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January 28, 2014
Dear Brother Missionary,
Has the thought ever entered your mind that you might leave your ministry for one reason or another some day? Will it
be because of communism?, Islam?, burn-out?, family problems?, old age?, or death??? Who will replace you?
Are you sure there will be another missionary available to replace you? Are you now preparing a replacement to step into your shoes to carry on the work you are doing?
Nationals can do it but they have to be trained to do the work. How can one missionary accomplish such a monumental task?
Did you know that the only way for a missionary to have multiple churches is to have a Bible Institute? I said this to my wife in 1982, "I could never be an educator in a school
setting. I am not trained to do such a thing. I cannot plant a church and have a Bible Institute at the same time. etc., etc."
I have good news for you. You can do it just like Carol and I have done it.
In fact, it is even easier for you to do it than it was for us because we have the tools available for you. All you need is what we have put on one
DVD; the wonder of the electronic age!
(contents)
Our Institutes (60 plus-2013) are run on the block system. All students are in the same class together necessitating only one teacher at a time. The blocks are 8 hours long - 2 hours each week for each subject. Most of our schools are at night - one subject on Tuesday 7-9 P.M. and another
subject on Thursday for 2 hours. We have also taught the 4 hours all on Saturday morning in areas where transportation after dark is a problem. Most all of our students have full time jobs or are attending secular colleges.
All this material is now available on
one in English.
(most of the Bible Institute is
completed in Tagalog) All you have to do is to print out the materials for you and a copy for each student and start teaching. The student does not have to copy anything from the blackboard and there is no note taking because each student has a complete set of
materials. This saves classroom time and gives your students a complete set of materials they can use the rest of their lives. The only book they will need is their Bible. Our churches bear the cost of
copying the material and it is free to the students (in our case all
students are church members).
We have used the curriculum since 1982. We have many students who have graduated from one of our Bible Institutes and are pastoring churches they have planted. A national pastor is able to open his own Bible Institute and use this same material and experience the same good results that we have had.
You will find
some sample pages to give you an idea of the
contents and quality. We have used materials from various authors and have written permission to use their material in third world countries only. Please do not sell this material, or use it in the United States.
We can offer the material on computer
DVD for a love gift which will cover our cost and postage, etc. Please let us know if we can
assist you.
Click
here for more info.
In His service 'till He comes,
Melvyn L. Brown
BAMA Bible Institutes
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