And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ. — Ephesians 4::11-12 — Nick Kalena: European Bible Training Center | Germany The Bible … Read More
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Faithful Perseverance in Afflictions
Therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. — 2 Thessalonians 1:4 — Thomas Hochstetter: European Bible Training Center | Germany What comes out when God turns up the heat in your life … Read More
How to Encourage and Build Up
Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. — 1 Thessalonians 5:11 — Matthias Frohlich: European Bible Training Center | Germany In order to finish the race well which is set before us (Heb. 12:1), we need the fellowship of believers. Believers do not flourish apart from … Read More
Remember Those Who Labor for Your Soul
For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. — 1 Thessalonians 2:9 — Nick Kalena: European Bible Training Center | Germany Many quickly conclude that this text is just for pastors. However, … Read More
The Truth Is Our Approval
But we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God. — 2 Corinthians 4:2 — Michael Leister: European Bible Training Center | Germany Have you ever felt … Read More
In Weakness Lies Our Strength
And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. — 2 Corinthians 12:9 — Ralph Knoll: European Bible Training Center | Germany Our society pretends to be … Read More
20 Years in Germany—And Still Reforming
EBTC has just recently celebrated 20 years of ministry in Europe—and in God’s grace, they’re not done yet!
As we’ve now witnessed the 504th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (October 31st), it’s a joy to see how God’s hand is still hard at work to reform His people.
Much of Europe has grown cold to Christ, but EBTC is an exception. They’re grounded in the doctrines of grace that ignited the Reformation, and they stand on the same German soil as men like Martin Luther before them, carrying the same ambition: “Train Jesus’ disciples for life and Church ministry.”
From China to Germany: Tianyu’s Testimony
Born in China in the 1970s, Tianyu grew up heavily influenced by Marxism, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and other traditional folk beliefs. It wasn’t until the age of twenty-five, when he came to Germany to study, that he first came into contact with believers in Jesus Christ.
60 Year-Old Skeptic Turned Student
At sixty, Eduard was one of the oldest graduates of the European Bible Training Center’s “Profitable Bible Study” program this year. But at the beginning of the school year, he’d had no such aspiration. In fact, he hadn’t intended to participate at all. He’d only meant to observe some classes with his daughter and figure … Read More
Encouraged and Equipped for Ministry in France
Manuel was born and raised in Mexico, spiritually born again in Canada, and now lives in France with his wife (who’s from Kazakhstan) and their children. When Manuel first moved to Cannes, in the south of France, he couldn’t find a solid, Bible-teaching church. So he planted one. “By far the most challenging thing about … Read More
“We are all Dust!”
You can probably think of a handful of books that have dramatically affected your life. Of course, every believer should affirm that Scripture is supreme, that no other resource carries the weight of God’s inspired Word. Still, the faithful work of other saints—often received in written form—can be mightily used by God to shape our … Read More
Leaving Legalism: The Story of Willi Unger
John MacArthur has often said that the Legalist and the Antinomian make the same dangerous error—they define their relationship with God by their relationship with the law. Willi Unger grew up in a church that espoused a tradition-driven, legalistic approach to the Scripture. It was a church that emphasized a strict series of do’s and … Read More
500 Years and Counting
On October 31, 1517, a monk with a mallet hammered one of the most consequential nails in history. On this day, Martin Luther posted his 95 theses—a series of arguments against the heretical practice of selling indulgences—to the castle church door in Wittenberg, Germany. Though Luther was but one in a faithful line of saints … Read More
Berlin: EBTC Flourishes in the Life and Landscape of the Local Church
European Bible Training Center (EBTC) has just recently signed the contract for the ground floor of a building in central Berlin, which will house not only the growing TMAI training ministry of EBTC but also the new Eckstein church plant. In many ways, this move by EBTC highlights TMAI’s commitment to maintain an integral relationship … Read More
