SECOND QUARTER, 2024 REPORT FROM BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE PORT HARCOURT, RIVERS STATE NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA
BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE RIVERS STATE NIGERIA HOSTED ONE DAY INTENSIVE LECTURESHIP IN OMOKU, RIVERS STATE NIGERIA ON MARCH 30TH 2024
In our first quarter, 2024 report, we mentioned of our plan to host a day intensive lectureship on 30th March, 2024 at Omoku centre. The theme of the concluded lectureship was: “Churches of Christ in the 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects.”
We are happy to report that the lectureship was successful. Twenty one congregations in the area were represented. Some congregations from Port Harcourt City also attended. One of our teachers by name Michael C. Nwankwo presented the first key note on the topic Majoring in the Minor and one of our graduates by name Gentle Nwamana presented the second key note on the topic Sustaining Church Autonomy and Church Cooperation. Before the close of the lectureship, we used the occasion to encourage the participants to enroll in the BVBI program. At the end of March 2023 we got some new students in Omoku Center as a result of the concluded lectureship.
WEEKEND LECTURES ARE GOING ON IN OUR TWO CENTERS
It is a pleasure to report that lectures are going on in our two centers. In this year 2024, we had taught and completed the following courses: (1) 1,2 Peter, James and Jude, (2) Advanced Christian Evidence, (3) 1 Corinthians, (4) 2 Corinthians, (5) Old Testament (Book of the law), (6) Leadership, (7) Acts of the Apostles 2, (8) Bible Geography, (9) Prison Epistles, (10) Denominational Doctrines, (11) 1, 2 Timothy and Titus. We are grateful for the privilege we had to teach two courses in a month and we are making good use of the privilege.
UPDATE ON ANOTHER SET OF OUR STUDENTS WHO WILL BE DUE FOR GRADUATION SOON
We are still working on the records of another set of our students who had completed the 48 courses. As soon as the transcripts are ready, we shall send them to Chad Wagner for verification and approval. If approved, it will be our second time to graduate students from our two centers which started in 2019. We are grateful to God and to our sponsors for the success of Bear Valley Bible Institute in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
STUDENTS/TEACHERS EVANGELISM OUTREACH TOOK PLACE ON SATURDAY JUNE 29TH, 2024
Students and teachers evangelism outreach took place on Saturday, June 29th, 2024. We worked with two congregations within the locations of our school centers. We went out to the streets, houses and shops and preached the gospel of Christ. We discovered two members of the church who stopped fellowship with the saints with the excuse that they don’t know where the church was located. We talked with them and united them to the brethren within their location. We also met with many prospects who promised to be baptized soon. As the congregations we worked with continue to do the follow-up, we hope to have some converts among the prospects. We are happy for the participation of our students and teachers in the evangelism outreach and for the success of the work done.
REMEMBER OUR STUDENTS IN NIGERIA IN YOUR PRAYERS
Our students and teachers are requesting prayers because of the present hardship in Nigeria caused by the high level of inflation in the country which is affecting everyone who is living in Nigeria right now. The students and the teachers are in distress and in need of prayers to survive the high cost of foods, medicines, transportation and other goods and services in the country. Indeed, we need serious prayers because the adversity in Nigeria is getting to an unbearable level.
However, we are grateful to our sponsors in the United States of America for their financial and moral support. We would like to say that all the efforts and support are getting great results and success in our school in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Anthony Ejike Oluria
(Director BVBI Rivers State Nigeria, West Africa)