About FIBAT

Our History

FIBAT was started in 2011 by local leaders, local pastors, and Baptist Mid-Missions personnel who all had a vision of training leaders in the Word of God. This Central African team came together and invited Dr. John Dannenberg and Paula Dannenberg to join them in making the school a reality.

Classes began on the BMM station in downtown Bangui with missionaries loaning some of their facilities. The following year a women’s department was formed, and a 22-acre piece of property was purchased as a future campus.

In 2015, FIBAT gained government recognition and began to work towards implementing the LMD European educational standards.

The first graduating class was in 2016. Unfortunately, political turmoil made it unsafe to begin the development of the 22 acre property until 2017 when President Touadéra of C.A.R. laid the first cornerstone.

In 2018, FIBAT also began an evening school program geared towards professionals who are already working in their respective fields.

Timeline

  • 2011. Classes begin with 10 students. Tuition is set at around $1,500/couple/year.
  • 2012. A women’s department was added with eight women matriculating. Room was also made for a library. A 22-acre property was purchased on the outskirts of Bangui to serve as a future campus. Building plans were drafted, & plans made to start construction in 2013.
  • 2013. Military conflict in the country put campus development plans on hold. Despite the political turmoil, the new school year began with a freshman class of six men and three women.
  • 2015. FIBAT is accredited by the Department of Education as a degree granting institution on the European LMD standard. (FIBAT became only the fourth school in the nation to gain this recognition!)
  • 2016. The first graduation--eight men and seven women receiving recognition.
  • 2017. Groundbreaking on the 22-acre FIBAT campus property, with President Touadera, the President of the Republic, laying the ceremonial cornerstone.
  • 2018. Construction of the first duplex on the campus property
  • 2020. Construction of the second duplex