Ghanian schools combine efforts in gospel campaign

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE, TAMALE - GHANA

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FEBRUARY 2023 OPERATING REPORT

February 2023 was a very active month for us in Bear Valley Institute of Biblical Studies, Tamale, both within the school and externally. Indeed, it is a month that must be accounted for.

KPALSI SOUTH CONGREGATION

We had one soul added to the Lord’s church in the Kpalsi South congregation to God’s glory. The church is growing gradually in all areas of it by the grace of God.

Also in the month of February, one soul was added to the Lord’s church in Kpalsi South congregation. We praise the Lord for the conversion.

JOINT EVANGELISM TO UPPER WEST REGION BY TAMALE AND ACCRA SCHOOLS (LAWRA TANCHARA SUSU)

On the 30th of January, 2023; the Tamale Institute of Biblical Studies (TIBS) in Collaboration with the Southern Institute of Biblical Studies (SIBS), embarked on a one-week evangelistic campaign to Tanchara Susu under the Lawra district in the Upper West Region of Ghana. We left Tamale around 10:00am of the 30th of January, and arrived at Tanchara Susu around 9:30pm of same 30th. It was late for any activity to take place, so we rested.

Work started on the morning of the 31st. We started with morning devotion, breakfast, and then divided ourselves into groups and went out for the door to door studies. We return for lunch around 12pm and went back till around 4:45pm.

A movie on the passion of Christ was showed around 6:00pm to 8:00pm, followed by the public preaching. Preacher Thomas Donzie Preached on “sin and it’s punishment.”

We continued with same plan on the 1st of February, 2023 with Brother Ebenezer Amoasi giving the evening sermon on God’s Plan of Salvation. On the 2nd, same plan was followed with Brother John Acquah teaching on the Church in the evening public preaching. The same plan was followed on the 3rd with Brother Abraham Bambale speaking on Worship of the Church.  Brother Silas Adjei preached on the 4th of February, 2023 in the public preaching after the door to door studies in morning movie in the evening on God’s Judgement. All the brethren who spoke, we excellent on point and were clear with their messages. The programme was indeed great and profitable us who participated on it. We also had a good number of baptisms. Among these souls was youth dominance. We had young men who are capable of working for Lord if properly trained. We had two (2) baptisms on the first day, seven (7) on the second day, one (1) on the third day, 8 on the fourth day and 5 on the 5th day. This gave us a total number of 23 souls. Three (3) souls were also restored respectively. Worship on the first day of the week was a spirit filled one.

Brother Snell Kwesi Owusu Odame stayed backed to care for the congregation under our mission minded preachers plan. We thank God for the great grace released upon us all to fulfill His command given to us His followers in the gospels.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

We returned back from Tanchara Susu to continue with our academic activities with the new batch of student smoothly. Upon returning, Brother Kojo Acquah Beenyi, the Coordinator, was already in to take the students through the Cost of Discipleship. Brother Albert Tamanja Malir took them through How We Got The Bible after Brother Kojo, followed by Personal Evangelism one by Brother James Forkuor, Scheme of Redemption by Director Adjei Mensah and Research and Writing by Brother James Bisong Legend. These courses, coupled with Hermeneutics one which was treated in the month of January were the courses taught in the first Quarter for this batch of students.  

COORDINATOR’S VISIT

Brother Kojo’s visit was very essential and fruitful as he taught the Course of Discipleship as well as dealt with other issues too. He had a meeting with the staff to encourage us and also discuss some of the pertinent issues necessary for the development of the school with us. As is his culture, he went round the whole compound and the garden to visit all the trees and flowers and also correct some wrongs around the compound. We were edified having him with us in the month of February.

 We thank the Lord for the month of February, 2023.

Thank you sirs,

Bear Valley, Tamale.  

Sierra Leone school baptizes 9 during campaign

ACTIVITY OPERATION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 2023

Full Time and the Extended Programs

 INTRODUCTION                              

We bring you salutation from Kenema, Eastern Sierra Leone. We are thankful to God for keeping all of us alive till now to share in the report of the work of the ministry here in Sierra Leone. As we informed you in our January report, the year 2023 has started favorably for us here at KBVBI. The month of February was not an exception. In February, our fifth quarter for the full-time students ended, souls were converted, the evangelistic teams continued their good work of evangelism, our coordinator, Steve Ashcraft visited and taught a class, and one of our committed and young staff, Emmanuel Focko became critically sick.  As we go further, please we employ you to keep on reading for the details of the above activities.

END OF FIFTH QUARTER

It continues to excite us as our students are doing well academically, evangelistically as well as morally. On the academic background, we are in our final year. The first quarter of the final year came to an end at the end of February. In that quarter, 8 courses were covered; these courses included: Life of Christ IV: The Gospel of John, Old Testament IV: Major Prophets, Church History, Pastoral Epistles, Historical Bible Geography, Intertestmental Period, Computer Studies V, and Basic English Grammar V.  All of these courses were handled by local teachers (5) and international or foreign teachers (2)

CONVERSION OF SOULS

The Gospel needs to be preached now more than ever as the world is turning into something else. Because of this need, the KBVBI were evangelistically engaged in the month of February. Therefore for the month of February, our evangelism resulted in 9 converts.

THE VISIT OF BROTHER STEVE ASHCRAFT

Just like Paul who could guide some local congregations when he was not present with them but through his writings and messages, our coordinator, Steve Ashcraft has been hugely involved in the work here. In fact he spends hours sometimes holding meetings with us online. So on the 7th February 2023, we were privileged once again to have him here in person.  He spent a week teaching the full time students Historical Bible Geography. This class was so educative, informative and transformative that some staff also attended. Brother Steve is so much appreciated for his encouragement and mastery of the subject matter.  He also met with the part-time students for the first time since their admission on January 15, 2022. He encouraged them to remain true and committed to their studies especially as the studies are meant to equip them to evangelize Sierra Leone. Brother Steve’s love and passion for evangelism is worth coveting and commending! If I look at his age (I am currently half of his age) and I see the zeal he portrays for evangelism, I am challenged and motivated to do more and to be more involved in the work of evangelism. During his time with us, we spent hours strategizing for effective evangelization of the entire Sierra Leone, apart from the effort of the school. We are very grateful for having such a coordinator who is not only concerned with administration but also evangelism. With him as our coordinator, I know through God’s help we will do a lot in the next few years as you shall be reading our reports. We are so deeply grateful to Bear Valley through Brother Keith for all they are doing for the lost souls here.  

