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Training Spanish-speaking people to plant reproducing churches that are: Biblical Evangelistic Nurturing Relevant. PERSONNEL. BOARD--2009. Randy Bates. Todd Morte. Sam Bradley. Randy King. Not pictured Flo Mata, Bo Green. Lindsay Gibbons. Lanny Partain. Tom Milholland.
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Training Spanish-speaking people to plant reproducing churches that are: • Biblical • Evangelistic • Nurturing • Relevant
BOARD--2009 Randy Bates Todd Morte Sam Bradley Randy King Not pictured Flo Mata, Bo Green Lindsay Gibbons LannyPartain Tom Milholland Alan Mashburn
Stephen Austin Director Ignacio Bárcenas, Church Planting Kevin Montgomery Assistant director Armando Alaniz, Professor
Adjunct Professors Kirk McAfee, Miami Jorge Pineda, Miami Carlos CamachoValencia Alirio Ortega, Maracaibo
Adjunct Professors Not pictured: Joshua Marcum-- Cochabamba, Bolivia Sixto Rivera,Dallas, Texas Rudy Wray,Portland Enrique MartorellLittle Rock, AR
Quito, Ecuador Kent Marcum OswaldoAlbarracin, Juan Flores Juan Loyola Edgar Yungan
STUDENTS Two years, 40 courses of text, language, and ministry
2006-07 Students (Back) Dimas Velasquez, Giovanni Mendoza, (Front) Renzo Mayorga, Fior and Julio Beitia
2008 students (l to r) Gloria and Andres Guajardo, Cruz Hernandez, Agustin Garcia
2009 students (front row, l to r) Juan Barron, Jannacoeli Gonzalez, Edita and Piero Drago
First graduation! 12/14/2007 José Dimas Velasquez, Giovanni Mendoza
Second graduation! 12/13/2008 Fior and Julio Beitia, Renzo Mayorga
Quito School of Biblical Studies Main school
ACTIVITIES Minimum 10 hours/week, supervised, in churchplanting and ministry
ISRAEL 2009
Second school trip to Israel!June 12-24, 2009(Third trip—June 2011!)
VIDEO- CONFERENCING
Life of Christ, 4-way class with Quito, Little Rock, Lima, and Houston
First TGCBI international full-time students August, 2009 Tito Peña, Efrain Bermudez Colombia Bernie Villalobos Costa Rica Jertzain Gomez Daniel Urdaneta, Spain Luis Lopez, Panama Francisco Rojas, Costa Rica
Video Conferencing Network in the US: 20 Sandy Arlington, VA * Albuquerque Lubbock
Central American, Caribbean sites: 7 Santiago, Dominican Republic
South America, Spain: 13 Valencia, Spain
In 2008, the video conferencing network offered 68 courses, To just over 100 students, from 19 professors involving 24 sites, in 9 countries!
In September 2009, the RIB has 44 sites in 17 countries, with 17 professors, and over 200 students. Lord willing, we hope to have at least one site in every Spanish-speaking country in the world by the end of 2012.
ONLINE PROGRAM
Online video streaming classes Pedro and Silvia del Pozo, coordinators
Online DVD streaming classes • FirstcourselaunchedApril 24, 2008 • Currently 5 courses online, with 10 tobe online bytheend of 2009, Lord willing. • Currently 220+ students in 26 countries—includingcountrieslikeSwitzerland, Angola, Russia, Afghanistan, Holland, Brunei, and Canada! • Lord willing, theentire curriculum of 40 courseswillberecorded and online bytheend of 2012.
THE FUTURE What surprises does God have in store?!
With God’s power and creativity, we are like: • Gideon, whose weakness God changed to strength. • Esther, whom God used in the right place at the right time. • Mustard plants, which grow large from a tiny seed.
How can you help? • Encouragement and prayer. • Come visit! • Recommend students • Support our students financially • Recommend other sources of funding • Shop through www.charityblast.com, where a percentage goes to TGCBI.
For more information, contact: STEVE AUSTIN KEVIN MONTGOMERY Texas Gulf Coast Bible Institute 1502 Avenue I South Houston, Texas, 77587 (713) 910-2819 montgomery @tgcbi.org, austin@tgcbi.org www.tgcbi.org