Cascade ThunderbirdsColumbia Christian College & Cascade College

Our Story

Two colleges, one campus at 91st and Burnside, and the people who kept showing up for both.

  1. 1947

    Columbia Bible School opens

    A small Christian school begins meeting in a church of Christ building at Seventh and Hassalo in Portland.

  2. 1956

    Columbia Christian College is founded

    The college grows out of the school and settles at 91st and Burnside, its home for the next 37 years.

  3. 1993

    Columbia Christian College closes

    After 37 years, the college closes. Its alumni and Northwest church supporters start working right away to keep a college on the campus.

  4. 1994

    Cascade College opens

    Oklahoma Christian University lends its accreditation to a new branch campus. Cascade holds its first classes on August 29, 1994.

  5. 2009

    Cascade College closes

    The boards of Oklahoma Christian and Cascade end bachelor's programs at the close of the 2008–09 school year.

  6. 2012

    The campus finds a new owner

    In June 2012, Columbia Christian Schools, the school next door, buys the campus.