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{{Infobox organization

| name = Institute in Basic Life Principles

| logo = Institute in Basic Life Principles logo.png

| type = [[501(c)|501(c)3 non-profit religious]]

| founded_date = 1961

| abbreviation = IBLP

Cult

| founder = [[Bill Gothard]]

| founded_date = 1961

| ___location = [[Big Sandy, Texas]], U.S.

| abbreviation = IBLP

| area_served = U.S., 12 countries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iblp.org/about/|title=About - Institute in Basic Life Principles|date=January 10, 2023 }}</ref>

| founder = [[Bill Gothard]]

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| ___location = [[Big Sandy, Texas]], U.S.

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| area_served = U.S., 12 countries<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iblp.org/about/|title=About - Institute in Basic Life Principles|date=January 10, 2023 }}</ref>

| homepage = {{official URL}}

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}}

The '''Institute in Basic Life Principles''' ('''IBLP''') is a [[nondenominational Christian]] [[Christian fundamentalism|fundamentalist]] organization and cult that serves as an umbrella organization for several ministries established by American Christian minister [[Bill Gothard]] in 1961. The stated purpose of the cult/organization<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78 |title=IRS, Search for Charities, Online Version of Publication 78 |access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> is to provide instruction on how to find success in life by following biblical principles. This involves programs that include seminars for ministry, community outreach, troubled youth mentoring, and an international ministry.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://iblp.org/about-iblp/what-we-do |title=IBLP: What We Do |date=September 5, 2012 |access-date=February 13, 2013}}</ref> <ref name="Chicago" /> Since its inception in 1961, the organization has grown rapidly, both in the United States and internationally, but lessened in popularity due to recent controversy.

==History==