BIBLE INSTITUTE
LOS ANGELES
OF
For Whom Intended The object of the Institute, stated in general terms, is to train men and women in the thorough knowledge and effective practical use of the E ng li sh Bible, and it is therefore intended for all men and women who wish to get the most thorough knowledge possible of the \Vorel of Goel and to use it in any form of Chri stian activity. There are, however, special classes of men and women, to meet whose need the Bible Inst itute is especially adapted: 1. Men who are called of Goel into the mini st ry of His \ Vorel. It was not the intenti on of 1\ Ir. Moody when he founded the first Bible Institute in this country , to trai n men for the pastorate, but after a few yea rs' experience it was found that very many of its graduates did find the ir way, sooner or later, into the pastorate. The course of training g iven in the Institute is not planned to supplant that of the theological semi nary in preparing men for the ministry; but fo r more than a quarter of a century men who have taken this course have proved its worth in pastorates at home and in the mission fields abroad, where they haYe made, and are making splendid records as heralds of the Gospel and winners of men fo r Chri st. This course is completed in three years. ( See pages 44 and 50 for detai ls.) 2. Graduates of coll eges and theological seminaries who desi re to supplement the knowledge obtained in coll ege and seminary by a more thorough study of the E ngli sh Bible, prac tical methods of aggressive Chri stian work, and the most effect ive methods of teaching the Bibl e. 3. Men and women who are planning to go to the for eign mission field. !\fore than seven hundred men and women who have been trained under the present teachers of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles are now doing effective work in the fo reign field. 4 . Foreign missionaries home on furlough . Ma ny of those who have had experience in the fie ld need during their clays of furlough to increase their knowledge of the Bible and the methods pf Chr ist ian work now in use. Not infrequently they f ind that there is no place so well adapted for th is purpose as the Bible Institute. 5. Men and women preparing for various forms of Chri stian work besides the pastorate, evangeli sts, s ing ing evan-
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