Your Impact
“The classroom lectures and practical projects have enabled me to prepare a doctrinal statement, which is a vital part of our ministry packet that we send to every supporting church. [VBTS] prepared me to answer pertinent questions concerning my philosophy of ministry…. I have gained a deeper appreciation for the Word of God and the ministry of the Gospel.”
Craig Kirsteatter; Pastor; Twin Lakes Bible Church; Phelps, WI
“God gave me the opportunity to talk to an atheist [about] ultimate authority and even questions of pluralism and absolute truth….He knows Calvanism and Romans 9-11 and he doesn’t like the idea of a God who is ‘deterministic.’ … It was [a class at VBTS] that gave me the tools and confidence to sit across the table and excitedly talk with him for over an hour. He saw where I was coming from and was deeply appreciative for answers that weren’t cop-outs. He appreciated the fact that there is logic to my system and that it is not a blind faith that the thoughtless follow.”
Nate Birkholz; Pastor; Lakeshore Baptist Church; Grand Haven, MI
“My dad was against me going to seminary because of the fear of becoming ‘so heavenly minded I was no earthly good.’ Well, that never happened because of the wonderful balance of your life, ministry, and the philosophy of the seminary.”
Steve Thibault; Pastor; Evergreen Bible Church; Marietta, OH