EVANGELISTIC TEAMS EFFORTS

We have been informing you that through Brother Steve’s help and brilliant ideas,  evangelistic teams have been formed in various parts of Sierra Leone in order “to turn Sierra Leone upside down for the Lord.” Those teams have been working really hard as it is really a huge task to turn people to Christ in this Islamic-dominated territory. The targets of those teams are: to win more souls unto Christ, to establish and sustain at least 25 congregations this year, to restore dying congregations, to strengthen members in various congregations, to train church leaders to be effective in leading the newly established local congregations and the existing ones, to organize lectureships that will be aimed at teaching the members to grow in faith so that they can at all times contend earnestly for the faith as there are so much false teachings that have permeated our society. As the year unfolds, will be getting the exciting reports of this great evangelistic movement by the special grace of God. We appreciate all those that are supporting this evangelistic teams' vision and dream.

EMMANUEL FOCKO’S CRITICAL SICKNESS

In our June 2022 report, we gave a profile and the works of Emmanuel Focko vividly. He is one of our trusted and committed staff, one of the evangelistic team leaders, the preacher of the Lord’s Church at Weima which he established upon graduation, and an Alumni of KBVBI. Emmanuel had hepatitis B long ago but he never knew. So in late January, his stomach started projecting and his eyes were turning yellow. With these symptoms, he was taken to the hospital in early February. After conducting the tests, the doctor alerted us that Emmanuel has hepatitis B and Liver Cirrhosis, and that he be transferred to Freetown for better medication. Some brethren here contributed money and some of his family members assisted also. But there was still more need for more money to assist in his treatment. Fortunately Brother Steve was still here with us, so he assisted with some funds for his treatment.

CONCLUSION

We thank you so much for taking your time to read our report. Your prayers for the work here are so badly needed at this crucial time when many people do not care about God anymore. Thank you for your financial support also, for they are really acknowledged.

Bikkavolu, India school reaches out to their community

Dear Brethren in Christ,

Greetings from Bikkavolu Bible College. By the grace of God everything is going good with our school. As this quarter is coming to an end our students are getting ready for the exams, which are scheduled to be in the last week of this month.

We are getting ready for a one week short course to be taught by brother Mark Reynolds at Bikkavolu. We are hoping to join students from both the schools for this class. We are looking forward for brother Mark’s visit. Right now brother Irven Skinner from Duffee church of Christ, MS is visiting with us, he spent couple of day teaching Epistle to Titus to the students of the School.

We are happy to share some of the pictures showing our students in the outreach ministry. We are happy to see some of our students are very forward in using the every opportunity to build up a local congregation. Brother Syam, who will be graduating this July has begun working with a small group studying the word and conducting worship services. Last three pictures showing our faculty attending this gospel, meeting to strengthen brother Syam’s efforts in his home town. There are two more students that are working down this direction for which we feel very happy.

We are encouraging the students who are finishing the school to do this way, so that they would be ready to work in full capacity once they finish the school at Bikkavolu Bible College. We are hoping to have the first BBC lectureship in the month of July’23 during 5,6,7 and on the 7th we shall have the graduation ceremony. We are very excited about this.

We are so thankful to God for blessing our efforts in training men who are faithful and would be able to take/share the gospel with others. Establishing congregations is our ultimate goal by sending these faithful men in to the real world ministry.

 We are thankful to the brethren that are behind this wonderful Lord’s work. We thank so much for your prayers and support. God bless you all.

 In Christ,

 John Dean M

For Bikkavolu Bible College

West Coast school conducts public gospel meeting in Ghana

1.     CLASSROOM WORK

The new students have settled and classes are still progressing smoothly. They are going through the first bunch of courses. They are really enjoying the school and their studies. 

The part-time students are currently in the 1st term of their 2nd year. Joshua Aidoo, Douglas Armah and Nathaniel Brobbey are the instructors teaching the part-time class currently. Bro Joshua Aidoo teaches on Fridays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Brothers Douglas Armah and Nathaniel Brobbey also teach on Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. respectively.

2.     PERSONAL EVANGELISM AND BAPTISM

We have a clear understanding that the hope of the world is Christ and His church. We therefore train our students to always seek for opportunities to sow the seed of the word. The work of the Lord in the area of evangelism continued in the month of February. Public and private preaching of the gospel was done by our alumni and current students. For example, there was a 4-day campaign for Christ at Mpintsin church of Christ where Brother Joshua Aidoo preaches, and the school joined in this program. This time, the preaching was done in their worship auditorium but the public address system was mounted outside so that the message could go straight into the various homes. God blessed our efforts with some baptisms.

Thank you.

Joshua

Ondo State, Nigerian school conducts evangelism campaign

Report Of Bear Valley Bible Institute Weekend School,Ondo State January to March,2023.

Dear Brethren,

Calvary greetings to you, beloved brethren! We are eternally grateful for your support and platform given to us to operate as a School in Ondo State. We are equally thankful to all our sponsors for their support particularly Bear Valley Church and their eldership. Thank you! We thank God for your continuous prayers for a peaceful and credible elections in our country, Nigeria! As we are concerned, we have faired very well! We are grateful for your prayers in all things.

Evangelism Report: As our usual habit as a School, our evangelistic work at the moments is yielding precious fruits for God and the Church! All the instructors have agreed to organize evangelism on monthly basis! We have started the Church at Alade in Idanre local government as a result of our evangelistic work with the help of the Church at no 13, Leo Street,Akure! We will also organize three days open air and Mass evangelism starting from 31st to 2nd, April, 2023! Brother Makinde will be coming as invited speaker of the program! All the students will be there to participate actively in the work of saving souls into God's kingdom,the Church.

All the instructors goes out with 8 students, making 11 for evangelism on a monthly basis!

Also, in Ondo City study center, a brother donated a building for the Church at Oka, we have planned to establish the Church there! All our evangelistic efforts is toward that area! Our monthly evangelistic work is yielding several prospects in the area of Oka,Ondo City! We continuously request for your prayers always. We want to be fruitful for our God in winning souls for Him. All the instructors and the students were there doing the work of evangelism. 

In addition, l have been preaching the gospel on Radio in Ondo City, l am on Radio for three years now!  The Radio program streams it's program online! I have also started Television preaching program at Ondo City with StarTimes satellite (Kaftan Tv Channel 132). Every Sunday around 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm! Our God is blessing His Work for Him, Amen.

