In the Spotlight
In the Spotlight showcases the stories of some of our exceptional students, faculty members, staff, and alumni.
Jose Alonso: Ministering to Colombia
Jose Alonso has been ministering to the people of Colombia for 12 years, working primarily in church planting and theological education.
Jordan Anthony: A Heart Open for Korea
Two trips to South Korea opened more than just doors for Jordan Anthony. They also opened his heart. Now on his third trip, Anthony's heart beats in anticipation of what God will do this time.
Ben Baker: Teaching, Leading, and Learning
Ben Baker balances a pretty busy schedule.
The Endicott, NY, resident works in full-time ministry, teaching Bible at Ross Corners Christian Academy.
Tim Baker: Lighting the Kempton Athletic Center
As a site electrician for BBC&S, Tim Baker spends a lot of time working at the Kempton Athletic Center, now under construction on campus.
Eric Beavers: Pushing the Accelerator
Eric Beavers, is a "make-it-happen" kind of guy. He serves as a creative arts pastor at Hope Cafe, helping church members glorify God with their unique gifts and talents.
Daniel Boehm: A Love for Teaching
Daniel Boehm is now doing what he loves most: teaching. In his new career, Daniel is able to live out his passion for teaching students and living a healthy, balanced, and active lifestyle.
Robert Bolds: Following a Calling
Youth ministry might not have been where Robert Bolds thought he would be when he graduated from Ohio State University almost 30 years ago.
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Jenna Bont: Adopted by Parents, Adopted by God
Jenna Bont, freshman at BBC from Fremont, MI, has travelled much farther than that to be where she is today. In 1993, Jenna was adopted from an orphanage in Russia into the family of Tim and Linda Bont.
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Chris Brown: Leading Through Technology
Chris Brown, a 1996 Youth Pastor major, saw a need in the world of ministry and missions and knew God was leading him to fill it.
Elaine Brown: On the Move
As a Professor of Health and Physical Education at BBC, Dr. Elaine Brown is always on the move. In fact, she has a real passion for the importance of movement. Dr. Brown realized at an early age the importance of physical education.
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Manning Brown: A Life of Service
After 22 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, Manning Brown is now serving in a different way in his first year as BBC&S' Director of Human Resources and Institutional Effectiveness.
Mary Chappell - Painting from the Ground up
Mary Chappell likes coffee. But she likes it in a way different than most. Not only does she enjoy drinking it, she really likes painting with it.
Ron Chastain: Building Opportunities
Ron Chastain can be seen wearing a lot of different hats around campus. Athletic Trainer, Resident Director, and Teacher are some of his official titles.
Dr. Tom Cragoe: Investing for a Lifetime
There are teachers who leave lasting impressions on their students. They are the ones who invest in more than just their subject matter and how they teach it.
Dennis D'Augostine: Loving the Church and the City
Dennis D'Augostine has a passion for evangelism and a deep love for his church, Steamtown Church, in Scranton, PA.
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Stuart Deming: Learning Overseas
Stuart Deming wanted to experience a different culture and gain a wider knowledge of the world. So, for his last semester of college at BBC.
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Marty Dittmar: Center Court in Student Ministries
Long past his days playing basketball for BBC, Marty Dittmar still plays an important role in the lives of students whose lives focus on a court.
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Allen Dreyer: A burden for ministry
Allen Dreyer came to BBC from Kent City, MI. He graduated from the college in 1993 and from Baptist Bible Seminary in 2006.
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Matt DeGroft: Service and Leadership
Matt DeGroft is serving the Lord as part of BBC's Reserve Officer Training Corps.
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Dave Deuel: Training Ministry Leaders
Dave Deuel, a 1978 graduate of BBC from Broadalbin, NY, serves as an adviser, mentor, and leader in designing programs at seminaries, Bible colleges and other types of ministry training centers.
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Delana Durough: Teaching Business
From Northeastern Pennsylvania to the Middle East, to Hong Kong, China and back again, Delana Durough has found a place to call home at BBC.
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Cynthia Ericson: Helping Others
After spending the 1980-1981 academic year at BBC, Cynthia Ericson can attest to the powerful influence the experience had on the rest of her life.
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Dr. Akin Fadahunsi: Getting Down to Business
Trained to be a lawyer, Dr. Akin Fadahunsi found the closer he got to graduating college, the more he realized his real passion was for business.
