The opportunity to attend Contenders Bible School came at a time when I had given up on being able to get a Bible education. Each school I applied to was either too expensive or impractical since we had five children. The logistics, finances, etc, seemed insurmountable. That changed when we moved from Georgia to Washington […]

If I had to describe what Contenders Bible School and Village Missions mean in my life, I would use the word “grace.” After returning from 10 years in Germany with the US Air Force–where my wife (Serena) and I had decided to give everything to our Lord–we were assigned to McChord AFB in Washington. After […]

In 1993 I began to serve as the youth pastor at Machias Community Church. Pastor Ron Sallee started the Contenders classes a few years later. Having attended [a local Christian College], I had a fresh perspective of what was going on in Christian colleges. The level of instruction in every Contenders class was superior to […]

Contenders was a great learning experience for me. The areas I thought would be a challenge for me were not at all. The instructors made it very easy to understand and took time to help if I had questions. I really liked my friendly classmates. Everyone liked to help each other and seemed to be […]

My late husband Gary and I attended Machias Community Church for around 6 years before moving to Montana. I attended and graduated from Pastor Ron Sallee’s first Contenders Bible School beginning in 1995 and ending in 1996. It was a very interesting and meaningful class. To this day, almost 19 years later, I still keep […]

Attending Contenders forced me to learn how to articulate my beliefs in a systematic and organized way. I was challenged to come up with a doctrinal statement that reflected what I believed personally, and I was given the tools to study the word of God in-depth. The courses were a feast of spiritual knowledge and […]

By the time I had an interest in attending Bible school, I had a family and responsibilities that prevented me from attending Bible school. When I came across the website for Contenders, I was very excited. Thank you so much for your time and effort to provide this tuition-free Bible school. The classes have been […]

Without the training I received at Contenders Bible School, I wouldn’t have the confidence to go into foreign missions. Contenders equipped me to do His work in my own family and as a missionary in Haiti. Contenders equipped me to more accurately and confidently share with others the reason for the hope and joy I […]

When I started Contenders Bible School, I learned a lot about things that I earlier knew little about, such as Anthropology, Hamartialogy, Soteriology, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Angelology, Pneumatology, false cults, apologetics, the attributes of God, the Calvinist and Armenian views of election, figures of speech in the Bible and more. The first class I took was […]