About The School

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Our History

Kingdom Building Institute can trace its roots to the Home Fellowship Bible Study classes conducted in the basement of Willie and Juanita Smith in Alexandria, Virginia from 1999 – 2004. When they relocated to Norfolk, Virginia Juanita was asked to teach a newly formed Bible study group that meets in the neighborhood club house.

Concurrently, Juanita was having daily 7 am, prayer with a friend that evolved into reading and studying the Bible together. Over time, others spontaneously joined the morning calls making it necessary to have a conference call line dedicated to prayer and Bible study. As more people joined in the conference call classes, use of the internet as a means of exchanging information happened naturally and without any conscious effort on our part. God established what began as Kingdom Building Equipping School, a virtual school with the primary objective of identifying, training and developing people to operate in their spiritual gifts in lay ministry.

In February 2004 during a basement Bible study class it was prophetically spoken that together Juanita and Willie would start a Bible study school that would raise up prophets, priests, and teachers who would equip people to build up the Kingdom of God. The name Kingdom Building Equipping School (KBES) was prophetically given; a school to instruct and train lay people to minister in their gifts in a non-traditional way. Since the Kingdom of God includes the entire planet earth, the assignment was to the nations- global teaching and ministry. The best, most efficient way to do that is using current technology as a means of course development and delivery. Technology allows KBI to be a school without walls, equipping for lay ministry in the 21^st Century.

In late 2018, Kingdom Building Equipping School transitioned to Kingdom Building Institute. After years of producing believers who operate in their ministries and Biblically sound leaders, the Board of Directors soon realized that much of what KBES was doing had much more to do with overall Kingdom Building. In order to be more productive and expand the organization, Kingdom Building Institute was revamped and relaunched on November 1, 2018. Classes are offered online at little or no cost. Registration takes place at www.kingdombuildinginstitute.org.

Kingdom Building Institute is a nonprofit entity chartered in the state of Virginia to operate a virtual spiritual gifts vocational school to build up God’s Kingdom. Those who participate in this endeavor are Kingdom Builders.

Kingdom Building Institute Elects New Officers

JUNE 27, 2020 – NORFOLK, VA – Kingdom Building Institute is pleased to announce the election of Diane Harris as President. She served as Vice President for many years and is a founding member of KBI. Diane is a gifted teacher, prophetic voice and experienced organizational leader. She is an active member of First Baptist Church Franklin where she is the Christian Education Director.  She is a retired federal employee and a graduate of Norfolk State University.

Dr. Valerie Hall is the newly elected Vice President of Kingdom Building Institute. Prior to her selection, she held the position of Director, Curriculum Development.  She is a gifted teacher, specializing in training and developing teachers.  She is on the ministerial staff at Perfecting Saints Church, Hampton, VA.   In 2015, she earned a Ph.D. in Urban Services Leadership from Virginia Commonwealth University. She also possesses a Master of Arts from East Carolina University and a Bachelor’s in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Kingdom Building Institute looks forward to President Harris’ and Vice President Hall’s creative, forward looking leadership to guide the organization in this challenging, ever changing current environment.