The mission of Patten Educational Foundation is to provide a high quality education that integrates growing faith and quality learning to inspire and equip men and women to serve and effect holistic community and global transformation. The Foundation offers programs in Biblical Studies, Judeo-Christian ethics, Church and Parachurch Leadership, and service learning. Patten Educational Foundation’s primary purpose is to provide leadership training to men and women who desire to establish (plant) churches and serve in Christian ministries. Its instructional scope is based on the beliefs, practices, needs, and organizational structure of the Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee and the Christian Evangelical Churches of America.
The Foundation strives to serve students from a broad range of ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In order to meet the needs of students in other geographical areas, consistent with its global vision, the Foundation is committed to offering certificate programs through online learning.
Patten Educational Foundation is dedicated to recruiting and retaining faculty and staff who are committed to mentoring and coaching; demonstrate integrity through scholarship, institutional improvement, and service to the larger community; and employ innovative technologies and teaching methods that meet the needs of 21st century learners.
In its recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff, Patten Educational Foundation maintains openness to all qualified persons and encourages academic freedom and diversity within the context of its core values of learning, faith and community. The Foundation desires that students will experience God’s presence, be enriched by God’s Word, and empowered by God’s Spirit.
The Foundation strives to serve students from a broad range of ethnic, geographic, and socioeconomic backgrounds. In order to meet the needs of students in other geographical areas, consistent with its global vision, the Foundation is committed to offering certificate programs through online learning.
Patten Educational Foundation is dedicated to recruiting and retaining faculty and staff who are committed to mentoring and coaching; demonstrate integrity through scholarship, institutional improvement, and service to the larger community; and employ innovative technologies and teaching methods that meet the needs of 21st century learners.
In its recruitment and retention of students, faculty, and staff, Patten Educational Foundation maintains openness to all qualified persons and encourages academic freedom and diversity within the context of its core values of learning, faith and community. The Foundation desires that students will experience God’s presence, be enriched by God’s Word, and empowered by God’s Spirit.
In 1944, Dr. Bebe Patten and her husband, C. Thomas Patten, conducted evangelistic services in the Bay Area that continued for nineteen weeks. Thousands of people filled the Oakland Auditorium Arena (now the Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center) seeking purpose and meaning for their lives. Several hundred answered a call to active Christian service. Because of this response, Dr. Patten founded the Oakland Bible Institute as a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. The school became a college in the early 1960’s, and later obtained accreditation from the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (now WSCUC). From 2012 to 2020, Patten University expanded its online programs, and in 2020, Patten University was absorbed by Patten Educational Foundation. Patten Educational Foundation operates the the legacy campus of Patten University and is the educational ministry of the Christian Evangelical Churches of America. It is owned, controlled, and operated by the Christian Evangelical Churches of America, Inc. (CECA), a 501(c)(3) corporation.
Recognized as a “Church of God Institution,” Patten Educational Foundation provides programs to further the ministry and the work of the Church of God in the West. This work builds on the significance and histories of other institutions as well – most importantly, the West Coast Christian College, which trained hundreds of men and women in Christ-centered leadership in Fresno, California until its close in 1992. Because of Patten’s deep partnership with the Church of God, California/Nevada and West Coast Christian College, Patten Educational Foundation now reflects the broader, merged histories of both Patten University and West Coast Christian College.
Throughout its history, the Patten has continued to fulfill the founding mission of preparing men and women for Christian ministries.
Recognized as a “Church of God Institution,” Patten Educational Foundation provides programs to further the ministry and the work of the Church of God in the West. This work builds on the significance and histories of other institutions as well – most importantly, the West Coast Christian College, which trained hundreds of men and women in Christ-centered leadership in Fresno, California until its close in 1992. Because of Patten’s deep partnership with the Church of God, California/Nevada and West Coast Christian College, Patten Educational Foundation now reflects the broader, merged histories of both Patten University and West Coast Christian College.
Throughout its history, the Patten has continued to fulfill the founding mission of preparing men and women for Christian ministries.
We Believe:
We believe that the Old and New Testaments were divinely inspired by God and reveal His will for the salvation of the world.
We believe in the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, eternally coexistent personalities of the same essence, yet separate individuals with different office works.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who accept Him as Savior and Lord are justified by His blood. He arose from the dead and is now with the Father as our High Priest. He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace. His coming is imminent and will be personal, visible and premillennial.
We believe that man and woman were originally created in the image and likeness of God but that they fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All individuals are born with a sinful nature, are separated from fellowship with God, but can be reconciled to God through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in sanctification as a setting apart of the believer for the Master’s service, and in the infilling or Baptism of the Holy Spirit which empowers individuals for holy living and effective Christian service. We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit in the Church as recorded in 1 Corinthians, Chapters 12, 13, and 14.
We believe that the Church consists of all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed by His blood and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which He has commissioned to go and teach all nations. The Church is not identified with any one denomination or movement.
We believe that the local Church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for worship, for edification through the Word, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the Gospel, and observance of the ordinances of baptism by immersion, and the communion of the Lord’s Supper.
We believe that there will be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a resurrection unto condemnation.
We believe that the Old and New Testaments were divinely inspired by God and reveal His will for the salvation of the world.
We believe in the Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, eternally coexistent personalities of the same essence, yet separate individuals with different office works.
We believe that Jesus Christ is the divine Son of God, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. He died as a substitutionary sacrifice, and all who accept Him as Savior and Lord are justified by His blood. He arose from the dead and is now with the Father as our High Priest. He will come again to establish His Kingdom of righteousness and peace. His coming is imminent and will be personal, visible and premillennial.
We believe that man and woman were originally created in the image and likeness of God but that they fell through disobedience, incurring thereby both physical and spiritual death. All individuals are born with a sinful nature, are separated from fellowship with God, but can be reconciled to God through the atoning work of the Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in sanctification as a setting apart of the believer for the Master’s service, and in the infilling or Baptism of the Holy Spirit which empowers individuals for holy living and effective Christian service. We believe in the operation of the gifts of the Spirit in the Church as recorded in 1 Corinthians, Chapters 12, 13, and 14.
We believe that the Church consists of all who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, are redeemed by His blood and are born again of the Holy Spirit. Christ is the Head of the Body, the Church, which He has commissioned to go and teach all nations. The Church is not identified with any one denomination or movement.
We believe that the local Church is a body of believers in Christ who are joined together for worship, for edification through the Word, for prayer, fellowship, the proclamation of the Gospel, and observance of the ordinances of baptism by immersion, and the communion of the Lord’s Supper.
We believe that there will be a bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust; for the former, a resurrection unto life; for the latter, a resurrection unto condemnation.
Pursuant to the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, Patten Educational Foundation qualifies for the religious exemption status per the California Education Code section 94874(e). The Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education makes no evaluation of the administration, faculty, business practices, financial condition or quality of the offerings by this institution. Any person desiring information about the requirements of the act may contact the Bureau at PO Box 980818, West Sacramento, CA, 95798-0818 or use the website: www.bppe.ca.gov.
Patten Educational Foundation is not accredited.
Patten Educational Foundation is not accredited.