Educating the next generation in India

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations—entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also —Study the word until I come—Rightly divide the word”

 Educating the next generation definitely requires regular evaluation of their knowledge and understanding of the subjects we teach. Assignments such as research papers, reading tasks, mid-term exams, and final exams serve as important tools to assess not only their progress but also how effectively the teaching methods are working. These evaluations provide a great opportunity to improve and enhance both the learning process and the way we teach, helping us address areas where students need more support or guidance. It can be challenging at times, especially considering the varying educational backgrounds and learning abilities of the students. However, I firmly believe that our teachers are dedicated and committed to doing their very best in fulfilling the mission of shaping effective evangelists. Their hard work and passion for teaching are vital in preparing these students to serve God and His church faithfully.

 in Christ, 

John Dean Muppidi

Bikkavolu Bible College

Visakha Valley Bible College

Kenema, Sierra Leone school is well organized and effective

Bear Valley Bible Institute Sierra Leone

18A Harding Street, Kenema, Eastern Province, Sierra Leone

ACTIVITY OPERATION REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2025

Full Time and the Extended Programs

 INTRODUCTION

As the rainy season and the year continue to wind down, the activities of the school keep climbing. The school administration continues to make significant inroads in many aspects and in impartation of the local congregations; the school is a vehicle to drive that change. All of the activities of the school are yielding positive results creating a good image and positioning it as the leading church of Christ Bible School in the country. For the month of September, the school’s indoor and outdoor activities continued, some souls were converted through our regular weekend evangelism, the alumni activities continued steadily and the evangelistic teams on the field succeeded in converting some souls and planting two congregations. We know that your partnership is playing a key role in all of this and we appreciate that so much. Please continue to read as we give you more details on the highlighted activities above.

STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC UPDATES

We want to let you know that in the month of September, our 20 first year and our 12 final year full time students remained intact. Academically, the first year students ended their first quarter after writing their final exams at the end of September. After this, they went on a break for 8 days and were expected to resume on October 9, 2025. Meanwhile, the final year students continued with their seventh quarter classes which are expected to end at the apex of October 2025.  Moreover, our 10 part time students held on firmly with their academic and evangelistic activities. Nothing happened to any of them and gratefully, they are all intact. They started the final session of their studies (8th) in September which will run through February next year, after which their graduation comes up by March or April, 2026 Lord willing.

BRIEF HIGHLIGHTS OF SOME STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES

We know that you are aware of many of the activities that our students are involved in in the school, but we want to run a brief inventory of a few of them in a summary form so that you can continue to be acquainted with what we are doing here. Here is the list of activities with brief explanations:

A.   Daily Chapel:

The school holds chapel for both full time and extended students for 45 minutes every day (for full time students) and every weekend (for part time students).  It is held from 12: 00 pm daily for full time students and 1:00 pm for part time students. Though the daily chapel is purely for full time students, yet some part time students that reside in Kenema do sometimes come to join the full time students. The activities during the chapel include prayers, singing, preaching and announcements. A particular book is selected and a preaching schedule is made for both staff and students. It is a wonderful communion time with the Lord in the school.

B.  Daily Devotion:

Apart from the daily chapel, the students conduct early morning and evening devotions in their hostel. For this, the students’ leadership prepares a regular schedule for officiators of singing, prayer, preaching etal. The times for these devotions are always 6: 00 am and 7:00 pm. Sometimes the staff attend the student’s evening devotions to see what is happening and what is not happening.

C.  Fasting and Prayer:

Every two months, fasting and prayer sessions are conducted. During this period, every member of the school is encouraged to participate including all the staff. On this occasion, many prayers are offered for different personalities and different projects. This regular exercise helps to strengthen the students’ prayer lives and it trains them to become familiar with fasting, especially for those that do not stay away from food at any given time. Not only the students, but the staff also benefit greatly from this spiritual exercise.  

D. Evangelism and Mission Work:

 Our students and staff are scheduled to go out for evangelism every week. This evangelism entails internal (evangelism within the Kenema township) and external (evangelism outside the township of Kenema). The missionaries are sent to weak congregations in order to evangelize and strengthen them. Sometimes, during these external mission trips, we identify new areas that have the potentiality of being evangelized thereby establishing new congregations. Some other times we identify struggling congregations that require us to take campaigns there for strengthening. Any congregation that we take our campaigns to becomes our mission territories, and this has been helping to build up many local congregations in Moyamba, Kenema, Kono, Kailahun etc Districts. Successes have been registered in these mission fields as both numerical and spiritual growths are taking place. This exercise has created a great opportunity for students to be evangelistic and develop skills for soul winning that would outlive their time in training. Many of our graduates on the field today are very grateful for this exercise as it helped to ignite interest in them for the value of souls.

E. Research and the Use of Libraries:

With the blessing of having both a physical and E-libraries, the students (and staff alike) continue to make great progress in academic work. A schedule is prepared twice a week for students to spend some hours in the both libraries to gather information for their research papers in different courses. Since they are also always delivering biblical lessons on the evangelistic field, during local congregational worships, etc, they effectively utilize the libraries to help assemble their lessons to meet up with those expectations.

F. Preachers Evaluation Forum (PEF):

PEF, as we coined, is an occasion that we designated where we test our students’ homiletical and hermeneutical skills. The exercise is conducted on Thursdays wherein two students are scheduled and after their presentation, evaluations, observations, suggestions and corrections are made by the staff scheduled for the day. This enables the students to gain more preaching skills and helps them to gain more self-confidence. This is similar to what our coordinator, Steve Ashcraft had designed for the part time students who are also benefiting from this exercise greatly.

G.  Agriculture:

Since almost all our students are peasant farmers, we embark on Agricultural practices to enable us to produce some food stuff for our consumption and to train students more in the Agricultural practice. We make sure that this does not interfere with their classes and other activities.  

