To end up immediately in the grave without tasting the miseries of human life is far better. He who has entered into life only for one moment, to quit it the next, has a better lot than he who has lived long but only to suffer. This is vanity of vanities. But a life lived for God is not only meaningful but profitable. That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Theological training is vital for church growth.
Many a self-made pastor has lost his way due to a lack of intensive, systematic training in the Word. Even the theologically trained can succumb to error. On 28 April 1962 the late Dr Paul Contento laid the foundation stone of FEBC and prayed to the Lord that he would raise up great Christian leaders and preachers from the college s ranks. In those days, theology in the seminaries was taught exclusively by modernist professors. There was a crying need for a Bible-believing institute in the Far East for the propagation of the true gospel and the defence of the biblical faith.