News and Updates from the School of Christ
SOC continues to Change Lives at Angola State Penitentiary
The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola is a maximum-security prison farm. It is operated by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections. It is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States with 6,300 prisoners and 1,800 staff, including corrections officers, janitors, maintenance, and wardens. It is located on an 18,000-acre property that was…
China – A Door Open That No Man Can Shut
(For security purposes we have not included pictures and names in this article) In June 2017, we were invited by local leaders of the underground church in Eastern China to run a School of Christ School. Here in the land of Chairman Mao and the Great Wall, Christianity has very little freedom. The government does…
400 Students Attend SOC in Brazil
We have seen God’s hand moving in extraordinary ways! In the month of June we had the privilege to travel to the northern region of Brazil to teach the School of Christ in the state of Amapá. The School was held at the Assembly of God Church in the city of Laranjal do Jari, which…
Russian School of Christ Youth Camp
David Gearheart – SOC Director Yakov Demianchuk – Field- Worker We have just finished our summer School of Christ Youth Camp with 130 young people in attendance. Our study this year was the series: “Faith.” During this week of camp the Lord was present to save and fill believers. Many rededicated their lives and…
Uzbekistan SOC Changes Lives
(For security purposes we have not included pictures or names.) In June, 2017, a School of Christ was run in Uzbekistan, with thirty-five students. Facing severe persecution, they were forced to run the School in a remote area. God began to move from the very beginning of the School. There were students filled with the…
Southeast Asia Experiencing Revival
David Jacobson – SOC Director I was invited to attended the World Missions Conference in Seoul, South Korea in February, 2017 by Pastor Kim. Not knowing what to expect, I was delightfully surprised that everything was clean and well kept. There was an openness toward Christianity almost everywhere. Christian music could be heard in the…
Testimony from Bulgaria
It is a great joy for me to tell how God Worked in my life through the School of Christ. I am the pastor of an Assemblies of God Church in Bulgaria. I received my education and did not have any room for the Holy Spirit. When I began preaching it was with the aspiration…
Powerful SOC in North Sudan
(Pictures and names are withheld for security reasons.) It can be very difficult, at times, to write reports about the work of the School of Christ in East Africa; not because the work is not moving ahead or because we are not seeing victories, but because North Sudan is predominantly Islamic. The residents are ruled…
SOC Continues In Asia
(For security purposes we have not included photos or the names of the workers.) Praise the Lord for such a great move of God among the students that were able to attend the Asia School of Christ. We had a total of 58 students from the countries of Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Karakalpakstan. Religious persecution…
Post Christian America
Robert Turnage – SOC President (This article was originally published in the April, 2017 issue of the School of Christ Missions Report) I was shocked several weeks ago when I heard a news anchor say that we are living in a “Post Christian America.” As a lover of God and America, and having never…
Ethiopian Ministers Fast, Pray, & Prepare for the Work of God
Richard Goebel – SOC Director In March I traveled to Ethiopia to spend time with the pastors and leaders of the School of Christ. We had a tremendous week of fellowship, preaching, and planning. It was my goal to make plans to push forward in the country of Ethiopia.* I believe very strongly that…
Spiritual Renewing As Russian Students Study SOC
David Gearheart – SOC Director Yakov Demyanchuk – Field-Worker Greeting to President Robert Turnage, Sister Brenda, and School of Christ Staff. We are just finishing the School of Christ in the Republic of Karelia. Coming from different regions of Russia, the 30 students were made up of pastors, missionaries, and workers. This was a time…
Mongolian Church Experiencing Revival
Joel Pledge – SOC Director The Mongolian Church is experiencing revival as a result of the ministry of the School of Christ! In March of 2017, Andrey Sekhin and I traveled to Mongolia to minister and graduate the School of Christ. We ministered to a group of approximately fifty students in the city of Darhan.…
Venezuelan SOC Students Continue the Work for God Amid Crisis
Donal Chance, Sr. – SOC Director We heard Pastor Clendennen say so many times, “We must train the native pastors because there will come a time when we cannot get in.” That is the situation in Venezuela now. The impact of Venezuela’s economic collapse on its people is almost impossible to put into words. In…
Mission Message – Robert Turnage – President
Robert Turnage – SOC President (This article was published in the June, 2017 School of Christ Mission Report) The world is in darkness and there is a gross darkness over the people (Isaiah 60:2). When Jesus was speaking of certain developments in the end-time, He would follow up with words such as, “but the end…
SOC Training Missionaries and Workers in Ukraine
The “Ukraine Brothers” are a group of School of Christ leaders that are full-time missionaries carrying the Gospel of Jesus Christ to open and closed countries. Report: The ‘Ukraine Brothers” have been very actively running School of Christ Schools in different parts of the Ukraine and occupied territories. Two Schools have just graduated in the…
Doors of Ministry Remain Open in Nicaragua
God bless you Pastor/President Robert Turnage, School of Christ Staff, and Supporters: Praising the Lord that the work here in Nicaragua still continues. The Gospel of Pentecost is being preached and the doors of ministry are remaining open. We are moving forward in the work of God that has been entrusted to us. Nicaragua needs…
Praying for God to Send Revival to Hungary
Lee Shipp – SOC Director Tamas D’Nagy & Wife – SOC Field-Worker – Budapest-Paks, Hungary Dear Brothers, Sisters, Intercessors, and Supporters: The School of Christ courses are still being taught here in Hungary. We have just graduated five students from four different churches. Our prayer is that more churches will embrace the School and more…
God’s Time for Bangladesh in NOW
David Jacobson – SOC Director When the School of Christ material was translated into the Bengali language in 2005, we started working in different areas of Bangladesh. However, a continuous work had never been established. God laid a burden on my heart for the people and country of Bangladesh. I was very excited when the…
Graduation Held for Two Schools in Uganda
Uganda has a population of over 37 million people. This landlocked country, according to statistics, has 8.5 million people who live without safe drinking water. Even under these horrific conditions, the School of Christ is making a huge impact with its life-changing message. We have just returned from holding the graduation services for the last…