Location Plymouth, Minnesota Phone +1 763-544-9501 Dean Joel Rolf | Total enrollment 140 (2010) | |
Established 1966 in Plymouth, Minnesota Address 3134 E Medicine Lake Blvd, Plymouth, MN 55441, USA Founded Plymouth, Minnesota, United States Similar Association of Free Lutheran, Grace Free Lutheran Church, West Medicine Lake Park, West Medicine Lake Co, Central Baptist Theologic Profiles | ||
Association Free Lutheran Bible School and the Association of Free Lutheran Theological Seminary are unaccredited theological seminary schools located in Plymouth, Minnesota at the national offices of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations.
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Bible School
AFLBS is a two-year seminary institution that is seeking collegiate accreditation. It was established in 1966 by the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations. AFLC church founders sought to establish education for young Christians in the Bible before college, in efforts to help believers to "win, build and equip". Currently the enrollment is approximately 120 students. AFLBS students have attended from outside of the United States including Canada, Latvia, Russia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ecuador, Tanzania, Norway, Haiti, Bolivia and Brazil. The Bible school is a member of the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA).
Seminary
The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations established a theological seminary committed to historic Lutheran theology. The seminary opened in September 1964. The Free Lutheran Seminary only admits men into the school. Student attended seminary classes for 3 years. The fourth year is an internship at one of the AFLC churches.
As an institution of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, the Seminary believes and teaches that: The Bible is the divinely inspired, revealed, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God and as such is trustworthy in all its parts and is the supreme and only rule of faith and practice. The Apostles' Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, and Luther's Small Catechism are faithful expositions of the truths of Scripture. The local congregation is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth. It teaches there is no authority above itself except the Word of God and the Spirit of God.
Accreditation
The Association Free Lutheran Theological Seminary and Bible School is a member of the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), is currently in Candidate Status for two year collegiate level institution. It received candidacy status by the TRACS Accreditation Commission on October 21, 2014. This status is effective for up to a period of five years while under review by the TRACS agency. TRACS is a religious based accreditation organization focusing entirely on accrediting primarily small Christian seminaries.
As a result of this status, students are not eligible for Federal financial aid including Federal Student Loans.