As Servants 4 Him has served and worked in Guatemala we have seen and learned that there are many pastors and church leaders who do not know the Bible. Many pastors rely on messages others have taught or teach from their limited understanding of the Bible. Consequently the churches they are leading are not well fed.
Guatemala does have several excellent seminaries. However, pastors and church leaders in rural areas frequently do not have sufficient education to be able to survive in a seminary. For several years S4H has had the vision to start a Bible School or School of Ministry to train these pastors and leaders. These are folks who typically have at best a 6th grade education.
The foundation of the training is to teach how to do inductive Bible Study. Using this as a launching point, books of the Bible will be taught so that the pastors know how to study and teach epistles, historical books, poetry books (like Psalms), major and minor prophets, and parables.
In addition to teaching the Bible, students will be taught some hands-on, practical ministry tools including construction and installation of bio-sand water filters and fuel efficient stoves, and basic health and hygiene.
In 2011 Servants 4 Him hosted Inductive Bible Study training classes in borrowed or rented space and we will continue to do this until we have a facility. The God-sized vision is to acquire a large piece of property, 2 or more acres, to build the school (class rooms, dorms, and offices), workshop for teaching water filters and stoves, and housing for S4H missionaries and resident staff (teachers, etc).
We need large donations and grants to acquire land and build facilities.
