EAST – An Intercultural Learning Community
EAST is intercultural. The Lord has put together faculty, staff and students from all over the world as a learning community that literally equips the nations.
Pammiyo Kasar came from India to be equipped in the MDivICS program at EAST. His learning journey has been greatly enriched by having an international mentoring community.
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Concluding our Nov-Dec 2019 intensive courses
We have just concluded our intensive courses for this year!
We were privileged to have Wilson Phang with us for Marriage and Family Counselling, Daniel Chua for Pastoral Leadership, and Daniel Rupp for Intercutural Communications.
Wilson Phang drew from his years of counseling practice and teaching to help us develop our conviction in building marital relationships, roles of husbands and wives, children care and discipline, and matters of divorce and remarriage as we drew insights from Scripture.
Daniel Chua drew from his years of pastoring to shows us the important things to keep in mind as we walk with brothers and sisters in Christ as shepherds.
Daniel Rupp showed us multiple perspectives of being culturally aware as we bring the message of the Gospel into the nations.
Head, Heart & Hands Transformed
I started my learning journey with EAST in 2013 while being an entrepreneur running a family-owned business. I served as an elder on my church board, led a 20-member Home Group Community (HGC) and chaired the evangelism rally committee.
A Call to be Equipped
My wife and I enrolled into the EAST Master of Divinity program to answer our senior pastor’s call for the lay leaders in our church to be theologically trained to preach and teach more effectively, and eventually contribute towards the vision of expanding our pastoral institute into a liberal arts theological institution.
Along the way, the Lord has led me into the BAM (Business as Mission) ministry for urban ministry collaborations with other entrepreneurs. So far, God has allowed me the privilege to establish a number of BAM start-ups and lead the urban ministry collaboration in an East Asian city.
Holistic Education
Rather than just acquiring head knowledge, I find myself being transformed in my heart, which impacted the actual doing of my hands.
Our learning happened not just in class, but also in our mentoring group and ministry time in Ministry Weekends, FIRM (Formation, Integration, Reflection, and Ministry) classes and (CCTI) Cross-Cultural Team Internship trips. The highlight for me was the 20 days of my CCTI trip in Mongolia.
God has broadened my initial idea of local church ministry into a vision for even more collaborations in His kingdom. This is all for His glory.
Spiritual Refreshing
Christian Leadership Foundations was the EAST module that impacted me the most. While serving as a leader in ministry, I did not realize that I had neglected the condition of my heart and was burning out. In this module, the Lord taught me to create margins in my life to “take care and love myself”. I learned to prioritize my time with God and family to serve Him more effectively in the long haul.
For those considering when to attend bible school for holistic equipping in the head, heart, and hands, there is no better time than now!
– Michael is a graduate from our Master of Divinity program, and his passion is to reach and equip entrepreneurs for Christ.
An Alumnus’ Reflection: Choosing EAST in Asia
Will Stacken, our alumnus from the US chose to come to Asia for his seminary equipping. EAST became his home for 3 years as he went though our Master of Divinity program with an international community of faculty, staff and students.
Being in the EAST community forms deep friendships with faculty, staff and fellow students that last through the many years of life and ministry after graduation.
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