Classroom Activities: ln Ondo study center in January, 2023, Brother Oke Damilola taught "New Testament Church -1" while in Akure study center, Brother Victor Fasonu taught "Leadership" in January,2023. 

February, 2023, Brother Philemon Ohaebuka taught "1 & 2 Peter and Jude" at Ondo center while in Akure center, Brother Akilapa Timileyin taught "Pastoral Epistles".

March,2023, Brother Akilapa Timileyin taught "Pastoral Epistles" in Ondo study center while Brother Philemon Ohaebuka taught "1 & 2 Peter and Jude" in Akure study center. As a School, we are through with First Semester Year Two. 20 courses have been successfully completed to the glory of God, Amen. We thank God! we are making progress.

Brother Ebenezer Samuyiwa is one of the students of the School. He is well educated. He is around 66 years Old! He spent most of his youthful life in London! He is very attentive in the Classroom activities. He is the one that donated a building for the Church at Oka in Ondo City that l was reporting that the Church will start soonest in that area. Please, help to pray for him and his family.

Financial Report: We want to use this opportunity to thank Bear Valley Bible Institute,Denver, Colorado for their unfailing support! We will continue to appreciate your love and concern for the gospel in Ondo State! We have received support for our work from January to March, 2023! Thank you,all.

Miscellaneous: for now, we are grateful for the Bear Valley Bible Institute, Denver, Colorado. They have provided for the School at Ondo City! All expenditures are judiciously spent!

We are grateful for your kindness and generosity toward improving, sharpening our skills toward building versatile body of preachers! We will not relent! We will keep the banner flying to God's glory and His praise, Amen.

Fasonu Victor, Coordinator,

Bear Valley Bible Institute, 

Ondo State.

Liberian school resumes classes

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE -GANTA LIBERIA  OPERATION REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 2023

ORIENTATION AND RESTRUCTURING OF ADMINISTRATION

FRIDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2023 

The school was on break for two months from December of 2022 until February 2023 due to some needed changes in the school administration. Upon the arrival of the Bear Valley coordinator, Steven Ashcraft, on February 17, 2023 a new management team was put into place that consists of brothers Fester G. Lee, Oultarcious D.K. Zakamah, and T. Joel Weah. As it stands, the school is now being managed by the above interim management team until the completion of the present batch of students. At the reopening of the school and resumption of classes, an orientation was conducted with the students to educate them about the change in administration. Below are some photographs that were taken.

RESUMPTION OF CLASSES

On Monday February 20 – 24, 2023, Bro. Steven Ashcraft taught a course (Historical Biblical Geography). He also had the opportunity to worship with the Tokay Hill church Of Christ (Campus Ministry) during his visit. He departed Liberia on Saturday February 25, 2023, and the local instructors continued their classes. 

EVANGELISM

An evangelistic team was established for the sole purpose of strengthening and restoring weaker congregations, as well as establishing new ones. The evangelism team is headed by Bro. Morris Tiah as a team lead. 

PURCHASE OF STUDENTS' MATTRESSES

On March 1, 2023 Eighteen (18) pieces of Mattresses were purchased by the Administration and distributed to the students respectively to replace the damaged ones that were purchased by the previous administration.

AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT

CASSAVA FARM HARVESTING

The students harvested the cassava and sold the produce at the total cost of $10,000.00LD or its equivalent $62.00USD.  

BAPTISM

On February 26, 2023 the campus ministry rejoiced over a new member added to the congregation.

We are so grateful to God for the resumption of the School. We are asking the supporters and all the brethren to be in strong prayers with the interim administration to hold unto the standard and principles of the Bear Valley Bible Institute, Liberia.

The Management Team - BVBI Ganta Liberia

Lusaka, Zambia school continues training preachers

Dear Bear Valley Supporters,

Greetings from Zambia!

The courses covered in the first quarter of the year 2023 were 3 giving us a total 15 covered so far. The students studied the Book of Romans in January, Church Planting in February, and Church History in March.

About 12 students attended classes in the quarter under review

In respect of outreach program:

1. Students had one outreach program to Chinkuli area, Chongwe District for evangelization with a view of planting a church in the area.

2. One of the students (Michael) preaches to the inmates and 14 souls were baptized in March.

3.Other students were involved in teaching new converts, Bible classes, and preaching in their congregations.

Guests received in the 1st quarter were: Brothers Donnie Estep and Keith Kasarjian in the months of February and March respectively.

Additional Instructors in the 1st quarter were: Brothers Herbert M’hango and Obert Mozha.

I submit for your information and record

Jonah Siyanga

Tirupati, India school conducts graduation for 23 students

Reporting Letter for March -2023

Dear brethren:

Greetings in the most holy and matchless name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter finds you well. We thank you so much for your continual prayers and encouragement for the smooth and successful operation of BVBI at Tirupati.

1.Class Room work:- In the month of March we have completed the books of Psalms, Hosea, Jonah, Nahum, Zechariah, and Malachi from of the Old Testament. We also completed 1 & 2 Corinthians, Revelation from the New Testament and Homiletics.

2. Examinations : - We  have given memory verses and  conducted transcription examinations from each course. Our Students were happy to complete their weekly and monthly assignment works.

2.  Campaigning for  visually challenged people:- On March 11, we have conducted special Bible campaigning for the visually challenged people at Nellore city which is 150 miles away from our BVBI. We have distributed audio Bibles to all the blind people who were able to attend for the camp.

3. Baptisms:-  In the month of March 3 souls were baptized and added to the body of Christ.

4.  Short course teaching  :- We are happy to report you that the short course “Congregational Development was taught in the last week of April-2023.

4. Benevolence:-

1. Our students were able to visit Sims hospital and provided assistance to Christian sister who was admitted, she is suffering from cancer.

 2. We have supported a few blind people and  widows.

5. Graduation Program:- We are happy to report that on April 1, 2023 twenty-three students completed their work and received their Diploma in Bible Certificate . We are grateful to Mr. Mark Reynolds for witnessing and presenting the graduation ceremony and encouraging the outgoing students. He preached a powerful sermon from the Book of Acts how that many rejoiced when the gospel of Christ was preached throughout Acts. However, there were some who rejected. There is always a response when the gospel is preached. We sincerely thankful to BVBI for your encouragement and assistance in several ways for this great cause of training young people in India.

