The Ultimate Goal of the Emmanuel Wesleyan Church is to fulfill the great commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, sharing with all mankind the good news of Salvation and scriptural holiness.
The E. H. B. C. was merged with the P. B. I. on the Port Shepstone Campus following the 1968 merger of the Pilgrim Holiness and Wesleyan Methodist Churches, to form the Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College.
Pilgrim Bible Institute at Emmanuel Mission (Mehlomnyama) S. Africa. Founded by The Pilgrim Holiness Church. (Port Shepstone, Natal, S. A.)
• Year Established: 1948 • Founding Principal: Rev. C. G. Kieth. • Subsequent Principal: Dr. Norman N. Bonner • Subsequent Principal: Rev. F. B. Gray • Subsequent Principal: Rev. Don Miller • Subsequent Principal: Rev. Robert CheneyThis Bible College became the regional training college for the entire Southern Africa Area of the Pilgrim Holiness Church, with students from the different tribal groups of South Africa, Swaziland and Zambia.
Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College at Joy Mission Campus, Eswatinin. Established in 1972 as a Regional College to serve eSwatini and Mozambique.
•History of E.W.B.C.
Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College's history dates back to 1947 when the Pilgrim Holiness Church established Pilgrim Bible Institute at Mehlomnyama near Port Shepstone, Natal.Holiness Bible Training Institute of the Reformed Baptist Church near Piet Retief is also part of the E.W.B.C. heritage. Mergers in the 1960s between the Pilgrim Holiness, Reformed Baptist, and Wesleyan Methodist Churches brought about the merger of these two institutions to form the Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College under the sponsorship of the newly formed Wesleyan Church. It was located on the Mehlomnyama Campus.
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Founding Principals: • Founding Principal: Rev. Glendon Kierstead • Subsequent Principal: Rev. William Morgan • Subsequent Principal: Rev. Eric Haywood • Subsequent Principal: Rev. Charles Sanders • Subsequent Principal: Rev. Shadrak NdlangamandlaIn 1972 the college moved to Swaziland (now Eswatini). It is currently located on a 59-hectare portion of land about 16 Kilometers south of Manzini on the Big Bens Road (MR8 Road).
Year Established: 1972
• Principal: Rev. Orai D. Lehman (1972-73) • Principal: Rev. James A. Ramsay (1973-74) • Principal: Rev. Orai D. Lehman (1974-78) • Principal: Rev. Robert Cheney (1978-82) • Principal: Rev. Naphtali P. Langa ( 1982-86) • Principal: Dr. Robert Bagley (1986-88) • Principal: Rev. Israel A. Langa • Principal: Dr. James Toga • Principal: Miss Esther Phillippe • Principal: Rev. Bekisisa Maziya • Principal: Rev. Julius Galela • Principal: Rev. Sigwili Fakudze • Principal: Rev. Randal CheneyIn 1978 The Regional Board of Administration of the Wesleyan Church of Southern Africa made the decision to merge the Emmanuel Wesleyan Bible College in Port Shepstone with the Swaziland Campus to become the training college for the entire Southern Africa Region of the Wesleyan Church.
Board of Management
Chairperson
Rev. Thabsile Thwala
Chairperson Board of Management
Vice Chairman: Dr. Galela
Dr. Edmund Mazibuko
Dr. Nomsa Nkosi
Rev Lancelot Mbokazi
Rev. S.Z Mbokazi
Rev. Dlamini
Rev. J
Staff Council
Principal:
Dean of Students: Robert Mngometulu
Administrator: Mrs. Doris Shongwe
Student Council
Chairman: Welcome Dlamini
Secretary:- Sabelo Masuku
Treasurer: Pamela Buthelezi Spehpelo
Member: Thabsile Dube
Staff
Librarian
Maintenance Supervisor: Bheki Mazibuko
Head Cook: Miss Futhi
Groundsmen: Simanga
Global Partners - Missionaries
Rev. Randal Cheney
Miss Dorcas Croft - Volunteer Missionary