Serious Joy Vol. VII, No. 2

VOL . VII, NO. 2

Serious Joy

SPRING 2016

A Semi-annual Report to Friends of Bethlehem College & Seminary

THEY SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS BETHLEHEM ALUMNI ON THE GOSPEL FRONTIER

WOVEN TOGETHER: BY TIM TOMLINSON

FROM THE PRESIDENT

NEWS & EVENTS

Our Heart for the Nations

EVENT

One of the key, desired outcomes of our mission as a school is that “we exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples….”

It’s not enough for our students to gain much knowledge about the Bible and about the Lord through their studies here. It’s not enough that they also grow in their faith and become more mature in every sense of that word. No, beyond those core, expected outcomes, we also strongly desire to instill in our graduates an irresistible desire to spread a passion for the supremacy of God to the ends of the earth and among all peoples.

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I am thrilled to say that the Lord is fulfilling our desires in remarkable ways. As you

FACULT Y ACTIVIT Y

will read in the pages of this

Dr. Brian Tabb,

issue of Serious Joy, our grad-

Associate Dean for Academic

uates are spreading across

Affairs & Assistant Profes-

rom the very beginnings of Bethlehem Col-

the globe in pursuit of the lost and perishing peoples

sor of Biblical Studies, has

lege & Seminary, we have had a heart for

of the world. Our graduates are now ministering in

been elected an Elder of the

the nations. The earliest versions of our school were

some of the most difficult and dangerous nations as

Bethlehem Baptist Church

conceived in the midst of the rebirthing of the Beth-

they heed the call of the Lord to “go to the ends of

Downtown Campus.

Tim Tomlinson, President, Bethlehem College & Seminary

F

lehem missions movement that began in the 1980s

the earth” with the message of salvation. Southeast

through the preaching and teaching of John Piper

Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, Europe, West

and Tom Steller—fueled by the Holy Spirit. This em-

Africa: these are the general locations of a growing

Dr. Andy Naselli,

phasis on reaching the nations for the sake of Christ

number of our graduates whose hearts for the na-

Assistant Professor of New

has only increased over the years and is fully inte-

tions have resulted in their forsaking of life here in

Testament and Biblical The-

grated into our programs today. Not only does this

the West for the good of the lost around the world.

ology, has been elected an

passion for the nations come through clearly in our

Included among them are church planters, theolog-

Elder of the Bethlehem Baptist

classes, but it is also modeled by our faculty and staff

ical educators, Bible translators, and those engaged

Church North Campus. He

who themselves are regularly engaged in cross-cul-

with caring for orphans and widows among the

also traveled to Myanmar in

tural ministries around the world.

poorest of the poor.

January with seminary students to train Kachin

You are partly to thank for all of this!

“Our graduates are now ministering in some of the most difficult and dangerous nations as they heed the call of the Lord to ‘go to the ends of the earth’ with the message of salvation.”

You are a partner in this great, global, gos-

understand the doctrines of the Holy Spirit and

pel outreach through your prayers for our

end times. He also taught at Kachin Theolog-

school and our students, and many of you

ical College & Seminary. Bethlehem enjoys a

are partners also through your financial

long-standing relationship with the Kachin

support. As you may know, we have a rad-

people that dates back to the missionary efforts

ically different model for financing our

of Ola and Minnie Hanson in the early 1900s.

students’ educations here at Bethlehem College & Seminary. From the beginning, we have been committed to keeping our education affordable for our students. Because of the generous support of partners like you, our students are able to graduate without debt and are therefore able to launch into ministry wherever the Lord

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We require all of our seminary students to par-

leads them. We accept no financial aid from any

ticipate in cross-cultural ministry before they com-

federal or state agency; instead, all of our students

plete their program here, and we expose all of our

receive a Serious Joy Scholarship that enables them

students—both seminary and college—to global

to graduate without incurring debt while they earn

cultures and to the great need for the Gospel to be

their degrees.

shared throughout the world. We desire to instill a

Be very encouraged, dear friends. Your invest-

heart for the nations in these students and, at the

ment in this school is paying great, global, gospel

same time, equip them to be effective ministers of

dividends.

