The IBQ

The Institut biblique du Québec (IBQ) is a biblical college affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada founded in 1997, following the merger of the Institut biblique Bérée and the Collge biblique Québec, which provides theological training at the university level. This institution provides training for ministers. It is a center for the st... udy of biblical writings, Hebrew and ancient Greek, as well as Christian, Protestant, and Pentecostal theology. The IBQ has been a partner with Laval University's Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences since 2013. Following the introduction of Pentecostalism in Canada and Quebec, Pentecostal Christian communities set up institutions to train future pastors and accelerate the process of evangelization in French-speaking Canada. In 1941 the Institut biblique Bérée, the first French-speaking Pentecostal Bible College, was founded in Montreal. On the Quebec City side, Reverend Allen Bowen and Donald Martin founded the "Formation Timothé" program in 1976, which later became the Collge Biblique Québec. In January 1997, in a process of restructuring the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada, the Quebec Bible College and the Institut Biblique Bérée merged to form the Institut Biblique du Québec. Since then, the institute has had a centralized role in training and accrediting future pastors of the Protestant association. The Institut Biblique du Québec offers courses in French exclusively for Eastern Canada, run by four districts of the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada: Eastern Ontario, Western Ontario, the Quebec District and the Maritimes District. The same four districts also run another institute, Master College and Seminary, covering the same territory as the Institut Biblique du Québec, for training exclusively in English. In 2013, the IBQ became a partner with the Faculty of Theology and Religious Sciences of Laval University. As part of this partnership, the IBQ offers a microprogram, certificates and a Bachelor's degree from Université Laval on the IBQ campus. Today, ...Read More