Keep in touch...

Starting Bible College is a new season in life. Usually it means leaving home, leaving friends, and leaving a home church. This change can be very exciting for students who have been eagerly awaiting their independence, but it can also be a very lonely time away from those who the student loves most. The Bible College experience is wonderful, but it is so important to maintain these older relationships.

Every semester we are encouraging our students to keep in touch with their core group of friends, family and church back home. These relationships are so valuable. These are people are really the ones who will be able to see spiritual growth and maturity in the student over time. These are the people that will most likely support the student in future missions endeavors. These are the people that will attend their wedding and call to encourage them down the road.

It is seems to be the tendency of 18-21 year olds to forget these important connections and move onto new relationships. It is our job as a discipleship staff to remind the students to keep in touch.

If you are a student here are three things you need to consider:

1. God placed very important people in your life during your high school years that are either a support network to fall back on or a mission field to share your testimony with.

2. Your home church is going to miss you. Maybe the leadership will miss you. But we know that lives in your church have a vested interest in your spiritual growth and are hoping you return at some point.

3. Your family cares about the changes in your life. Even if your family is not committed in their faith, they are watching to see your commitment and are considering how God is working in your life.

Paul the Apostle was a good example of someone who stayed in contact with old friends. He was constantly writing letters, and visiting established relationships. He showed a great deal of care for his friends. If you are a college student, we encourage you to keep in touch with the people God has place in your life.

Calvary Chapel Senior Pastor's Conference Recap

Just got back from a great Calvary Chapel Pastor's Conference in Murrieta, CA... I was really encouraged by a number of components. It probably was the best conference I have seen yet.

Let me give you my personal context for that high and lofty praise. I worked at the Bible College/Conference Center from 1999-2007. I was at every Senior Pastor's Conference during this time. But my insider perspective goes beyond attending the conferences. I was a part of the Murrieta Bible College ministry up until 2007. We were directly connected to the leadership of the CC movement, growth and decisions that were made at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. We were one concentric circle out from the decisions being made by CC Costa Mesa and CCOF. So needless to say I have seen the good, bad and ugly of the senior pastor's conferences. (Yes, every once in a while, it can get ugly.)

Here are a couple of things that stood out at this conference:

The concept of the movement aging and the need for young leadership was repeatedly spoken of. "We have to raise up the young guys", was said at least ten times by various speakers. And a glance around the room showed how true this statement was. It was amazing to see so much grey hair. Many of the trials that were shared with me by pastor's were tales of sickness and bodies falling a part. The evidence of an aging movement was evident in the physical appearance of so many pastor's. It was good to hear this theme being emphasized. The question stands: "how do they intend to raise up these young leaders?" (The Bible College should be a part of that answer, but I will leave that for another post.)

Another really beautiful time was the afterglow lead by Brian Brodersen. There was no break after Pastor Joe Focht's teaching. Chuck just turned the time right over to Brian to lead the afterglow. This meant that more pastor's stuck around.

The beauty of the afterglow came from Brian's leadership against the backdrop of two weird incidents. At one point a man stood up and challenged Brian to share about a controversial change of leadership that had taken place at Costa Mesa a few weeks earlier. Brian was stunned initially, but held back from destroying an individual who was out of line. Instead Brian directed anyone one with questions to discuss it with him privately. It is amazing how simple and easy the Bible's solutions for conflict are. If this gentleman, who challenged Brian, would have heeded scripture he would have had a much more productive evening. Oh well, hopefully he learned.

Later on another gentlemen stood up to "rebuke" the pastor's who did not have the gift of tongues. He was harshly suggesting that all Calvary Chapel pastor's should speak in tongues. He was point to the lack of the gift of tongues as the reason for Calvary Chapel loosing its relevancy in culture. Again, Brian redirected the afterglow time without verbally destroying a guy who was out of line. Brian also shared about the real need to not just believe in the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, but to actual obey and live out that doctrine. It really was handled well, and at the end of the evening the person of the Holy Spirit had his way in glorifying the headship of Jesus over the church.

There are really good things happing in Calvary Chapel missions, Calvary Chapel radio, publishing, and Bible Colleges. I had so many conversations with pastor's and ministry leaders that were taking new ground and venturing out in new arenas of faith. It was so exciting to see and hear all that God is doing.

Here is short list of ministries that I ran into while I was there:
Bob Hoekstra - Living in Christ Ministries
Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru
Brad Hall - CC Central Maui
Damian Kyle - CC Modesto
Mike and Joe Focht - CC Philly
Alan Leigh - CC Wahiwah

Family Camp

The Bible College had a great weekend at the CCK Family Camp. This annual camp takes place at the beginning of May each year. Over 80 people were signed up for the camp. It was a great time of fellowship, fun, fishing, and other crazy activities. The Bible College staff/students cooked the breakfast on Saturday. It was awesome.

The men in the Homiletics class were the guest speakers for the four sessions at the retreat. Here are some pictures from the week.

KBC to Hosts Summer Camps in June and July

Kauai Bible College will be hosting three Summer Camps for youth in June and July. For more information you can click on this link.

The KBC faculty and Summer interns will the support staff for these retreats. It is going to be an amazing time of discipleship, worship, fun activities...

If you know of a junior high or senior high student that would be interested in Summer camps you can send them to the web site. We would love to have them out.

Summer Plans

It is time to start planning for the Summer. If you don't have an opportunity to do ministry with your home church we would love to have you out in Kauai for the Summer. Our internship runs from June 1st through August 10th. We will be hosting over five weeks of ministry to k-12 grade kids on the church property. We also will be working with the church to help facilitate ministry and lead the Wednesday Night Bible Study.

If you are interested in interning at a Calvary Chapel Bible College click on this link.

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Spring time in Kauai

Well the Spring semester has started well here at KBC. We are excited to have 20 full time student on campus, 4 interns and an incredible staff.

We have add a few new teachers this semester including Ben Vallance from the Calvary Chapel on the South side of the island. He is teaching our apologetics class. So far the students have had nothing but praise for Pastor Ben's teaching. Every student in the class received a copy of the Norm Geisler Apologetics Library on their Logos Bible Software. This is an incredible package that goes along with Ben's awesome teaching.

In other news; the Bible College and church are still pursuing the purchase of a new facility located on the east side of the island. It would be a perfect location for the Bible College. Please pray that God would bless us with this location so that we can continue to grow.

Lastly, if you are interested in interning with the Bible College over the Summer please fill out the internship application on our web site. We are making plans for the Summer now and would love to have an army of interns join us in serving Jesus.