This week, I (Tom) am currently in Stara Zagora, Bulgaria. As many of our prayer partners know, I was recently appointed president of our bible school here in Bulgaria. Since this is a transition period, I decided to put the school through a SWOT analysis – meeting with the staff to learn the schools strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. As it turns out, all evangelical theological institutions are facing the same daunting challenge of serving a post-revival church and economically and demographically changing society. Simply stated, many talented young adults are leaving the country to find work in other countries and the number of those who are preparing themselves for ministry has dwindled. In comparison to the other schools, we’re actually doing pretty well. But we too must develop new strategies to meet the changing needs of our church here.
Tomorrow, I will be meeting in Sofia with the leaders of various Bulgarian evangelical bible schools. And then on Friday, I'll be meeting with several of our Bulgarian church leaders.
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