The Vision Is Exploding
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! What is that sound? What is that sound I hear? It's the sound of many feet. It's the sound of beautiful feet. It's the sound of feet going forth with the good news!
In May of 1950 Kenneth E. Hagin received a mandate from the Lord to “go teach My people faith.” He immediately began holding faith seminars across the United States. On many occasions after ministering on faith, he would cry out to the Lord, “The world must hear this message. . . . How can we get it out?”
| It takes approximately $9,500 a year to equip and train one student at RHEMA Bible Training Center USA to go into the end-time harvest. Because we want RBTC tuition to be as affordable as possible, our students pay only $2,850—30 percent of what their training costs. We rely on the generous gifts of our friends and partners to make up the difference ($6,650). This may sound like a large amount, but it breaks down to approximately $20 a day, $130 a week, or $560 a month. To help underwrite the cost of tuition by becoming a RHEMA Word Partner, go to www.rhema.org/wpc. RBTC graduates are going to the ends of the earth to reach the lost. As we all do our part, the need will be met and more souls will be won. |
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JOIN TODAY! The “how” became clear in 1973 when Rev. Hagin held his first Campmeeting. “We’re going to start a Bible school,” he said under the unction of the Holy Spirit. Who would have thought that what began with 58 students would grow to encompass more than 45,000 graduates and over 80 campuses worldwide!
Who are these that make this sound of tramp, tramp, tramp as they come—as they go tramping along? . . . Yea, they are those chosen of the Lord, called of God, equipped by His Spirit. Yea, they are those who have been loosed from the bondage of the enemy and sent forth to set men free.1
Since the early 1980s, prayer meetings and prayer groups on the RBTC USA campus have prayed for the harvest. Over the years we have seen those prayers being answered. The fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany and the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union have resulted from prayer. As these prayers have continued,
we have seen more and more doors open to the Gospel.
Where are they going? They’re going unto the uttermost parts of the earth. They’re going where an empty hand is reaching out for help. They’re going where the hungry cry—hungry for the bread of this life, and hungry for the true Bread of Life. . . . They’re going around the world to tell the story, to proclaim the message, to do the work that God called them to do.
Every Christian plays a part in spreading the light of the Gospel in this dark and dying world. Some are called to go; others are called to send. Whichever we do, we all share in the reward of souls won for God’s Kingdom (1 Sam. 30:24 NIV). When we all work together, the job gets done. The need is great, for there are many to be won. And more men and women—young and old alike—need to be trained so they can go to every corner of the earth.
Here are highlights of how RHEMA Bible Training Center is making an impact around the world.2
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1 The paragraphs in italics are from a prophetic utterance given by Kenneth E. Hagin at the 1979 RBTC graduation.
2 Each dot represents the location of one or more RHEMA campuses.
North America
RBTC USA has opened its doors to the Spanish-speaking community with an evening school, Centro de Entrenamiento Bíblico RHEMA Español, USA.
Southwestern Christian University now holds evening classes on the RBTC USA campus, making it possible for RHEMA students to obtain a degree from SCU while attending RHEMA.
RHEMA Quebec’s vision is to impact the world’s 52 French-speaking nations.
RHEMA Quebec now has two campuses: one in Drummondville, which opened in 2007, and the other in Montreal, which opened in September 2010.
Graduates from RHEMA Mexico regularly travel to Iraq and Afghanistan.
South America
RHEMA Colombia has dedicated a new four-story building that houses both the school and The Christian Church of Colombia.
Thirty RHEMA campuses have sprung up in Brazil, with five more anticipated this year.
RHEMA Peru has 18 campuses located throughout Peru and Chile.
Europe/Middle East
RHEMA Europe’s leaders are working to establish 100 campuses throughout the continent.
Long before a campus is established in a new country, a team translates Faith Library Publications books into its native language.
Throughout Eastern Europe, in nations such as Romania and Albania, people were told, “There is no God.” Today, masses have received the Gospel and have been liberated by the Truth.
Africa
Three new RHEMA campuses have opened in Africa—in Egypt, Nigeria, and Zambia.
RHEMA graduates have been at work on the African continent since the 1970s.
Asia
In Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar, young women are being freed from child slavery and prostitution.
Sixty-nine percent of RHEMA Thailand’s graduates are serving in full or part-time ministry.
RHEMA India’s graduates are eager to share the Gospel in their nation—the world’s second most populous country.
RHEMA Singapore’s graduates are taking the Good News to Buddhists, Hindus, Taoists, and Muslims.
Oceania
RHEMA South Pacific, now in its 15th year, is reaching people throughout the islands of this vast region.
As part of their training, students at RHEMA Australia leave the traditional classroom and hit the marketplaces to win their nation to Christ!
In Papua New Guinea, RHEMA School of Ministry–PNG is constantly on the move. Since it opened in 2001, the school has moved to four different cities in this rural nation. Papua New Guinea’s rugged terrain makes travel difficult, so instead of asking students to come to the school, the school comes to them.