BRIEF ALUMNI UPDATES

Follow-ups: The graduates are more intentional and consistent in their follow-up process endeavor. They are maintaining regular visits and calls, ensuring that those who show interest in the gospel do not fall through the cracks. This has strengthened relationships and increased receptivity of the word. With deep concern, they are also following up to know how the school is progressing.

Evangelism: Our graduates are actively involved in personal and group evangelistic campaigns in various communities. Tracts, bible studies, open-air preaching and door-to-door outreaches are being effectively utilized in their various localities.  The message of Christ is being clearly communicated, and more people are being reached every day. This has been yielding good fruits as can be seen through our reports.

Edification: The spiritual growth of new and old members is being prioritized. Congregations are holding regular bible classes, discipleship sessions, and leadership training. Sermons are more Bible-centered and application-driven, equipping members to grow in grace and knowledge of Christ are their priorities. The churches are becoming stronger doctrinally and more unified.

Nurturing congregations: The evidence of nurturing young congregations are clearly shown through the graduates’ efforts in mentoring, shepherding, and discipling. Church leaders are being trained to care for the flock, and new believers are not left alone. There is a growing culture of love, accountability, and service among members, holding unto long-term faithfulness and stability for Church growth.

 EVANGELISTIC EFFORTS AND CONVERSION OF SOULS

Here is the summary of conversions and restorations for the month of September 2025:

A.   The school had four conversions.

B.   The alumni had thirteen conversions and three restorations.

C.   The evangelistic teams had twelve conversions and ten restorations

D.   The total conversions were 29.

E.    The total restorations were 13.

STUDENT’S PROFILE: Michael Sahr Fomba

Michael Sahr Fomba, a fine and wonderful young man is one of our final year students in our full time program. He was born on the 10th July, 2002, in Kailahun town, Eastern region, Sierra Leone.  Michael’s parents Mr. Sahr Fomba and Mrs. Bintu Fomba are from the Kissi tribe (the kissis are known in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia as “religious” people. They can be dedicated to anything or anyone that they want to worship). Brother Michael is the eldest son of the 7 children of his parents who are just peasant farmers.

His spiritual journey started in 2019 when he became converted as the result of the evangelistic efforts of the Massanta congregation in Kailahun town. Since he became converted, he became so zealous to know more about God and His word. He was greatly involved in evangelism, visitation of backslidden members, learning songs, etc. As the result of his dedication, his preacher, Alfred Tengbeh recommended him to come to seek Biblical knowledge at the KBVBI. And at the school, he has been an outstanding student. He takes some leadership roles and is being cherished by even his fellow students. We are confident of the impacts that Michael would make for the Lord upon his graduation!

CONCLUSION

Thank you for reading this report to this point. May the Lord provide more opportunities to continue to be useful in His service! Till we come your way again in our October report, tmay you stay blessed and loved by God.  

Your brother,

Peter Sahr Makundu,

Director,

Sierra Leone Bear Valley Bible Institute

Freetown, Sierra Leone school impacting local congregations

Bear Valley Bible Institute Sierra Leone 

FREETOWN EXTENSION PROGRAM

QUARTERLY OPERATION REPORT FROM JULY - SEPTEMBER, 2025

INTRODUCTION

The Bear Valley Extension program in Freetown is truly an effective tool for building up manpower for the city congregations.  And we are thankful to God that the academic and evangelistic work of the students and staff of the school continue to progress and make significant impact and progress on the churches of Christ and the spiritual landscape of Sierra Leone. On and off the classroom the presence of the school is being positively felt. Through God’s help, our students continue to make meaningful impacts in many recognizable areas of the Church. From July to the end of September, some souls were converted by our students, academic activities continued uninterrupted, and our students continued to be very engaged at their various local congregations. We pray you are encouraged to read here for more details.   

STUDENTS AND ACADEMIC UPDATES

Currently, we have 16 students in our Freetown program as you were updated in June, and many are local congregational leaders. Nothing happened to any of them and they are all intact. Academically, they completed their first semester in July and started a fresh one in August 2025. We are grateful that they are committed to their studies.

EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES OF THE STUDENTS

One of the successes of the school on the church is the ignition of evangelistic passion in the minds of the students. Every enrolled student is desirous and zealous for evangelism because the school operates robust evangelism programs. Souls are being converted and won to Christ due to these evangelistic efforts. Thankfully, our students are all immersed in this system. Therefore for the period of July to September, they converted 12 souls and conducted a series of open air preaching programs, lectureships, in their various congregations. These significant evangelistic programs are yielding fruits to the glory of God. They continued to follow up on some new congregations planted and the new studies established.

CONCLUSION

We are grateful to God that our students continue to make significant strides in their academic and extra-curricular activities. We are even hopeful that God through them will record many successes in the ministry as they continue in their Christian journey. Thank you for reading this report to this point. Until you get another update in December this year, may the Lord keep you in good health!

Your brother,

Peter Sahr Makundu,

Director,

Sierra Leone Bear Valley Bible Institute

Evangelism priority in Cameroon

Greetings from Cameroon:

In Cameroon we will say "n'a small small monkey di climb tree." A journey with a thousand miles begins with a step. It has really been a long since the school in Mbanga has experienced such a great blessing. We still have so many requests that would help to push the Lord’s work in Cameroon but we also understand that things are really challenging not only in Cameroon but even in the entire world, the U.S. included. But we also know that God will always make a way out for his children.

Since the month of October will be very intense, due to the elections in Cameroon, we have pushed our alumni campaigns back so that they will end earlier. The various alumni campaigns have already scheduled a date which will be the same for all the sub zones both in the Akwaya zone, the Bafia zones in French Cameroon, the northern part of Cameroon and the General alumni.

The church of Christ in Mbanga shall be hosting a zonal sister’s seminar for the francophones come October 24. Despite the busy schedule of activities, we still think souls because evangelism is our mission and our mission is evangelism.

There shall be a one-week mission tour to visit some congregations and to also see how the preacher's and graduates are doing in the field.

Our short course program was really good with minister Yakouba, who taught the students while minister Kiteba taught the wives of the students.

Our weekend evangelism is also improving as time goes on with the new batch of students.