Prayer request:-

1. We plan to conduct an entrance examination on April 20 for the next batch of students., We ask you to pray as Jesus did before He called his disciples (Luke 6:12-14). We often remember 2 Timothy 2:2 whenever we think about the students.

2. Pray for gospel meeting :- Indian weather changes in the month of April and May. It is going to be horribly hot season in April and May; therefore all the schools and colleges declare summer holidays in India during April and May . Our BVBI plans for conducting gospel meetings, V.B.S, and youth classes during summer season. Lord willing on May 12-13, we plan to conduct public gospel meeting. We request your prayers.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

B.Vijaya Kumar

Souls are being saved in Guinea!

Introduction:

To you all, our supporters and those of you with interest to read and follow our updates, we send you warmest salutations in Christ's name. It is time once again for another monthly report of activities at the Gueckedou Bear Valley Bible Institute and we are glad to announce that since the beginning of the school in 2018, the month of February 2023, as you will see, has proven to be the most productive month in terms of conversions. We encourage you to keep reading as we unfold the various points of this report which you will certainly find interesting and pleasant.

I- Classroom/ Teaching :

In all Bear Valley Extension Schools across the world, certainly the major activity of every working day of the month in the classroom is devoted to teaching. Those working days of the month of February 2023 were no exception at the Gueckedou school. There were 4 different courses by 4 different instructors in accordance to the schedule and therefore executed as follows:

 1-Hermeneutics 2 by Antoine Fassa TOLNO 

 2- Acts of the Apostles, by Emmanuel KAMANO 

3 Gospel according to Mark, by Niouma 2 Kamano 

4 How we got the Bible? by Fara François Tenguiano.

Each instructor completed his course by especially a written evaluation and the students output was satisfactory. 

II- Evangelism:

If there is more joy in heaven for one sinner who has repented than for 99 righteous persons needing no repentance, then there was exceedingly greater joy in heaven for the month of February 2023. This is simply, but notably because the month of February has climbed to the top of all other months in terms of conversions since 2018 when the Gueckedou Bear Valley school started. There were in all 3 new congregations planted totaling 102 persons who heard and obeyed the gospel as a result of various efforts of the different evangelistic activities. The 3 new congregations were established in the villages of N'Wokouma,Yende-bawa and N'Diafassou each with her initial or first day's conversion figure of 15, 30 and 37 who decided to repent and accept Christ respectively. 

No doubt the above result is the fruit of God's support through the Holy Spirit, the technical planning, managerial and financial support of our tireless Coordinator, Steven Ashcraft. The planning included the combination of both the lnstitute's preaching efforts and that of one of the evangelical teams being set up in the country. 

III- Construction

 It is true that spiritually, the Church is an assembly of believers and not a building, but humanly, in the eyes of the world, the value of the Church is greatly associated in the quality of its place of worship. So having houses of worship has an impact on the lives of people like the apostle Thomas whose faith was based on sight. By this we wish to announce that the donors who finance the construction of worship halls which indeed is a paramount need are doing an excellent work for the progress of the Church in Gueckedou and in Guinea as a whole. For the month of February 2023, 3 Congregations (Dento, Fassaba and 

Ledoumboulo) have reached the roofing level and 3 others (Fouedou, Dakadou and Köloadou) have started with the foundation work.

 IV- Personal profile

We would like to introduce you to Saa Many Koundouno, a graduate of the 2nd class of the Bear Valley school in Gueckedou. Before his conversion, he had an advanced life in juvenile delinquency. But when the time was fulfilled, he obeyed the Gospel and immediately manifested the desire to probe the Scriptures. Thus he was admitted at the Institute in Gueckedou in 2020. One month before the end of his training, he asked to go and start his ministry in his native village in Koindou KLB (Kondou Lengobengou). It was then when the school evangelism campaign was invited so that the church was planted in his home town of Koindou KLB. Motivated and zealous, he continues to explore new places to plant congregations like the Yende Bawa congregation. Best of all in his efforts to improve his spiritual life, we are receiving a good testimony from the people in and outside the church. 

V- Other information

We wish to mention the visit of our Coordinator, Steven Ashcraft to Gueckedou during which period we had the opportunity to discuss about the perspectives of promoting the Lord's work in the next 10 years. Then, we planned evangelism activities and other things that can also contribute to the progress of the work in Guinea.

Conclusion

In view of all the above-mentioned success in our various activities, we first of all thank God for the good health and the Holy Spirit that strengthens us; The Bear Valley International Institute for their uncountable financial and material support for the progress of God's work in Gueckedou and in Guinea.

We also thank our able donors, who finance the construction of worship halls in Gueckedou.

We say thank you and again thank you to our Coordinator, Steven Ashcraft for his sacrifice of being ready day and night to help us in any way he can.

Finally, we thank Ken and Barry, as well as all other brethren who contribute to the growth of the Church of Christ in Guinea.

May God's peace and grace accompany us all.

Niouma 2 Kamano

Preparing for graduation in Accra

ACCRA - DOBORO

February Report, 2023

It is a new month and we ought to glorify God for ushering us into it. Below is a summary of the happenings in the month of February:

Academic Work

Normal classes are in progress as we approach the mid of the quarter. All students are trying their best in assignments, projects, and class activities.

Building

The building project is also ongoing. Demarcations to be made for wall construction. Construction thereof is expected to start thereafter.

Graduation 2023

Final preparations are being made for the 2023 graduation ceremony which is scheduled to take place on the 25th of March if God permits. We implore you to keep praying for us for the event to be successful.

Church planting

We are grateful to God for a successful campaign in the Upper West Region. Having completed twenty (24) souls were baptized and seven (7) souls were restored.

Next church planting

The next church planting is planned to happen in April. We hope that the Lord sees us through it successfully.

Acknowledgment

We give thanks to God once again for a graceful month. We also express our regards and gratitude to the management of the Bear Valley Bible Institute USA for their support both physically and spiritually. We are grateful to God for the efforts of all the members of staff and students who work tirelessly for His name. We pray that God keeps blessing them. We also thank God for local brethren who are also contributing to the development of our dear college. May God bless us all, Amen.

These are updates for the month. We request that you keep praying with us.

