21 April 2009

Bible "boot camp" empowers members

Rollands Plains, New South Wales
Record staff/Sharon Higgins

As part of their commitment to training church members to be more effective in evangelism, Eastward Missionary College recently successfully completed their first "Bible Boot Camp."

Conducted over three weeks, this program was an intensive presentation of the 28 Fundamental Beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Students were introduced to these topics as a means for marking their Bibles, so they can conduct Bible studies using only their marked Bibles. Each study has been taught so an appeal for decision can be made from the study as an effective way of presenting the gospel.

James Higgins, currently the Bible worker for Wauchope church, organised the "boot camp" program and training. Working with Pastor Danny Milenkov, Pastor Joseph Maticic, Matt Hinze and Rod Bailey, the topics were systematically presented and studied with the students.
An added bonus was the presentation on the "Spirit of Prophecy" with Dr Allan Lindsay, in conjunction with the ongoing Health and Bible Worker Certificates being undertaken at Eastward Missionary College.

"All have been greatly blessed by how effective this type of Bible study approach is going to be," reports Eastward's Sharon Higgins. "As part of the learning process on conducting Bible studies, students practised giving Bible studies to each other to ensure even greater success when sharing the gospel with friends and neighbours."

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