Wednesday, May 24, 2006

SBR Seminary

Because lack of trained pastors and leaders is a consistent obstacle for spiritual and physical church growth in our denomination and all of Peru, the Seminario Biblica Reformada is a very important aspect of our ministry. In 2000, we began teaching classes for the then-new seminary of the Iglesia Evangelica Presbiteriana del Peru, with whom we work. Now, classes are ongoing year-round in Cajamarca, Lima and Trujillo, offered in modular cycles to fit the busy schedules of our pastors and church leaders, who must continue working and providing for their families (immediate and extended) as they study.

Bill teaching seminary class

Currently, a variety of courses are being taught. Bill is teaching Greek and Nouthetic Counseling; Wes Baker is teaching Patristics and New Testament Survey; Guillermo Diaz is teaching Hebrew; and Alonzo has been teaching Research Methodolgy and Ethics in both Cajamarca and Lima.

We are encouraged by the desire of the students to learn, although they face the constant struggle of balancing their studies with their daily financial demands and need to work. Bill has been especially excited by the response and growth of the students in his counseling class, especially considering the far-reaching benefits these lessons will have in the lives of the brothers and sisters in our congregations.

Please keep our professors in your prayers, that they would faithfully present the truth of God in a meaningful way, as well as for the students, that they would not be distracted by the pressures around them and would diligently pursue knowledge of the Lord.

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