From SHBI’s President, G.B. “B.” Shelburne

SHBI does not charge tuition.

We want to make serious Bible courses available to many people who might be unable to afford normal tuition. We do accept donations but do not require them for attendance. We do ask students to donate our cost for textbooks used in some classroom courses. And we charge a small materials fee in our classroom courses to offset the cost of handouts. If a student cannot afford the materials fee, it is covered by a scholarship.

When my father, the late G.B. Shelburne, Jr., founded the Bible Institute in 1946, his great dream was to provide daily Bible teaching to all comers free of charge. Through the years, in our struggle to finance this ministry, we have occasionally wondered if we should abandon that dream and begin charging tuition. But the longer we operate, and the more we see the gratitude of people for an opportunity they could not otherwise afford, the more we know Brother Shelburne had the right dream.

When the directors asked me to lead the Institute at my father’s retirement, I told them my gift was teaching, not fundraising. And so it has been. I hope that as the Institute teaches effectively, people will see this and want to support it. Many times we have not known where the funds would come from, but God has always been faithful.

SHBI is financed by gifts from Christians and congregations in many places who believe in making Bible courses available to more people. It is also financed by earnings from a Permanent Endowment Fund. We are seriously in need of more current contributions to meet our operating budget as well as contributions to build our Endowment Fund. All contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

All contributions will be acknowledged. If you believe in what we are doing and would like to benefit our Endowment Fund or our Operating Fund with a contribution, estate gift, foundation grant, etc., contact me at bshelburne@shbi.org or call 281-990-8899 or write me at 14325 Crescent Landing Dr, Houston, TX 77062-2178.

Your contribution to the Endowment Fund can go on working to spread God's word long after your earthly life is over.

Checks for the regular operating fund should be made to “South Houston Bible Institute” and sent to SHBI at 14325 Crescent Landing Dr, Houston, TX 77062-2178. Checks for the Endowment Fund should be made to “HBTW Permanent Endowment Fund” and sent to the same address.