BETHLEHEM COLLEGE & SEMINARY

pastors how to preach the Gospel of Mark and

LET THE NATIONS BE GLAD: MISSIONS

THEY SHALL REMAIN NAMELESS BETHLEHEM ALUMNI ON THE GOSPEL FRONTIER

In August of 1982

years of our undergraduate program as students see

men who would have shone brightly in a wide va-

it unfold in the intricacies of theology, history, and

riety of ministries or in the business world or the

literature on the timeline of redemptive history. One

academic world. They could have chosen much “saf-

Pastor John Piper wrote an article in our church

of the concentrations in our Biblical and Theologi-

er” places to raise their families, but, by God’s grace,

newsletter titled “Bethlehem: A Seedbed for Mis-

cal Studies major contains four courses on missions

when they heard the challenge to not waste their

sions.” A year later, God birthed a passion for the un-

related themes. At the Seminary level, every student

lives, they sensed God’s leading to go to some of

reached peoples of the world that continues to this

takes “Missions and the Local Church,” which cov-

the most difficult places in the world to advance the

day. The kindling was made ready for the match to

ers the best of the Perspectives course and integrates

be struck. The fire began to spread a year later just

a church-based ethos into the mix. Every one of our

before, during, and increasingly after John’s water-

seminary students is required to do a cross-cultural

shed sermon, “Missions: The Battle Cry for Chris-

ministry internship. Teams have recently returned

tian Hedonism.” This historic sermon is now chapter

from both Myanmar and Ethiopia. In these intern-

9 in Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedo-

ships, our students serve alongside our professors,

nist. Bethlehem College & Seminary was birthed in

pastors, or missionaries.

“…by God’s grace, when they heard the challenge to not waste their lives, they sensed God’s leading to go to some of the most difficult places in the world to advance the Gospel.”

the missions soil of Bethlehem Baptist Church and

More laborers need to be sent out. The alarm for

continues to be nurtured in this soil so rich with

the unreached peoples of the world has sounded

missions vision, thoughtful structures, and finan-

from Bethlehem’s pulpit and classrooms again and

cial support. Right now, 10 of our graduates and

again since 1983. Bethlehem Baptist Church con-

Gospel. As they studied theology on the timeline of

their families are serving among people groups that

tinues to be a seedbed for missions. God is leading

redemptive history—creation, fall, redemption, and

are too sensitive to mention.

some students of Bethlehem College & Seminary,

consummation—they became gripped with the fact

along with many other members already in our nur-

that Jesus has purchased people from every tribe

The pre-cursor to our college and seminary was called The Bethlehem Institute for Bible, Theology,

ture program for missionary candidates, to be part

and tongue and nation, and they experienced God’s

and Missions (TBI). In the early days, Perspectives on

of the answer to the prayer that the Lord of the har-

call to carry the Word of God and the fragrance of

the World Christian Movement was a required course

vest commanded us to pray. Not all will go to the

Christ to an unreached people. Please pray for them,

in the curriculum. This course introduced our stu-

gospel frontiers, but our hearts’ desire is that some

and pray the Lord of the Harvest to send more of our

dents to the biblical, historical, cultural, and stra-

will and others will send them in a manner worthy

graduates to the gospel frontiers.

tegic perspectives on God’s global purpose to win

of God as they are salt and light wherever God plants

worshipers from every tribe and tongue and nation.

them into the rapid globalization of our cities, sub-

Missions continues to pulse through the veins of

urbs and small towns.

Bethlehem College & Seminary. A focus on God’s

As you read the vignettes of four of our “un-

missionary purpose is woven through the first two

named” graduates, realize they are highly gifted

CONTINUED

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Tom Steller is the school’s Academic Dean and also Pastor for Leadership Development at Bethlehem Baptist Church

“There is a level of lostness that is even worse than unreached. It is worse to be both unreached and unengaged. What does it mean to be unengaged? Unengaged means that there is no gospel witness currently and none is coming because no one is even targeting them yet. They aren’t even on the radar of missions agencies. There are no gospel people on the ground and no gospel people in the pipeline… There are 818 unreached peoples that have never been targeted by any Christian agency ever.* Of those 818, there are 532 unengaged, unreached people groups with populations of more than 10,000. They are, perhaps, the neediest of the needy—the most severe level of lostness imaginable—those that should lay claim to our greatest depth of compassion. They are the most hidden—out of sight and out of mind. Here is what is heart-breaking to me: Christ is unknown, untranslated, unheralded, unadored!”

