Recently we brought some LSO Bible Students & leaders to attend South Africa-UPC Gen Conference. Bro. & Sis. Bernard was the Special Guest Speakers! The Lord richly anointed and blessed their ministry! Bro. J. Smith & the RSA brethren are doing a good work. We have 14 new students enrolled in Bible School, Pray for their ministry!... (click on download links to view entire story)

Between the part time course and the full time course, a total of 91 graduates have now gone out from Harvest Bible College. We thank God for the wonderful 2011 graduation service and the outstanding message preached by Bro. Tuttle, Regional Director for Europe & the Middle East.... (click on download links to view entire story)

This man came to see his son graduate -- and was filled with the Holy Ghost during the General Conference! 

News from Richard Smoak: James Crumpacker and I were excited today to be greeted by fifty-four students at the first day of the first GATS Bible school session to be taught in Burundi. Today and tomorrow we are teaching the first one-half of the book of Acts or twelve hours, six each day. The first day went very well. These are all licensed ministers of the United Pentecostal Church of Burundi.... (click on download links to view entire story)

I am blessed and excited to spread the wonderful news about our Bible College, AMTC! There is nothing more important that the building, molding, and preparing of our young people for ministry. They are the future! They will one day take our places. And it is up to us to make sure they have a well laid foundation. This is why teaching in the AMTC, Apostolic Ministry Training Center, is such an honor and blessing! .... (click on download links to view entire story)

Pastor Bright Owiredu graduated from African Center for Theological Studies (ACTS) in June 2005 with a passion for evangelism. In June 2006 ACTS Ghana partnered with Brother Owiredu and planted a church with the help of the missionaries. Brother Owriedu worked hard, believing God to give the increase. Five years later, they are in their own building with an average attendance of sixty. Pastor Owiredu was married on June 27, 2009 and is the proud father of Marvin-Praise Kwame Owriedu Frimpong. In addition to leading a growing, vibrant church, brother Owiredu serves as the national youth secretary and the zonal secretary. Because someone believed, because someone gave, someone has gone and now more can believe.

Vision is a powerful force, driving us into our divine destiny. Rev. Jerry Hanson came to African Centre for Theological Studies in February 1995 with a burning desire to make a difference. Already a hard worker brother Hanson transferred these ethics to extend into the ministry and has never looked back. After assisting at Bethel Temple from 1997- 2001, Rev. Hanson planted a church in January 2002 called Vision Chapel, beginning with eight people. In January 2010 Vision Chapel, which now averages 250 in attendance, moved into a beautiful rented facility. From here they believe that God will provide land for them to build a church. In September 2009 brother Hanson was elected national secretary for the UPCI-Ghana. The vision of impacting the world continues.

Yakubu Seidu Watono grew up in northern Ghana as a devout Muslim, quoting much of the Koran from memory. However, at the age of fifteen a teacher told him that without the Holy Spirit he would not make it to heaven. This statement challenged and disturbed Yakubu, ultimately leading his teacher and Yakubu to times of prayer after school. Graciously the Lord filled him with the Holy Spirit. This led to great joy but also caused great alarm as his life was endangered. Escaping to the southern part of Ghana, Yakubu became known as John (not his real name) and continued his new life in Christ. In time, John enrolled as a student in our Bible school and graduated in 2006. Later that year he was sent to a Muslim town to revive the church which had all but died. Knowing God desires growth, Pastor John began to work diligently, utilizing all of his theological training and practical ministry experience. God blessed his efforts and the church grew in attendance from eighteen to over forty in the first year. Today the average attendance is one hundred and liberty is felt by all who attend.

One person said, “Learning is defined as a change in behavior. You haven't learned until you can take action and use it.” We thank God for the impact of our Bible School training program. Our students are learning! Thank you for your faithful support. Investing in Bible schools and Bible school students is a great investment as both impact their world for Jesus Christ.

The city of Peshawar, Pakistan is well known throughout the entire world as the hiding place for terrorists, the most famous one being Osama bin Laden.  But last month, another “terrorist” moved into town, named Danish Nazir.  This young man is a spiritual warrior and he is fighting on the front line of the front lines.

On Sunday, March 27, 2011 Pastor Danish, a graduate of New Life Theological Seminary in Lahore, Pakistan, was teaching a Home Bible Study to an unsaved Peshawar family of seven people. These are his words:
“I could see that they could not understand what I was teaching. Their faces showed confusion and I felt frustration. Then I remembered that we’ve been taught we have authority in the Spirit, so I stopped teaching and told them I was going to pray. I took authority over the blindness that was in their minds and spirits and I loosed a spirit of understanding. I finished the Bible Study, and at the conclusion, we baptized all seven in the Name of Jesus.”

