As I have previously discussed, our church here in San Salvador has a comprehensive discipleship program. The first step is one-on-one discipleship; Stephen and I completed this at Abundant Life, our home church. The second step is IDEM, a three-year small group/tutoring program focusing on ministerial development; Stephen and I just completed this in January. The third step is participation in our church seminary, Seminario Bautista Vida Nueva, accredited through Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
Individuals who successfully complete IDEM and who are recommended by their tutors/pastors are invited to begin taking classes at the seminary. On Monday evening, I attended a seminary information class during which the director explained the various options available.
Tuesday evening Stephen and I attended our first seminary class, "Introduction to Biblical Counseling," taught by Pastor Julio Contreras. We have until March 29 to decide whether we want to take the class for 3-hours of seminary credit or just audit it. Right now we're leaning toward auditing the class because we are going to miss several sessions due to campaigns and a trip to the states in April.
In any event, please pray for us as we go "back to school," in Spanish. At this point I can't even imagine doing homework, taking quizes and taking exams in Spanish!
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