Pensacola Christian College (PCC) is an unaccredited, fundamentalist, Independent Baptist college in Pensacola, Florida, founded in 1974 by Arlin Horton.
Dr. Arlin and Beka Horton moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1952 to found a Christian grade school. That school, Pensacola Christian School, opened in 1954.
In 1974, the Hortons opened Pensacola Christian College to further their vision of "Education from a Christian Perspective." The school's 4,00...
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Pensacola Christian College (PCC) is an unaccredited, fundamentalist, Independent Baptist college in Pensacola, Florida, founded in 1974 by Arlin Horton.
Dr. Arlin and Beka Horton moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1952 to found a Christian grade school. That school, Pensacola Christian School, opened in 1954.
In 1974, the Hortons opened Pensacola Christian College to further their vision of "Education from a Christian Perspective." The school's 4,000+ undergraduate students represent all fifty of the United States and over sixty other nations. Pensacola Theological Seminary, an extension of PCC's graduate school, was founded in 1998.
The school is also an active proponent of traditional, Christian education; their in-house publisher, A Beka Book (named after Horton's wife, Beka), provides a K-12 curriculum that is used by traditional Christian schools and homeschooling families. It has become one of the largest Christian textbook publishers in America.
In 2005 more than 3,500 delegates...
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