Calgary Prophetic
Bible Institute

First CPBI Executive Committee Members
Good Friday, April 15th, 1927
See Separate Page for Enlarged Photo with Names
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The fundraising for a permanent Bible School was commenced as soon as William Aberhart hit the airwaves in 1925 on CFCN Calgary. In two years, his radio listeners by buying a brick, roof beam, etc had enabled the Prophetic Movement Board to pay for the $65,000 needed to construct the Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute at
516 - 8 Ave W.
His Radio program and the Westbourne Baptist Church he was an elder in, all moved into the building in the fall of 1927 when the first year of the Institute as the Calgary Prophetic Bible Movement changed into the Bible Institute.

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Cribbing from West Side On 516 - 8th Ave West
Notice the Green Lantern Restaurant on the East Side


Finished Building with Sign, note Used Car Lot on Left (west) Green Lantern Restaurant on right.(east)
Aberhart's Office was at the front lower left window.



Front of Sanctuary, Note Baptimal Tank Above


William Aberhart at his Bible Institure Office
Earlier Times

Later Times
See Above Outside Picture for Office Location
within the building.

Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute Board ca. 1930
William Aberhart, B.A. - President / Rev. Dr. Imrie, B.A. Vice-President
F. Hertzsprung -Literature Steward / Dr. W.P. Harvey - Tract Steward/
Charles Pearce - Treasurer / Fred Battisto / George Walker

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In the original first class, a certain Saskatchewan farm boy converted by Aberhart's preaching over a crystal radio set he had orderd by mail - 17 year old Ernest C. Manning.

Ernest C. Manning from Saskatchewan
became the Bible Institute's first graduate
and then Institute Secretary serving
Mr. Aberhart. Later to become Premier Of
Alberta after William Aberhart's death..
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Calgary Prophetic Bible Institute Staff ca. 1930
Front Row: Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Mary Preston (Muriel's
Mother teaching English) Miss Landymore, Miss MacIntosh
Back Row: Dr. Harvey, Dr. Imrie, Dean Aberhart, Ernest Manning
(this is Ernest about a year after graduating as the Institute's first graduate)


Students Assemble Downstairs - Likely For Daily Chapel

Student Body in Early Days, n.d.

From the Platform - AB. Memorial Service May 30rd, 1943



Ernest & Muriel Manning with Prophetic Institute Management? After Aberhart era. nd

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Wide Shot of the Lot in the late sixties?

Final Hours of the Cradle of Social Credit
Demolition of Building in 1975?

Dedication Of Eaton's 8th Ave SW
Memorial Plaque - Aug. 1976
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Display Remains On Eighth Avenue Window
in the 2009 Renovation of the Holt Renfrew Store