John Berger, President of the Evangelical Theological Seminary, in Haiti

February 4, 2008

John Berger

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John was born in Oklahoma City, attended K-9 at Millwood School, and graduated from Edmond High School in 1975. He is a long-time member of Metropolitan Baptist Church.His Bachelor of Science degree was earned at the College of Civil Engineering at Oklahoma State University. He worked for several years with a private consulting firm in Oklahoma City and Austin, Texas, and is a registered Professional Engineer. John earned the Master of Theology degree from Dallas Theological Seminary in 1989, and joined UFM International that same year. He currently resides in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where he has worked since 1992 at the Séminaire de Théologie Evangélique de Port-au-Prince (STEP). At STEP John has served as professor of Bible and Theology, academic dean (1992-1997), director of Institutional Development (1997-2001), Executive Vice President (2001 to 2004), and President (2005 to present). He is also Vice President of the Caribbean Evangelical Theological Association (CETA). STEP is affiliated with Crossworld Ministies.

John is going to talk about his background, and how a civil engineer becomes president of a theological seminary. He also will share with us some stories from the mission field. (One story concerns a gang member who kidnapped some staff members of the seminary, and the other is about a seminary student who is the son of a witch doctor. We will also talk about the vision of the seminary. Click the forward arrow on the player to hear this exciting podcast with John Berger. (podcast player will be up by Febraury 5, 2008.)

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