Dr. Jason Meyer, Pastor for Vision & Preaching, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Assoc. Professor of New Testament, October 2015

* World Evangelization Research Center SPRING 2016

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R. ’13 / MONGOLIA

T

he work He has done in Mongolia is nothing less than miraculous.

In 1991, when the country opened, there were only four known

believers. Now, Mongolia has more than 30,000 believers and is

recognized as one of the most responsive countries to the Gospel. God has given my family a glimpse of how quickly and powerfully He can establish a church in the least-reached areas of the world.

The young Mongolian church now has a need to grow to maturity.

Perseverance and depth for believers as well as the hard work of raising up the second and third generation of Christians is imperative. There is danger from internal strife and division, from heresies and cults, from Buddhism and Shamanism, and from greed and worldly hedonism. While the dangers of shipwreck are great, so is the potential. Many Mongolians are fervent about evangelization and missions. This is a great opportunity as Mongolians have access to areas Western missionaries do not.

God has called my family to Mongolia to train leaders and disciple believers that we may present them mature in Christ. We are now in full-time language study with the goal to teach in a Bible college. The road of cultural adaption and language study is difficult, but God is the strength of our heart. He is our peace in the chaos that is transition. We look to him to establish our language ability and ministry, our family, and the Mongolian Church. He who began a work in us and in Mongolia is faithful to complete it.

ON THE GOSPEL FRONTIER

S. ’01 / CENTRAL ASIA

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n 1997, I set out in pursuit of joy. I had read Dr. Piper’s books and had

unexplainable hopefulness that his kingdom would break through in our

had my heart enflamed by the idea that God’s glory could be my joy. I

community.

wanted to test that idea outside of my American comfort zone. I wanted to see if it worked in Muslim Central Asia.

Nearly 20 years later, I’m still in pursuit of that joy. My wife and I have

calling was not our justification. We are loved. The God of the universe

worked in a civil-war torn Muslim country for 10 years now. We’ve seen

has embraced us in the boundless love of Christ. That embrace continues

many other expatriates come and go while here. We’ve had a teammate put

whether or not we live in a hard-to-reach place. Feeling the freedom to

in prison, failed to resuscitate a dying co-worker, been part of a fatal car

serve or be called back from service has enabled us to continue. We are,

accident, and lived under the threat of kidnapping and suicide bombers for

after all, friends of the King, not slaves.

a decade. Now, we get asked, “How do you keep going?” My answer today differs from what it was in 1997, but it’s still part of the joy calculation.

For one, God gave us hope. Three years ago, at the end of my rope, my wife made an urgent call for prayer. God answered and gave us an

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The second reason is ironically linked to the first. We learned through suffering and others’ forced departures from our host country that our

BETHLEHEM COLLEGE & SEMINARY

God’s glory as my joy has passed the test but not in the way I expected.

God’s delight has found me again and again — on account of his bold love, not my bold service.

R. ’06 / SOUTH ASIA

D

edicated theological education is a wonderful thing. Part of its

I reflect on the different person I might have been without those years.

goodness is that it wasn’t designed to last forever but to suck us

Perhaps foremost, I better learned to spiritually nourish myself (and my

in and spew us back out so that our delight in knowing the works of God

family and team) without depending on props that are no longer available.

becomes the delight of the nations.

The exegetical method, arcing, and whole-Bible theology tooled me up for

In the world in which I live, my seminary experience at Bethlehem

spiritual nourishment in spiritually dry places.

