Closed: Judson Baptist College

 

Closed/Changed hands: Judson Baptist College

9150 NE Fremont Street

Portland, Oregon  97220

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Drivers on Interstate 205 may notice a pair of white domes atop the Rocky Butte. The "Domes on the Rocky Butte" was completed in 1991 to be the home of the Bible Temple, a Pentecostal megachurch founded in 1951. The church, later changing its name to City Bible Church in 1998 and then again to Mannahouse Church in 2018, also operates the K-12 Mannahouse Christian Academy and the Portland Bible College, in addition to having four church locations.

The Portland Bible College campus was constructed in 1931, and it was once home to Judson Baptist College. 

Judson was founded in 1956, initially as a two-year college conferring associate degrees, and since 1978, a four-year college with bachelor's programs. The college was affiliated with the Conservative Baptist Association (now known as the Venture Church Network), the same organization that runs the Western Seminary at Mt. Tabor.

Judson Baptist College's student body grew, and in 1980, it purchased an old state psychiatric institution called Columbia Park Hospital and Training School in The Dalles (closed and vacated in 1977) and relocated there. However, the college immediately got itself into financial trouble, and it closed permanently in 1985. The old The Dalles campus became Columbia Gorge Community College.

Portland Bible College moved into the Rocky Butte campus in 1980, while the church moved into the new dome in 1991.

Notes

• Kadera, J. (1994). Church's expansion plan put on hold. The Oregonian (1994, Jul 19), page B02.
• Ryan, D. & Wilson, S. (1975). From here to there by bicycle. The Gallery. https://gallery.multcolib.org/image/here-there-bicycle 
• Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health (n.d.). Columbia Park Hospital and Training Center, 1959-1977. https://oshmuseum.org/columbia-park-hospital-and-training-center-1959-1977/  
• Judson Legacy Project (n.d.). 1956-1985 - Judson Baptist College. https://thejudsonlegacyproject.com/1956-1985-judson-baptist-college-portland-the-dalles-oregon-or/ 
• Everybody Wiki (2023). Judson Baptist College. https://en.everybodywiki.com/Judson_Baptist_College
• Asplund, L. (2009). The story of City Bible Church. Transformers the Stories (2009, Mar 25). https://transformersthestories.blogspot.com/2009/03/story-of-city-bible-church.html
• City of Portland (n.d.). PortlandMaps: 9200 NE Fremont St. PortlandMaps.com. https://www.portlandmaps.com/detail/property/9200-NE-FREMONT-ST/R318429_did/
• Monolithic (2000?). City Bible Church. Monolithic. https://www.monolithic.org/featured/featured-churches/city-bible-church