The School of the Prophets was founded as a volunteer-run institution in 1924 by Rev. Christine Gibson at
East Providence, Rhode Island. It was also at one time named Mount Zion Bible School. Later, as the Zion Bible Institute, it was closely associated with Zion Gospel Temple, originally a
Holiness congregation founded in the late 19th century by Rev. Alphaeus Cleveland and subsequently pastored by Rev. Christine Gibson. The congregation later affiliated with the Pentecostal revival and continued as an independent Pentecostal church named Zion Gospel Temple. The nearby Zion Faith Home, Inc., a retirement home for missionaries, was also connected with the school and church for many years while the campus was located in
East Providence, Rhode Island. In 1985, Zion Bible Institute relocated to the former campus of
Barrington College in
Barrington, Rhode Island. At the time the institute was under the leadership of Dr. N. Benjamin Crandall, president from 1985 to 2000. The centerpiece of the campus was the former
Peck Mansion, a building listed on the registry of historic sites for the state of
Rhode Island. Renamed as the Gibson Memorial Building in honor of the institute's founder, it housed the President's Office, a variety of additional offices, and the library. Following Crandall, Rev. George Cope served as president from 2000 to 2005. The college became affiliated with the
Assemblies of God USA in 2000. In 2001, it was accredited by the
Association for Biblical Higher Education. In 2007 Reverend Charles Crabtree, a former assistant superintendent of the Assemblies of God, accepted the position of president. Also in 2007,
David Green,
CEO and founder of the
Hobby Lobby chain of
hobby stores, purchased the former
Bradford College campus in Haverhill, Massachusetts. The campus was given to Zion Bible College, and Zion was to fund the repairs and upgrades needed before commencing operations there. The college reopened on the new campus in the fall of 2008, and enrollment doubled from 200 to 400. In 2012, the school's trustees changed the college's name to Northpoint Bible College, effective January 1, 2013. In 2012, the Rev. Dr. J. David Arnett was elected to serve as the eighth president. He led the college through many programmatic and campus upgrades. In 2013, the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education approved the addition of
Master's Degrees and
Associate of Arts Degrees. In 2017, the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement approved Northpoint to offer postsecondary distance education courses and programs online. A Hispanic Seminary (Northpoint Universidad Bíblica y Seminario) was added in the fall of 2022. ==Campus==