Hephzibah

This Bible school was Established with God's help, & Founded by Rev. James R. Hicks. The School was located in Portland, Me.

Bro. Hicks was also the Pastor of the Hephzibah Pentecostal Church, now known as the "First Assembly of God, " on Cumberland Avenue in Portland.

Bro. Hicks passed away in 1945, and the Bible School was eventually closed. Bro. Hicks's son-in-law (a former student) Rev. Paul Johnson, is still living to this date, and had even served as the Pastor at the Church, there.

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"Hephzibah" = My delight is in her. (Ref.: The New Unger's bible Dictionary)

*Isaiah kjv - "Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married."