ANTIOCH BAPTIST CONVENTION, SONORA, MEXICO

SPECIAL CONVENTION PROJECTS

Convention leaders in planning session.

THE ANTIOCH BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

Our seminary project calls for the opening of first-
year level seminary (or Bible institute) classes in
September of 1999 using the facilities of two local
churches. The course material will be a mixture of
seminary extension material, classes taught by local
pastors, and intensive short-courses (modules) taught
by visiting instructors. A certain amount of remedial
teaching will be necessary as many of our prospective
students have limited education.

The plan calls for starting the 2nd year level in 2,000 and the 3rd year in 2001, with a diploma or certificate class to graduate in May of 2002. It is still to be decided whether we will offer the fourth or "licenciatura" year.

The plans for a permanent home for the seminary
call for buying a prominent piece of land on the new
"Progreso" boulevard being developed on the northern
periphery of the city. Such a plot would cost $70,000-
$100,000 plus construction and would house both a
seminary and a seminary-church to be a model and
serve as a central point of Baptist activity in
Hermosillo and to attract middle- and upper-middle economic classes of the northern part of the city.