Parkersburg Bible College was founded in 1985 by Dr. Joe Nelson out of a burden for Christian Education. The purpose of PBC is to train Christian leadership who will be influential in their church ministries.

From 1985 to 1989 the college was located south of downtown Parkersburg. In 1989 the college moved to its present campus in north Parkersburg. Over the years PBC has grown in its facilities, its resources, its branches and its alumni.

PBC is now placing teachers in the hands of foreign missionary workers. The material has been prepared in a workable manner that students receive day-to-day lessons that will work into a completed course unit of studies.

We now have missionaries using our material in West Germany, and in Russia under the direction of Missionary Mark Stumbo.

Our Systematic branches have grown to a total of twenty branches. These include branches in the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Canada, England and around the United States.