A decade ago in Bulgaria evangelical students were limited to several Bible schools holding classes unofficially. In BETI s regular program there are currently 34 regular students and an additional 8-10 graduates taking courses in order to fulfil the requirements of the new BD program. A new addition to the faculty is Parush Parushev, who teaches with interpreter Kristian Angelov, who received his Masters degree in the US before returning to Bulgaria.
New books continue to be added to the library.
Also, despite limited resources, BETI has recently managed to enlarge their computer facility. An additional 15 computers have been added to the previous 6 workstation computers. New desks have been installed and the sports hall has been remodeled to be a computer center. In May a full-time system administrator will join BETI and be responsible to maintain the Internet connection, the local Intranet, and provide assistance to the students and faculty. This will be matched by supporters so BETI can purchase their own building.