Some have been working in Mojuka Peage with brother Giresse and a precious family was baptized yesterday. Also, by the special grace of God, we are expecting another great family to be added into Christ.

The staff and students are doing pretty good at the moment.

Please commit this batch of students into the hands of God as the devil is at work and is always planning to ruin and frustrate the students.

The Emerald Bilingual complex that is both the primary and secondary school has resumed studies. We are already in our third week. It all started well as the Lord brought us all back safely with no casualty during the holidays to the pupils, the students, or the staff.

Our chapel programs are ongoing and we are talking about love in this first semester. Our Christian brothers are using their gift of preaching during our morning devotional programs and our chapel activities.

Those who received the scholarship last year came with words of appreciation to the school and we transfer them to the donors, especially to Mama Nancy for the support of the Christian education for the students and pupils of Emerald.

 We are really grateful to have a family of good will like you.

 From your humble servant Ititi Benedict

Great progress in Moundou, Chad

Moundou, September 2025

May grace and divine peace be abundantly given to you from God, the source of our lives and our salvation in Jesus Christ! Allow me, on behalf of the students and staff of the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou - Chad, to extend our sincere greetings and gratitude for the quality of the coordination of activities observed between you, Creekside, Bear Valley Denver, and the mission in Chad. May God continue to bless you more for His work!

Through this letter, we would like to update you on the activities of our Bible school last August. We want to talk about evangelism, the resumption of classes (the fourth quarter), and its progress.

EVANGELISM:

We continue to glorify the Lord for his support in evangelism. We preached the Gospel during the month of August. Students on vacation are spreading the word in their respective communities. Those who spent their vacation in Moundou continued to visit our friends with whom we usually share the Gospel. There was a baptism in Kèlo and one in Bissiwadog. We pray for these new brothers. At the Moundou Penitentiary Center, we are unfortunately encountering difficulties with the Protestant denominations that practice there. They do not want us to worship differently from them but according to the doctrine of the Bible. For the sake of souls, we must not be left out. We pray that the relevant prison authorities do not fall into their trap.

THE FOURTH QUARTER:

Speaking of the fourth quarter, classes have resumed very well. Our instructors are very motivated to train the brothers. Classes will end on October 25th, God willing. After the end-of-term internship, we will have the end-of-year vacation. The second year is scheduled to resume on January 4, 2026.

 We take this opportunity to inform you that the Bear Valley Bible Institute Moundou – Chad family is in mourning. The wife of the security officer of the school passed away on Thursday, September 4th. The body will be buried on Monday, September 8th. May God console the heart of our beloved Baoweling Samuel!

These were our activities for the month of August and our plans for closing the year 2025. Please convey our sincere greetings to the Pattonville and Creekside congregations. We are very grateful for their support. May God continue to bless them abundantly!

 In Christ,

 Datoudji

Tirupati, India school making a difference

Reporting Letter for the month of September-2025

Date:  October 6th,2025

Respected director Mr. Keith Kasarjian, our coordinator Mr. Mark Reynolds and all the prayer partners. Greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. We pray that this reporting letter may find you in good health. We thank you for your prayers and  encouragement for the smooth function of BVBI-Tirupati-India. We would like to submit a brief report for the month of September 2025.

Classroom Work:-   BVBI classes are successfully going on.  In the month of September we have completed the book of Acts, book of Joshua and an overview of the Life of Christ from the four gospels. From each book we had assignments, memory work, notebook checking etc..according to our BVBI pattern .

Campaigning:- In the month of September we have conducted a campaign at two villages . one at Jangalapalli-Village and other at Unuguntapallem-Village.

Coordinator visits:- We are highly delighted to report you that our coordinator Mr. Mark Renolds has visited our BVBI on September last week . He taught a good  subject “Who is Jesus according to Colossians 1:12-16..

Skill Training:-  During leisure time we give training to our students in different skill training. In the month of September we have invited skill training expert and given training spiral binding and notebook binding and other different types of blinding.

Students progress:- Students are learning  Greek words, daily new English Bible vocabulary, new songs etc..

Staff meeting:- We conducted a staff meeting in the month of September and discussed several things for the spiritual benefit of students.

Weekly Special Camps for the visually challenged people:- We have weekly bible classes for the visually challenged people . We have distributed audio bibles for them for easy hearing the word of God.

Christian Growth Bible Seminar:- We conducted a Christian Growth Bible Seminar on September 29Th.  We are thankful to Mr. Mark Reynolds for the presenting wonderful lectures in our seminar. Our students, teaching faculty, members and local preachers were spiritually benefited by the seminar.

Benevolence:- In the month of September we have done benevolence activities at Thannamaladibba village , provided bed sheets for the tribal people and personal care products like tooth past, bresh, hair oil, soaps etc..Rs.150 /worthful products we have distributed to the old people at Unuguntapallem village.

Brethhren, BVBI is wonderful plant farm to train young people who can teach others according to 2 Timothy 2:2. We thank you for your willingness to be a part of this wonderful project. We treat you as blessing of God. We love you and appreciate your love . We request your continual prayers for our bible school.

Thanking you

Yours brother in Christ.

B.Vijaya Kumar&Staff from BVBI-Tirupati-India.

New school opens in Bermuda

Bermuda Report

The Bear Valley Bible Institute of Bermuda is officially open. The school in Bermuda was in the planning stage for about one year. The local director, Keithlyn Fleeming, approached me in July 2024, while at the Annual Caribbean Lectureship, about starting the school. One of the main reasons for the school was to ensure the continued growth and steadfastness of the church in Bermuda. There are sixteen full-time students, and most of them also have full-time jobs. The class meets on Tuesday and Thursday nights, as well as on Saturday mornings. Each class lasts for four weeks. The teaching staff will comprise local teachers, as well as teachers from the United States and Trinidad. It is an exciting time for the church in Bermuda and for the strengthening of the body of Christ. The class meets in the Brighton Hill Church of Christ building. Most of the classes will be taught by international teachers via Zoom. The Zoom class enables interaction between students and teachers. 

