History
In 1996 the Board of Directors of Ouachita Ministries voted to form a college; in 1999 the state of Arkansas granted Ouachita Hills College a religious exempt status and plans for the college began in earnest.
In the fall of 2000 the College first opened classes with three hundred students. Many came from the Center for Evangelistic Canvassing (CEC) in Harrah, Oklahoma, Southwestern Adventist University in Keene TX, and from Andrews University located in Michigan. The founder and primary instructor of CEC, Eugene Prewitt, joined Harriet Clark and her son Chester Clark III as administrators of the newly formed Ouachita Hills College.
In its first four years of operation its students knocked on more than 700,000 doors promoting materials to enhance physical and spiritual health. As a result of their labor more than 6,700 persons have requested Bible studies during that time.
Graduates from the first classes are now leaders in the literature evangelism work of the church in North America and Europe. These colporteurs have been partially responsible for a revival of the church's literature work in several areas. Other graduates are successful teachers on either the elementary or secondary level.
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