Staff members from around the country meet in Colorado

Sadalia, CO - Staff members from all around the country gathered near Sedalia, Colorado to hear reports on our work around the globe. The Bear Valley Bible Institute now has preacher training schools in 18 countries and the US. Extension co-ordinators, Denver faculty and wives, came together for the annual event at the Eternal Purpose Retreat Center. Reports on the work energized those in attendance and encourage everyone. The theme for the weekend was taken from Nehemiah 4:18; The Hand of the Lord Has Been Favorable to Us. Keynote speakers included Denny Petrillo, BVBID President; Donnie Bates, Coordinator for Central and South America; and Keith Kasarjian, Assistant Director of the Extension Program.

Bear Valley is currently involved in training preachers in the U.S., Ukraine, Tanzania (2), Uganda, Kenya, Ghana (2), Togo, Cameroon, Liberia, India (2), Nepal, Cambodia, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, and Nigeria. These schools are currently training 380 preachers worldwide. 

Thirteen new families begin their studies!

Thirteen new families began their studies today here at Bear Valley. We are very excited about this new group and ask that you continue to pray for them as they put their hands to this plow. Eight states are represented in this new class and span from the west coast all the way to West Virginia.

The new students were presented to a packed house at Bear Valley Sunday, August 5. We are so glad to have all of these students as part of the family here at Bear Valley. 

Our new students include; Elbert Turner (OK), Dale and Paula Babinski, with their daughter Isabelle (OH), Dale and Leann Kastner and their daughter Alyssa (OK), Christopher Roberts (CA), Rob and Rudi Turner (CO), Jacob Saarloos (CA), Reginald Isaac (CA), Daniel Mayfield (MN), Jonathan and Donna Woods (CO), Lynn Lane Williams (OK), Mark Anthony, CA), Thomas Sinclair (WY), Nathan and Dara House and their sons Blade and Dysen (CA).

Our new students being introduced to the Bear Valley congregation.

We look forward to the next two years with these families as they strive to be more effective workers in God's Kingdom. 

13 New Full-time Students Join Us Friday!

The Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver will resume classes next Monday, August 6 and will welcome 13 new full-time students and 5 student wives into the program. Orientation is this Friday starting at 9:00 a.m. as we greet this new group and welcome them to Bear Valley. Regular classes begin Monday. More information will be coming soon about this great group of workers in the Kingdom.

Sending them into the world....22 graduate from Bear Valley

Sunday, May 20, we sent 21 graduates out into the world to preach the gospel. We are excited to see what the Lord has in store for these fine servants and we are confident they will work had in His Kingdom. 

Tony Johnson will be leaving for the mission field before the end of June. He will be working in Ghana, West Africa serving as a full-time instructor in the Tamale Institute of Biblical Studies. Joe Wilkie, Jason Hyde and Freddie Klein plan to continue their education at other colleges of higher learning. David and Yali Fang Wei will be doing a one-year internship with a Chinese congregation in the Houston, TX area. Travis White will be working with the church in Middle Tennessee. Jeremy and Carrie Roberts will be working with the church in Parker, Colorado. 

Some in the graduating class still have 6 months before they finish the program in December, and so we don't have to say goodbye to them just yet. But they also aren't going to just take the summer off. Jack Dodgen will be traveling to Ghana to teach with Tony for a month. Jess and Katie Simpson will be doing a short intern program in TX and working with camps. Stephen and Jerri McCullom are expecting the arrival of their first child any time now and Stephen will be helping us with Future Preachers Training Camp in June.

We are p[roud of all of our graduates and look forward to how the Lord will use them for His service in the future.

School Year Begins for New Preachers and Their Families

Back Row: Ethan Hanson, Parvin Adu, Josh Payte, Tammy King, and Charles King. Middle Row: Ray Birchett, Kenneth Jones, Nolan Murray and Neriah LeBlanc. Front Row: Kayla Jones, Megan Murray, Deon LeBlanc and Josiah LeBlanc

The Bear Valley Bible Institute of Denver began its new academic year training preachers on August 8. Nine new families have joined the student body this year and are already working hard to train for full-time ministry.

Parvin Adu has joined us locally from Denver. His family is from Ghana, West Africa and has been living in the US for some time now. Parvin is a product of Bear Valley's Future Preachers Training Camp where he attended for three years.

Bufford Ray Birchett III (who goes by Ray) comes to us from the Nashville, TN area. Ray has worked a number of skilled jobs prior to attending Bear Valley and plans to return to TN after graduation to preach for a small congregation that needs help.

Ethan Hanson has joined us from the East Bay Area of Newark, CA. Ethan has been working and worshipping with the church of Christ in Fremont.  He served as a counselor for this summer's Future Preachers Training Camp here at Bear valley before enrolling in school.

Kenneth Jones and his wife Kayla have come to Bear Valley from Oakland, CA.

Charles and Tammy King lived in Owasso, OK before coming to school. They were both public school teachers. Charle graduated from Lubbock Christian University and Tammy attended Harding University, and graduated from the University of Nebraska. They have been married for 28 years. Their son Drew has moved to Denver with them and their daughter is currently teaching English in Japan.

Neriah LeBlanc, his wife Deon and their son Josiah have joined us from the British Virgin Islands. Neriah graduated from the Trinidad School of Preaching and Teaching in 2003. He has worked as a full-time evangelist for almost ten years.

Nolan Murray and his wife Megan have joined us from Neosho, Missouri. They are in their first year of marriage. They met at Freed Hardeman University where he was studying Criminal Justice and Megan got her degree in nursing.

Josh Payte is another local student from Golden, Colorado. He attends the Miller Street church of Christ and his father has also attended Bear Valley in the past.

Scott Pino was born and raised in Pueblo, CO and has two children; Damion and Joshua. He obeyed the gospel in 2006 and now whats to work in ministry full-time.

Please be praying for these fine families as they labor in the Lord and prepare themselves as workers in the Kingdom here at Bear Valley.