Thanks to an innovative partnership between Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School and Faculdade Teológica Sul Americana (FTSA) in Londrina, southwestern Brazil, more pastors and ministry leaders are earning doctoral degrees that may have once seemed out of reach. After years of planning, accreditation processes, course design and language translations, the first […]
A favorite memory for Lancaster Bible College alumni across the decades, the 2023 Missions Conference is planned for Feb. 7-9 on the Lancaster campus. This year’s theme is “God’s Heart for the World” and will take participants on a personal journey of how they can be involved in missions right where they are as they […]
Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School has named Calvin Reed (’78) the 2022 Alumnus of the Year. Reed, who earned his bachelor’s degree in Pastoral Studies, has served in ministry for 40 years. After LBC, Reed went on to earn an MDiv and also took DMin courses at Biblical Theological Seminary, now […]
(This article was originally published in LNP | LancasterOnline on Nov. 12, 2022.) Greg Schmalhofer, Monica Kirsch and Mark Farnham have a lot in common. Faith is a driving force in each of their lives. They worship at Calvary Church in Manheim Township. And they all host a podcast encouraging worshippers in their faith, each […]
Trust is an integral element of all relationships—in marriages, friendships and families. Trust is also of paramount importance in the workplace, yet just 14% of work colleagues trust their senior leaders and their team leaders (Harvard Business Review citing the ADP Research Institute). What’s the reason for the lack of trust? And as trust levels […]
(These Faculty Accomplishments first appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of The ECHO Magazine.) Stephen Atherholt, Director of Musical Theatre Studies in the Music, Worship & Performing Arts Department, is starring in a film about the life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in the first movie produced by Sight & Sound Films. The film, “I Heard […]
As a new academic year is underway, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School is celebrating. The Class of 2026 was officially welcomed in late August, as freshmen and their families moved onto campus, participated in valuable sessions and were introduced to the LBC | Capital community. Made up of 248 undergraduate students […]
(Reprinted from the Winter 2022 ECHO Magazine) Throughout Rev. Philip Béna’s 40-year teaching career, not much has stayed the same. New faces, new subjects, new and different ways of doing things. But one thing remains constant—Phil Béna (’80) goes where God wants him to go, and that is a divinely guided adventure. The first 31 […]
Before the busyness of the new fall 2022 semester began, Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School faculty members gathered for a day of learning, brainstorming, group discussions, getting to know others outside their academic departments and, ultimately, gleaning valuable takeaways they can incorporate in the classroom. The morning opened with coffee and […]
(This article originally appeared in LBC | Capital’s ECHO Magazine.) Through his volunteer service in both prison ministry and at a 2022 weeklong summer camp Clarkston, Ga., for refugee children. Nick Songster (’22) gets to witness life change. The Pastoral Ministry major has been volunteering with prison ministry since being introduced to Push The Rock, […]