Corban University
Christian university in Salem, Oregon, U.S.
Corban University is a private Christian university in Salem, Oregon, United States. There are about 1,000 full-time students enrolled on the Salem campus and 2,800 worldwide. Athletically, it is a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics competing in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
History
The institution was established in 1935 in Phoenix, Arizona, as the "Phoenix Bible Institute" by Evangelist Leland Entrekin and Roy Bancroft. The college moved in 1946 to Oakland, California, and took the name "Western Baptist Bible College", affiliated with the General Association of Regular Baptist Churches (GARBC). In 1969, the college moved to Salem, Oregon. In July 1969, the administrators paid $5,000 as a down payment for the 100-acre campus. The down payment was then adopted as the college's new address: 5000 Deer Park Drive. The transaction was personally overseen and signed by then Oregon Governor Tom McCall.
The school shortened its name to "Western Baptist College" in 1978.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5169711. VIAF identifies the subject as 157478196. The Library of Congress control number is no2006121572. Authority coordinates are 44.883, -122.959. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1935, 1946, 1969 and 1978.
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