- Administration of IBS submits all papers for accreditation to the Croatian Ministry of Science, Education, and Sport. The process was never completed.
- First graduation ceremony is held, at which four students receive B.Th. degrees. The entire graduating class of four is admitted into graduate schools.
- Abilene Christian University utilizes IBS facility and resources to offer a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry program in Zagreb. Seven Croatian students complete the first class in this program.
- IBS’s facilities are expanded with the move of the Library to the Downtown Church of Christ on Amruševa street, in the center of Zagreb. The new space also provides an additional classroom and study center.
- IBS is renamed Biblijski institut and achieves independent legal status.
- Additional faculty is added from the USA.
