News and Updates from the School of Christ
Defence of the Gospel
“Set For the Defence of the Gospel” by Robert Turnage “WHO CHANGED THE TRUTH OF GOD INTO A LIE…” Romans 1:25 “…I AM SET FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL.” Philippians 1:17 The call and ministry of the School of Christ International is the same as it has always been with every other God-ordained ministry.…
SOC Moving Forward in Germany
Keith Malcomson – SOC Director SOC Moving Forward in Germany Our annual one-week School of Christ in Marienberg, Germany, was held the first week of June. The attending students were made up of local church leadership, street evangelists, new church planters, and ministers that are preparing for the ministry. We preached several times a day…
August Mission Report
“WHEAT AND TARES” In Matthew 13:24-30, “Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up,…
First SOC Among the Rohingya People in Myanmar
School of Christ students in Rakhine State, Myanmar. In April, 2018, I traveled to Rakhine State, in Myanmar, where the Rohingya people, one of the world’s most persecuted minorities, live. A civil war has been going on for decades in this hate-filled corner of the world. News agencies are calling it the worst humanitarian crisis…
18 Churches Planted by 2010 SOC Graduate
SOC Vice-President Brian Larsen (Left), Pastor Antonio Balmacedo and wife (Center), and SOC Worker/Translator Maxi Mitano. My name is Antonio Balmaceda, and I am a missionary/pastor along with my wife, working in Posadas, Misiones, Argentina. In 2010, I found myself without the strength to continue in the ministry, and was at the point of…
India School of Christ Reunion
When Pastor Osborne called to ask if the School of Christ could help financially with the expenses of the India SOC Reunion, I immediately felt this was ordained of God. These three men of God preached, encouraged, prayed, and fellowshipped with the attending pastors and workers, all former graduates of the SOC. The work of…
First SOC Graduation in the UAE
First graduating SOC class in the United Arab Emirates. The first class of the School of Christ International in the United Arab Emirates was a success. We had forty-one graduates on May 25, 2018, after three months of evening classes. These forty-one students came from the Emirates of Dubai, Sharjah, and Abu Dhabi. It was…
Mission Message
SOC President – Robert Turnage At times phrases such as “cutting edge” and “front line” are used to describe a particular thing that is beyond the ordinary. It brings attention to the fact that what is being referenced has excelled or even gone far beyond the expected goal, or even a hoped-for goal, beyond what…
SOC Altered Pastors Life Forever
Brian Larsen – SOC Director/Vice-President (Left), Brother Maxi – Field-Worker (Center), Pastor Edgardo Noceda (Right). Greetings, may the Peace of the Lord be with you. My name is Pastor Edgardo Silvino Noceda and I went to the School of Christ in Argentina in 2010. At that time I was a Youth Pastor and worked together…
Evangelistic Harvest Being Discipled in Mongolia
Joel Pledge – SOC Director Andrey Sekhin – Field-Worker Andrey Sekhin and myself just finished our second School of Christ in the Erdenet region of Mongolia. Because of time limitations, we had a two-week School. We met every day for two hours of prayer and six hours of teaching. Most of these students were…
June Mission Message
Robert Turnage – President A friend of mine wrote a song entitled, “WHY SHOULD I FEAR” The lyrics of the song are: “Why should I fear when the Lord is on my side, Why should I fear in His love I’ll safely hide; He is to me my Fortress and my Rock, Tell me…
Nicaraguan Prison Update
Thanks be to God that the School of Christ continues to advance in the Nicaraguan prisons. Two years ago when the door opened up for us to teach the School of Christ in the National Penitentiary System, our first duty was to train and equip chaplains and ministers. Pastor Gustavo Miranda, SOC field-worker and head…
SOC Trains Pastors and Missionaries in Karelia, Russia
School of Christ Students in Karelia, Russia We have just finished the School of Christ in Karelia, Russia that started in February and ran through March, 2018. The 25 students were made up of pastors and missionaries from different regions of Russia. We were joined by former graduates of the School of Christ on…
Cambodian Testimony
This young woman was so violent that her village had to chain her up for over fourteen years. The Cambodian missionary workers ministered to her for three days and God completely set her free. She is now living and studying the Word of God at the new church facilities in Siem Reap, Cambodia.
Cambodia Seeking True Revival
David Jacobson – SOC Director The training of pastors and workers in Cambodia has been very difficult. This dark nation is slowly recovering from the genocide committed by Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge soldiers during the Killing Fields era. He massacred 1.7 million of his own people from 1975 to 1979. According to Yale…
SOC Effectively Reaching the World for Christ
Robert Turnage SOC Directors and Workers: Brian Larsen, Steve Manville, Donal Chance, David Jacobson, Pete Spackman, Lawrence Register, Somchai, Aubry Tyler, Emmett Gagnard, Robert Turnage, Curtis McGehee, Marty Hardin, Joel Pledge, Lee Shipp, Ron Sutton, Richard Goebel, and guest Christopher Weise with DBS. Pictured are directors and workers of the School of Christ International…
SOC Students in Mexico Full of Enthusiasm for God
Delvis Mercado – SOC Field-Worker Greetings from your brothers in Mexico: Our team of workers have been working in Mexico for the past two years in three states: Mexico City, Guerrero, and Colima. During this time we have graduated a total of 96 pastors. Pastor Clendennen once said that, “If we do not harvest the…
SOC Moving Forward in Columbia
Richard Goebel – SOC Director God bless you and may the peace of our Lord Jesus Christ be upon you. The work of the School of Christ is growing in Columbia. In 2017 we were able to run ten School of Christ Schools in seven different regions of the country. In the indigenous Cauca Region…
April Mission Message
Robert Turnage I have had the privileged of being a part of the School of Christ International from the very beginning. Pastor B. H. Clendennen initiated what would, and now has become, one of the greatest missionary works in world history. The phenomenal blessings of God continues to defy description. One evidence of the soon…
First SOC Begins in United Arab Emirates
Field Director – Fernando Reyes My only thought was the opening of the 1st School of Christ class in Dubai, UAE, but the Lord had a better plan. After only four days into the Dubai School, ministers contacted me requesting that the SOC be run in the states of Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. All three…