Hamrick Report
FAMILY NEWS
Caleb
just had a birthday and is now
Fifteen years old. It doesn’t seem possible that my little boy is
already becoming a young man. He will start Driver’s Education soon
and is already looking forward to having a car. He had a school
teacher present a false position relative to the biblical teaching
on miracles and after some study defended the truth quite well. I
was proud of him. Rhonda and Bailey are both doing well.
Bailey is learning new signs to communicate and is becoming more and
more independent. We are truly richly blest with good kids.
THE BIBLE INSTITUTE HAS A NEW
WEBSITE, AND NEW LOGO AND A NEW AND MORE DESCRIPTIVE NAME
The new name is World Bible
Institute. The previous name did not fully express the global
focus of the program that we want to emphasize. We truly are a
world-wide school with intention of covering the planet with
extension schools and on-line education.
We also are proud of the new website
and logo. We want everyone who considers involvement with World
Bible Institute to recognize that we are serious about Christian
education and the Great Commission and we wanted the new website to
indicate such.
THE NEW WBI EXTENSION SCHOOLS IN
AUGUSTA, GA & THIBODAUX, LA ARE OFF TO A GOOD START
It was my privilege to teach the
first course (Old Testament Survey) in the new school in Thibodaux,
LA in January. The brethren were very hospitable and seemed to enjoy
the class. There was naturally some hesitation on their part not
knowing what to expect. But after we got going the fear of the
unknown slowly faded and their confidence began to build. The school
is located about 45 minutes from the
Airport in New Orleans. Brother Don Neyland serves as the
Director of the school. He has done a fine job in recruiting
students and promoting the program. We started with seventeen
students. Of those seventeen students five are already preaching
every Sunday. The school has already served to help them with sermon
material and ideas for Bible school.
CLASSES TAKE PLACE IN THE FELLOWSHIP
HALL OF THE THIBODAUX CHURCH OF CHRIST
All but one of the students are
taking classes for credit. Many of them are working towards a degree
in Biblical Studies. Every student passed the final exam and are
waiting for their research papers to be graded to determine their
final grade. I have no doubt that everyone will pass the first
course and will be on their way to a accomplishing their goal of
completion. The first level of accomplishment will be the earning of
a Certificate upon completing ten courses. An Associate Degree is
awarded to those completing twenty courses. A Diploma is awarded for
thirty courses and a Bachelor’s Degree is awarded for the completion
of forty courses.
If you would like to start a WBI
Extension School at your church see our website at
www.WorldBibleInstitute.com for details or call David Hamrick
@ 817-528-4929.
NEW OPPORTUNITY IN PHILIPPINES LOOKS
PROMISING.
I have had the privilege to meet with
a brother Michael Hildreth a couple of times relative to the
idea of starting a school in the Philippine Islands. He has already
started conversing with the brethren there and they are eager to get
something started. Brother Hildreth has done mission work the
Philippines and it is there that he met his wife. They presently
live in Texas but have plans to resume their work in Philippines
this summer. It is my intention to visit the proposed site for the
school this summer.
NEW EXTENSION SCHOOL TO START IN
SOUTH AFRICA IN SEPTEMBER 2010
We are working diligently to get a
school up and running in South Africa later this year. Brother
Rohan Jones is our contact there and has been meeting with
several local preachers to work on the details. It appears that we
will use a church building to provide classroom space and the
students will be local. That being the case the cost of operating
the school will be minimal. The school will begin as a part time
program
with the intention of gradually
growing to full time.
REPORT FROM OUR SCHOOL IN GHANA IS
ENCOURAGING
The faculty and student body went to
do house to house evangelism and night preaching in a small village
called Posmonu. They report that 6 souls were baptized and a
new congregation was established. Some of the faculty
conducted a weekend leadership seminar in the Northern part of the
Volta region to emphasize the importance of the eldership. Twelve
congregations were represented. Eleven congregations in the
North are sending men to enroll in the Volta Bible College. This is
extremely important as there are very few congregations in the
Northern Region. It is 95% Muslim.
The faculty and staff conducted a
three day weekend of evangelism in Worawora and Apesokubi in which
9 souls were won for Christ.
The brethren in the North conducted
their own five day lectureship for the first time. It was held in
Kkwanta where over 200 attended. Nine responded to the
invitation Sunday morning to be baptized.
WE NEED $200 PER MONTH FOR THE SCHOOL IN TOGO. CAN YOU HELP?