A Brief History of NEBC
Through out his life, God was guiding Dr. Mark Ballard toward the eventual founding of Northeastern Baptist College
Mark H. Ballard, Chancellor and founding president of Northeastern Baptist College, has been on God’s mission since his childhood years in Colorado. His family’s faith, his academic training, and his experience as pastor and church planter have combined to form a man of faith, vision, and unyielding determination to follow God’s call to whatever and wherever that call may take him.
Ballard moved to New England in 1998, and took his first steps towards starting the college. On May 31, 2010, he resigned his position as pastor of a local church and turned his focus and energy toward establishing a Baptist college in New England. Within three years, Northeastern Baptist College was established, and students were starting their college coursework.
The college’s board of trustees inaugurated Ballard as
the first President of Northeastern Baptist College on October 28, 2013.
NORTHEASTERN BAPTIST COLLEGE OPENS
By August 2013, the final preparations were complete to launch the College. In addition to seeing Dr. Ballard’s vision of starting the College in New England become a reality with the first students attending classes, Ballard’s inauguration as the first President of Northeastern Baptist will remain a preeminent and historic moment in the existence of the College and the lives of those who were a part of this much anticipated and celebrated occasion.