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Eternal Rewards - A Ministry Update of Grace School of Theology

The Homecoming: Celebrating 20 Years of Grace

On the cover: Dr. Dave Anderson (Founder and President) and Dr. Mark Rae (Vice President for Community Development) journeyed with our Homecoming guests through the beginning, current, and future milestones of Grace School of Theology.

Listen to Dr. Mark Haywood (Provost) share an inspiring message from the celebration here.

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Eternal Rewards Fall 2022

A Message from the President

Thanks to your generous prayers and support, Grace School of Theology has seen a lot of milestones in 2022:

  • Highest enrollment ever with officially 709 students who took classes in the Spring 2022 semester.
  • 368 Grace Alumni, as of the May 2022 graduation, with degrees from Grace School of Theology (and several with multiple degrees).
  • Grace students from 28 states and 41 counties based on Spring 2022.
    • Countries in 2022 where we didn’t have students in Spring 2021 included Burundi, Germany, England, Ireland, Qatar, Senegal, Tajikistan, and the United Arab Emirates.
    • After the United States (193 students), our next 5 largest countries for enrollment are currently Cuba (122), the Philippines (93), Brazil (73), Korea (39), and Nepal (38).
    • Our largest class ever, in Summer 2022, with 49 students, for the Introduction to Black Church Studies with Dr. Thomas Beavers and Dr. John Adolph.
  • More than 100 devotional plans published on YouVersion’s Bible App with 1.8 million+ subscriptions and growing daily.
  • The launch of Grace On Demand with 1,849 personal spiritual growth students using over 180 hours of trusted, on-demand, biblically-based training from the Grace Center for Spiritual Development.
Grace Homecoming 2022
Grace Homecoming 2022

But also, take a look at the bottom of our official seminary seal. Throughout 2022, we have been celebrating twenty years of being a seminary. Twenty years (plus some) of the faithful prayers and support of people like you. Twenty years, all to God’s glory, of striving to develop spiritual leaders in every nation who can teach others about the love of Christ, a love that cannot be earned and cannot be lost.

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It’s simple really. Grace remains focused on fulfilling God’s Word. It’s not surprising that while celebrating 20 years in 2022 that we look to 2 Timothy 2, verses 1–2, as Paul encourages his young disciple:

“You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.”

David R. Anderson, Ph.D.

Your investment in Grace School of Theology will have generations of impact because our focus is to develop leaders who can teach others about the love of Christ—or entrust the teachings of Christ to faithful people who will be able to teach others also.

In Christ,

David R. Anderson, Ph.D.
Founder and President
Grace School of Theology

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The Grace School of Theology team conducted a series of roundtable discussions with ordained pastoral leaders and congregational lay ministers around the United States. By listening to their educational challenges and opportunities, our team was able to explore the emerging needs and hopes for the future.

Ephesien Vincent

Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, Haiti

“My Grace education has been a great help to the ministry that I am leading. Grace doesn’t only teach us about the Bible but also disciples us. They teach in a way that will make us fall in love not only with the Bible but also with God Himself.”

David Hill

Master of Ministry, United States

“There’s something about Grace that appealed to me as a current practitioner/minister because Grace was willing to work with its students while they are already doing what God is calling them to do. I had small children at the time I was considering entering Grace and I was concerned about being away and leaving my wife. But schedule and time-wise, Grace made it doable for me. Financials were my biggest concern but Grace addressed that as well, making this school a good fit for me.”

Jared Haynes

Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, Paraguay

“My Grace education has helped me immensely by keeping me grounded and rooted in good theology… I can take what I’m learning in the classroom and apply it to my everyday life and walk with the Lord, as well as apply it to my ministry among the people here in Paraguay.”

Pedro Alaniz González

Master of Divinity, Mexico

“We need to present Bible teachings to the new generation of Hispanic youth and to the church very clearly and with integrity. We are losing our young people to modern philosophies taught in school. An educational institution like Grace provides a great opportunity to prepare leaders for this challenge.”

Merritt Johnston

Master of Divinity, United States

“Seminary puts you in the right environment to go deeper into God’s Word and bear fruit… It’s hard for us to create our own biblical boot camp to make sure we’re growing. Grace comes in to create the right environment… I love Jesus more now.”

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Please make Grace School of Theology part of your annual charitable giving. Your gifts provide the tuition assistance needed to help our students access affordable seminary education. Thanks to the generosity of donors, domestic students are blessed with tuition rates among the lowest in the country, and international students can have globally accredited seminary education with access to apply for a tuition assistance program that keeps tuition within economic reach for them.

Every dollar given has an exponential impact as Grace trains spiritual leaders around the world who will influence generations as they teach others about the love of Christ, a love that cannot be earned and cannot be lost.

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