FOR WHOM INTENDED
The Institute trains men and women in the thorough knowledge and effective practical use of the English Bible. It is intended for all men and women who wish to secure the most thorough knowledge possible of the Word of God and who desire to use it in any form of Christian activity. There are, however, special classes of men and women, to meet whose need the Bible Institute is especially adapted: 1. Men who are called of God into the ministry of His Word. It was not the intention of Mr. Moody, when he founded the first Bible Institute in this country, to train men for the pastorate, but after a few years' experience it was found that very many of its graduates did find their way, sooner or later, into the pastorate . The course of training given in the Institute is not planned to supplant that of the theological seminary in preparing men for the ministry; but for more than a quar ter of a century men who have taken thi s course have proved its worth in pastorates at home and in the mission fields abroad, where they have made, and are making splendid records as heralds of the Gospel and winners of men for Christ. 2. Graduates of colleges and theological seminaries who desire to supplement the knowledge obtained in college and seminary by a more thorough study of the English Bible, practical methods of aggressive Christian work, and the most effective methods of teaching the Bible. 3. Young men and women who wish to train for the educational work of the church--e.g., D.irectors of Christian ·Education, Girls' Workers, Boys' Worke rs, Pas tors' Assistants, etc. The importance of this work is being increasingly recognized, and to meet the need we are offering a highly specialized course in Christian Educa tion-a course evangelical in point of view and thoroughly pedagogical and practical in mcthod. - 4. Men and women who are planning to go to the foreign mission field. Hun dreds of men and women who have been trained in the Bible Institute of Los Angeles are now doing effective work in the foreign field. 5. Foreign missionaries home on furlough. Many of those who have had expe rience in the field wish during their days of furlough to increase their knowledge of the Bible and the methods of Christian work now in use. Not infrequently they find that there is no place so well adapted for this purpose as the Bible Institute. 6. Men and women preparing for various forms of Christian work such as evan gelists, sing ing evangelists, superintendents of Christian institutions, Sunday school workers, assistant pastors, church visitors, city mission workers, rescue mission workers. 7. Men and women who do not intend to give their whole time to definite forms of Christian service, but who desire fuller knowledge of the Bible and practical methods of work, in order that they may be more useful in their home churches. Large numbers of men and women have gone through the Bible Institute with no intention of giving their entire life to definite Christian work. Not a few of these afterwards have gone into the pastorate and other forms of Christian service, but many of them have gone back to their churches to be a help to their pastors and to the Christian life of their communities. 8. Men already in the ministry who feel the need of a more thorough, accurate and practical knowledge of the English Bible. An ever increasing number of men who have had successful experience in the ministry are coming to the Bible Institute to take advantage of its facilities for equipment for increasing usefulness.
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