THE SCHOOL OF PREACHING & BIBLE INSTITUTE
For
many years it has been my dream, my desire, and my prayer that God would raise
up some men at the Beth Haven
Baptist Church, who were interested in “the ministry”.
Thirteen years I waited, and then all at once we had several men that
began showing interest in varied levels of ministry.
Most
pastors today would send their men across the country to a Bible College.
There are, in my opinion, at least four problems with that approach.
1)
The only one that can train our men to the way I think they should be trained is
... me.
2)
Most young men that go off to Bible College don’t come back.
They end up in someone else’s ministry.
3)
Beth Haven needs men who are willing to work the ministry.
If we send them away, we send away our best workers!
4)
When away in Bible College the student misses the first hand experience of ministry. The greatest tool for
learning the ministry is the ministry itself!
Besides
all of that, we have men and women who would like an in-depth Bible education
that have no interest in quitting their jobs, moving across country, and
preparing for full-time ministry.
It
is with all of this in mind that we decided to start the Beth Haven Baptist
School of Preaching & Bible Institute.
We pray that God will bless our efforts!