This week, I (Tom) have been visiting our Bible school in Moscow, Russia – The Eurasian Theological Seminary. The school has just finished its last week of classes and now the students are preparing for their finals. The school will be sending out 6 new interns to Russia, Ukraine, and Moldavia.This month ETSM is glad to announce two major breakthroughs. First is the introduction of a second Bachelor’s degree. Beginning this September, ETSM will offer a B.Miss. (missiology). We truly believe that a program with an emphasis on evangelism, missions, and church planting will met a felt need among the churches in our region. ETSM will also continue to offer its B.Tn. (Bachelor of Theology) – and many of the courses will complement each other.
A second announcement is that we have finally finished the translation and editing of a new textbook. Living the Faith (a foundational work on Christian Doctrine) is the first book published by the Church of God’s CIMS program into Russian. We will have the books printed this summer and can be in use by this Fall Semester. However, we’ll have to wait on the companion DVD’s and the possibility of taking the course online.
