Governance & Affiliation

Governance & Affiliation

Note From The President

Welcome to Bible College of Malaysia! 

This is a place where Christian ministers and leaders are trained and formed. We are so honored to be part of God’s movement in raising up Christ-like servants who fulfil the calling of God in their lives. I hope that you will catch the vision of BCM and journey along with us to expand His Kingdom. 

While there is much to be grateful for in the past six decades of BCM’s establishment, we are looking to the future as we scale our impact! Let me share four initiatives we hope to achieve in the next five years so that you can better understand BCM’s aspirations for the future. We hope to: 

  1. Expand our Impact: BCM plays a vital role in equipping church workers to be effective in their ministry. Our goal is to train more students who can meet the needs of local churches and society. Presently we have 700 students and we hope to expand to 800 in the near future. 
  2. Expand our Team: In order to provide comprehensive and robust training to our students, we need a team of faculty members with diverse expertise. Currently, we have three faculty members pursuing postgraduate studies. We plan to hire three more lecturers.
  3. Expand our Physical Facilities: The current facilities are insufficient for our current training program. We have outgrown our library and office and need a larger lecture hall for seminars and events, and accommodation for visiting students and guests lecturers. Two new buildings blocks are being constructed to meet these needs. 
  4. Sustain our Ministry: As a non-profit religious institute, BCM’s income is primarily derived from students, churches and individuals donors. We attempt to build a stronger financial buffer of at least one year via our Endowment Program to ensure the financial sustainability of the ministry. 

Come and be a part of what God is doing in and through BCM. We can achieve these goals with your help and support. 

First, consider signing up for a course with us and experience our study programs. We have different programs for equipping pastors, ministerial counselors and lay church leaders. 

Second, we invite you to support our initiatives through financial giving. The generosity of churches and individual donors has enabled us to make our study programs affordable to students. We are also in the midst of upgrading our campus, and building two new blocks will require an estimated cost of RM13 million.

Third, encourage your young leaders in the Church to be equipped. God will continue to raise Christian leaders to be salt and light in the world and to lead God’s people in the nation. We are here to support local churches, and our mission is solely to prepare lives for ministry.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May you be challenged to keep taking steps of faith in your journey with God. Let us join hands with God to fulfil our God given mission.

Accreditation

BCM received its accreditation from the Asia Theological Association (ATA) in 1989. The Diploma of Theology (English, Chinese, BM), the Bachelor of Theology (English, Chinese and BM), the Master of Ministry (English and Chinese) and the Master of Divinity (English) study programs are accredited by the Asia Theological Association.

All of BCM’s current study programs lead towards accreditation through completion of one of these four programs (see pathway below).

That means that credits can be transferred if you wish to study in any of the education institutions under the Malaysia Association of Theological Schools. This includes the following:

Governance

BCM is wholly owned by the General Council of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia. It is governed by a Board of Directors: two representatives appointed by the Executive Committee (EXCO) of the Assemblies of God Malaysia from amongst the EXCO members; one representative appointed by the EXCO and who is not an EXCO member; two appointees by the Board of Directors; and the President of the Alumni Fellowship.

Board of Directors:

Rev. Lawrence Yap

Chairman
Executive Committee Member, Assemblies of God of Malaysia

Senior Pastor, Charis Christian Centre

Rev. Dr. Victor Lee

President
Bible College of Malaysia

Rev. Wong Yin Ming

Secretary
Executive Committee Member Assemblies of God of Malaysia Senior Pastor Subang Jaya Assembly of God

Rev. Ong Bee Leng

Alumni President
BCM Alumni Fellowship

Rev. Paulus Wong

Pastor in charge,
Agape Community Center Seremban 2 (A/G)

Rev. Marcus Tan

Senior Pastor
Penang First Assembly of God (E)

Mr Rajen Devadason, CFP

Chief Executive Officer
RD WealthCreation Sdn Bhd

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Statement of Faith

Bible College of Malaysia subscribes to the Statement of Truths of the Assemblies of God summarized as follows: 

We believe:

the Bible is the inspired Word of God, the infallible rule of faith and conduct for all men.​

there is one God, eternally existent in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

in the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His visible future return to earth to rule for a thousand years.

in the rapture of the Church at Christ’s return to this earth; this is the blessed and living hope of all believers.

by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin: and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.

the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the cleansing power of the blood of Christ.

regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for personal salvation.

by Christ’s atoning death on the Cross, healing for the human body is available in answer to faith and prayer.

in the baptism in the Holy Spirit according to Acts 2:4, which may be received by all believers for effective life and service.

in the dwelling sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit which enables the Christian to live a holy life.

in the bodily resurrection of the saved and the lost, the one to everlasting life and the other to everlasting punishment.

History of Bible College of Malaysia

The Bible College of Malaysia (BCM) traces its humble roots to an American missionary couple, Delmer and Eleanor Guynes, who were sent to Malaysia to serve God in the 1950s. Initially established as the Bible Institute of Malaya, the college officially opened its doors in 1960 and in 1962, the first batch of students consisting of four men and three women became the first graduates.

As an education institution, BCM’s primary mission is to equip and provide holistic training to men and women called by God so that they may advance the gospel of our Lord effectively with their God-given gifts – in Malaysia and beyond.

In 1982, the college was renamed the Bible College of Malaysia with the introduction of the Bachelor of Theology program. Seeing the need for more lay leaders, the Certificate of Biblical Studies was introduced in 1986. As demand grew for higher-tertiary Christian studies, a suite of Master programs was introduced in 2004.

All programs were initially in English. Between 1968 and 1972, under the leadership of Rev David and Alice Nyien, certain programs were made available in Chinese. In 1980, a full-fledged Chinese faculty was established. Today, the Chinese faculty offers a full suite of programs from Bachelor to Master to Counseling programs. 

Strategically located in Malaysia, the paramount focus is to equip more local native speakers. As the need arose, Rev Peter Wong, Rev Ng Kok Kee and Rev Wendy Ching established the Bahasa Malaysia faculty in 2003. The faculty offered a Diploma of Theology and subsequently, a Bachelor of Theology. 

Our experienced and caring teaching faculty come from diverse backgrounds of ministry and missionary experience. Not only will their academic expertise stretch and deepen your biblical knowledge and thinking, but their life experience in the field provides practical application for holistic learning. See our Academic Team.

In the 60 years since its establishment, BCM has trained over 1000 ministers for Christ. Among them are 700 full-time ministers, 200 bi-vocational pastors or lay leaders in the workplace, 14 missionaries, 9 parachurch workers, 31 social concern workers and 5 evangelists. 

Tapping into the robust network and ecosystem at BCM, some alumni are itinerant preachers. Among the people trained at BCM, many of them go forth to fulfill their calling in different parts of the world; Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Japan, China, Hong Kong, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Africa, and the United Kingdom.

BCM graduates are highly regarded in the Christian community. Graduates work nationwide and overseas as church pastors, missionaries, in university ministries and para-church organizations, or return to the workforce for ministry opportunities and are more equipped to serve in the local church.