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Gary Frank: Designing the Kempton Athletic Center
The Kempton Athletic Center is the largest building project in the history of Baptist Bible College & Seminary. Putting the pieces together is Gary Frank, the lead architect for the 62,000-square-foot building.
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Cody Fraser: Making a Difference
Cody Fraser is no stranger to hard work. Growing up on his family's beef cattle farm in rural Maine, and later working in his father's excavation business.
Kris Geer: A Heart for the Hurting
Kris Geer has a heart for people and a desire to help others see God's truth and grace in the midst of hardship.
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Emily Gehman: Leading, Writing, and Counseling
Emily Gehman serves in a number of roles at BBC&S - from barista in the Underground Cafe to writer for the Communications & Marketing Department.
Paul Golden: Of Ice and Men
Sometimes, you warm up to new ministry opportunities.
Other times...
Brian Hanson: Influencing Influencers
For more than two decades, alumni Brian and Mandi Hanson have been doing what they love: youth ministry
Sherrie Holloway: Living in the Overflow
Sherrie Holloway is a fixture at BBC and a treasured member of the Health and Physical Education faculty. For 20 years, she was Head Coach of the Lady Defenders basketball team. Her passion for God and His Word is evident in her teaching and speaking ministry, as well as in her interactions with the students in and out of the classroom.
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Amanda Hopkins: Law and Missions
Amanda Hopkins was involved with a lot while a student at BBC. She was president of Commons Hall during her senior year in 2008-2009. She served as Council Representative on the Student Leadership Council.
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Bethany Horton: Branching Out at BBC
Bethany Horton has a heart for pre-school children and for music. Now in her second year at BBC she is earning an A.A. degree in Early Childhood Education.
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Amber Jacobs: Home Court Advantage
Coach Amber Jacobs is making a fast break as she returns home to Clarks Summit as the Lady Defender's new Head Women's Basketball Coach and BBC's new Assistant Athletic Director.
Frank Judson: Ministering and Preparing
If you know Frank Judson (04) serves as Resident Director of Ketcham Hall and he works on the BBC&S maintenance team, then you only know a part of the story.
Ruth Kempton: Teacher, Speaker, Mentor
Ruth Kempton was raised in southern Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of West Chester University, the University of Maryland, and Washington Bible College.
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Summer Kinder: Loving Students of All Ages
Summer Kinder (09) has a special ministry to students on campus. Her desk in the Office for Student Development is the hub for student life at BBC
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Carol King: Writing from the Heart
Carol King's love for writing developed early. It quickly became an important part of her life.
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Lisa Konzelman: Paying it Forward
Lisa Konzelman has a passion for community involvement and a great love for BBC&S. She also recognizes the powerful impact each can have on the other.
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Erin Law: Scoring Goals in Life
Through her writing on the BBC student blog, Sam Mader is sharing her college life experiences with others.
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Lian Muan Kim: Sharing the Love of Christ
Lian Muan Kim was born in Yangon, Myanmar. Although he was raised by devoted Christian parents, he grew up in an area where less than 1 percent of the of the population is Christian.
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Doug and Sharon Martin: A Passion for Worldwide Ministry
From Pennsylvania to Japan to Brazil to Russia and back again, the Martins have seen a great deal over more than 25 years in full-time ministry.
Matt Montgomery: Preaching, Teaching, and Serving
Matt is Assistant Pastor at First Baptist Church in DuBois, PA. A 2007 graduate of Baptist Bible College, he is involved in many roles in DuBois, including leading the youth group and preaching at DuBois Christian Schools as the junior and senior high school chaplain.
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Alex Morris: Preparing Through Experience
Matt is Assistant Pastor at First Baptist Church in DuBois, PA. A 2007 graduate of Baptist Bible College, he is involved in many roles in DuBois, including leading the youth group and preaching at DuBois Christian Schools as the junior and senior high school chaplain.
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Ken Morris: Ministering to the BBC&S Campus
Ken Morris is the Director of Safety and Security at Baptist Bible College & Seminary. He previously worked in the Crime Prevention Unit of the Gloucester Township Police Department in Blackwood, NJ.
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Josh Mowers: Leading and Learning
Having grown up on the mission field in Cape Town, South Africa, Josh Mowers brings a unique background and experience to the BBC campus.
