Mission
Statement
"Philippine College of Ministry serves the church in fulfilling
the Great Commission by training Christians to be servant leaders
who effectively communicate God's word in faith and practice
for the growth of Christ's church and for his glory."
Accreditation
Philippine College of Ministry is a member of the Association
for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA) and
we expect to be fully accredited in the near future. Visit
the ATESEA website at: http://www.atesea.org.
It
is our goal to apply for recognition by the Philippine Commission
on Higher Education (CHED) and we are currently taking steps
toward meeting all of CHED's requirements. After we receive
accreditation from CHED, our goal is to add an Education concentration
to our degree program.
Degrees
and Curriculum
Degree programs at Philippine College of Ministry include:
- The
Christian Worker's Certificate - a 38 unit program for
those wishing to prepare rapidly to serve as volunteer workers
or church planters in remote areas.
- The
Associate of Science - a two-year program training church
workers for rural areas. This 64 unit program includes Bible
concentration and allows the student a second concentration
in Christian Ministry, Christian Education or Music.
- The
Bachelor of Science - a four-year program training church
workers for Christian ministry in any location. This 128
unit program provides Bible foundations and allows the student
to choose from three degree concentrations: Christian Ministry,
Christian Education or Music and provides practical training
for ministries of preaching, teaching, youth ministries,
children's ministries or music.
- The
Bachelor of Arts - a four year program similar to the
Bachelor of Science but containing two years (four semesters)
of Biblical language (two years of koine Greek or two years
of Hebrew or one year each of Greek and Hebrew). The student
may elect either the Christian Ministry, Christian Education
or Music concentration.
The Bachelor of Arts program is also designed to prepare
men and women for further training on the graduate level.
Philippine College of Ministry is a partner in the MBS Graduate
School in Manila, which offers the Master of Ministry degree.
Faculty
Our faculty is comprised of about half Filipinos and half
American missionaries. Each faculty member is expected to
be an expert in his or her field of instruction, and each
faculty member is expected to continually be adding to and
updating his or her education. If they have a Bachelor's degree,
PCM will help them get their Master's degree. If they have
their Master's degree, PCM encourages them to get their doctorate.
Once they have their doctorate, they are expected to be constantly
reading and writing-learning from and contributing to journals,
periodicals, and books.
Learning
Resources
The PCM library offers students more than 14,000 books for
their use in research. Our library has space for 20,000 volumes,
and we are actively increasing the number of books.
Our
computer lab has ten computers for the student's use (Pentium
III, 800MHz). In their first year at PCM, all students must
take computer courses where they learn how to type and learn
basic computer programs, such as Microsoft Word and Microsoft
Excel. By their second year, all students are expected to
submit computer-printed papers in all classes.
Campus
PCM is located in beautiful, cool Baguio City. Our new campus
is on the side of a majestic mountain valley with beautiful
views. It is a very spacious and comfortable campus with men's
and women's dormitories, a library building, classroom building,
kitchen, offices, and a chapel. There is also generous open
space, a full-sized basketball court, and plans for a weight
room.
Students
Our students come from all over the Philippines. In the 2006-2007
academic year, we had students from Baguio City, Pangasinan,
Isabella, Nueva Ecija, Abra, Cagayan, Metro Manila, Cotabato
City, and the country of Myanmar. PCM has also trained students
from Korea and the United States. PCM has a total of 52 students
this year, which gives us a 8.6 to 1 student/professor ratio.
That means a lot of individual attention and thus a better
education.
Alumni
PCM alumni are serving Christ. More than 95% of our graduates
are serving in local churches and para-church ministries as
pastors, teachers, leaders, campus ministers, church planters,
and college administrators. One alumnus is serving as a missionary
to another Southeast Asian nation.
History
of Philippine College of Ministry
In 1991, the missionaries of Philippine Christian Mission
Baguio Team began plans for establishing a Bible college in
Baguio City. The team had discovered that there were not enough
trained Filipino leaders for the churches being established
in the western cordillera mountains of Northern Luzon.
