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  • A church with a clock tower at sunset, surrounded by bushes and palm trees, and an empty parking lot in the foreground.

    2017

    Joshua Springs Calvary Chapel and Joshua Springs Bible College are given a 28,000 square-foot building.

  • The exterior of Calvary Bible Institute building with a sign, a white pickup truck parked under an arch, bushes, rocks, and a ladder leaning against the building.

    2017

    Construction begins

  • A group of young people standing and sitting in front of a large sign that reads "Calvary Bible Institute" with a logo featuring a cross inside a circle. They are smiling and appear to be part of a school or church group.

    2017

    First Class arrives

  • Two men standing together at an award ceremony, one presenting a certificate to the other, with a group of people standing behind them on a stage decorated with purple lighting and a brick wall.

    2018

    First graduation June 13, 2018 

  • A smiling middle-aged man with blonde hair and a light beard, wearing a gray T-shirt, sitting outdoors during daytime with a blurred background of people and wooden structures.

    2018

    Pastor Vlad Oplev and his wife Sveta, graduates of Joshua Springs Bible College (the predecessor to Calvary Bible Institute) in 1997, launch CBI Tbilisi in the Republic of Georgia, establishing the first international campus of Calvary Bible Institute.

  • 2018

    Ron Brown of U-Turn for Christ launches CBI Samar in the Philippines, establishing a new training campus in partnership with the ministry. 

  • Group of eight young people sitting around a wooden table, reading and studying from books, with cups and snacks on the table, in an outdoor space with brick walls and a metal roof.

    2020

    CBI Peru is launched after Jerel Hagerman and Corey Kilgus meet at the Deep South Pastors Conference. In that brief encounter, both men sensed an immediate confirmation that God was uniting their ministries. An anointed friendship was formed as they recognized that the Lord had called them to the same mission of raising up disciples around the world.

  • A group of six diverse people standing on a hilltop in a desert with rugged mountains in the background, one person holding an Israeli flag, all smiling and looking towards the same direction.

    2020

    Pastor Steve Flores launches the first Calvary Bible Institute study tour program, CBI Israel, in the Golan Heights.

  • Three men standing on a stage with a black wall background, speaking into microphones, with musical instruments and equipment behind them. One man is wearing glasses, a black jacket, and pointing, another in a beige T-shirt, and the third in a blue shirt and glasses. A large red screen on the left displays the words 'MAGERMAN' and 'Bible Institute'.

    2020

    CCBC Guatemala became CBI Guatemala, launched in Antigua under the leadership of Pastor Luis Sanches.

  • A suburban neighborhood with white houses and red roofs, trees, and parked cars in front of a hillside with sparse vegetation and a clear blue sky.

    2023

    Pastor Juan Domingo brings the beautiful 40-acre campus in Ensenada, Mexico, along with the talented and experienced pastors and leaders of CCBC Mexico, into partnership with Calvary Bible Institute.

  • Group of people gathered on a grassy lawn near the beach, some sitting, some standing, listening to a man in black shirt and brown shorts. Others have shoes off and are near rocky shoreline with people swimming in the water. Bright, sunny day with colorful flowers and buildings in the background.

    2023

    CBI Kauai becomes the second American CBI campus in 2023.

  • A waterfront promenade with vendors selling goods, people walking, cars driving, a large historic house with a red roof, and palm trees, near a body of water on a partly cloudy day.

    2024

    Founded by Pastor John Michaels in 1995, the original Calvary Chapel Training Center in Dumaguete, Philippines, now carries its legacy forward as it joins the mission of Calvary Bible Institute.

  • 2024

    CCBC Japan becomes CBI Japan. Pastor Tommy Ruis brings his campus in Ginowan, Okinawa on to the CBI Program to disciple students in English as well as in Japanese.

  • 2024

    Missionary JeJe Jejeran begins to Discipline Romanians at CBI Transylvania in Romania

  • A classroom setting with students seated at white tables, listening to a male instructor at a podium in front of a brick and wood fireplace. A large screen behind him displays the logo of CBI South, Stone Mountain, GA. The room has white walls, two windows, and a sloped ceiling with recessed lighting.

    2025

    Pastor Sandy Adams Launches CBI South in Stone Mountain Georgia.

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