The Burning Bush Vol 9 No 2.pmd - Far Eastern Bible College

Editorial
and Master of Divinity programmes for those who already have
university degrees. In 1995, the Bachelor of Religious Education degree
was added, and in 1997, the Master of Theology for the equipping of
those specifically called to the teaching ministry.
FEBC is very much a part of the Bible college movement. The Bible
college movement began with the great preacher Dwight L Moody who
strongly opposed the modernism found in the universities and seminaries
of his day. Moody Bible Institute was thus founded and soon became
known as “the West Point of Fundamentalism.” Sadly, Moody Bible
Institute is no longer the fundamentalist institution it was founded to be.
Not just Moody, but many a Bible college and theological seminary today
have shunted from their original fundamentalist moorings.
Nevertheless, the Lord has preserved some old institutions and
raised up new ones to meet the challenges of these apostate times. He has
not left Himself without a remnant and a witness. Insofar as Far Eastern
Bible College is concerned, we have not wavered from the original
fundamentalist purpose and stance. It is equally heartening to note that a
number of our graduates are actively involved in the Bible college
movement. In Myanmar, we have Rev Robert Thawm Luai who though
theologically trained, studied with us for a semester at Dr Carl McIntire’s
recommendation, and returned to found the Far Eastern Fundamental
School of Theology with the support of Life Bible-Presbyterian Church,
Singapore. In Indonesia, we have two Bible institutes—in Batam, there is
Calvary Bible Training Centre, headed by Rev Kiantoro Lie with his team
of lecturers, all FEBC graduates, namely, Samson Hutagalung, Phoa Ang
Liang, Roska Sihombing, and Johnyanto. And in Medan, there is the
Indonesia Bible Institute started by Rev Haposan Siregar. In Kenya, we
have Rev Dr Mark Kim, principal of the Bible College of East Africa (a
missions work of the Independent Board of Presbyterian Foreign
Missions, USA) in Nairobi with his faculty of mostly FEBC-trained
lecturers, namely, Rev Stephen Masila, Rev Geoffrey Lidodo, Francis
Onyango, June Tan, Ephrem Chiracho, Gete Sisay, and Violet Malongo.
In Kenya, we also have Rev Michael Koech who is principal of Bomet
Bible Institute. Jonathan Langat, a graduate of Bomet, has just completed
his MDiv studies at FEBC and is returning to teach at his alma mater. In
Cambodia, we have two Bible schools started by our Korean alumni—
Rev Moses Hahn and Rev David Koo with Surish from Singapore. A
number of our Cambodian graduates—John Saray, An Sitha and Kin
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