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![]() World Reach Bible Institutes provide biblical, theological, and practical training within the national cultural setting. The Lord Jesus Christ gave Christians the command to "Go and teach all nations" (Matthew 28:19). Our Bible Institutes equip national pastors, aspiring pastors, and church leaders with the inerrant, infallible Word of God, that they, in turn, may further the kingdom of God among their own people.
We use Bible College level curriculum to train and equip students, most of whom are bi-vocational. Each class runs for a period of 2 to 4 years depending on location. We use a modular format rotating teachers in and out of the courses at regular time periods. Our Biblical direction for the Institutes is given to us in the New Testament, 2 Timothy 2:2.
"And what you have heard from me before many witness
entrust to faithful men who will be able to teach others also."
The countries World Reach currently has on-going classes includes: Romania, Colombia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru, and Argentina. World Reach is in the process of starting new classes, or initiating new Bible Institutes in Macedonia, Albania, and Ukraine. Our Institute in Kenya graduated two classes, after which, we conducted an in-depth survey of graduates and their church members to determine how effective the training had been. Both the graduates and their memberships were highly pleased with the three years of training their pastors had received. The only change they requested was that of adding more classes to the curriculum. The third class in Kenya will start soon.
To date, World Reach has graduate approximately 450 pastors and aspiring pastors, and an additional 280 church leaders in the nine countries Bible Institutes have been conducted. The pastors are primarily by-vocational.
We "go" because there is a need to go; otherwise people who need training in God's Word would not receive it. We "go" for the glory of God and the good of man.
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When our risen Lord issued what has been called His 'audacious commission,' He said, 'Go into all the world and preach the gospel.....' This is what World Reach is all about. I heartily commend the leaders and workers involved. They deserve our fervent prayers and faithful support.
The Late Stephen F. Olford
(Founder and Former Chairman Stephen Olford Center for Biblical Preaching Memphis, Tennessee)