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 have to use the word “grace.” After returning from 10 years in Germany with the US Air Force, where my wife (Serena) and I had come to the decision to give everything to our Lord, we were […]

It was 1993 when I begin to serve as the Youth Pastor of Machias Community Church. Pastor Ron began 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 […]

Contenders was a great learning experience for me. The areas I thought were going to be a challenge for me, were not the case at all. The instructors made it very easy to understand, and took time to help if I had questions. I really liked the friendly classmates that I met in class as […]

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 […]

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

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 be able to more accurately and confidently share with others the reason for the hope […]

When I started going to 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 […]