“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.”
Students from HTS go to different village churches on Sundays to preach, teach what they are learning, and share special music.
HTS students learn practical life skills while helping with other MyHope ministries like the East/West Garden. Here they are learning to mix, pour, and level a concrete floor in the new barn.
Dr. Nehkholal Khongsai (Palal) has long had a passion for training leaders for the local church. His six earned degrees, including a Doctor of Ministry (DMin) have prepared him well for this task. His doctoral thesis was “Servant Leadership in the Kuki Christian Church”. The term “servant leader” very well describes Palal. He serves the Church in Myanmar in so many ways, and he works hard at developing the character traits of a good servant leader in himself and in those around him, knowing that he is only one person, and the Church needs many people to do the work of ministry.
Hope Theological Seminary
In 2019, Dr. Nehkholal and a group of pastors and elders inaugurated Hope Theological Seminary to train young men and women to enter leadership ministry in the Church. Most of the current pastors and elders of the local churches are getting up in years, and finding young people to follow after them has been challenging.
This new ministry school is one way to address that problem. At this point, HTS is still quite small, has no buildings or paid staff, and is run entirely by volunteers. It is like all projects begun by MyHope and the local people, and we do not despise the day of small beginnings.
The students learn Bible doctrine, biblical theology, practical ministry, and life skills. The students pay no tuition, but they must work and help to provide for their food. One way they provide for their food is by gardening, and they also work at the East/West Garden Farm, helping out with planting, harvesting, and other tasks. For example, they learned how to mix, pour, and level concrete by hand when they helped install the floor of the new barn!
We look forward to many more years of working with Dr Nehkholal and the local pastors and elders to help the local congregations grow strong so that they can spread the Good News of Jesus Christ to northwest Myanmar and beyond.
Hope Theological Seminary (HTS) was inaugurated on 18 June 2019