MAY 29

2 Timothy 2:1-2
Memorise 2 Timothy 2:2
“commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also…”

WHY A BIBLE COLLEGE?

As early as 1954, there was already a vision for a Bible College to train workers both for the expanding ministries of the B-P Churches and for the propagation of the gospel and defence of the faith throughout the Far East. To this end, Timothy Tow took the opportunity to study for a higher Master’s degree, back at Faith Seminary, to equip him better for the teaching ministry.

He wrote of his burden in The Malaysian Christian “The Trend is Toward the Trained” - “Hitherto we have sent some of our young people to the West for theological training. But if the Lord will call another half dozen, how can we afford to send them all? The solution to training future ministers of the Gospel, I believe, is the founding of a Bible College in Singapore. Yes, a Bible College, a College that reverently teaches the Bible to be the infallible, inerrant Word of God, that seeks to obey all its commands, that will make no compromise whosoever with the subtle forces of Satan that are so actively undermining theological institutions everywhere today.”

“We need to found a Bible college that will nurture the future leaders of our churches, who will be able to stand in the gap in an evil day, and advance the work of the Lord by opening more and more preaching centres that the Kingdom of God might be extended to the uttermost part of the earth.”

In 1962, the foundation stone of the College was laid. Six months later, the College was built and opened. Today, the College has trained over 700 workers for the harvest field. In 2012, it celebrated its Golden Jubilee, firmly resolved to contend for the faith till Jesus returns.

Dear teen, it is said that, “Without the Bible College, the Church would die.” The Bible College is vital to the BP Movement in Singapore. Pray for FEBC, and pray for more young men and women to heed the call to serve God full-time. Will you be one of them?

Thought: FEBC is often likened to a spiritual SAFTI.
Prayer: Our Father in heaven, thank You for raising a Bible College like FEBC to train workers for the harvest field.