The college's sole purpose is to teach and train students for Pentecostal ministry for the spread of the Christian gospel.
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.
[1][5] In 2007 Reverend Charles Crabtree, a former assistant superintendent of the Assemblies of God, accepted the position of president.
[2] 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.
As of the fall of 2024, NorthPoint Bible College remains unaccredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE), the major regional governing body that determines and approves the academic standing of accredited Bachelor of Arts and Science degree programs.
In 2016, the college was granted an exemption from some of the provisions of Title IX that forbid discrimination on the basis of sex.
[12] Unmarried students without an established residence in the area are required to live on campus while attending Northpoint Bible College.
[11] Northpoint Bible College has satellite distance-education campuses in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Crestwood, Kentucky, Texarkana, Arkansas, and Los Angeles, California.