A short while ago in my missions class at our extension site in Yaoundé, Cameroon, our guest lecturer was Chying Chying Zau Naw. He is a recipient of our Alex Steddom Scholarship and is a beloved member of this year’s graduating class from our Master of Divinity program. He introduced himself to our ten Cameroonian […]
Spring has finally arrived in Minnesota! It has been a long winter in many respects—not just the weather, but the increasing realization that the world we live in is broken, not getting better, and more and more volatile and hostile with each passing day. Nevertheless, spring is here. Grass is turning green. Flowers and plants […]
Bethlehem College & Seminary’s Eleventh Annual Commencement Exercises will now be held at 7:00 pm, CDT, on Friday, May 21, 2021, at the North Campus of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Date and location remain the same. The time has changed to 7:00 pm. Planning for this year’s live, in-person Commencement has required navigating both COVID-19 mandates […]
Recently, Dr. Rick Shenk, Director of Non-Traditional Programs, announced that we have been approved to start an extension site in Rochester. This announcement resulted from a lot of conversations, meetings, prayer, and preparation! We are grateful to God for this opportunity to equip people in Rochester for Christ exalting ministry. Personally, this campus is also […]
The past year has required us all to shift various plans. Whether we have had to change our vacations, rethink our work schedules and office situations, or come up with alternate educational choices, change has marked our lives in recent days. At Bethlehem College & Seminary, we have had to pivot left and right, then […]
In what was certainly a church camp clerical error, in the summer of 2005 I found myself teaching young men and women the Scriptures at a youth camp on the Hawaiian Islands. As you might imagine, the afternoon slot on the camp schedule entitled “recreation” did more than live up to the hype. I strummed […]
Recently our new Dean of Admissions, Jonathon Woodyard, was a part of a team who headed to Oahu, Hawaii, in anticipation of our new extension site there and of partnerships with Training Leaders International to help serve churches throughout the Pacific Islands. He sent the following dispatch while on the trip: ________ A word of […]
I dreamed, and saw upon a rugged tree My Lord with thorns and dripping wounds incurred For me a wretched man, that God might see The Son in me and all my sin transferred. Hung on that cross, the Lord beheld my blind And mocking heart deserving death—and spoke. Forgive, Abba, forgive! Then in my […]
It’s Easter week—the ultimate holiday for Christians to celebrate. Without the cross, we have no hope. With the cross of Jesus, we have all hope! This is a stunning, glorious truth that should be at the forefront of all our minds as we contemplate the significance of Easter. My simple exhortation to myself, which perhaps […]
Bethlehem College & Seminary announces that Dr. Joshua M. Greever will join the faculty as Associate Professor of New Testament in August 2021. “I am so pleased to announce the hiring of Dr. Joshua Greever as a new member of our faculty. Dr. Greever comes to us with significant pastoral and academic experience and will […]