general

ulf Coast Bible Institute is a ministry of Gulf Coast Baptist Church in Fort
Walton Beach, Florida. The church was founded in 1980 by Dr. M. H. Tabb
and Dr. James E. Wagner. The Bible Institute came into existence in 1987 to
help train local preachers. The first graduation service was held in 1991.
There were five men graduating that first year (pictured above with their
wives). Today, three of them are in full time Christian service and all of them
are still serving the Lord in the local church.

GCBI has seen steady growth over the past 14 years. The school curriculum,
in whole or in part, is being used in the United States and these countries by
missionaries, local churches, students and others:

ulf Coast Bible Institute is not accredited by any accrediting agency. Our
sanction for existence is the King James Bible (AV1611). We know of no
agency that accepts the King James Bible as the absolute authority in all
matters. Hence, there is no agency available to approve our objectives and
methodology. Further more, we feel accreditation is nothing more than a
money game with education. Almost all public schools are accredited yet
they still turn out illiterate students, even from the so-called accredited
schools. Accreditation has nothing to do with a quality education.

ulf Coast Bible Institute exists to:

(1) Bring honor and glory to the Lord Jesus Christ.

(2) Train men to teach and preach the Word of God. (AV1611)

(3) Help Christians fulfill II Timothy 2:15.

(4) Provide an organized means for those who wish to "grow in grace, and
in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ" (II Peter 3:18), and
to "go on unto perfection" (Hebrews 6:1).

GCBI is not a "diploma mill." The student WILL learn the Word of God
and those things which are pertinent to living the Christian life today. He will
be equipped to effectively fulfill God's purpose and call in his life. He will
develop the wherewithal to discern between "good and evil" (Hebrews 5:14)
and between "the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error" (I John 4:6).
Recognition of false religions, cults, and 'isms will be no problem for the
student who has diligently applied himself to his studies.

ulf Coast Bible Institute is a premillennial, fundamental ministry. We believe
and teach: the Trinity, the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth,
sinless life, vicarious death, and bodily resurrection; the blood atonement;
salvation by grace alone; eternal security of the believer; the autonomous
local church; the great commission; the everlasting blessedness of the saved
and the everlasting punishment of the lost; the divinely plenary verbally
inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God; the divinely preserved Word of
God, the Reformation Text (Textus-Receptus) and the King James Bible
(AV1611). We are independent, baptistic, and non-charismatic.