The official opening took place on September 14th. Keith Karsarjian and I traveled to Bermuda and met with the director and the students. We also had the privilege of speaking at the Brighton Hill congregation on Sunday morning. After the services, the church hosted a luncheon, allowing us to have several one-on-one conversations with the students, and elders. It truly is a blessing to have the school in Bermuda and to see the potential growth of the congregations. Please pray for the students and the future development of the church.

Larry Waymire

Christ among chaos in Haiti

Haiti Report

The International School of Theology continues to reach out to lost souls amid increased gang violence. The school has thirteen full-time students who meet when they are able. Although we have not been able to use the IST campus for approximately four years, classes have continued. We have had to relocate several times due to safety concerns, but the students and teachers continue to meet when possible. There are days when some of the students cannot reach class due to roadblocks by the gangs. The students and local preachers have formed a network of communication to ensure the safety of the students, teachers, and members of the body of Christ. The UN Security Council has agreed to deploy an additional 5,500 troops to support efforts aimed at addressing the unrest. 

While the unrest continues, families are threatened, and thousands have been killed, the power of the gospel continues to move forward. In the first seven months of 2025, one hundred and ninety-five souls obeyed the gospel, and three new congregations were planted—the result of our teachers and students' continued outreach in the community. Not only are the students and faculty reaching the lost, but they also continue to find ways to strengthen the church. During September, they hosted Ladies' Day, featuring several congregations, as well as a Christian men's conference. The attitude of the Christians is, "We cannot allow the work of Satan to stop the work of God."  

Please continue to pray for the work in Haiti. God has given us an open door for the message of Christ to be proclaimed. The school's work is reaching every corner of Haiti and beyond. Thank you for your prayers and encouragement.

Larry Waymire

Studies continue in Uganda

Greetings brothers, 

It has been  a while but  with the grace of God we have been pushing on well. We ended the month of September and welcoming October now meaning we are remaining with two months to have this year gone.

Studies have been going well and great  change is being recorded as teachers labor so much. We can't undermine this call but this is worthy. Students  have  set off going home for  their long holidays. They are expected to report back January 5th for the second year. However, we will still be with them for evangelism in so many respective areas. Our teacher in charge of evangelism has come up with the plan for evanngelistic efforts.

One of our students brother Simon Katuramu has been having challenges.  He got seriously sick and got admitted to the hospital. Upon his improvement, his family asked us if they can continue to treat him from home because the bills had started raising highly. He was being disturbed by pressure which hit his eyes and had constant headach. We expect him to be well at the time we begin classes again. 

We continue bringing our heartfelt thanks to our brothers and sisters who are supporting this work to have men stay and study.  May the Almighty God bless you so much. 

May the almighty God bless you 

Until all have heard 

Raymond 

Making the most of opportunity in Malawi

We wish to report some of the events that have taken place in the month of August.

STUDENTS

Students are on break through the month of August. we are expecting them back "the week of September 13, 2025".

GOSPEL MEETINGS

We had an opportunity to attend some gospel meetings during holiday. There we had the privilege to announce the 2026-2027 school calendar.

Here are some of the meetings which were in the following districts.

1: Mzimba:

The meeting was in Mzuzu city where there were thousands and thousands of people.

The lesson was about a blameless and harmless Christian in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation.

2: NKhata Bay- district :

The meeting was in the northern part of Nkhata Bay where there were 600 people.

The lesson was about Jesus and His Church.

People who attended these meetings were interested to hear that we support the whole family.  They took special notice of the fact that when a husband is in class, the wife will be looking after the family [that is Especially kids and house chores] and when her turn comes to be in class will be vice versa. There will be strong bond between them.

Since that time, the school has been receiving calls inquiring more information asking about the school, classes, how to enroll and etc. 

STRONG COMMUNION CUPS

We made 580 cups during the month of August. These cups were made from plastic bottle tops , and they have been distributed to 11 congregations within Malawi.

We remain sincerely grateful to Bear Valley family for your support of the school in Lilongwe.

Thanks,

Ngulube  

Evangelism brings results in Accra, Ghana

OVERVIEW 

This report outlines the activities conducted by the Bear Valley Bible Institute in the month of September. The focus has been on our weekly radio preaching and a dedicated week of evangelism in Gyimakrom, near Bogoso Western part of Ghana.

RADIO PREACHING 

Throughout the month, we successfully aired a series of sermons every Tuesday on Top Radio, focusing on the theme "The Difference Between the New Testament and the Old Testament." Each session aimed to educate listeners about the fundamental distinctions between the two testaments, emphasizing the continuity and fulfillment of God’s promises through Christ.

IMPACT: 

Feedback from listeners has been overwhelmingly positive, with many expressing a deeper understanding of Scripture. Calls and messages received during the broadcasts indicated a keen interest in further discussions and clarifications on the topics covered.

EVANGELISM IN GYIMAHKROM 

From 22nd to 29th September, a dedicated evangelism team was deployed to Gyimakrom. The week-long outreach was aimed at sharing the Gospel and engaging with the local community.

Throughout our stay we evangelized the nearby communities like Bobkrom, Adadekrom, Kabutey camp and Gyimakrom being our main target

Activities Included:

Daily open-air preaching and Bible studies.

Distribution of tracts and literature on the teachings on the death of Christ.

One-on-one evangelism efforts in homes and community centers.

Daily Bible studies at the church premises

BAPTISMS 

The evangelism efforts culminated in five individuals who baptized to give themselves to Christ, signifying their commitment to follow Christ. In addition about ten (10) brethren also were restored and brought back to Jesus. 

By the special grace of God, on that Sunday, Church of Christ Gyimakrom was established. 

This is also by way of informing you about our new congregation.

Bro Stephen Kwabena Gorman, one of our this year's graduate is the preacher. Let us continue to remember them in our prayers.

