Beyond President's Chapel @ Elim Bible College

Gabriel Cepeda, Worship and Tech Coordinator for Elim Bible Institute and College, starts his teaching by asking us a question. “What do we gain from the Asbury experience?” Hopefully and obviously what we gain from it is change! Change in our hearts and minds to pursue spiritual maturity. A move of God is an amazing experience that will help us in our journey toward spiritual maturity. He states,...

Rev. Tim Case, Senior Pastor of Covenant Life Church in Henrietta NY, challenges our students to deepen their understanding of what biblical worship looks like. “Worship is a central part of who we are.” He states, "As worship is a response to the awe of God, we can give worship no matter the circumstance we are in". There is a difference between being a worshiper and someone who gives an act of w...

Rev. Dick Grout opens our 2023 Worship Emphasis Week by talking about revival in our worship. He addresses the meaning of revival and how this concept should affect the posture of our hearts in worship before the Lord. The three main points covered in this sermon are repentance, reveal, and return. Rev. Dick states, “Real worship takes place only where He is revealed; thus, we must not forget that...

“God will use the skills you are learning now in your future, so don't take them for granted." Josiah Houseal, a graduating senior of the 2023 class, references the story of Noah from Genesis 6 to point out that God did not just leave Noah to figure out how to build the ark. God gave Noah the measurements of which the ark needed to be. Josiah states "God doesn’t call us to do things that He didn't...

On Thursday, January 26th, guest speaker Richard Raines, Theology Professor, came to share with EBIC. Professor Raines encourages our students that, in order to engage our culture, they must know how to think theologically. He affirms the Lord is using EBIC to prepare them not only for ministry but in their personal lives. Using the story of the burning bush in Exodus 3, Professor Raines illustrat...

Rev. Dick Grout, Worship Director at EBIC, shares with the student body what prayer is all about. Referencing Matthew 7:7, Rev. Grout affirms that "prayer is an act, an action, Christians have done since the first century and still continue to do to this day. Therefore, don’t stop.” He asks "Why does God structure prayer as such? If God already knows what we need, and what we are going to ask, why...

Rev. Gerald Coleman, Campus Pastor at Robert Wesleyan College, speaks to our students about yielding to the Father. He states, "the process begins with the seed of surrender, but this seed must develop deep roots in order to be strong. The fruit will come if you tend to the roots." Rev. Coleman encourages our students to be aware of tending not to only the visible parts of our lives but the things...

Pastor David Ham conducts a "Questions and Answers" panel with the student body. He covers the topics of placement, leadership, openness to criticism, mentorship, and the use of creativity. Pastor David states, "nothing should ever take priority over the Gospel. We need to be open to criticism and how to move past one's mistakes. We are not to look back to past mistakes but look back to the cross...

"We must remember this truth, the light shines will always overcome the darkness." Pastor David Ham shares with our students a powerful truth. He states, "If you want to overcome darkness, you need to talk about Jesus. We must fix our eyes on Jesus and not on anything else." It is important to remember that prayer is fundamental in the life of the believer. Before we move against darkness, we ough...

Rev. David Ham continues with his series during our Week of Prayer 2023 by stating that "A kingdom perspective changes everything. A kingdom perspective is made by prayer." As believers, we have 2 perspectives to choose from: the world's and God's perspective. We must remember that, even though at times things may look hopeless or we don't understand it. If we choose God's perspective, we will see...

Rev. David Ham, EBIC Alumni, affirms "God, who loved you so much, sent His Son Jesus to give you everlasting life when you choose to follow Him. You are the image bearers of Christ." Rev. Ham reminds us that we are not just called to absorb all the goodness of God's presence, we are called to bear witness for Christ's sake. We are called to trust in God when we share the gospel with others. Oftent...

Alex Seidler continues his two-part sermon this time speaking on making disciples. He presents this process through the illustration of sourdough bread and how long the process is of making sourdough bread. "This is a process that requires patience", affirms Alex, "patience is necessary and essential for the process". He reminds the students that our main goal in life is to make disciples. But thi...

