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Maranatha Christian University company history timeline

1968

The first payment was made June 1, 1968, and Maranatha Baptist Bible College opened just three months later, on September 10, with 173 students and 27 faculty members.

1973

Maranatha Baptist Academy was founded in 1973 as a ministry of Maranatha Baptist University due to the vision of Doctor B. Myron Cedarholm.

1982

When funds were exhausted in December 1982, work was suspended while the congregation prayed.

In 1982, after 20 years of ministry, Maranatha Baptist Church in Villamonte, Bacolod City was ready to embark on the Christian school project.

1983

The suggestion was followed and in April 1983, the MECS granted a permit to operate the first and second year levels of the Maranatha Christian High School.

In June 1983, classes started at the unfinished Hartley-Ammons Building with 35 freshmen and 22 sophomores enrolled.

Since 1983, a total of 2,153 young Filipinos, among them Bacolod City Cong.

1986

The school was granted government recognition in 1986, three years after it was founded as a ministry of Maranatha Baptist Church.

1996

Beginning in 1996, MCA embraced “Character, Wisdom, Service” as its educational philosophy.

2005

The newest major building on campus, the Dining Complex, opened in the fall of 2005.

2006

The Global Encounters missions program began in 2006.

2013

The Board of Trustees approved the name change to Maranatha Baptist University on October 28, 2013, which led to its announcement to the faculty and staff on November 15, 2013, and to the student body in December of 2013.

2014

In March of 2014, the university’s new branding and mascot–the Sabercat–were released in a special ceremony.

In May 2014, the School of Education introduced a new online graduate program, the Master of Education in Teaching and Learning.

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