CONCLUSION 

The month has been fruitful for Bear Valley Bible Institute Accra, with significant progress in both our radio ministry and evangelistic outreach. The positive responses from our listeners and the baptisms in Gyimakrom are testimonies to the effectiveness of our efforts.

Next Steps

Follow up with the newly baptized individuals to ensure their integration into the local church community.

We thank God for His guidance and the support of our partners and donors who make these endeavors possible.

May the Lord bless our endeavors as we strive to fulfil our mission.

By E.O. Larbi

Working for the Lord in Luanshya, Zambia

SEPTEMBER 2025

Report

INTRODUCTION

We send greetings to you brethren in the name of our Savior and only Lord Jesus, as we send this report for the month of September, we are so happy for what the Lord has done in our lives as the Institute even as we interact with the world. We have exciting news concerning the leadership meetings that we have had both locally (as Luanshya District and as a Province on the Copper belt), a survival skill being taught to our students and practical work is also yielding much fruit.

We have also included more exciting news on what our Alumni are doing at present and congratulating one of them for his achievement in education.

AGRICULTURAL SKILLS

Our current student body has continued to show their earned skills in Agriculture by working at our school garden. We have planted cabbages, tomatoes, onions and maize. We sold some cabbages and the money was used to expand the field.  The second field for cabbages is now ready.  Thanks to the students who are working so hard beside their busy schedule in class.

The other two evangelists (our former students Rodrick and Mainza) are also working and sustaining their lives as they preach from the same field.  What is more interesting is people in the community are coming to learn more on Tomatoes, cabbages and winter maize growing.

Then slowly and quietly people have began to attend church services. In Mikomfwa some young men have been baptized as a result of the meetings which always began by preaching the gospel.

MEETING WITH LEADERS IN LUANSHYA

We often have quarterly leadership meetings in our district and they are held from one congregation to the other. We begin in rural places or villages and rotate the meetings, sometimes these meetings are held at our institute premises.  As Preachers we learn from the Bible in 1 Cor.1:10 “…and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought”.

We now have the same doctrine in 6 of the congregations out of the 7 planted in our district; one is swept by Pentecostalism and we are doing the best we can to preach sound doctrine, by this our meetings are bearing fruit. We have attached to this report the pictures of these meetings.

MEETING WITH LEADERS ON THE COPPER-BELT PROVINCE

We have continued to meet with leaders on the Copperbelt Province in order to foster unity in the body of Christ. This year the center of this meeting was in Chingola district where also gospel meeting is expected to take place in 2026. We meet with about twenty – forty leaders representing churches on the Copperbelt Province and in these meetings we as teachers of the gospel are making headway in attaining the unity.

We also anticipate a good gospel meeting being planned for next year to be a success.

 GRADUATES AT BVBI-LUSAKA

We witnessed a colorful graduation ceremony in Lusaka Province at BVBI-Lusaka were Brother Fred Kanangu was the Guest of honor. It’s their first ever graduation in four years time since the Institute began.  Twelve students graduated and the new intake has since begun, we just wish our sister Institute a great success.  

BAPTISMS AND RESTORATIONS

We have recorded nine (9) baptisms: Four in Copperbelt Province and three from Southern Province where Daniel and Gershom preach. We also recorded 2 from the Northern Province where Ishmael Kanyangala is preaching.   

 We have recorded a total number of twenty-four (24) restorations for the month of September.

CONGRATULATIONS

We are so happy to announce the graduation of our former student by the name of Simon Nkhazi who graduated with a best student’s award. Simon graduated from one of the reputable University in our country in registered medicine; he has been a very active person in evangelism in Lusaka Province and wherever he had gone for practical work in his field. All that remains is his glorious conduct in the service of Christ which he has promised.

Conclusion

When we remember Christ’s glorious love and His immeasurable sacrifice for our sins! That graphic display of sacrificial love should ever overshadow any excuse we might ever be tempted to make to fail to do what He commands us to do. Calvary showed us in no uncertain terms that He earned that right! Let’s go and do the preaching. Take up your cross and follow Him.

Thank you brethren for your commitment to His work! Indeed the way of the cross leads home! Blessings always in His Name.

In His service,

Cephas and Fred

Classes continue in Lima, Peru

Best regards,

I am very pleased to be able to write these notes with the purpose of reporting on the progress of the teaching program here at the Lima-Peru Extension.

Our latest courses taught have been OT 4 (Major Prophets), Biblical Geography, and The Work of the Preacher, as we approach the end of the second round of curricula. We are currently teaching the courses on Revelation and Christian Ethics.

In addition to our regular program of instructional activities, the Institute's teachers and students have participated in some congregational activities as speakers, evangelists, and translators. It has been a blessing in this regard to have this staff to serve our sister congregations in different parts of Lima and the province.

Preaching workshop in Tirupati, India

Reporting Letter for the month of August-2025

Date September 13, 2025

Respected beloved brother Keith Kasarjian our director, brother Mark Reynolds our coordinator and all the prayer partners: Greetings to you in the name of Jesus christ. We pray that this letter may serve us to find you good health. We thank you very much for your prayers and encouragement. We would like to submit a brief report for the month of August-2025.

Classroom work:-  We continue the classes smoothly, all the students are serious about the classroom work like studying, writing their exams, taking notes, memory work, etc.

Campaigns:- on August 11th we conducted a gospel meeting at Gudali village. Our church members assisted in organizing the meeting very well.

The appointment of Elders:-  We are happy to share about the appointment of elders and deacons in our local church.  Our director Mr. Keith Kasarjian conducted a lectureship meeting on “Church leadership”  on 19th March 2024. We have very much motivated and encouraged by his teaching from the  New Testament.  My family has been continually serving for two local churches. One at Vidyanagar (Rural)  and other at Tirupati (Urban). God has blessed Vidyanagar Church of Christ, on August 31st Sunday evening we appointed 3 elders ( Acts  11:30,Acts 14:23, Acts 20:17-30,Ephesians 4:11-13, 1 Peter 5:1-4,Hebrews 13:17, James 5:14, 1 Timothy 4:17). We also appointed 8 Deacons at the Vidyanagar church ( 1 Timothy 3:8-13). We need your prayers for the elders and deacons so that they may serve the flock of God ( 1 Peter 5:2).

