Catalog & Student Handbook
Programs, policies, admission requirements, tuition, academic guidelines, course descriptions and the Tenets of Faith and Doctrine.
Complaint procedure
The internal appeal path, response timelines, and the external agencies a student may contact if a matter is not resolved.
Accreditation status
Accrediting body, date of award, renewal basis and the degrees covered.
Accreditation
Transworld Accrediting Commission International
Transformational Bible Institute was awarded a certificate of full accreditation by the Transworld Accrediting Commission International on February 4, 2005. This accreditation is renewed annually.
TAC is an accrediting agency for non-traditional Christian schools, Bible colleges and theological seminaries. TBI received full accreditation from TAC to award the Associate, Bachelor and Master’s degrees.
Transworld Accrediting Commission International
P.O. Box 354629
Palm Coast, Florida 32135 USA
office@transworldaccrediting.com
(951) 901-5586
State of North Carolina
Exemption from licensure
Both statements below are reproduced as they appear in the TBI Catalog and Student Handbook.
Certificate and/or non-degree programs offered by Transformational Bible Institute have been declared exempt from the requirements for licensure under provisions of Article 8, §115D of the North Carolina General Statutes, for exemption with respect to religious institutions. Exemption from licensure is not based upon any assessment of program quality under established licensing standards.
Degree programs of study offered by Transformational Bible Institute have been declared by the appropriate state authority exempt from the requirements for licensure, under provisions of North Carolina General Statutes Section (G.S.) 116-15 (d) for exemption from licensure with respect to religious education. Exemption from licensure is not based upon assessment of program quality under established licensing standards.
Institutional policy
Notice of non-discriminatory policy
Transformational Bible Institute admits students of any race, color, gender, or national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities within the parameters of the TBI Christian Life; Scriptural Conduct, outlined in the TBI Tenets of Faith and Doctrine.
We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin in the administration of academic or admission policies, programs or activities.
Titles and appointments
Transformational Bible Institute does not have the authority to appoint students to positions or to award them titles in their local churches or church bodies. TBI does not guarantee that a person will be appointed to a position or awarded a title after receiving ministerial certificates or a degree. That is the jurisdiction of their pastor or church leaders.
Faculty credentials
TBI faculty members are dedicated to training individuals for God’s service. All instructors hold appropriate academic credentials, have relevant training or experience, and demonstrate the truths they teach through their lives and ministries.
For reviewers
Requesting records
Auditors, accrediting reviewers and state agencies can request institutional records, enrollment data or policy documentation directly from the Office of the Registrar.
Office of the Registrar
Transformational Bible Institute
714 Richardson Street
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
(252) 599-5272
admin@tbinstitute.info