Student Profile

Emmanuel Gyasi-Quansah is a proactive brother and a fellow worker in the Lord. He was born on 9th September 1990. Emmanuel is married with three (3) kids. He was baptized on 9th September 2005 and has been in the preaching ministry for ten (10) years. He completed his diploma in Biblical Studies at the West Coast School of Preaching in the year 2018. He is currently enrolled in Bear Valley’s degree programme. Emmanuel is very active on social media, utilizing mainly YouTube and Facebook for his ministry since 2019 with 2,400 followers on Facebook and 66o subscribers on YouTube with the channel name (Rescue the Perishing – COC)

Donnie Estep visits Lilongwe, Malawi

Classes Continuing

Throughout the month of February, our men studied three different Bible topics. First of all, Donnie Estep came from America and taught the Scheme of Redemption before teaching the same in Ekwendeni. Following Donnie, Foster Zimba taught the students about the New Testament Church. I taught a survey class of Old Testament history from Joshua through Esther the third week of month. Leann is teaching a ladies class each Friday focused on servanthood and Navie is teaching the women the Life of Christ on Tuesday nights. 

The last week of the month was designated as a research week for the men. They used the week to catch up on assignments and papers. It also allowed them to do a little work in their gardens that help supplement their food stipend.

Now that their program is one-fourth of the way finished, the entire family is learning about the time required for their studies. This time comes at a cost to family time. All students, both men and women, were encouraged to set aside some time in the research week to spend time with their families in order to keep their relationships strong. 

Meet the Students

As a missionary and director, I feel it is very important to help you know the individuals you are supporting. It seems like the best way for you to meet the students is through a monthly introduction. For the next few months, I will introduce one of our families who are attending Bear Valley Lilongwe. Please take time and pray for these families by name. As you will see, they have left jobs, families, and homes to come and study God’s word for two years. 

The Wilson Phiri Family

Wilson was born in 1992 in the Kasungu district in northern Malawi. In 2020, he moved to the Nkhata Bay Area near Lake Malawi. Wilson is married to Cecilia who was born in 1990. Wilson was baptized in 2005 and Cecilia was baptized in 2014. They have been married for 10 years. They have two boys. Hubert is 9, and Blessings is 5. 

Before coming to school, Wilson cut wood with a hand saw, farmed, and did some contract farm work. After school in Lilongwe, Wilson would like to continue learning the Bible and help others grow in their Bible knowledge. 

Here are a few fun facts I see in Wilson and his family. Wilson is an amazing husband and father who has very well behaved children. Cecilia is a dedicated wife and mother who stays focused in her school work. Both of them have amazing smiles which show their inner joy and peace. Hubert is a quiet one who is always thinking like his dad. If I ever need to find Blessings, he is hanging out with his buddy, Flasko, maintaining the campus. Please pray for Wilson and his family as they work hard to increase their Bible knowledge. 

New students in Cameroon

Dearest in Christ,

Calvary greetings from Cameroon and precisely from Wotutu. We are doing better, and we give thanks to God. The church is healthy, and all of the ministries going on here are rolling on well. God is still leading the way.

Last week in Bear Valley Bible Institute was good as our students were busy writing their first exams in Bible College. All went well. We give glory to God for making it possible for them to have a taste of what it means to be trained to become a servant of God in the 21st century. Keep our daily efforts in your prayers.

After final exams, it was time to travel to different locations for mission work. Some students are going far with tracts, a life straw water bottle with aqua tabs, and mosquito nets. Our students went to different regions in Cameroon for the sake of the gospel. Some will be passing through dangerous communities because of the crisis in Cameroon.

APPRECIATIONS

Thank you very much for all your prayers and for your time and timely support towards all the work that is going on here. God is watching and will definitely reward you in due season. Please share our reports with others.

Thank you very much.

We wish you a great day and a great time.

Elangwe and family

Gweru graduates are making a difference

FEBRUARY 2023 NARRATIVE REPORT

INTRODUCTION

The month of February saw BVBIZ moving to another level in terms of its activities. It brought new experiences to students as they began their evangelism season. Progress was registered as well in terms of the curriculum and projects. This report, as has become the trend, will also trace the whereabouts of one of the school’s graduates. These and more are reported hereunder.    

1.0 CURRICULUM PROGRESS

Classes continued in the month of February very well. Some subjects have already been done and completed. These include 1-2 Corinthians, 1-3 John, Denominational Doctrines and Pastoral Epistles. Those that are still ongoing this term includes Greek, Introduction to Computers, Wisdom Literature, Research Methods, Islamic Studies, 1-2 Peter and Jude.

2.0 CROPS UPDATE

2.1 THE GARDEN

The month of February has seen increased activity in the school’s garden. Many different types of seedlings were planted. These include 1200 potatoes, 600 cabbages, 1000 tomatoes, watermelons, cucumbers and butternuts. The objectives of these projects is to improve nutrition among students, provide students with life survival skills and at the same time, help the school to get extra income through sales of these crops.

2.2 MAIZE

Maize is a staple crop in Zimbabwe. The school places more emphasis on this crop as it dominates students’ meals. Only about 1.2 hectares was made use of as we had challenges with inputs. The growth of the maize crop planted in late November is satisfactory. For the past 3 years, the school has never bought maize due to this effort. We are very hopeful that this will be the case again this year

3.0 TRANSPORTATION

The school’s Nissan Caravan, which has been down since October 2022 began to be worked on in February. Outstanding issues on it are the turbo, new suspension and labour charges. Close to a $1000 is needed to get it back on the road.

4.0 EVANGELISM

From the 18th -26th of February, BVBIZ team consisting of teachers, students and five past graduates camped at Buhera center. The task was to evangelize and assist in the establishment of  a congregation there. This was the first ever evangelism effort for the school’s 2022-2024 class. Other experienced preachers in the field namely brothers Siwedi, Mashaba, Zvinzvebu, Zimwasha, Abraham and Jongwe borught in a wealthy of experience as well. Great appreciation to the Marenga and Sadzi congregations for providing food to the preachers. Services were done everyday in the evening whilst every household within the vicinity was reached with the word. Within the 8 days, the whole area was reached by the Gospel. 24 were baptized during the week leading to the establishment of the congregation. Blessed Marufu, the school’s 2022 graduate was eventually left as the preacher there. The congregation was officially launched on the 26th of February. Several congregations that came to witness this development include Chivhu, Avondale, Marenga, Sadzi, Muzokomba with other individuals coming in their own capacities.