College & Seminary (then TBI) sometimes feels very distant. Personal

In addition, as the Kingdom of Christ marches onward into remaining

time in the Word and preparation take place in the environment of loud

strongholds of Satan, our world is becoming more missiologically com-

horns, calls to prayer, and the occasional bomb-blast rather than quiet af-

plex. Practitioners are needed who not only know languages, cultures,

ternoons in a library. In the place of audio-visually equipped classrooms

and the techniques of church planting but who are deeply grounded in the

of well-versed Biblical students, sessions over the Word take place on

Word of God and default to Scripture over methods for answers. Those

padded cushions in small living rooms over tea using simple, inductive

same practitioners can then bring the insights, experiences, delights, and

questions to help new believers or seekers mine God’s Word. Experienced

complexities of life at the fringes of the Kingdom back to the church and

professors are no longer as accessible to me, and I learn on the go, often

to church-based seminary programs like Bethlehem College & Seminary

through trial and error, about things never touched on in seminary cur-

in ways that promote ongoing mutual goodness and growth.

ricula. For me and others of my Bethlehem colleagues with whom I have

The joy of all peoples and an impulse to spread are at the heart of the

kept in touch, the field has presented another kind of classroom for our

Bethlehem College & Seminary experience. I thank God for the program

hearts, minds, and strategies to be further shaped into Christ’s image and

that helped lay a foundation for my doctrine and the church community

for Christ’s mission. There is a positive hermeneutical effect in being clos-

which then rallied to send my family and me to a least-reached people

er to the footsteps of the apostles—both geographically and in ministry

group. Letting others know of the treasure-trove of blessings in Christ Je-

aim—that has continued to mold and inform us.

sus is completing our joy.

In light of this, I am occasionally tempted—as some—to downplay the value and relevance of seminary, but, with a little reflection, I can’t.

D. ’00 / MIDDLE EAST

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t was a good visit. Nothing stood out to me. We sat in his home and

We have the opportunity here to change the way people view the

drank Turkish coffee, just like we do with other Syrian refugees. The

church. They learn to expect that Christians will offer help and mercy in

house was sparsely furnished since they lost all of their belongings when

time of need. Now, many families are traveling to the West like Mahmoud.

they fled the war. We asked them where they were from and how long they

My heart and prayer for them is that they will find the same mercy from

had been here. We sought to listen and give them opportunity to share

the church there that they have come to expect here.

their story.

A couple days later, we came back and delivered basic goods (mattresses, blankets, food box, etc.). Mahmoud wasn’t home when we dropped it off, so he called later to thank us. Then he said, “Can I ask for something?”

“Sure,” I replied. I expected him to ask for a washing machine, refrigerator, or something else that we likely wouldn’t have.

Honestly, it caught me off guard. We visited him again with a copy of the Bible in my bag. I wanted to see if he really wanted it or not. Indeed he did. After that, we began reading the stories of the prophets from creation to Christ. When we read about the death of Jesus, we spoke of needing to be under the blood just like those homes in the days of Moses when God led his people out of Egypt. Mahmoud replied, “I want to be under the blood.” When we read John 3, he prayed, “Lord, give me the new birth.”

A few days after praying that, he traveled to America where he and his family are starting their new lives. We’ve continued to stay in touch, though it is hard for me to know whether he has experienced new birth or not.

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SERIOUS JOY

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DeRouchie’s 7,700 Mile Wide Classroom and Living Space “God, help us understand the gospel, and transform our hearts for the nations.”

The DeRouchie Crew: (Front) Ezra, Joy, Joey; (Back) Janie, Jason, Ruthie, Teresa, Isaac

The Bethlehem Institute who wished

train their leaders; care for the father-

to complete a full M.Div degree, he

less, widow, and stranger; and reach

had the unique opportunity to work

out to the unreached in their own

Dr. Jason DeRouchie, his wife Teresa,

gain, developing alongside of them a

with many alumni global partners.

lands. Driving their hope is the beau-

and their children lifted this prayer

love for the broken.

DeRouchie supervised their course

tiful vision in Rev. 7:9–17 of a great

work from a distance while they con-

multitude of redeemed and cleansed

creasingly stood in awe of Scripture’s

tinued to serve in their respective

worshipers from every nation, tribe,

countries.

and language gathered around the

when they joined Bethlehem College & Seminary in 2009.

