CAUTION: If you have submitted a previous Application form at any time in the past and you are submitting this one to correct some information on that Original form or to update your registration to begin over because of a lapse of time or because we requested that you do so because of a lapse of time, then you must mark this form as an "Amended form." If you fail to do so then this form will be Disallowed and you will have to resubmit it and you will not be recognized as a registered student until you do so. There will be no exceptions to this requirement because if you fail to follow this rule then you will cause a large amount of unnecessary work here at the college. Setting up a new file necessitates quite a bit of time investment in file construction. Then, when a previous file surfaces, more time is spent in reconciling the past file and the present file and having to combine them and then eliminate one of the files. In addition, the staff must then spend more time in locating and eliminating the automatic filing filters that were set up for the duplicate account.
ATTENTION- these guidelines must be followed: DO NOT use nicknames. Use only your legal name on all forms submitted to SLBC. Your academic file and all degrees issued will use the name you submit on this form. Use proper capitalization of all information. Do not use all upper-case letters or all lower-case letters. Do not use titles such as "Pastor, Reverend, Bishop, etc." in the name fields because we file alphabetically. Do not use hyphenated last names such as "Smith-Jones" because they cause filing problems. Choose which name you want to use, such as "Smith" or "Jones" and use it consistently in forms and other submissions to the college. We file alphabetically according to your last name. Exception: If your name is hyphenated on your birth certificate, Social Security card, or other legal documentation, then you may hyphenate your name on the Application form. If you do so, you will be filed under the first letter of your hyphenated last name, and your degree, when you earn it, will have your name spelled with the hyphenation. If you do not follow these guidelines then your Application will be rejected. If you do not follow these guidelines you will still receive an autoresponse welcome email telling you to continue; however, you will then receive notification that your application has been rejected and you will have to resubmit it following the guidelines exactly.
Please do not use prefixes such as: Mr., Mrs., Dr., Pastor, Reverend, Apostle, or any other type of prefix before your name. It causes filing problems.
NOTE #1: A pastor recommendation is required for all students unless they are the pastor. You will find a link to this form in the left-hand Navigation bar on any pages that have the Navigation bar. If you are not currently a member of a Church, then you are exempt from this requirement. The purpose of the form is to make sure your pastor knows and approves of the fact that you are taking courses from us.
NOTE #2: A certain number of those who submit applications to SLBC never begin classes. Due to the high volume of applications, we can only keep a dormant application on file and active for a limited period of time because it takes staff time to continue following up on the inactive applications. In addition, it is a waste of the resources over which God has made us stewards to continue following up on applications from those who have changed their mind or have dropped their intention of taking classes from us for whatever various reasons. Therefore, we have instituted a policy of only keeping applications active for a maximum of 30 days without some type of communication from or interaction with the applicant such as filing of further forms or tests. If there has been no contact with the applicant during that 30 day period, then the application will be marked inactive. If there has been no contact with the applicant during a further 60 day period, then the applicant will be dropped from the roles. If the applicant decides to continue with us and contacts us again after the 90 day period has elapsed, they will have to reapply by submitting an "Amended" Application form. In addition, they will have to submit new Sign in forms for individual class attendance and a new Testing Instructions Agreement form for their new file.. Any tests on file for incomplete courses are discarded when the student is dropped from the roles but a record of credits earned for completed courses are retained by us and placed in an archive copy of the student's file.
The only way you can submit an Application form is through the Tutorial.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS APPLICATION FORM IN THE TUTORIAL