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The Task Remaining

Dave Baylor — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:35:01 +0000

It is about 40 days after the resurrection of Jesus. Acts 1:3, tells us that Jesus used the time between His resurrection and His ascension back to the Father to teach His disciples more about the Kingdom of God. Near the end of this time, Jesus gave His disciples what is now popularly called the [...]

High Speed Internet Comes to Africa

Dave Baylor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:01:58 +0000

Internet in Africa (Click Map to See Larger Image)

The headlines shout: “East Africa Gets High Speed Internet Access” and “Africa: High Speed Internet in Key to Economic Development.” These headlines herald the potential of Africa finally being able to truly connect to the internet on a broad basis. Historically, everyday access to to the [...]

Book Review – Foreign to Familiar

Dave Baylor — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:57:03 +0000

Lanier, Sarah A. Foreign to Familiar: A Guide to Understanding Hot – And Cold – Climate Cultures. Hagerstown, MD: McDougal Publishing, 2000. ISBN 1-58158-022-3

Someone from Ecuador visiting the United States for the first time complains that, “When I asked for a ride, I was told that there was no more room. Americans are so rude.” [...]

An Evaluation of TEE (Part 2 of 2)

Dave Baylor — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:00:22 +0000

While TEE does provide significant benefits in addressing some of the traditional formal education issues, it is not a panacea. In fact, TEE, primarily because of its diversity of forms and its relative youth compared to traditional formal education, introduces an entirely new set of issues. Some of these are being addressed while [...]

An Evaluation of TEE (Part 1 of 2)

Dave Baylor — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:00:45 +0000

Theological Education by Extension (TEE) was developed as an adaptation to the prevailing leadership development methods in the latter half of the 20th century. As evidenced by its rapid spread and continued usage forty-years later, TEE has specific strengths that are still relevant today. (See my previous post re the history of TEE’s development)

First, TEE [...]

A Brief History of Theological Education by Extension

Dave Baylor — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:00:13 +0000

Over the years, church leadership development and theological education has almost always be in the purview of the formal educational institutions (i.e. universities and colleges). One such formal education setting was the Presbyterian Seminary of Guatemala located in Guatemala City.

Founded in 1938, the goal of the seminary was to provide trained leaders for the Guatemalan [...]

Book Review – Giving Wisely?

Dave Baylor — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:36:57 +0000

Martin, Jonathan. Giving Wisely: Killing with Kindness or Empowering Lasting Transformation? Sisters, OR: Last Chapter Publishing, 2008.

Generosity. How does one be truly generous? Is it merely a matter of giving money? Is there a right way and wrong to be generous? Is it possible to kill someone or something with generosity? These are some of the [...]

Theological Education Conversation Update – July 2, 2009

Dave Baylor — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:42:21 +0000

Theological Education Conversation Panel

Around the world, the Church is growing by leap and bounds. While we praise God for the expansion of His kingdom and changed lives, this growth does present a challenge to the Church. How do we provide trained, mature leaders to nurture and disciple the ever increasing numbers of [...]

KIST Update July 2009

Dave Baylor — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:26:14 +0000

As all of you know, the economic crisis that has been shaking the foundations of America is not isolated to the our country alone. It is in fact a world wide crisis that is impacting the entire world. Food and fuel prices are up across the board. Everyday it is more of the struggle for [...]

What is the KIST Extension Program?

Dave Baylor — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:00:53 +0000

Over the last 25 years the Church in Africa has been growing by leaps and bounds. Some localized areas have experienced triple digit growth for several years. It is exciting to see how God is working, yet the picture is not entirely positive. With the ever increasing numbers of new believers, new congregations with mature leaders are required to nurture these new born Christians. Unfortunately, the number of qualified leaders has not kept pace with the influx of new congregations. This is not a new problem. In fact, Kima International School of Theology (KIST) was founded to meet this need. For the last 13 years, KIST has turned out 300+ graduates who are no serving in positions throughout sub-Saharan Africa.