1. Student Welcome Letter

Rev. Brian Hedges, President

Rev. Randy Foster, Dean

(816) 380-3033

www.hbfcass.org

 

 

2023-2024  STUDENT ORIENTATION

 

WELCOME FROM THE DEAN

 

2 Tim 2:2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

 Welcome to Heartland Bible Institute. Your desire to be prepared in such a way to be a part of God’s great commission to teach others to observe that which the Lord Jesus Christ has commanded is very encouraging. We are not in the business of “Christian education.” Instead, we are going about the Lord’s business fulfilling the task of Biblical discipleship on the highest level. We desire to please our Lord and follow His instruction by creating believers who can be shepherds in our image as we follow Christ.

 This is a particular educational distinctive of Heartland Bible Institute. Your instructors are committed pastors and lay leaders who are fulfilling God’s expectation on their life. By learning from men such as these, you will be able to gain insight in the ministry that can only be found in a man who is a servant of God. You will gain more than knowledge or status as we invest our lives in you over the next year. What you are taught at HBI is far more relevant and far more important to living for Christ and walking in the Spirit than what is available at the typical Bible College or Seminary.

 As one of our students, you have the opportunity to use an up-to-date educational delivery system to get in touch with Christ and the Scriptures, and be challenged toward a global engagement with the gospel. It is through your servant heart that our mission statement becomes a reality.

 Heartland Bible Institute serves as an advanced equipping arm of like minded churches whose mission is to equip the saints of God with Word of God to accomplish the mission of God in the power of God. For this reason, Heartland Bible institute engages experienced pastoral leaders to equip men and women of the church to function as shepherds of God’s people through a structured and orderly curriculum centered in the Bible.

 The total impact of your learning and leadership will only be shown in eternity. Our goal is to equip you for all aspects of ministry so that some of what you learn is immediately used and some waits for the season when it will make the most impact.

 Thank you for your decision to start. Thank you for giving of yourself and your time. Thank you for the love you have for the Word of God and for lost souls and the passion you exercise in fulfilling the Great Commission.

 

On Behalf of Rev. Brian Hedges,

 

—Rev. Randy Foster