Summit Pacific College is a theological college in Abbotsford, BC, run by the BC & Yukon District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
Summit Pacific College is the theological college of the BC & Yukon District of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada. Its mission is to educate, equip and enrich Christians for Spirit-empowered ministry in the Church and in the world. The college is located at 35235 Straiton Road, Abbotsford, BC, V2S 7Z1, Canada.
The British Columbia Bible Institute opened its doors in the fall of 1941 within the facilities of Glad Tidings Tabernacle of Victoria. The founder and first President was Rev. Ernie W. Robinson. In March 2003, Western Pentecostal Bible College was renamed Summit Pacific College by an act of the British Columbia Provincial Legislature.
In March 1967, the British Columbia Provincial legislature granted the college a charter as a Theological College, with power to grant degrees in Theology, Religious Education and Sacred Music only. In the Fall semester of 2022, the college began offering two MA degrees: the MA in Youth Ministry and the MA in Theology and Spiritual Leadership. The college is a member of Christian Higher Education Canada (CHEC).
Western was awarded full accreditation in 1980. The college is accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education Commission on Accreditation, with the last reaffirmation in 2021 for 10 years. The college was granted the British Columbia Education Quality Assurance designation by the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills in December 2015.
The present campus site was acquired in 1971, and the college took occupation of new campus construction in the fall of 1974. The Lorne Philip Hudson Memorial Library was built in 1988. Listed facilities include a dormitory, chapel auditorium, chapel downstairs classroom, academic building classrooms, and a cafeteria.
Admission routes include the standard application for high school graduates, individual assessment for applicants without completed high school, and advanced standing and transfer admission. International students must demonstrate English proficiency, and former students may apply for re-admission.