Training Spanish-speaking people to plant reproducing churches that

Training Spanish-speaking people to plant reproducing churches that are: – Biblical – Evangelistic – Nurturing – Relevant

PERSONNEL

Randy Bates Not pictured Flo Mata, Bo Green Todd Morte Sam Bradley BOARD--2009 Lindsay Gibbons Randy King Lanny Partain Tom Milholland Alan Mashburn

Stephen Austin Director Armando Alaniz, Professor Ignacio Bárcenas, Church Planting Kevin Montgomery Assistant director

TEACHERS

Adjunct Professors Kirk Mc. Afee, Miami Jorge Pineda, Miami Carlos Camacho Valencia Alirio Ortega, Maracaibo

Adjunct Professors Not pictured: Joshua Marcum-Cochabamba, Bolivia Sixto Rivera, Dallas, Texas Rudy Wray, Portland Enrique Martorell Little Rock, AR

Quito, Ecuador Kent Marcum Juan Flores Oswaldo Albarracin, Juan Loyola Edgar Yungan

STUDENTS Two years, 40 courses of text, language, and ministry

2006 -07 Students (Back) Dimas Velasquez, Giovanni Mendoza, (Front) Renzo Mayorga, Fior and Julio Beitia

2008 students (l to r) Gloria and Andres Guajardo, Cruz Hernandez, Agustin Garcia

2009 students (front row, l to r) Juan Barron, Jannacoeli Gonzalez, Edita and Piero Drago

First graduation! 12/14/2007 José Dimas Velasquez, Giovanni Mendoza

Second graduation! 12/13/2008 Fior and Julio Beitia, Renzo Mayorga

Quito School of Biblical Studies Main school

Quito 2009 Graduates

ACTIVITIES Minimum 10 hours/week, supervised, in church planting and ministry

Baptisms at Baytown

Baptism at Clear Lake

Impact soccer team

Impact family night

First service in Baytown

Cooking classes in Baytown

Family seminar, Baytown

Cell group, Clear Lake

La Puerta—Agustin Garcia

ISRAEL 2009

Second school trip to Israel! June 12 -24, 2009 (Third trip—June 2011!)

VIDEOCONFERENCING

Life of Christ, 4 -way class with Quito, Little Rock, Lima, and Houston

First TGCBI international full-time students August, 2009 Bernie Villalobos Costa Rica Luis Lopez, Panama Tito Alfonso, Efrain Castillo Jertzain Gomez Colombia Daniel Urdaneta, Spain Francisco Rojas, Costa Rica

Video Conferencing Network in the US: 20 Sandy Arlington, VA Albuquerqu Lubbock e *

Santiago, Dominican Republic Central American, Caribbean sites: 7

Mexico sites: 4

Valenci a, Spain South America, Spain: 13

In 2008, the video conferencing network offered 68 courses, To just over 100 students, from 19 professors involving 24 sites, in 9 countries!

In September 2009, the RIB has 44 sites in 17 countries, with 17 professors, and over 200 students. Lord willing, we hope to have at least one site in every Spanish-speaking country in the world by the end of 2012.

ONLINE PROGRAM

Online video streaming classes Pedro and Silvia del Pozo, coordinators

Online DVD streaming classes • First course launched April 24, 2008 • Currently 5 courses online, with 10 to be online by the end of 2009, Lord willing. • Currently 220+ students in 26 countries— including countries like Switzerland, Angola, Russia, Afghanistan, Holland, Brunei, and Canada! • Lord willing, the entire curriculum of 40 courses will be recorded and online by the end of 2012.

THE FUTURE What surprises does God have in store? !

With God’s power and creativity, we are like: • Gideon, whose weakness God changed to strength. • Esther, whom God used in the right place at the right time. • Mustard plants, which grow large from a tiny seed.

How can you help? • Encouragement and prayer. • Come visit! • Recommend students • Support our students financially • Recommend other sources of funding • Shop through www. charityblast. com, where a percentage goes to TGCBI.

For more information, contact: STEVE AUSTIN KEVIN MONTGOMERY Texas Gulf Coast Bible Institute 1502 Avenue I South Houston, Texas, 77587 (713) 910 -2819 montgomery @tgcbi. org, austin@tgcbi. org www. tgcbi. org