With support of BCA Bishops Shinsho Hanayama and Kenryu Tsuji, the IBS incorporated with the State of California as a graduate school and seminary in 1969.
The IBS was formed with the backing of prominent BCA Bishops Shinsho Hanayama and Kenryu Tsuji, and it became part of the State of California's academic landscape as a graduate school and seminary in 1969.