After he graduated from SCU-Delhi in 2009 February, Sathish began his evangelism in earnest, and in 2010 June baptized 10 pastors in Jesus name.  In August, he baptized another 72 people, including 34 pastors—that made 304 pastors and 287 other believers since he graduated 18 months earlier.  In September, Sathish baptized 16 young people in Saluru, a remote village.  One lady in her ninth month of pregnancy walked 3 miles to be baptized.  Some other people walked 10 miles.

Roselyne Despinoy is a graduate of French Bible Institute. She has consecrated her life fully to God and today she is the administrator of the French Bible Institute and a teacher. Roselyne is also the Executive Administrative Assistant in the headquarters church in France. She is the web master for the French Federation, the administrator of the National Bible Correspondence Courses and so many other things.  Everything Roselyne does is done with excellence and her desire is to see a great revival in the French speaking world.

Tsathvu Thuvuri is from Nagaland state, India.  When he graduated, he went to Kanpur city, Uttar Pradesh state (this one state has 170 million people), and started our first church there.  He won three other pastors to Jesus name baptism.  Now we had four churches.  These four pastors had a crusade at which 43 Hindu priests had demons cast out of them and said, 'It is clear that Jesus is the one true God because we saw our gods leave us when you told them to leave in Jesus name.'  The four churches became 25 churches, with about 2000 constituents so far.  All by God moving through one SCU graduate.

When I first met Ramala, I thought she was apostolic--she was with the church people at Tukvar.  When I found out she was Hindu, I witnessed to her.  So did her cousin.  She came to Christ, was baptized in Jesus name, came to SCU-Delhi, received the Holy Spirit and after her first year of college, went home and started a church in her house.  Her town is on the Bhutan border, and her church in less than one year started international missions into Bhutan.  She graduated from SCU-Delhi, is now vice-president of the college's registered society, pastor in her town, and I was recently there in a meeting when another four people were baptized--by her evangelism to her community.

Ajinbou Chatmai is from Manipur.  His family moved to the Kanpur area, North India.  There, he was witnessed to and reached by Scism Christian University-Delhi graduate Tsathvu Thuvuri.  He came to SCU himself, and after he graduated, went to Varanasi, ground zero of Hinduism, where people worship the Ganga river and by the river.  Today, he has six churches and preaching points and many, many testimonies of people coming from Hinduism to Jesus Christ by the power of healing in Jesus name.

One day before this writing, he got married to another SCU graduate, who is also a pastor:  Pradipa Patricia Ghatani.  She'll now move to Varanasi, and an SCU student will succeed her as pastor in her home town, Chamong.

Priscilla graduated from Scism Christian University-Delhi, in February 2009.  When I asked if she would be returning to her church in North Bengal, she said in her little voice, 'I think I will stay here'.  She witnessed with relatives and friends in a booming city where we had no church, and ten days after graduation brought three of them to be baptized.  I said, 'You can start a church with these people.  Gather in a house and start services.'  She said, 'I think I will do that.'  Two weeks after graduation, she had started a congregation.

Life is a journey; we come from somewhere going somewhere. To understand where you are going you need to know where you are coming from. The world has so many conflicting answers to this and in the end you will find yourself in a whirlwind of confusion. I was in this whirlwind of confusion when I realized that the answer I was looking for was in the Bible. I needed to know what life is all about, what was my purpose in this world, and why things happen the way they do...

So I decided to study the Bible. I started on my own. I was not happy with the pace of my understanding so I decided to go to Bible College..... (click on download links to view entire story)

I’m often asked, “What business are you in?” I sometimes ponder what reaction I’d get if I said, “I’m in the people-growing business.” Ministers are grown. Students don’t arrive in our Bible school classrooms as spiritual giants. They come with willing hearts and pass through a spiritual formation and maturation process. Effective Bible school programs enable students to reach their maximum potential. We’re equipping others for works of service in God’s kingdom (Ephesians 4:12) and in apostolic ministry. Like Robert Dale once said, we’re “sowing seeds of ministry and growing believers toward leadership.” That is the sole purpose behind the Global Association of Theological Studies. Like a sign I saw, “We build Pentecostal leaders to grow Pentecostal churches.” Spiritual growth is one of our four core values. We value helping people grow! .... (click on download links to view entire story)

Nigeria, West Africa: Two of the Bible school students baptized thirteen while visiting their home town. Another student had a breakthrough in his village church and baptized four and one received the Holy Ghost.

Jaromír and his twin brother were born in Slovakia and soon moved to Prague, Czech Republic.  Raised by his father from the age of seven as a result of his parents divorce, he finished his basic schooling and began studying civil engineering.  It was during his final graduation year that Jaromír’s life turned completely around as he started to attend the church in Prague as a result of a co-workers kind invitation.

Even though the Žumár family followed suit with most Europeans with placing great importance on higher education, the fine arts and culture, Jaromír’s life did not follow in the footsteps of his world traveling concert piano playing mother, nor that of his wood handcrafting violin / cello maker twin brother.... (click on download links to view entire story)