5.0 WHERE ARE THEY?

5.1 THE LAST GRADUATING CLASS

An attempt was made to trace the whereabouts of the last batch of students who graduated on the 28th October 2022. The following is the list and their whereabouts;

Bongani Sithole- Bongani is now working with Arisvale Church of Christ in Esigodini.

Thomas Musongora- Thomas is assisting with the work at Tsvingwe congregation, Penhalonga, Mutare

Christopher Mutambirwa-Christopher is working with Acturus congregation in Harare

Tinashe Moyana -Tinashe is working with the Zvishavane congregation

Method Moyo- Method is working for Cure Zimbabwe Children’s Hospital as a chaplain and assisting with the work at Nkulumane congregation in Bulawayo as well.

Edson Julius-Edson is the associate minister at Chivero Mission

Simbarashe Chitanda- Simbarashe is in private practice but is assisting with work at Hatcliff congregation in Harare

Thabani Dlamini-Thabani is working with Amazon congregation in Filabusi, Matebeleland South.

Tonderai Kafile-Tonderai is in private practice but at the same time assisting with the work at the Mabvuku congregation in Harare as there is no preacher there presently.  

Isaac Chipendo-Isaac is in private practice but assists with the work at Manyame congregation whilst at the same time worshipping at least once every month with Ziko congregation where he did his attachment during his school days.

Kudakwashe Simemeza-Kudakwashe is in private practice but assists with the work at the Highfield, Harare.

Tawanda Tinofa -Tawanda  works for an organization called Young Africa in Chitunwiza but assists with the work at the Chitungwiza congregation whenever opportuned.

Remember and Melody Mhlanga-The couple is working with the Glenview congregation in Harare

Michael and Samandra Kasimu-The couple is working with the Shurugwi congregation in Midlands.

Blessed Marufu- Blessed is now the preacher at the newly established congregation at Buhera Centre

Eric Mushonga-Eric began to work with Centenary congregation in Mashonaland Central but is moving to Karoi to join the prison ministry and assist with the work there beginning in March

CONCLUSION

We thank God for what He has been able to do for the school in February. We look back and see God’s favour following us. This would not have been possible without your financial, moral and spiritual support.To the partners and sponsors, may God continue to bless you.  We always look to the future with hope that indeed, through these efforts, the gates of hades will not prevail against the church (Mt 16.18).  To God be the glory!

A new batch of students in Zambia

Bear Valley Bible Institute - Luanshya, Zambia

February 2023 Report 

Introduction

The closing words in Matthew gives us three most important action words surrounding the directive that Jesus gave to His disciples. And these are (‘go,’ ‘baptize,’ ‘teach.’) These are basic assignments that our Lord gave us for making disciples. And as Bear Valley Bible Institute –Zambia, we hold fast to the same mandate that our Lord Jesus Christ gave His disciples. The school is on firm ground in this command as faithful men are taught in order for them to go and teach others also.

New Intake visited by our country co-ordinator 

The new intake started in the first week of January, 2023. The students have so far studied and completed one short course. We are always thankful to God for Brother Donnie Estep for giving his time and indeed life to teach these short courses. He taught the new students “The scheme of Redemption” from 13th February, 2023 to 17th February, 2023. It was indeed a very special treat to all the students. We pray for God’s speed upon him that he continues to labour in this noble work.

The students will soon have another short course to be taught by Brother Kennedy Mukuka. Kennedy will be teaching them “Personal Evangelism 1”.  This is one of the basic courses that are taught to new students. The emphasis of the course is always placed on how these new preachers can conduct Bible studies on one on one basis. We are also thankful to God for Brother Kennedy for teaching our students.

Baptisms

We have recorded six (6) baptisms in the month of February.  And it seems the new students are learning faster than anticipated. They are indeed committed to what they intend to do with their lives. We have always committed ourselves to this pledge as we contribute to their learning process. And we pray that we will have a very rewarding 2023 intake.

Restorations

We have recorded eleven restorations of which as Luanshya district we had three (3), Chingola district we had six (6) and Masaiti district one (1) and Mpongwe district two (2) we will continue to do the work as we still have calls to visit congregations in Northern province and Luapula province

A Visit with Students

The school had an opportunity to travel to Chingola District on the Copperbelt Province with some students on 19th February, 2023. This visit was an invitation from the elders of Chiwempala church of Christ. They wanted us to go and see how our former students, Gershom Chansa and Lackson Mwangala are doing in their ministry there. Upon graduation, Gershom and Lackson were asked to go and work with Chiwempala by church leaders there. And when we visited, we were very happy to see and hear all the positive things that these two young men are doing. 

They have started raising broilers for business as they preach too. It is indeed encouraging to see young men like these so committed to preaching and teaching. Our students had enough time to teach the youths and move around for evangelism in a community, after a fellowship meal we drove back to Luanshya in the evening.

Mid-week worship service 

We as the school meet at Church of Christ in mikomfwa. This has encouraged even the regular members to attend these services. We have continued to do evangelism in Mikomfwa and strengthening members there; we hope and pray that the Church is going to have a different impact in a community there. We plan to have a gospel meeting at this place with all the Church of Christ in Luanshya soon. 

We continue to pray that we have a borehole soon at this place for extra activities for the Church and the community at Large.

The school bus

The acquiring of the school bus has undoubtedly made the operations of the school to be effective. The bus is not just carry supplies of the school. As mentioned earlier, it also carries students to do their assigned duties to various congregations.  On Wednesdays they attend mid-week worship services at Mikomfwa church of Christ. And every Sunday some of the students attend their worship Sunday services at Mikomfwa church of Christ on a rotational basis. We are now doing more programs of the school because we have transportation. We are truly grateful to God for such a tool!   

BVBI-Zambia Alumni

Very good and positive reports about our alumni have continued encouraging us. Simon Nkhazi now residing in Mtendere of Lusaka province, has continued to do evangelism while working as a primary health worker in the ministry of Healthy.

Arclay Kabbaya has continued to thank the School here in Luanshya because of the change he has continued to make in his life, his text message to the school said “thank you for great work you have done by teaching me Church development I really appreciate your effort may God continue blessing you more than you deserve from Arclay” while working as a preacher at Church of Christ in Siavonga, he is also involved in business to sustain his life and he is making good progress.

