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CBT
News
News
| Click here to meet the preaching students at the Center for Biblical Training |
The Haitian Christian Foundation board is made up of members of the
churches of Christ working together toward a common goal of
helping Haiti. Members are doctors, preachers, businessmen, former
missionaries, professors and teachers. Most have served Haiti for a number
of years in a variety of missions and all have traveled to Haiti and seen the
needs first-hand. A common conclusion unites this diverse group of
Christians: Haiti's greatest need is the gospel of Christ. Since 1993, our goal
has been to train gospel preachers.
Every board meeting, we are challenged with questions: Are we
meeting the needs of the Haitian people? Are we using our time with these
men in the most productive way? Should we do things differently? Should
we expand the scope of our mission or stay the course? Each new crisis in
Haiti intensifies those concerns. Last year, after the earthquake and in the
midst of the cholera epidemic, we faced the dilemmas.
Wise men among us have led us to pick the greatest need and direct
our efforts to meeting that need. Various board members are
independently involved in separate benevolent, medical, educational and
construction projects. The HCF has maintained its focus on training men to
preach the gospel as servant evangelists.
Dale Huff, American director of the Center for Biblical Training,
returned from a two-week stay at the CBT just the day before the
board meeting. After spending time with the CBT's three Haitian directors,
school staff and workers, as well as with the students and many graduates,
he had much to say about how we are fulfilling our mission. Here are a few
highlights:
As the meeting progressed and other board members spoke about
their projects in Haiti, it became clear that by doing its mission well,
the CBT has produced graduates who have gone out to do
benevolence and relief more effectively than Americans. Graduates
have used American resources to become educated about cholera prevention
and to reach out to their congregations and villages with information, training
and supplies to prevent cholera. A committee of graduates has identified
high-priority sites for water wells and latrines, then arranged for the projects
completion. They have reached out to provide help to earthquake refugees
and orphans. Graduates are using many resources to spread the gospel.
All the board members were touched to remember out debt to many
men who guided the HCF who are no longer with us: Stanley Shipp,
Glover Shipp, Henry Speck, Bart Chrisman, John Estes and Bill Flatt.
Several of their widows honored us with the presence on Friday night. We
were delighted to welcome new board members Ed Cullers and Tim Graham
with their families.
churches of Christ working together toward a common goal of
helping Haiti. Members are doctors, preachers, businessmen, former
missionaries, professors and teachers. Most have served Haiti for a number
of years in a variety of missions and all have traveled to Haiti and seen the
needs first-hand. A common conclusion unites this diverse group of
Christians: Haiti's greatest need is the gospel of Christ. Since 1993, our goal
has been to train gospel preachers.
Every board meeting, we are challenged with questions: Are we
meeting the needs of the Haitian people? Are we using our time with these
men in the most productive way? Should we do things differently? Should
we expand the scope of our mission or stay the course? Each new crisis in
Haiti intensifies those concerns. Last year, after the earthquake and in the
midst of the cholera epidemic, we faced the dilemmas.
Wise men among us have led us to pick the greatest need and direct
our efforts to meeting that need. Various board members are
independently involved in separate benevolent, medical, educational and
construction projects. The HCF has maintained its focus on training men to
preach the gospel as servant evangelists.
Dale Huff, American director of the Center for Biblical Training,
returned from a two-week stay at the CBT just the day before the
board meeting. After spending time with the CBT's three Haitian directors,
school staff and workers, as well as with the students and many graduates,
he had much to say about how we are fulfilling our mission. Here are a few
highlights:
- "Things that are important to the Lord" are going well at the school.
- Teaching at the CBT is at its highest level since it has been turned over
to Haitian instructors. - The Haitian directors are doing an excellent job of dealing with students
and employees while also continuing their ministry and church-planting
efforts.
As the meeting progressed and other board members spoke about
their projects in Haiti, it became clear that by doing its mission well,
the CBT has produced graduates who have gone out to do
benevolence and relief more effectively than Americans. Graduates
have used American resources to become educated about cholera prevention
and to reach out to their congregations and villages with information, training
and supplies to prevent cholera. A committee of graduates has identified
high-priority sites for water wells and latrines, then arranged for the projects
completion. They have reached out to provide help to earthquake refugees
and orphans. Graduates are using many resources to spread the gospel.
All the board members were touched to remember out debt to many
men who guided the HCF who are no longer with us: Stanley Shipp,
Glover Shipp, Henry Speck, Bart Chrisman, John Estes and Bill Flatt.
Several of their widows honored us with the presence on Friday night. We
were delighted to welcome new board members Ed Cullers and Tim Graham
with their families.
| Haitian Christian Foundation Board Meeting September, 2011 |
| HCF board members Randy Randall, Cleve and Ed Cullers |
| Friday evening dinner with local church members interested in Haiti |
| Long-time board members Charles Harrell and Marion Bush share a laugh |
| Jaylene Crisman and Delores Flatt at Friday night's dinner |
| HCF Chairman Tim Mastenbrook reports on the cholera-prevention project involving CBT graduates |
| A Changing of the Guard at the CBT |
Molly, a Rottweiller/Shepherd cross, has been the guard dog at the CBT since
the Dirrims moved there in 2001. She has been an essential part of the
security system at the school. She is now eleven years old and slowing
down. She will be returning to live with the Dirrims in Oklahoma.
Ted and Dana Cooley, members of Dale Huff's congregation in Snyder,
Texas, have raised and trained a dog to be Molly's replacement. Capois is a
Black-mouth Cur. He was trained with commands in Haitian Creole. Besides
his guard-dog skills, he can also hunt rats. He is friendly to people, but very
protective of "his people". We think he will be a great asset to the security
team at the CBT.
Capois will join our two new security guards Job (not the same one employed
by Milton) and one of the preachers from La Moliere. They are doing an
excellent job. Engineering professor Ken Olree from Harding University spent
time at the CBT in the summer to get our security lights working on a secure
system again, so the yard is brightly lit at night.
Security has improved in the Cap Haitien area overall. The directors feel
much more at ease.
the Dirrims moved there in 2001. She has been an essential part of the
security system at the school. She is now eleven years old and slowing
down. She will be returning to live with the Dirrims in Oklahoma.
Ted and Dana Cooley, members of Dale Huff's congregation in Snyder,
Texas, have raised and trained a dog to be Molly's replacement. Capois is a
Black-mouth Cur. He was trained with commands in Haitian Creole. Besides
his guard-dog skills, he can also hunt rats. He is friendly to people, but very
protective of "his people". We think he will be a great asset to the security
team at the CBT.
Capois will join our two new security guards Job (not the same one employed
by Milton) and one of the preachers from La Moliere. They are doing an
excellent job. Engineering professor Ken Olree from Harding University spent
time at the CBT in the summer to get our security lights working on a secure
system again, so the yard is brightly lit at night.
Security has improved in the Cap Haitien area overall. The directors feel
much more at ease.
| Ted and Dana with Capois |
| Molly is shown here enjoying some of the leftovers of Sister Marie's good chicken |
