Mark Thometz was not a star student during his years at Boise Bible College and says he didn鈥檛 see the value of school during his undergraduate years.
鈥淏ut now I have a different perspective,鈥� he says. 鈥淎fter two years as a youth minister and eight more as a lead pastor, I knew I needed to grow and learn. I chose 色色研究所鈥檚 Master of Arts in New Testament, and it鈥檚 been life-changing. When I chose the spiritual formation concentration, I didn鈥檛 know much about the spiritual disciplines. Now my final project is on the power of preaching and practicing these disciplines. I鈥檝e grown in my faith through this program.鈥�
Mark, who serves at (CA), says he鈥檚 not only earning good grades during this phase of his education, he鈥檚 also approaching the process differently.
鈥淚 want to learn things I can pass on to other people,鈥� he says. 鈥淚n one of our classes, Jody Owens talked about being cisterns instead of ravines鈥攂lessing people from the overflow of our own walk with Christ. That’s my goal.鈥�
Mark will graduate from the program in May 鈥� and has already been accepted to a doctoral program at Biola University鈥檚 Talbot School of Theology.