About Us

MBCIU exists to facilitate the vision to see well established church-planting movements and community shapers by training in character skills and knowledge a network of leaders, from neighborhoods to nations, in the way of Christ and the apostles.   Our mission is to support church-based theological education by providing academic degree programs, to train a network of leaders to further discipline others from neighborhoods to nations. Our hope is that we are establishing the foundational groundwork for extending the Kingdom of God by giving leaders the tools needed to be able to commit to other faithful men and women what they have received. 

Watch this introduction video by university president and founder Dr. Ronald Bernier.

About Dr. Ronald Bernier

Dr. Bernier is founder of Master Builder Ministries, which includes Master Builder Christian Church where he is Senior Pastor of English and Portuguese congregations and East Gate Christian Academy, a K4-12 school. Formerly the Master Builder Institute of Leadership Development (MBILD), Dr. Bernier has now incorporated Master Builder Christian International University to better serve the training, educating, and equipping of pastors and leaders.  He is also the past president of MTEE (Ministry to Educate and Equip), a mission organization serving many countries in Eastern Europe.  Prior to being president of MTEE, Dr. Bernier had served on multiple trips to Europe to train leaders in masters and doctoral programs. 
A former contractor, Dr. Bernier has turned his building sense into caring for God's spiritual house and leads seminars across the country and internationally, training pastors and leaders.  In all his work, he emphasizes a biblical worldview, character, education, church administration, and leadership.  MBCIU is the next step forward in the advancement of these goals, and his passion for seeing the church established. 

Student Handbook

For more detailed information about MBCIU, please take the time to view our student handbook.  This is available in English and Portuguese.
English Handbook
Manual Português