Alma White College

In June 1917 an elderly German professor came to Zarephath, the headquarters of the Pillar of Fire, and offered to teach college level classes. Several other classes were organized around a standard college curriculum. At that time, the Pillar of Fire was publishing the pro-KKK monthly periodical The Good Citizen. In 1927 the college conferred its first Doctor of Divinity degree. The buildings suffered heavy damage in 1971, 1999, and 2011 from flooding on the Delaware and Raritan Canal and the Millstone River. After the closing of the college, the Pillar of Fire continued to operate Zarephath Bible Institute [ZBI], which historically had operated on the campus. In early 2001, on the same campus, the Pillar of Fire founded Somerset Christian College. Following the flooding caused by Hurricane Irene in 2011, the Zarephath campus buildings have been condemned, and all classes meet at Stonecrest Church in Warren, New Jersey. ==Administration==

• Arthur Kent White was president from 1921 to 1971. • Gertrude Metlen Wolfram (1888–1959) was the dean of the college. ==Notable and noteworthy graduates==

• Arthur Kent White honorary D.D. (1927) • Donald Justin Wolfram, B.A. • Robert Barney Dallenbach, B.A. • Joseph Gross, current general superintendent, Pillar of Fire International • Johannes Maas (B.A. 1958), president of Worldwide Faith Missions • John Gross, former president, WEC International • James P. Butler class of 1971. Retired after 38 years as a Team Leader with the N.J. Superior Court Criminal Division. Earned a master's degree from FDU in 1986. Six other graduates in 1971 went on to become Probation Officers, Chief of Detectives/Public Safety Director, Supervisor of the New Mexico Highway Patrol, Funeral Director ==See also==