Study to Show Your Self Approved of God in Ecuador

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I Saw God Do It!
with
Wil & Ann Pounds

Study to Show Your Self Approved of God

"Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the word of truth" (2 Timothy 2:15).

The Peniel Theological Seminary in Riobamba, Ecuador, began with 13 students meeting in the home of Alberto and Nancy Copa. Four years later it has 120 enrolled in Riobamba and four extensions.

The curriculum is a solid historic evangelical, conservative, theology grounded in the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God.

The professors are also pastors of Quechua speaking churches in Chimborazo Province of Ecuador.

Wil Pounds has the privilege of serving as an adjunct professor of evangelism and theology. In January 2013, he had the privilege of teaching the course on "Salvation" at two locations.

Seminary Students Pallatanga, Ecuador Seminary Extension
Peniel Seminary Extension Students at Pallatanga, Ecuador

Pallatanga, Ecuador Seminary Extension
Students in Pallatanga, Ecuador

Wil taught my workshop on evangelism to the Quichua church in Pallatanga on a previous occasion. The students in the seminary extension attended these workshops. On this occasion he taught 40 classroom hours on salvation. The students are now required to work though the curriculum and take the final exam.

Student exams pallatanga ecuador
Students in Guaranda taking their exams

In October 2012, Wil had the privilege of dedicating the seminary extension in Guaranda, Bolivar Province. The first semester began with 40 students, and in January 2013, the students finished the first semester of studies and took their final exams. He had the privilege of encouraging those students as they began another semester.

Exams Peniel Theological Seminary Pallatang,a Ecuaodr
Exam time at Peniel Theological Seminary, Guaranda, Ecuador

Student taking exam Pallatanga, Ecuador

Pallatanga student demonstrating witnessing to class
Student giving demonstration on personal witnessing at Pallatanga Seminary Extension

Wil also taught the same course to a graduate level class. All were professionals who have graduated from a university in Ecuador. They included medical doctors, lawyers, a judge, a psychologist, school teachers, graduate students in the university, business men, etc. These students were challenging and engaged in the class. They have a hunger for the Word of God, and a desire to mature in their Christian life and ministry.

Doctors, lawyers, judges, school teachers studying Bible in seminary
Medical doctors, lawyers, a judge, school teachers, businessmen, a psychologist, graduate students in the university, etc. studying the course on "Salvation" in seminary extension in Riobamba.

These students along with their families moved to Riobamba from mountain villages in order to get a better education and provide for the elderly members of their families. They started Bible studies in their homes, and these grew into churches. Then they wanted to provide for the care for their elderly parents so they started homes for the elderly. They have a passion for evangelism, and serving Christ with their profession services.

Mountain lake in Ecuador
Mountain lake in Cotopaxi Province, Ecuador

Christian family serving Christ in Riobamba, Ecuador
These parents are school teachers with a daughter in her 4^th year of medical school, and a teen who has her own Quechua radio program for teenagers which is heard in Riobamba and over the internet.

Quechua speaking church in Chimborazo Province Ecuador

Potato field in Cotopaxi Province Ecuador

Quichua child in mother's arms Ecuador

Quichua children singing at Genesis Bilingual Evangelical Church
Children singing at Genesis Bilingual Evangelical Church in Riobamba, Ecuador

what you can do

Partnership missions give you an opportunity to become personally involved in what God is doing in world missions. Pray daily for the work in Honduras. Give financially. We are a faith mission and are dependent upon your financial gifts. Please pray about becoming involved in the support of our mission. â€œAs long as the Lord provides I will give â€¦ $25 $50 $100 $___ a month.â€ Current Needs:

q Pastor and Church Leadership Training Ministry in Ecuador. Each trip costs approximately $3,000 and covers airplane tickets, room and board, rent for truck, gas, local workers, textbooks and food for students.

q Pray for evangelism saturation teams to do door-to-door evangelism and rallies at night.

q Pray for scholarships for Peniel Seminary students in Riobamba, Ecuador.

q Pray for Evangelism Workshops with Nicaragua Baptist pastors.

q Pray for wisdom to know where the Lord is leading to conduct evangelism workshops, and where to focus teaching ministry. We have been asked to return every three months and teach Ecuador pastors.

q We are presenting one-day, three-day weekend, and one week Evangelism Workshops for pastors and church leaders in churches in Latin America.

q Pray for Alberto & Nancy Copa

Alberto Copa with his wife Nancy

Alberto is a pastor and leader in the Quechua Evangelical Churches in Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. He is Director of the Peniel Theological Seminary in Riobamba, Ecuador. He has over 20 years' experience pastoring bilingual churches in Ecuador. He and his wife are both graduates of an evangelical seminary in Bolivia.

q All gifts to Abide in Christ are tax deductible under IRS 501 (c) (3) tax exempt status.

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Wil & Ann Pounds

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"Expect great things from God! Attempt great things for God!"

I Saw God Do It! with Wil & Ann Pounds

Study to Show Your Self Approved of God

what you can do

Abide in Christ, Inc.

"Expect great things from God!
Attempt great things for God!"

I Saw God Do It!
with
Wil & Ann Pounds