we make every effort to keep costs down. Each member of our staff is involved in active ministry outside of the college. This not only eases the financial burden on the school but provides instructors who are keenly aware of practical ministry issues. We also work hard to provide innovative housing options and financial packages that make a quality college education available to virtually anyone who is serious about ministry training.

Whether you feel called to full-time ministry or you simply want to be challenged to grow closer to the Lord, we are confident that Vision Bible College has the program to equip you to fulfill the call of God in your life. I truly hope that you will pray and consider VBC. If we can help you in any way please do not hesitate to contact us.

Because He lives!

Benje B. Graves - President
Vision Bible College