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CBTS Accreditor Achieves Prestigious CHEA Recognition

ARTS Earns Prestigious CHEA Recognition: A Milestone in Accreditation for Member Seminaries

The Association of Reformed Theological Seminaries (ARTS) is thrilled to announce a significant achievement in its journey towards academic excellence and institutional credibility. ARTS has officially gained recognition from the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), marking a momentous milestone for its member seminaries. The official statement is found here.

CBTS leadership believes this to be a critical milestone for the Seminary, adding prestigious and world-wide credentialing to CBTS' accreditation.

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Class of 2024: Largest Graduting Class for CBTS

You are invited to our 2024 Graduation ceremony in Owensboro, KY on May 25th at 7PM CST. Dr. Tom Nettles will deliver a special address to the CBTS class of 2024. This year CBTS will confer degrees to 20 students. We hope you will come to celebrate the grace of God in the achievement of these students!

The Graduation will be live-streamed at Facebook.com/CBTSeminary.org/live

2024 Summer Session: Registration Still Open!

Registration is still open for summer live-courses. This summer CBTS has added a second modular course which will be taught in Hampton, VA. Check out our great lineup of courses for this summer!

ST53 Spurgeon on the Law & Sabbath

This course covers Charles Haddon Spurgeon’s life and adherence to the Second London Confession of Faith regarding the Law of God and the Christian Sabbath.

BI13 New Testament Introduction

This course deals with genre, background, authorship, date, recipients, and contents of New Testament books. Covers issues related to the canon of the New Testament. Introduces the student to critical views, Synoptics, and the New Testament use of the Old.

PT54 Counseling & the Body

This course will examine the intersection of the body with the various counseling issues that Pastors and Christian counselors can often face. Human beings are made body and soul, and this course will look at various aspects human physiology that are important for the counselor to consider.

On the CBTS Blog

CovCon'24 and the Great Tribulation

by Sam Waldron

We are thankful for the blessings of CovCon 24. In particular, we thank God for the blessings that came from the public ministry of the Word.

But a couple of things happened, which might be the occasion for questions and speculation. What am I talking about? First, when the question was raised about the “Great Tribulation” in the Q&A, all of us speakers responded with “crickets.” Why? Someone might ask. Second, in the last session, I was scheduled to preach on the Tribulation and the Second Coming. But then I changed my subject to Conquering and to Conquer—The Eschatology of Revelation 6. Again, someone might ask, Why? And it might be easy to connect this with our failure to respond to the question about the “Great Tribulation.” Is there some issue or doubt about the Tribulation and the Second Coming?

I decided to blog about this to prevent anyone from putting two and two together and getting five. I want to answer the questions raised by the two events just mentioned.

What does Scripture teach us about our Vocations?

by Tom Hicks

In this lesson, we will examine the biblical doctrine of calling or vocation. This doctrine relates to the places and situations where God has called us to work in this world. The Roman Catholic church teaches that only priests and holy orders like monks and nuns have vocations or callings in this world. But the Reformation insisted that all Christians have vocations before the Lord, which they should discharge faithfully.

Biblical Mercy Ministry

by Jeff Bys

It was a hot day in early December 2016. My family and I had just moved from Texas to a small farming village in western Kenya, and we went to do some shopping in the nearest town, Bungoma. While in a market there, we saw several young boys with ill-fitting clothes, torn and dirty from weeks of continuous wear. They wore no shoes and carried clear plastic bottles with a yellow gel-like substance inside that I later realized was glue. Protruding out of the bottles were sticks that they would occasionally use to stir the glue, then they would put the opening of the bottle to their mouth and inhale. The boys were crowding around us, all holding out their hands. “I am hungry,” they said, using the little English that they knew. A security guard soon came rushing over with a large stick and chased them away. This was our first encounter with street boys...

This Month

On The Man of God Network

Female Deacons?

In this episode, we rerun an "oldie but a goodie."

Pastors Joe Wilson and Lee McKinnon discuss whether Scripture permits females to serve New Testament churches as Deacons.

Reformed Forum with Camden

In this episode, Dewey Dovel and Jimmy Johnson discuss the history of the Reformed Forum with Dr. Camden Bucey.

Prayer Requests

Praise God with us for ARTS receiving CHEA recognition! We believe this is an important milestone for CBTS and other ARTS institutions.
Please pray for our 20 graduates who will graduate next week. Pray for the Lord to raise them up as faithful workers in his harvest field!
Please pray that the Lord would equip our students for useful service and raise up many qualified men from their midst to serve as gospel ministers.
Please pray that our faculty will be granted great skill and wisdom in instructing our students that they serve in addition to their many other responsibilities.
Please pray for wisdom for the CBTS staff as it expands its focus onto new areas (CBTS Espanol, ThM Program, etc.)
Please pray for God's provision for the work through the generous financial gifts of his people. Pray that the Lord would provide 100 monthly givers to help establish and expand the work - currently the Lord has added around 20 so far this year.

Faculty & International Programs Travel

Please join us in praying for the following events which involve CBTS faculty or others traveling to teach in CBTS' international affiliate seminaries

Summer 2024

May:
John Miller (CBTS VP) - traveling to Latin America to teach Doctrine of Christ
Mike Waters (CBTS Board Member) - traveling to Brazil to teach Doctrine of the Church
Eduardo Flores (CBTS Board Member) - traveling to Mexico to teach Pastoral Theology 1
June:
Richard Barcellos - traveling to Costa Rica to teach Hermeneutics
August:
Mike Waters (CBTS Board Member) - traveling to Ecuador to teach Doctrine of the Church
Daniel Scheiderer - traveling to Mexico to teach Doctrine of Man & Ethics

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