About Us
A Word From Our Founder William Wallace Breckbill. Ph.d, D.D. (1907-1974)
Why We Need Manahath
America has fallen into great apostasy today. The altars of strange gods are being erected in her groves and in her cities, materialism, secularism and idolatry have taken over the market place. The foundations of our national life, our spiritual life, our social life and our political life are being removed. What can the righteous do?
Christian schools founded upon the Word of God ALONE are the hope of the future. With atheism and unbelief running rampant in the educational institutions of this nation, we need schools which are again going to implant in the minds of our young people the truth's of God's Word. There are forces at work in our universities and seminaries and political institutions which are seeking to bind us once again with the fetters of slavery from which we wrenched ourselves at tremendous cost. We need schools that will once again implant in the minds and hearts of young people the ideals for which our forefathers died. That they may rejoice once again in the liberties which we take for granted, freedom of speech, freedom of the press and above all the freedom to worship God according to the dictates of conscience.
We have lost the sense of respect for human rights and private property. We have lost the sense of individual initiative and individual responsibility which have made this nation great. We need schools that will instill into the minds of our young people individual responsibility that every Christian must give an account of their stewardship to God. Manahath Educational Center/ Breckbill Bible College was established with these goals in mind. Our desire is that those who will be graduating from this school will have instilled into them, a love for the Word of God, a certainty that Jesus Christ is the only Savior, a love for this country and its precious heritage, that they will walk in the old paths, that they will guard and strengthen the ancient landmarks and walk before the Lord in the paths of Righteousness for His Name sake, knowing the fullness of God's blessing and the certainty of His protection. - Written in 1957
Study on Campus
Students are still welcome to join us on our peaceful campus in the rolling hills of Southwest Virginia.
About Breckbill Bible College
Our History
Our Philosophy
Our Doctrine
Manahath Educational Center was founded in 1957 by the late Dr. W.W.Breckbill beloved pastor and founder of the Evangelical Methodist Conference. The first location of the school was at the Manahath Bible Conference in Williamsburg Pa. with only four students the school grew and later relocated at 5th Ave, in Altoona Pa. Later in 1966 the
Manahath Educational Center was founded in 1957 by the late Dr. W.W.Breckbill beloved pastor and founder of the Evangelical Methodist Conference. The first location of the school was at the Manahath Bible Conference in Williamsburg Pa. with only four students the school grew and later relocated at 5th Ave, in Altoona Pa. Later in 1966 the campus was moved to the Old Captain Jack Mansion on Juniata street in Hollidaysburg Pa. Seeking a central U.S. location, it relocated in 1996 to Virginia and was renamed Breckbill Bible College after its founder. Graduates are serving in Evangelical Methodist Churches, Independent Fundamental Churches and other denominations,throughout the USA, as well as the foreign mission field and in Christian Schools and Christian Camps
Our Doctrine
Our Philosophy
Our Doctrine
We believe in:
- Verbal Inspiration, Inerrancy and final authority of the Scriptures.
- The Bible Reveals God, the fall of man, the only way of salvation, and God's plan and purpose through the ages.
- Trinity of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- Deity and Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ
- Christ's physical resurrection from the tomb.
- Christ's pe
We believe in:
- Verbal Inspiration, Inerrancy and final authority of the Scriptures.
- The Bible Reveals God, the fall of man, the only way of salvation, and God's plan and purpose through the ages.
- Trinity of the Godhead: Father, Son and Holy Spirit
- Deity and Virgin Birth of Jesus Christ
- Christ's physical resurrection from the tomb.
- Christ's personal and pre-millenial return
- Salvation by grace alone "plus nothing"
- Everlasting conscious blessedness of the saved and everlasting conscious punishment of the lost
- Men are justified by faith alone and are accounted righteous before God only through the merit of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- We are not only saved by grace, but are also enabled by grace through faith to live a life that is pleasing and glorifying to God through the empowering of His indwelling Spirit.
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
Our Philosophy
- The distinctive interpretation of the Bible. The Bible is properly interpreted using a biblical system of Hermeneutics and the Word of God must be taught by those who have their own lives changed by its unique message.
- The education offered at Breckbill Bible College is based upon biblical presuppositions and does not in any way adhere to
- The distinctive interpretation of the Bible. The Bible is properly interpreted using a biblical system of Hermeneutics and the Word of God must be taught by those who have their own lives changed by its unique message.
- The education offered at Breckbill Bible College is based upon biblical presuppositions and does not in any way adhere to the modern evolutionary approach to the Bible and to education. Modern liberal interpretation is repudiated as unacademic and unscriptural.
- The Word of God it not only taught systematically but every student is encouraged to maintain a vital Christian experience with the God of the Word.
- God is seen as the starting point of all true knowledge and not man. In modern education man is thought of as autonomous at Breckbill Bible College—God is the center of all true knowledge, man as a sinner must be enlightened by the Holy Spirit to come to a proper understanding of the scriptures and of the God revealed in them. The curriculum is positively Bible-centered and God is given His proper place in all academic training.
AFFILIATIONS
Breckbill is owned and operated by the Evangelical Methodist Church of America. This is a separated, Bible-believing denomination, encompassing congregations from coast to coast and around the world. It also cooperates with independent Bible-believing Churches. It is associated with the American Council of Christian Churches. Breckbill therefore draws its students from a broad scope of cultures, countries, and congregations—churches which fellowship around the fundamentals of historic Christian faith.
Breckbill Bible College is operated by Manahath Educational Center Inc. and as a Theological Institution meets the requirements of the Virginia Statues for Exemption from Licensure by the Higher Education Council of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In addition Breckbill Bible College is on the list of Recognized College Programs of the Association of Christian Schools International.