Conclusion

We continue to thank God for the work He is doing here through us. We are very grateful to Woodland Oaks church of Christ for the financial support  that is sent to us each month. And we also thank all our partners for prayers and every support given to us. We will forever remain grateful to all of you!

Brothery,

Cephas and Fred

Lima, Peru school receives a visit

Dear brothers,
Once again I have the pleasure of writing a few lines with the intention of updating you regarding the work at BVBI-PERU, wishing that each of your ministries be greatly blessed for the glory of our God.

After our last report, I want to tell you that we were blessed with the presence of the Director of International Studies, our brother Keith Kasarjian, on January 21-22. His visit has really been very productive. On Saturday the 21st we had the I Biblical Seminar. On this occasion who was in charge of the presentations was Keith with the theme of "The administration of finances", there were 4 very instructive presentations and they were very well received by the members of the different invited churches. This is setting a precedent for what will be our future annual seminars either with foreign or local speakers.

On Sunday the 22nd we visited four of our sister congregations in different parts of Lima (IDC Los Angeles (south), IDC America (south), IDC Santa Anita (center) and IDC Los Rosales (north). The intention has been both the communion and the publicity of BVBI-PERU among the members of these congregations. Many of the brothers had already had the opportunity to hear Keith preach and it was nice for them to see him again. Keith's presence has certainly given him an added impetus to the institute here in the country. As a result of Keith's presence we had around 80 people at the conference, 4 congregations visited and an increase in students in our last course.

In the month of January the course of "Acts of the Apostles" has been taught, the person in charge of this class has been brother Andrés Nuñez and we are currently about to conclude the course "A.T. 1- The Pentateuch” Juan Abanto. We currently have 9 students (4 of them are formal students and the others are taking the course freely; several brothers have expressed their interest in taking the classes freely due to the difficulty they have with their schedules, but expressing their sincere desire to keep learning.

As of March 11, the institute will be teaching two courses every Saturday for a period of two months, following the suggestions of our director, with the intention of continuing to make it easier for the brotherhood to take the courses according to their availability. The courses will be "A.T2- Historical Books" Juan Abanto and "The Life of Christ 2" Abraham Alata.

On the other hand, we are making preparations for the V Bible Conference scheduled for April 8 in the city of Ica. On this occasion, in response to the request of the brothers in this city, we have decided to decentralize a bit and present the conference from another country point. We hope this decision will be fruitful with a view to promoting the institute more and more. The exhibitors will be the active teachers and one of our graduate students. We hope that all efforts involved are only for the glory of God.

We will continue working both in instruction and in the search for more students to make the work of the Institute more effective and efficient. We ask for your prayers for everything we have been doing and what we want to achieve for the Lord. God bless you!

Continued challenges in Ukraine

Dear brothers and sisters,

So, we are in 2023 now and soon  we will mark a one year anniversary of Russian military aggression while the cruel war continues on our territory. We are not informed about the numbers of casualties, how many killed and wounded the war claims daily. This is a tremendous price we are to pay for our freedom. It seemed that one could have got used to anything with time but it's has not been so with the war with its devastation and death. So many people who are refugees and resetlers come to us looking for help and their number increases. The front lines are constantly changing and people leave their home places looking for safety. We ask for your prayers, we need them so much. Constant  power outages and ongoing mobilization don't let us relax.

The church of Christ in Bela Tserkva.

With all these horrors in the background we keep ministering and got some good results. God opens up people's hearts and the Gospel didn't loose its power. In the beginning of the month  we had a baptism. Oksana from Nikopol decided to let the Lord into her heart. Her family had moved to Bela Tserkva in the summer and they lived in the church   building for about two weeks. Since then they were regular in attendance and the time came when she decided to submit to the great commission.

Every Sunday we have a lot of visitors who come for the grocery care packages. They share the information about the church by the word of the mouth giving us an opportunity to spread the Gospel among the unbelievers every Sunday.

The other news is that my family and some church members went to the winter retreat in Lviv. It was such an encouragement for us. We are very grateful to the congregation in Lviv and our brothers from the States (Walter and Chris) who raised funds for the event.

Bear Valley Bible Institute Ukraine

The classes at the Bible Institute resumed in the middle of January. The students had Homiletics II  (with Dennis Sopelnik), The Religions of the World (with Albert Bagdasarian) and Romans (A. Rodichev). And the happiest event of the month of January was the wedding of our student Viacheslav Shmakov. He married Margarita, his girlfriend of  many years, who was baptized last summer. Now they are the man and his wife. There wasn't a big celebration. They wanted to save up and have something fancier in the spring. We helped them to rent an apartment so they would have a place of their own. With all the dreadful stuff that's going on God keeps us safe and gives us beautiful moments.

We are so appreciative of your help and your love for us. We are very grateful for the funds that allow our students to stay in school and get Biblical education.

Your brother,

Dennis Sopelnik

A new class of students in Malawi

Bear Valley Bible Institute

Ekwendeni – Malawi

February, 2023 Report

Introduction

Greetings from Malawi, the warm heart of Africa! It is a gain with great joy to share the good news accomplished in the month of February, 2023. Visitors after visitors. Last month we had our President visiting us, and this month of February, visitors again from America. We thank God for blessing us with such brothers in the brotherhood from outside Malawi.

We are excited to see students back to school again. We enrolled 30 students but because of some challenges during this time of the year only 21 managed to report for school. The exciting news is that the new congregation has been established at the school campus! Already many are willing to be baptized. Praise God!

Short course Teacher

After being visited by Dr Denny Petrillo in January, we received 2 more American brothers Charles G Ching and Chad Scott. The two brothers arrived on the 4th of February and went back on the 11th of February, 2023. Charles G Ching used to be my WBS helper/Teacher in the late 1990s. Chad is a brother in Christ as well as a nurse. Their visit was great as we were helped in both ways in our community. Chad was at Kaweche Health Centre while Charles was teaching our students “Bible Geography”. We thank God for them and wish them to come again. So far we have taught Writing skills, Bible Geography, Homiletics and now the book of Acts in session.

Church Established – School Campus

The school is at a distance of about 7km to the next meeting place and between us there is Thukutu River which is a big thing this time of the rains. Because of this we allowed students to start preaching within the villages around the school and many have promised to be baptized soon. This has made us start worshiping at the campus and last Sunday the attendance was 24. We hope the number keep adding  soon.