Alex Seidler, Director of Global Ministries, ends the first day of Prayer Week with an inspirational message surrounding the question: Is God your steering wheel or is He your spare tire? Alex, challenges the students by asking them, "Are you willing to become a person of prayer? The end goal of prayer is looking right into Jesus' eyes." Through many stories of missionaries who serve in different...

Dr. Antonelli kicks off the 2023 Week of Prayer with a powerful message on hearing the voice of God and being led by the Holy Spirit. Dr. A talks about Samuel and how he struggled, at first, with recognizing the voice of God. He affirms, "there are two important components to God's voice. The first is divine words - God-breathed, powerful, and influential given to us through the Bible. The second...

Mark Winheld, Senior class of 2023, preaches about the freedom found in forgiveness. Mark defines forgiveness as a decision someone takes when they let go of an offense caused by another person. He warns the students against the effects of unforgiveness. He affirms, "When we choose to not forgive someone our hearts grow bitter and angry causing our hearts to debilitate physically and spiritually....

What is the heart of missions? Pastor Tim Case, Senior Pastor of Covenant Life Church in Henrietta, NY, motivates the students to understand the heart of God in order to understand the heart of missions. Psalms 145:8 says, “The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. The Lord is good to all; he has compassion on all he has made.” Love is the heart of God towards people....

What does it mean to love my neighbor? As a pastor of pastors, Rev. Tom Brazell has not only experience leading the local church, but the international church as he and his wife served many years in the Dominican Republic of Congo. He shares with our students a straightforward message about how Jesus said what He meant, and meant what he said. Acts 1:8 affirms, "...you will be my witnesses in Jeru...

Alex Seidler, Director of Global Ministries at Elim Fellowship, has a passion for seeing the least reached places of the earth reached for Jesus. As a graduate of Elim Bible Institute and College, Alex knows that the heart of Elim is for missions! Alex shares the secret to changing the world: taking small steps of obedience. Preaching from Matt. 21:28-31, Jesus shows us that the Son who obeyed the...

We can do missions because Jesus calls us to follow Him wherever He goes. And when He calls us, He forms us into the vessels that He intends for us to be. Rev. Matthew and Stephanie Slisher share their experience as missionaries on the field and how God stirred their hearts to go. They told the students, “As you give a little bit of your heart to the Lord to be stirred He’s going to give you new a...

Pastor Tim Fuest takes the deception of our times head-on by asking the question: Who are you? Society today has elevated personal truth above God’s word; anyone can define themselves based on feelings, jobs, hobbies, etc. Even though the book of Acts was written over a thousand years ago, the 19th chapter talks about seven brothers that failed to cast out one demon because they were unsure of the...

There is just one thing that Dominic Renaldo wants everyone to remember about his message: it’s not about us, it’s all about God. With a basketball in hand, Dominic shared about his younger self’s ambitions to be a star player on his team and what that taught him about doing what God created him to do. “We need to be willing to serve God in every single capacity”. By knowing his role, Dominic was...

For session three of Foundations Weekend, Dr. Fred Antonelli shares the importance of the Holy Spirit and His Baptism. He makes a clear distinction between receiving the Holy Spirit and being filled with the Holy Spirit. Every believer, at the moment of salvation, receives the Holy Spirit. Therefore, every believer has the Holy Spirit in them. However, Dr. Antonelli explains, "The Baptism of the H...

For session two of Foundations Weekend, Rev. Matthew Slisher shares the importance of water baptism. He gives several reasons why we should not delay baptism. He states, " water baptism is a reenactment of our spiritual transaction with Christ as we walk in obedience and celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus." By choosing water baptism, we are publicly testifying our conversion to Christ a...

For the first session of Foundations Weekend 2022, Pastor Tim Case shares with our student body a foundational truth, the Lordship of Christ. Romans 1:4 states, "and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord". Pastor Tim Case emphasizes the freedom Christians have when they understand what comes from maki...

In today's sermon, Pastor Tim Fuest talks about the difference between fight and flight. He encourages the student body to always fight for their faith and flee (flight) from temptation by putting on the armor of God described in Ephesians 6. As Christians, we are called to fight for our faith through the strength of God and we are also called to flee from temptation by the strength of God. This i...