Preaching workshop:-We are happy to report that we conducted a two day “Preaching Workshop “ on August 27-28. We studied the book of  John. We had 120 people in attendance for the meeting. There were three brothers from Graymere church who participated and helped in teaching the book of John. We are grateful to the Graymere church for sponsoring this wonderful program. BVBI students did a wonderful job in leading songs and also serving the people during the breakfast, lunch and dinner times.  All the students, staff, local church and members learned good things from the workshop.

New Souls:- In the month of August 2 souls obeyed to the gospel of Christ, Please pray for their spiritual growth.

We thank you very much for your prayers and encouragement. We inform you that BVBI is a wonderful platform for the young people to study the word of God. We request your continual prayers.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ.

B.Vijaya Kumar&staff from BVBI-Tirupati-India.

In the classroom and in the field training in India

Bear Valley Bible Institute

Vidyanagar- 524413

Andhra Pradesh-India

September 13th,2025

Our director and coordinator and all prayer partners, greetings to you in the name of Jesus Christ. By the grace of God we are successfully conducting the classes at Vidyanagar.  We are strengthening and equipping the students with sound biblical knowledge and preparing them serve effectively in the church and community.  The main purpose is to make them to teach who can teach faithful people according to 2 Timothy 2:2.

The Training classes are taking place at Vidyanagar church of Christ ‘s premises. In addition to the classroom , we are teaching our students by involving them in the field of evangelism in the nearby villages . Many students are encouraged and motivated to dedicate themselves more fully to the Lord’s work.

We thank God for His blessing , The local congregation and their hospitality, the teachers and their valuable time and efforts. We express our gratitude and thanks  for the support of BVBI who has made this training possible to be established at Vidyanagar. This is a wonderful school functioning smoothly in the honour of Joe  Barnett.

This part time school has laid a strong foundation for the future leaders of the church and we are confident that the participants will continue to use the lessons for the glory of God and growth of His son’s  kingdom in India.

In the month of August three brothers from US have visited Vidyanagar and delivered wonderful lessons about the church leadership. Please pray for the new soul who obeyed to the gospel last week.

Please pray for our school’s  twenty students , two teaching faculty and one director of the school. We request your continual prayers and encouragement.

Thanking you.

Yours brother in Christ

B.Vijaya Kumar & staff from Vidyanagar.

Church plants and conversions in Guinea

GUECKEDOU BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE OPERATIONS REPORT FOR AUGUST 2025

The Gueckedou, Guinea Bear Valley Bible institute family brings you greetings in the precious Name of Christ, our Lord. We are grateful to Almighty God and we appreciate you all for your partnership in our work of preacher training and evangelism. With that, we have the obligation to give you an activity report again for the past month, August 2025. There were not many activities also because we were on break for about 2 weeks and are just resuming classes this September. Notwithstanding, there were the usual indoor and outdoor activities of lectures, personal evangelism, follow up works and some evangelistic teams campaign exercises all of which resulted successfully. Here are the details below.

Classroom:
Before rounding up for a 2 weeks break, brother François Tengiano was with the students giving lectures and practical exercises on Evangelism Il. All 13 students kept on the race and the lectures were successful. Thereafter, the students were released not only for the rains, but also to enable them during their resting period to engage in some of their own family affairs.
Personal evangelism and follow up works:

As usual, evangelism is a regular routine exercise and many preachers are thereby engaged in it while others especially the Bear Valley staff and students include that with the follow up work to new churches and those of our students. Two of four evangelists who converted 7 souls during the month of August were Bear Valley staff who baptized 3. The third and fourth were the team leader of Ouende Kenema and brother George of Lola. They also baptized 4 at 2 different times.

Evangelistic teams:
There were in all 5 new churches planted in the Nongoa and Koundou Lengobengou sous-prefectures.
These are the churches planted:
1. Felo of Koundou Lengobengou sous-préfecture, 6 baptized on Aug 2, 2025
2. Dangdou of Nongoa sous-prefecture, 15 baptized on Aug. 6, 2025.
3. Tongolo of Koundou Lengobengou sous-préfecture, 10 baptized on Aug. 11, 2025.
4. Diyan of Koundou Lengobengou, 6 baptized on Aug. 17, 2025.
5. When the 5th campaign was interrupted by the rains and prospects reached a discussion for the team to return the following weekend, one family considered that a week later would be too far and therefore called a day later and requested to be baptized. So the brethren returned on early Sunday morning and baptized 6 persons, most of which were members of the same family in the village of Lelah which is also in the sous-prefecture of Koundou Lengobengou. We are making plans not only for a return to the village of Lelah, but to make a general follow up during the months of September and October of all newly planted churches.
We truly appreciate all your prayers and support as we do our part in expanding the Lord's kingdom in this part of the vineyard.

Conclusion:
Gueckedou Bear Valley Bible lnstitute has ended one year which is half way of the 48 course study with the 4th batch of 13 students. We continue with follow up work to edify existing congregations and planting new ones. The work is being enlarged as new churches continue to be planted. During the month of August, follow up and personal evangelism efforts baptized 7 souls. The evangelistic teams planted 5 congregations when 43 souls obeyed Christ. The total conversions of all our combined efforts for August summed up to 50 souls.
Once again, we truly appreciate all your prayers and support in this great work of preacher training and evangelism.
Until the end of September when you will hear from us again we pray that each of us will continue to benefit from the grace of God.
Francis, Director

BVBI in Tamale, Ghana, continues Improvements

BEAR VALLEY INSTITUTE OF BIBLICAL STUDIES, TAMALE - GHANA

AUGUST 2025 OPERATING REPORT

The month of August 2025 was a remarkably busy month. The Lord made all things work effectively for us for His glory. We were engaged in academic and some agricultural activities as we are doing our best to explore opportunities in farming to aid the Lord’s work.

