Association Free Lutheran Bible School and Seminary 1215329 220183474 2008-06-18T17:44:01Z Smith03 12429 deans for the sem {{Infobox_Company | company_type = Public| company_name = Association Free Lutheran Bible School | company_logo = [[Image:AFLBS logo.png|200px]] | foundation = [[1966]] in [[Plymouth, Minnesota]]| location = [[Plymouth, Minnesota|Plymouth, MN]]<ref name=Contact_Us>{{cite web |url=http://www.aflbs.org/Contact-Us.html|title=AFLBS Contact Information|accessdate=2008-02-23 |publisher=AFLBS}}</ref> | key_people = Pastor Joel Rolf, Dean| industry = [[Education]] | tuition = $8060/year <ref name=Overview>{{cite web |url=http://www.aflbs.org/About-AFLBS/AFLBS-Overview.html|title=AFLBS Overview|accessdate=2008-02-23|publisher=AFLBS}}</ref> | homepage = http://www.aflbs.org/ }} '''Association Free Lutheran Bible School''' and the '''Association of Free Lutheran Theological Seminary''' are located in [[Plymouth, Minnesota]] at the national offices of the [[Association of Free Lutheran Congregations]]. ==Bible School== AFLBS is a two year post high school institution. It was established in [[1966]] by the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations. AFLC church founders sought to establish education for young [[Christians]] in the [[Bible]] before college, in efforts to help believers to "win, build and equip". Currently the enrollment is approximately 120 students. AFLBS students have attended from outside of the [[United States]] including [[Latvia]], [[Russia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]], [[Ecuador]], and [[Brazil]]. The Bible school is a members of the [[Association of Christian College Athletics]] (ACCA). '''The Bible School has five purposes:''' # To teach students in the assurance of personal salvation in [[Jesus]] through the study of the Bible. # To encourage students to embrace the Word for their every question. # To challenge students to seek God's will by studying His Word. # To equip students to serve in free and living congregations. ====Deans of the AFLBS==== {| class="wikitable" !Name !Term |- |John Strand |1966-1967 |- |Richard Snipstead |1968-1974 |- |Ken Moland |1975-1984 |- |Donald Greven |1985-1996 |- |James L. Johnson |1996-2006 |- |Joel Rolf |2006- |} ==Seminary== The Association of Free Lutheran Congregations established a theological seminary committed to historic Lutheran theology. The seminary opened in September [[1964]]. The Free Lutheran Seminary only admits men into the school. Student attended seminary classes for 3 years. The fourth year is an internship at one of the AFLC churches. As an institution of the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, the Seminary believes and teaches that: The [[Bible]] is the divinely inspired, revealed, inerrant, and authoritative Word of [[God]] and as such is trustworthy in all its parts and is the supreme and only rule of faith and practice. The [[Apostles' Creed]], [[Nicene Creed]], [[Athanasian Creed]], the Unaltered [[Augsburg Confession]], and [[Luther's Small Catechism]] are faithful expositions of the truths of Scripture. The local congregation is the right form of the Kingdom of God on earth. It teaches there is no authority above itself except the Word of God and the Spirit of God. ====Deans of the AFLTS==== {| class="wikitable" !Name !Term |- | Dr. Iver B. Olson |1965-1971 |- |Rev. Amos O. Dyrud | 1971-1981 |- |Dr. Francis W. Monseth |1981- |} ==Criticism== * The school is non-accredited. ==References== <references /> ==External links== *[http://www.flbs.org/ AFLBS Official Website] *[http://aflc.org/AFLTS/aflts.html AFLTS Official Website] {{coor title dms|45|00|55.5|N|93|25|04.6|W|type:landmark_region:US-MN}} [[Category:Lutheran seminaries]] [[Category:Seminaries and theological colleges in the United States]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Minnesota]] [[Category:Bible colleges]]