A New Season

I have been working now with the School of Biblical Studies for 13 years. The last time I was doing something other than SBS school, I was only 22 years old, Katie and I had just been married one year, and we had no children! We have been so blessed to work in the program for this many years, having the opportunity to train and work with many sent out to world missions. For this year, I will be stepping out of the classroom full time in order to help Ron and Judy Smith with the SBS International. SBS International now has over 50 schools worldwide throughout Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, and the Pacific. The need for Biblical studies is only growing as the Gospel goes out, so we must continue to see new schools pioneered and multiplied. With the experience I have from leading the program for 10 years, God has asked me to put this into practical helps for those schools and pioneering projects. I will be recording lectures into MP3 format, making resource DVD's with SBS manuals and materials, traveling to the pioneering projects and teaching and training, training young pioneers here on our campus to go out and start SBS's, and of course a wide range of different teaching within and outside of SBS to promote Biblical studies. My work this year will also be building up to the SBS Consultation, a global meeting of SBS leaders and staff in Germany in May of 2009. Here we will be praying and seeking God's direction and wisdom for the future of SBS in the mission. This year could be a critical time of tightening our relationships and strategy within the movement.