Dennis
McKinney invited Samson Lubag to conduct a feasibility study
for the college. The idea of a new college was promoted during
the 1991 National Convention of the Churches of Christ in
the Philippines. It was decided that the college would focus
its efforts on training pastors for ministry in local churches.
This led to the choice of a name for the college: Philippine
College of Ministry (PCM).
On
June 12, 1992, PCM was opened in a three-story building at
140 T. Alonzo St., Baguio City. There were twelve students
(eight full-time, four part-time). The faculty consisted of
Samson Lubag and five American missionaries. The first floor
of the building held the Business Office, the second floor
served as the dormitory, and the third floor held the library
and classroom. The furniture and equipment consisted of a
piano, three manual typewriters, a large chalkboard, and a
ping pong table with benches for the classroom.
The
first attempt at establishing a Board of Trustees was unsuccessful,
so the college was governed by President Samson Lubag and
missionaries Dennis McKinney and Mike Carman, who also served
as the first Academic Dean. In 1993, PCM was accredited by
the now-defunct International Theological Accreditation Center.
In
1993, the college moved to its present location in Camp 7,
Kennon Road, the former Ruff Hause Hotel, about five kilometers
from the center of Baguio. The new building afforded relatively
spacious accommodations for classes, dormitories, and office
space. Within a few years, however, it was clear that PCM
would soon outgrow the Camp 7 campus as well.
In
1997, Dennis McKinney and Samson Lubag invited Dr. James Huckaba
and his wife, Linda, to join the college effort. They arrived
in Baguio in September of 1998. Dr. Huckaba began serving
as Academic Dean and professor of Greek and Homiletics. Linda
has been the PCM Business Administrator, Registrar, and part-time
Instructor since their arrival.
On
December 21, 1999, PCM founder Dennis McKinney died. Hundreds
of people came from all over the Philippines and America to
honor his life and mourn his death. Dennis' widow, Lorrita
McKinney, established the Dennis McKinney Memorial Building
Fund with the goal of raising enough money to purchase land
for a permanent campus. This goal was foremost in Dennis'
heart when he died. $140,000USD was given in memory of Dennis
and the search for land began.
In
December of 2002, PCM purchased 7,500 square meters of land
in LamTang, La Trinidad. Construction began in September of
2004 and in July of 2005 the new campus was occupied for the
beginning of the new academic year. The new campus has spacious
classroom and dormitory space for up to 80 students.
Other
significant milestones in the history of Philippine College
of Ministry include: 1994-95, enrollment of twenty-four; 1996-97,
enrollment of twenty eight; 1998-99, enrollment of forty-four;
October, 1998, standardization of degree programs; December,
1998, first official catalog; January, 1999, major expansion
of the library; March, 1999, Alumni Association established;
June, 1999, Music concentration added; June, 1999, computer
lab and courses added; November 1999, registration with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); November, 1999,
recognition as a college by the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED); November, 1999, 2000-01, enrollment of 58; Board of
Trustees established; December, 2000, recognition by the Association
for Theological Education in South East Asia (ATESEA); cafeteria
and meal program added, June, 2001; occupation of the new
campus in Lamtang, La Trinidad, July, 2005.
The dedicated efforts of Filipino and American Christians have been used by God to establish a fine institution of higher education in Baguio City. Enrollment during the 2010-2011 academic year was 47. The library has more than 7,000 titles and six computers for student use. Six degree programs, Bachelors of Arts and Bachelors of Science in Christian Ministry, Christian Education, and Music, prepare PCM graduates for the real world of life, ministry, and service in God's Kingdom .
PCM
is constantly growing and improving, but the mission remains
the same: "Philippine College of Ministry serves the
church in fulfilling the Great Commission by training Christians
to be servant leaders who effectively communicate God's Word
in faith and practice for the growth of Christ's church and
for his glory."
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