History
Dr. Arlin and Beka Horton graduated from Bob Jones University in 1951, and moved to Pensacola, Florida in 1952 to found a Christian grade school. That school, Pensacola Christian Grade School, opened in 1954.
In 1974, the Hortons opened Pensacola Christian College to further their vision of "Education from a Christian Perspective." Pensacola Theological Seminary, an extension of PCC's graduate school, was founded in 1998.
The school's 4,000+ student body students represent all 50 states and over 60 nations.
The school is an active proponent of traditional Christian education; their in-house publisher, A Beka Book (named after Horton's wife, Beka), provides a K-12 curriculum that is used by some traditional Christian schools and homeschooling families. It has become one of the largest Christian textbook publishers in America.
In 2005 more than 3,500 delegates attended practical clinics and seminars sponsored by the college. The Principal's Clinic provides administrators and teachers with materials, methods, and principles for starting and building a traditional Christian school. They also hold a Summer Seminar that provides faculty and administrators with an in-depth orientation into their perspective on how a Christian school should be operated.
In February 2012, Dr. Arlin Horton announced that he would be retiring from the ministry after the May 2012 school year. The school's board voted unanimously to install Dr. Troy Shoemaker as president of the college.
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