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Nathalia Nasser: Reaching Across the Globe
Nathalia Nasser is a sophomore from Sao Paulo, Brazil. After a year of studies at Word of Life Bible Institute in Schroon Lake, NY, she came to BBC to train more specifically for ministry and leadership opportunities.
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Dan Nichols: Helping to Build the Church
Where many of us might see a need, Dan Nichols sees an opportunity. Recently appointed as a North American church-planter with the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism, Dan is seizing an opportunity to make a powerful impact for Christ in the city of Wilkes-Barre, PA.
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Dan Occhiogrosso: Dribble the World
Dan Occhiogrosso has combined a love for basketball with a passion for reaching others with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, creating a unique ministry that focuses on raising funds and awareness for African orphans.
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Alair Omahen: Doubling Up to Get Ahead
College doesn't have to come after high school anymore. For students like Alair Omahen, college and high school dovetail together...
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Juan Pena: A Heart for Diversity
Pastoring a church in one of the most ethnically diverse neighborhoods in all of Colorado was an opportunity Juan Pena couldn't turn down.
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Matt Pollock: Anticipating the Kempton Athletic Center
As work on the new Kempton Athletic Center advances, anticipation grows for the new opportunities it is bringing to campus.
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Nicole Reeder: Helping Children
Soon after they were married, BBC&S alumni Nicole (2006) and Carl Reeder (2005), realized their mutual love for children was drawing them into a unique ministry.
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Hannah Sharples: Glorifying God Through Science
A junior in the Secondary Education program from South Glenn Falls, NY, Hannah Sharples is focused on science. As a Teacher's Assistant in the Science Department, she is able to hone her teaching skills and get great experience at the same time.
BBC alumnus Dr. Bruce Steffes is making a difference worldwide for Christ. Since early 1998, he has spent the majority of each year as a volunteer physician and general surgeon in Haiti, Belize, Guatemala, Brazil, Kenya, Uganda, Togo, Benin, Zambia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Angola, Papua New Guinea, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan.
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Jonathan Strayer is Director of Student Activities and Resident Director of Ridley Hall at Baptist Bible College. Since graduating from BBC in 2003 he has been involved in a variety of different roles in the Communications Ministries-Drama program, as well as the Teen Leadership and Growing Leaders Conferences.
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Wayne Stevens has a love for building and creating. He also enjoys teaching and leading others. As BBC&S' Director of Facilities and leader of the maintenance team on campus, he is now able to pursue all of those interests
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It started in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where Dave and Barb Taylor were serving as missionaries and where their daughter, Cynthia, was born.
Tracie Thompson is more than a dog-lover. She has a unique ministry raising puppies. Her puppies go on to be seeing-eye dogs at the Leader Dogs for the Blind in Rochester, MI
If you are a student who has taken an online class or a faculty member teaching one, Erica Vail has made your life at BBC&S easier in untold ways.
From a law student in Ecuador to a professor in BBC's graduate Counseling Ministries program, Dr. Gerlin Valencia has experienced much in several different settings.
Rebecca Wagner: Building for the Future
From Colorado to Iowa to Iraq and back,with a lot in between, Rebecca Wagner is taking steps of faith and following God's leading in her life.
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Tim Walker: Learning and Leading
Tim Walker is learning about service and leadership on the front lines. A junior Pre-Seminary major, Tim is Student Body President this academic year and is involved in many aspects of student life at BBC.
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After her graduation from BBC in 2009, Stephanie Welsh's path led her back home to Blackwood, NJ. She is now working for Women of Hope Resource Center doing what she was built to do - counsel.
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Originally from Des Moines, IA, David Whiting came to BBC&S to follow in the footsteps of his brother. He left with more than just a family tradition.
Dennis Wilhite: A Ministry in the Wilderness
Growing up a son of missionaries in the Philippines, Dennis Wilhite learned a lot about making connections and his faith. Relating to American youuth was a bit more difficult.
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Joshua Wilson: Serving and Learning Locally
Joshua Wilson is executive coordinator on the leadership team at Steamtown Church, where he is in charge of leadership development, communication, and systems at the Scranton, PA, church.
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Dawn Wilson: Making Good Choices
Encouraged and inspired by her experience as a student at BBC, Dawn Wilson ('71) has been able to use what she gained to minister to women through a variety of outlets.
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Ty Woznek: Seeing the Bigger Picture
When considering how to be the best leader possible Ty Woznek looks at what makes up the "bigger picture" of a church: the people.
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