We are always thankful for the partnership between BV international and the Hillcrest church of Christ, this partnership has made a lot to be accomplished within a short period of time. Working together as a team always brings in positive results. Together we can! Many souls are lost out there and let us join hands to conquer Satan. Eternity Is Forever, Think Souls!

Yours fellow servants of the Lord,

Ephron and Clergynton

Big challenges in Nigeria

FEBRUARY 2023 FIELD REPORT

Beloved in Christ Jesus,

Grace, Peace and Mercy be multiplied unto you all from God our Father and from Jesus Christ, our Lord and Redeemer. Here is the summary of our activities for the month of February 2023.

REPORT FROM SOME OF VOTI RECEPIENTS: 

Bro. Matthew Rowland, one of the WBSFUW in Ondo State as well as an instructor at BVBIN- Ondo State reported the conversion of five souls through the use of VOTI Vol 115 during their weekend outreach in and outside Akure City .

Bro. John Ehimiyein of Benin City, Edo State reported that the 500 booklets was shared to churches of Christ in and outside Benin City in January and February 2023.

Bro. M.B. Archibong reported the conversion of seven souls at Atan Odot and Odukpani village of Akwa-Ibom State during their February 3-5 WBS Seminar.

WEEKEND EVANGELISM/OUTREACH:

In spite of the scarcity of fuel and introduction of the new naira notes which has caused hardship for many Nigerians, our students and staff still endeavored to carry out the weekend Evangelism outreach in eleven different centers that led to the conversion of five souls and restoration of a family of four in the month of February 2023.

NAIRA SWAP IN NIGERIA:

From the commercial nerve center of the country, Lagos to the oil rich City- Port Harcourt in Rivers State and back to Kano State, it has been a frustrating story as we Nigerians masses suffer untold hardship to access cash to sort out our daily needs. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)trickly besieged Nigerian to deposit their old currencies (N200; N500; N1,000) to Bank before January 30, they later announced the extension of the deadline to February 10,2023.

The sad things is that, after we masses had deposited our old currencies in the Bank with the hope that our various Banks will begin to give us the new naira notes, it has been a great disappointment as the Banks have failed to do the needful.

In fact, many Nigerians on daily basis will report to their different banks as early as 4:00am in the morning just to queue to get number for the new notes from the ATMs as directed by the CBN but rather than getting the maximum daily withdrawal of N20,000 , few will get N5,000 and those in the banking hall will get N1,000 new naira note or N3,000 dirty N50 or N100 notes while many will go home empty handed after spending a whole day in the banks. WHAT A GREAT MESS !

ABOUT A STUDENT:

Bro. Mamuwomi Agbara - Oluwa is one of our year-1- Students. Admitted into our ministerial department in year 2021. Born at Igbokoda town in Ondo waterside, Igbobini Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State. Became a member of the Lord's Church on August 6,2019. He is learning Electrical engineer as his vocational study. His mission is to become one of the gospel ministers of God in the rivers sides of Nigeria in the near future.

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

With God on our side coupled with financial supports from Diane & .Doug Wheeler , Dorman & Donna  Lough and Bro. & Sister  Bill Pennell, the school was able to complete the renovation of Doug Wheeler's Events Hall, Administrative block and the Director's apartment in Butubutu Village, Ibadan.

Conclusion: We thank you all for your partnership with love. May the Lord continue to bless all you do for His name is our fervent prayers.

Sincerely yours in His Grace as a servant,

Makinde Ebens (The Chief servant of BVBIN & SWSE-Ibadan And WBSFUW)

Evangelism in Arusha

A.C.S.O.P  Weekly Update

FEBRUARY, 24th, 2023.

 ACSOP EVANGELISM PROGRAM      

Let me hand to you a little summary of what has happened this week on evangelism matters. As some 0f you might know the ACSO has being used in community and surrounding churches as evangelism tools. Many souls have been added to Christ through the efforts made from the team of ACSOP. The ACSOP evangelism team is made up from the students, faculty members, school staff and some evangelists. As you may remember the school is training its students to become effective preachers, evangelists and good teachers in Christian community. Always it should be known that our Lord Jesus taught his disciples that they may teach others also. Likewise, apostle Paul did the same thing to Timothy, and managed to reach world through teaching others. (And the things that you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. 3 You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No one engaged in warfare entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who enlisted him as a soldier. 5 And also if anyone competes in athletics, he is not crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops. 7 Consider what I say, and may the Lord give you understanding in all things. 2 Timothy 2:2-7)   

Last Monday the ACSOP was able to meet all ministers from surrounding congregations to discuss new plan to use ACSOP well for evangelism efforts. And the new plans implemented is having campaigns to every one congregation every moth. This will be implemented on weekends due to limitation of time and funds. Every preacher was happy with the fact that every church need help. Everyone wished that if the school had enough funds this could be done for every weekend. Including four ACSOP faculty, twenty-five preachers attended in that meeting.

This was a great chance for the preachers to be involved in the plans of ACSOP. Every preacher was happy and see that is important to the school decisions on evangelism plans. One of the old preachers said, the school is  taking step ahead and he suggested that this kind of meting should be done at least once a year to evaluate the campaigns conducted.

Please in your daily prayers remember us and this work,  thank you very much for reading and supporting this work.

In His Work.

Ahimidiwe Kimaro

 Director, Andrew Connally School of Preaching

A Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver extension school

Arusha, Tanzania

West Coast, Ghana school continues learning and evangelizing

OPERATIONAL REPORT FOR JANUARY, 2023

 CLASSROOM WORK

Eight new students have been admitted to the school and there are four continuing students making the total number of full-time students twelve. The new academic year for the full-time students started on 16th January, 2023 which was a Monday and will continue until 21st April 2023.

Part-time classes resumed on 13th January, 2023 which was a Friday. Two new students joined the part-time class in January taking their total number to ten.

We are working hard to get additional students in as the term unfolds.

Courses for the first year first term includes: Research and Writing, Hermeneutics 1, Homiletics 1, Life of Christ 1, Christian Evidences, Personal Evangelism 1, and the Epistle of James.

Part-time students are studying Old Testament -4 (Major Prophets), Pastoral epistles and Leadership.

PERSONAL EVANGELISM AND BAPTISM

Last year was a good year in terms of evangelism as the word of salvation was preached by our students past and current to many people across the country.

This year has picked up right from where it ended in terms of evangelism. Our students have started propagating the seed from the very beginning of the year. 

Thank you,

Joshua.