FOCUS Conference

“What you did is incredibly unique and useful. The effect will be deep not only for the participants but for Italy itself. If it’s possible, do another conference in two years. Thanks.” – V. Chiaravallotti, Treviso

“What I heard here opened my eyes more to see the need for people who teach how to study and teach the truth. I want to deepen my studying and my understanding and do better with what the Lord gave me to do in my church.”  - S. Albanesi, Rome

“We are very grateful to the Lord for what you have done for us.”  - K. Doring

“I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your desire to encourage the ministry!! Being alone it is easy to become discouraged. Thanks for your encouragement, your love, and your prayers.”  - A. Bishop

“I have been challenged! To persevere in the faithful preaching and applying of the Word.”  - U. Reber

“Thank you for inviting our wives. They have enjoyed it and have been encouraged very much.”                       - O. Becchetti

Expository Preaching Program

“We thank God for the School of Expository Preaching, because this is what we needed in Italy.  We were missing a school like this.  We thank God, because this school is an exceptional way for us to learn how to investigate the Scripture, know the text, and learn how to preach it to others.  And we’re grateful for the work that you’re doing in Italy.”  -Luciano Piva, elder in Northern Italy

“Before this school, I did not know how to really explain the Scriptures to my people. I thank God for the Italian Theological Academy and for the work that it is doing in my life and for how it is enriching my life and also the life of the whole church.” - Gaetano Casa’, elder in Sicily

“I learned that it’s so important to put the Word of God at the center of my preaching and at the center of the church, so that the people can learn to appreciate the Word of God.” -Giacomo Lerici, elder in Northern Italy

“I had been involved in preaching for a long time, but the FOCUS conference allowed me to hear, for the first time, expository preaching, and then I wanted to learn how to do it.  So I’m so thankful for this course, so that I could learn how to preach in an expository way.  This has been extremely useful for the work that I’m doing in the church and for the study of the Word of God.”  - Rocco D’Anzi, elder in Southern Italy

“I had gone to Bible School, but through these weeks, through this course, I’ve seen the emphasis on studying the Word of God verse by verse. Considering the verses’ context, the whole chapter, and the structure of the passage has been so important for me to open my eyes and to understand in a new way things that I had not understood before.  Now I understand that a message is not the fruit of just reading the Scriptures, but there is a lot of work and study.  There is a systematic way of studying the Word of God, and we’re encouraged to do that through this course.” - Lucio Stanisci, Master’s Seminary graduated – Italian National.