Greetings Students, Alumni, Faculty, Staff, and Friends of BGU!Earlier this year, Brad Smith had an epiphany. BGU (formerly NWGS) has been around since 1990 and we’ve graduated nearly 700 students since that time. That number represents many students and graduates and men and women who have a heart for mission and ministry. However, with all those students and graduates, it dawned on us that BGU didn’t have an Alumni Association that could offer comradery and support to both graduates and the school itself.With that epiphany behind us, … [Read more...]
BGU Alumni Association is Being Formed
Thriving in the City – Books by Aaron Smith
Dr. Aaron Smith has been involved in ministry among the urban poor in Manila, Philippines since the late 90’s. He serves with Servant Partners as the Manila team leader and has been involved in church development and church planting. Aaron currently serves as the assistant pastor of the church he helped plant. Aaron also serves at Asian Theological Seminary as the program director for Transformational Urban Leadership. This is a program specifically designed to provide masteral level education for pastors, church workers, and NGO's working … [Read more...]
Companion with the Poor in the Philippines
“They asked each other, Were not our hearts burning within us while he talked with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32)I have been in the Philippines on and off for the last six years (about four years in total). It has been a great journey so far. I am a full-time missionary with a mission organization called Companion With the Poor, and am an Associate Missionary with International Ministries. I am also an alumni of BGU, and graduated from the DTL program in 2014.My work here includes evangelism, holistic … [Read more...]
Pillows with a Purpose
What does Theology of Work mean in practice? Here we share a letter to our faculty member, Dr. Paul Stevens describing the story of our alumn, Steve Van Diest and his business, Everpillow. As an exeptional transformational leader, Steve created a company representing Biblical values. He employs former homeless people, men and women with criminal records, and the ones who are healed from addiction. As the company's mission statement says: they create transformational employment opportunities. Here comes the letter:Dr. Stevens, Back in 2009, … [Read more...]
How Does Art Connect Secular and Saint in France?
The beautiful and amazing city of Paris, the world’s number one tourist destination, has been my home for 30 years. My wife Miki and I arrived in 1988 at the invitation of a French church to join a multicultural team to plant a new church. We were with a mission whose strength was cross-cultural training before sending people to work with local teams. We came with open minds cautious about traditional North American approaches to evangelism and church planting. With a lot of hard work, the little church slowly took shape in spite of a culture … [Read more...]