Over the years, DeRouchie has in-

“We had no idea how far Bethle-

portrayal of God’s heart to trans-

hem College & Seminary would take

form and heal the broken, poor, and

us in our quest to know and cherish

outcast. This, he says, is seen climac-

DeRouchie had his students write a

As a part of this growing desire,

the gospel,” DeRouchie reflects. Soon

tically in the mission of Christ, who

paper on a theme moving from Gen-

DeRouchie has just returned from a

As

one

capstone

assignment,

throne of the Lamb.

after beginning his role as a Professor

came “not to be served but to serve”

esis to Revelation that they could

two-week trip to Ethiopia with two

of Old Testament and Biblical The-

(Matt. 20:28), “to proclaim good

directly apply to their own cultural

Bethlehem students and two oth-

ology, DeRouchie and his family felt

news to the poor,” and “to set at lib-

setting. One student in a conserva-

er pastors where he helped teach 60

the call of the Lord to pursue inter-

erty those who are oppressed” (Luke

tive Muslim context with strict rules

church leaders. The team extended

national adoption. Their three eldest

4:18). DeRouchie draws his growing

governing

examined

their time expressly to visit some of

children were ages 11, 9, and 7 when

love for the broken from the text of

ritual cleanliness and unclean laws

the most disadvantaged and to ob-

their son joined them from Ethiopia.

Deut. 10:16–19, where he identifies

throughout Scripture. This student

serve what the Lord is already doing

The following year, their twins—an-

lack of love for God as an idolatry

rejoiced to proclaim more clearly the

in this land that he loves. DeRouchie

other son and daughter—also arrived

issue. “We fail to love God rightly

Jesus who was reversing history as the

reflects, “I went praying for a heart to

home from Ethiopia. While their

when other masters are controlling

unclean became clean at his touch.

learn, to serve, and to grow. Care for

adoption journeys were fraught with

our souls. Loving the Lord means we

DeRouchie and the other students re-

the poor must become personal, re-

will walk in his ways, and he is a God

joiced along with him. “While I was

moved from the abstract. We must

who shows no prejudice and takes no

directing these students, God was do-

have faces and names and know needs

bribe; he provides for orphan, widow,

ing a work in me.”

and pains and joys. Love for God seen

and sojourner.” DeRouchie exhorts both himself and his students to fol-

complexities and pain, DeRouchie

cleanliness

During the last couple of years,

in love for the needy is increasingly

the DeRouchies have become acute-

filling my heart, and I celebrate his work in me and among the nations.”

low where this God goes and to desire

ly aware that they are not done with

to be like him. “This God loves the

helping the orphan and widow find

Over the course of the past 11

broken,” DeRouchie concludes.

new identity in Christ. “The wind of

years, Dr. DeRouchie clearly feels

DeRouchie’s desire to exegete

God has hit the flame of our souls.

that the Lord has been answering his

Scripture’s teaching on charity and

We have seen the kindling of love

family’s prayer that they understand

to equip those serving in the hardest

within our own hearts turned into a

the Gospel and that God would in-

places was in part born out of one of

blaze to help lead Bethlehem in min-

crease in them a love for the nations.

the first assignments he gave at Beth-

istry in Africa’s horn.”

But what he has discovered is that the

remembers with thanksgiving the

lehem College & Seminary. While

DeRouchie and his wife are most

Bethlehem community who walked

DeRouchie taught an Old Testament

interested in a holistic ministry that

derstanding of the gospel increases

with his family through deep loss and

course for alumni from Track II of

would help churches in Ethiopia

our love for the nations.

two prayers are actually one: an un-

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We Thank God for You On August 26, 2015, I landed in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, with my wife and our five children

to pastor my first church—a church plant/revitalization right in the thick of a city with a regional population of about 5.1 million. In August of 2010, I was living in a small town in east Texas of about 15,000 people with three children and nothing but my professional business career ahead of me, or so I thought. A lot has changed in five years.

Needless to say, God drastically changed the direction of our lives and thus began one of the most arduous and yet glorious journeys we could have imagined. Today, I look back at my four years at Bethlehem College & Seminary and marvel at all that the Lord has done. I have not merely gained an education. I have gained greater sight of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, and that is what I am most grateful for.

I now have the privilege of shepherding a small church on the other side of the globe. I graduated in May and was in the field by August. In large part, this was possible because of the generosity of supporters who have themselves captured a glimpse of the glory of our great King and have a passion to see that spread. The affordability of the program allowed our family to be able to launch immediately into ministry without the burden of financial debt. I thank God for this gift, and I thank God for you.

Daniel, Jessica, and kids Josiah, Aaron, Annaleigh, Claire, & Levi

Daniel Souza, M.Div ’15 Pastor, Comunidade Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, Brazil