FOR WHOM INTENDED Th e object of the In stitute, stated in general terms, is to train men a nd women in the th orough kn oll'l ecl ge and effecti ve practica l use o f th e Eng li sh Bible, a nd it is there fore intended for a ll men and women who wish to get the mos t thoro ur·h know ledge poss ible of the \\'orcl of Go el and to use it in a ny fo rm of Chri sti an activity . There are, howeve r. speci'al classes of men and women, to meet whose need the Bible In st itut e is espec ia ll y adapted: I. Mrn who a re ca ll ed o f Goel into th e mini stry of H is Word. I t was not th e int enti on of Mr . r-Ioocly when he fou nded the first Bible In stitut e in th is count ry, to train men for the pas torate, but afte r a few yea rs' expe ri ence it was found that very many of its graduates did find th eir way, sooner or later, into the pastorate. T he course of trai nin g given in the In st itute is not plann ed to supplant that of the th eo log ical seminary in pr eparing men for the mini stry; but fo r mor e than a qua rter of a centu ry men wh o have taken this co urse have proved its wo rth in pasto rates at home and in th e mi ss ion fi eld s abroad , wher e they have made, and are making sp lendid reco rds as hera lds o f th e Gospe l a nd wi nn er s o f men for Chri st. Thi s course is completed in three years (See pages 21 a nd 43 fo r detail s.) 2. Graduates of co ll eges and th eo log ical seminaries who des ir e to supplement th e knowledge obta in ed in co ll ege and semina ry by a mo r e thorough study o f the E ng li sh Bible, practical methods o f aggr ess ive Chri st ian work, and th e mos t eff ecti ve methods of teaching th e Bible. 3. Young men and women who wis h to t rai n fo r the educational work of th e chu rch e.g., D irecto r s o f Ch ri st ia n Educat ion , Girl s' W orker s, Boys' \Vo rker s, Pastors' Assistants, etc. The importance of this work is being increas ingly r ecognized, and to meet the need we a re offe ring a three years' spec ia li zed co ur se in Chri stian Education-a cou r se evangeli ca l 111 point of view an d thoroughly pedagogical and pr act ica l in method . 4. I,.,f en and women who a re planning to go to the fo r eign mi ss ion fie ld. More than three hundr ed men a nd women who have been tra in ed in the Bibl e In st itute of Los Angeles are now doing effect ive work in th e fo reign fi eld. 5. Foreign mi ss iona ri es home on fur lough. Many of those who have had experi ence in th e field need clui-ing their clays o f furl ough to in crease their know ledge of the Bibl e and th e meth ods of Chri st ian wo r k now 111 use . No t in fr equently they find that th ere is no place so well adap ted fo r th is purpose as the Bible Institute. 6. Men and women pr eparing for various for ms of Chri stian wo rk besides the pasto rate, evange li sts , sing ing evange li s ts, superin te ndents o f Chri stian in s t itut ions, S unday schoo l worker s, assistant pas tors, church visito rs, Young ).{en's Chri stian Association secretari es, Young \1/omen 's Chri st ian Assoc iation Secr eta ri es, city mis sion wo rker s, rescue mi ss ion worker s. 7. Men and women who do not in tend to g ive th eir whol e time to definit e fo rms o f Chri stian serv ice, but who desire a larger know ledge of the B ible and pract ica_l methods of wo rk, in ord er that they may be more usef ul in th eir home churches. Large number s o f men and women have gone through th e B ibl e In stitute with no intent ion of giv ing their entir e li fe to definite Chri st ian work. Not a f ew o f the se afte rwa rds have gone into th e pasto rate and oth er fo rms of Chri s t ia n wo rk, but many of them have gone back to their churches to be a help to their pasto r and to the Chri st ian li fe of the community. 8. Men a lr eady in the mini stry who feel the need of a mor e thorough, accurate and practical know ledge of th e E ng li sh Bibl e. An ever increas in g number of men who have had s uccessfu l experi ence in th e mini st ry a r e com ing to the Bible In stitute to take advantage of its fac ilit ies for equipment for in creas ing usef uln ess. IS
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