CLASS ACTIVITIES

We continued with our academic activities very smoothly in August by the special grace of our dear God. Diligent studies are what makes men approved by God Himself as stated by the apostle Paul in second Timothy 2:15. This then placed a great charge on us with the opportunity presented to us by Bear Valley and brethren who care for the Lord’s church to learn and study hard so we can be tools that can effectively be used by our Lord Jesus in His Kingdom to save those who are yet to come into His kingdom. The lost must be saved at all costs, and the best way to save the lost correctly is to rightly divide the word of truth which Bear Valley has presented a great opportunity for us.

So, in the month of August, four courses were lectured successfully. These courses include Intertestamental period by our coordinator (Kojo Acquah Beenyi), How we got the Bible by Kwasi Odame, Old Testament three by Dickson Anonza, and Hermeneutics two by James Legend. We are grateful to God for the service all these men offered in helping shape brethren to serve their maker more effectively.  

 SCHOOL GARDEN

We had a great harvest of peanuts in our school garden for the first face of farming that we have done. The rains really were on point, and the crops did well. We harvested the peanuts and had five bags, which will be stored to aid the feeding of our students. We continue to thank God for those who conceived the vision of purchasing such a large parcel of land for this great project of training preachers and mission work.

We have also replanted maize on the same land with the hope that God will give us good rain. It is the blessings of God that makes us rich, and we know that any hard work, eats according to God’s word (2 Thessalonians 3:10) and we are certain that once we do a good work, the Lord will bring the increase.

We have also started preparing a portion of the land for vegetables and irrigation work. It is our prayer that the Lord will give us the wisdom and strength to make the best of what He has given us in Tamale and Northern Ghana.

RICE FARM

In the month of August, we went to our rice farm to control the weeds and throw some fertilizer to support the crops. It was a beautiful experience for our students to visit the rice farm for the first time. We had a lovely time as they were extremely excited. The rice looks very promising. All we need now to have a good harvest is good rain. We wish to request that you keep praying with us for favorable rains and weather.

NEW FREEZER PURCHASED

We wish to express our joy and gratitude to all who are making it possible for the school in Tamale to move very smoothly. We are grateful to God for their lives, especially our able international coordinator (Steven Ashcraft), Ghana coordinator (Kojo Acquah Beenyi), Bear Valley International working team, and all our sponsors. As our plan is to manage the school more effectively, especially the feeding of our students, we grew a lot of okra and vegetables, and it was necessary to store them for future use. We reached out to brother Steven for a freezer, and the funds were made available to us in August and the freezer was bought. We have stored some food in it for future use.

MAINTENANCE WORK

Portions of the ceiling of the school facility were damaged and needed some replacement and maintenance work. Funds were made available, and some wood and plywood were purchased, and it was done successfully in the month of August. Some replacement work was also done on some of the nets of the doors and windows. We bless God for the support you continue to give to us. We hope that in the future we can also do some painting work on the entire facility to help make it more presentable.

DONATION

There is a proverb in Ghana that says a little drop of water makes a mighty ocean. Brother James Legend embarked on a two-day visitation to the Zabzugu area where he visited village congregations, and a donation of firewood was made by a couple in the Salinkuka congregation to support our means of cooking for our students. This is an incredibly positive sign towards support for the Lord’s work. We pray God bless these couples to grow and do more for His kingdom.  It is our hope that congregations and individual congregations will grow to see the need to support the Lord.

We praise the Lord for all the wonderful work He does for us all.

Thank you,

James Legend

Evangelistic Campaign in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Hello Brethren,

We are still counting blessings from our Mighty God of Heaven, praying for each other to make spiritual meaning of our life before God everyday.

Dear Brethren, we continue well with our three classes of Bear Valley in Dar es Salaam. With some of 35 students who are attending class every Saturday and one class (Monday and Saturday). 

We still have 4 Teachers (Iddy Nyabusani, Justine Rwaha, Essau Ruheta, and Leonard Kihwele) who are teaching in a rotational timetable. These teachers are becoming more competent every year and are important pillars in the Churches in Dar es Salaam and some of Churches in Tanzania.

Last month, August 2025, was a very lovely month to us as Evengelists. We had 5 Saturdays, and as usual, we did an Evangelism campaign on the 5th Saturday. We practiced how to teach others the Christianity life and invite others to Christ as our School's Motto related to 2 Tim 2:2.

"And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also."

We pray for the school's activities and all Bear Valley Schools all over the World, so that it could continue to comfort the World until all hear the truth. Amen

Ombeni.

Extension Director

Dar es Salaam

Staff and Students in Lome, Togo host Evangelistic Seminar

I’m Evangelist MENSAH Akovi Espérance from Lome, the Directory of BEAR VALLET Lome.

We thank you sincerely for all your efforts towards us in Togo especially in Lome according to your support for our Bible school. May God bless you.

Here are the details of the activities of our bible school from June to August 2025.

In this quarter, all our students were present during the studies.

I want to remember them in the following list:

· ADAM Fousséni

· ADJABLI Kossi Mensah

· ATILA Koami

· KAGLO Kodjo

· KPALMA Kossi

· NAM Teh-Yao

· N'SOUVI Kossi

During this quarter, which began by the month of June and ended at the end of the month of August 2025, we continue to teach five courses which will end in October 2025:

· MENSAH Akovi Espérance : Church implantation

· ADJAHO Kokou : The Preacher and His Work

· EMALA Germain : Ancien Testament 2 – Histoire : From J

· KPODENOU Rodrigue : The New Testament Church

· KOUMA Kodjovi : Ancien Testament La Loi from exodus to deuteronomy.

· KOUDJODJI Pascal : secretary.

I want to remind you that in our school in Lome, we have 5 courses every quarter of five months to teach.

It is because we have our classes every monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday from 06 PM to 09 PM.

At the end of the quarter, every student will pass his exams to demonstrate that he understood the courses.

Here is a brief biography of student Adam Fousseni.

