G. B. I. (Grace Bible Institute) formerly known as the School of the Bible was established in the year 20oo as a help, to just a few saints who had gotten saved in the Middle East to help them study for the ministry back in their home country of the Philippines.

   They told some friends in the Philippines, who told some friends, who told some friends, and all the while G. B. I. was being offered to anyone in the states who could not for whatever reason find a good Bible College Education in their area, or they just could not afford one.

   G. B. I. has grown from those four original Filippino students, to well over  5,000 students who have enrolled and taken courses with G. B. I. 

  We presently have over 1,000 active students enrolled, and taking classes. As I am re-writting this page today, over 435 people were studying, or taking tests today on the G. B. I. website.

About the Founder: Brother Phillips

   I was saved in 1984 in Bridgeport, Michigan the weekend after my first enlistment in the U. S. ARMY ended. After a three month break in service I re-enlisted as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division and ended up doing four more years of military service. 

   I was married just before my time in the service ended, and not to long after that my wife was killed in an automobile accident four months after my first son was born. I have since remarried and have another son. I love my wife, and my two sons very much and my wonderful daughter-in-law (D.I.L).

  I attended and graduated from Midwestern Baptist College in Pontiac, Michigan and started churches in Michigan, Ohio, Southern Texas, then back in Michigan, and now I am preparing to start a new church in the Memphis, Tennesseee area.

   All the time that I have been in the ministry, I have either pastored a church, filled in as an interim, or started a church wherever we were, I would take missionary trips two to three times each year to a closed country that will remain nameless for safety reasons.

   Sometimes I would take teams for two weeks, and we would blitz cities there with the gospel, and at other times I would spend longer times filling in for pastors who had to leave the country, or to help new missionaries start new works.

  All the courses for G. B. I. have been written by me, which includes a complete commentary on all of the New Testament, and much of the Old. I am working on completing the commentary on the Old Testament in the next few years. I currently reside in Houston, Texas. 

   I am currently planting another Church in the Houston area, and estblishing a new permanent physical home for G. B. I. where students can come and study in an actual classroom environment as we have done in the past.

  We currently have numerous satelite Institutes in churches in the U.S. and around the world, and we are seeking to expand our outreach into more areas. If you would like to study, or help G. B. I. reach the world, please contact us @

test@schoolofthebible.us   

 Brother Jim Phillips