Nuba Mountains Bible Institute Cairo
Your help requested for the training of Sudanese
Christian leaders
What is NBIC?
NBI is a
ministry of the Sudanese congregation at the Church of St Michael and all
Angels. It aims to train its own
members and others that are interested in solid biblical studies to be better
equipped for serving God.
Be trained to serve God
Men and women
who desire to serve God need to be ‘trained in the words of faith and of the
good doctrine’. (See 1 Timothy
4:6)
NBIC offers a
course that will help these Sudanese refugees in Cairo to know their Bible and
their faith well, so that they are better equipped for serving God in his
Church and in this world.
Beside Biblical
studies, NBI offers other subjects that are important for leaders in the
Church.
Target Audience
Thousands of
Christians have fled from the Nuba Mountains in Northern Sudan, to Cairo. St Michael’s Church has a congregation
of over 400 members of people from these Nuba Mountains.
There are
thousands more Christians from the Nuba Mountains in our environment in
Cairo. Many of these refugees are
unemployed and very poor, but they love to use their time well to study and to
better their own life.
We expect that
at least 20 students will register for the first year as we have experimented a
bit in 2012 with more informal studies and we got 10-20 people each time.
How much time will it take?
Students have
two classroom hours on Tuesday evenings (7-9.30pm) and three classroom hours on
Friday afternoons (2-6pm).
For being able
to pass the exams, students have to spend about one hour in self-study for each
classroom hour.
Certificates and Diploma
After every
course, students get a certificate if they pass the exam. On each certificate it is written how
many credit (classroom hours) point the certificate is worth.
In total,
students can gather 660 credit points. In order to get the NBI Good Servant Diploma after three years, students must have
gathered at least 600 credit points.
Teachers
The teachers in
NBI are qualified men and women who know the subjects they teach and who have
experience in teaching. They
are from Egypt, Sudan, and other countries.
Many of them are
pastors in their own churches, or teachers in seminaries.
Registration fees
Studying at NBI costs
LE275 per semester. This can be
paid in two instalments of LE150 each.
This entitles a student to follow all classes and to do all exams.
Students who
only follow incidental courses pay LE5 per classroom hour; full payment must be
received by NBI at the beginning of each course. Students who also want to do an exam for receiving a
certificate pay an additional amount of LE10 per course.
Books and other study
materials
For most courses
Arabic textbooks will be used; we endeavour to make these available at
reasonable prices; the students are obliged to purchase the books or
photocopies. The total annual cost
for this is estimated to be LE300 per student.
Cost
The annual cost for NBI in 2013 is projected to be
LE52.800 (including the cost of books).
The 20 students in the first year will pay LE17.000 (including the cost
of books).
This means that we are LE35.800 short. This is the equivalent of € 4.585 or
US$ 5.875. (As of 21 November 2012)
You are kindly requested to consider supporting this
project. Payment details can
be obtained from Rev Dr Jos Strengholt, priest-in-charge of St Michael’s
Church. His email: priest @ heliopolischurch.com
Reporting
If you support
this project, you will receive two reports per year, describing how things go
and the impact on our students, as well as a financial report. You will also good photos of this
project.
Thank you so much
for considering!
Rev Dr Jos M.
Strengholt
St Michael’s
Church
8 Seti Street
Heliopolis,
Cairo
Egypt