He is from a town in central Togo called ANIE. He was born on December 31, 1998, and is therefore 27 years old. His entire family is Muslim. He was born into Islam and grew up in this worship until 2021. He converted to Christ while listening to our radio messages. These messages led him to us, and following the teachings on the gospel of Christ, he was baptized. He is currently single and works as a salesperson in a shoe store. He is very committed to Bible studies and has already brought at least four souls to Christ since he began his Bible training with us. He is a brother on whom we rely heavily for the proclamation of the gospel to lost souls.

From September 5th to 7th, a Bible camp for young brothers of the Church of Christ in Togo was held in one of our villages called YOBO. We held a local assembly with one of our teachers, ADJAHO as its evangelist. Two of our students (ADJABLI Kossi Mensah and ATILA Koami) participated in this camp with two of our teachers (KOUMA Kodzovi, ADJAHO Kokou) and myself. On Sunday, September 7th, I taught the young people and the entire Church about premarital procedures.

We continue with door to door evangelism in the district of Segbe Akato, for the implantation of a new local church in collaboration with the local church at Nukafu in Lome. We will still be there on Friday, September 12th and Saturday, September 13th, for evangelism and tracts distribution. And on Sunday, September 14th, 2025, we planned to start the new local assembly. From September 1st to 2nd, 2025, we organized a seminar with all the evangelists trained at the Bear Valley School in Kpalimé and working in the GRAND KLOTO area. There were 21 evangelists.

The seminar's topic was: "The Christian and the Ceremonies of Traditional Religion" (burial, funerals, dowry, traditional festivals of different ethnic groups, positions of customary leaders, etc.). The solutions to these topics focused on the Biblical text in Col. 1:12-17. We noted during the seminar that we will have to teach our members serious biblical teachings against the idolatrous practices of traditional religion.

Dear brother, I want to make it sure to you that before the end of the training of our students, many souls will be converted to the Lord’s church.

Thank you sincerely dear brother.

May God bless you very much for your efforts towards us in Togo.

Your brother Espérance from Bear Valley Lome.

Students in Nkoranza, Ghana continue Evangelizing

BEAR VALLEY BIBLE INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL NKORANZA CAMPUS, GHANA

REPORT FOR SECOND QUARTER 2025

PREAMBLE

Bear Valley Bible Institute Nkoranza is located in the Nkoranza South Municipal of the Bono East Region of Ghana. Nkoranza areas have the largest number of the Lord’s church in the then Brong Ahafo region, now Bono, Bono East, and Ahafo regions, but most of these churches are not manned by trained preachers. When Bear Valley came on board, most of our students are now supporting congregations around. We are grateful to God Almighty and our benefactors for the support.

OVERVIEW

Nkoranza Bible study center is notable for evangelism and church planting. It has been rainy for almost the whole period, which has affected our planned gospel campaign activities. Some students and staff relied on radio and other information centers to expand the gospel. Hoping to have favorable weather in the coming months. Two new students have been admitted to the school. They are brother Felix Lomo, a 46-year-old who has been a member of the Lords church for the past 30 years, and brother Thomas Amponsah, a retired educationist, a member for 38 years. They were enrolled in early June 2025.

COURSES AND EVANGELISTIC ACTIVITIES

As of the end of the second quarter (June, 2025), our students have completed and examined Life of Christ II, III, & IV. Their results have been entered into the students’ database. As indicated earlier, the rain pattern is not favorable for public campaign activities but rather good for farming, in all staff and students were able to record a number of baptisms at our various places of worship.

Interestingly, a founder of a church known as the Overcomers Christ Church at a town called Anyinasu near Sekyere Dumasi, who had been listening to messages preached, got baptized into Christ and converted his church to Church of Christ. Two other members, a male and a female, were also baptized. It was all joy on that faithful day when selected staff and students, together with other ministers, officially worshiped with them. We are expecting more baptisms in the coming weeks.

PROJECTION FOR NEXT QUARTER

As an evangelistic school, we are hoping to propagate the gospel to other areas in the Bono East Region and beyond. We did feasibility studies in three areas to do gospel campaign and possibly plant new churches in Akumsa Dumasi and Akropong, all in Nkoranzah South Municipal. These two towns have a larger population, plans are far advanced to accomplish that mission should the weather change. It’s our prayer that God will continue to bless our benefactors to help train more preachers, plant more churches, and edify the saved.

CHALLENGES

As reported in the first quarter, the only laptop used to prepare reports is malfunctioning, which affects timely reporting. Again, we are lacking a projector, a screen, and other equipment for evangelism.

Brother George Borah, whose house was gutted by fire within the first quarter, is seeking assistance. Staff and students mobilized some relief items to support him. He is still not stable-minded. Please remember him in prayers.

STUDENT’S PROFILE

Brother Stephen Kyeremeh is currently acting as a Preacher for Dromankese Church of Christ. He was born on 7th July 1991 at Dromankese in the Nkoranza North District of the Bono East Region in the Republic of Ghana. His parents are Mr. Kwaku Asante and Madam Afia Afrah, both of Dromankese. He had his basic education at Dromankese and subsequently completed his secondary education at Chiraa Senior High School in the Sunyani East Municipality of the Bono Region. Brother Stephen got married on 4th of May, 2025, to Sister Janet Asamoah. The wedding was colorful; in attendance were staff and students of Bear Valley Nkoranza, Ministers of the gospel, as well as members from various congregations. Aside from the preaching jobs, he is into buying and selling. He occasionally planted foodstuffs as well. He loved doing the work of God and soul-winning for the church. His favorite quotations are John 8:32 and 1 Cor 15:33. Brother Stephen Kyeremeh baptized on 30th December, 2012 at Dromankese in Nkoranza North District of the Bono East Region. He is very punctual in class, he likes submissions, and is always eager to support others when the need arises. He is a fan of Manchester United FC in United Kingdom and locally supports Kumasi Asante Kotoko FC in Ghana.

Reported by:

Rexford Agyare Mintah

Director, Bear Valley Nkoranza Campus(Bono East Region-Ghana)