The Caribbean... The Hittenbergers
1863 E. Valley Watermill Road
Springfield, MO 65803
RonHitt@aol.com
Brief Biography of the Missionaries:
30 years as missionaries, 23 in the Country of Haiti, 4 years in the Bahamas, and now serving as the Academic Dean of the Caribbean School of Theology.
Long Range Goals:
To assist our ministers in the Caribbean to prepare themselves for more effective ministry to the ever changing makeup of their congregations.
Current Efforts:
We provide a fourth year for our Bible School graduates, evangelists, pastors, and national leaders, as all our schools are three year institutions.
We visit each of our fields with advanced ministrial seninars and provide the courses they sense they need to enhance their ministry. We can now offer an accredited B.A. in Theology and Christian Education. We are embarking, as well, on an M.A. program.
Current Inspirational Events:
1996 was a busy, but wonderful year. We conducted seminars in Eastern
Europe, Guyana, the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the New York District. We were
blessed to have services in New York, Arizona, California, and Missouri.
Wherever we went, whatever ministry we were engaged in, the Lord was
faithful and God's people were wonderful.
The children are all doing well. Vince, Tammy, and Erin are busy in
Haitian Ministries, a Division of Home Missions ministry to Haitians on the
East Coast. Jeff, Christine, Ben, and Brianne are now in Salinas,
California. Jeff serves as Director of Curriculum and Personnel Development
for the school systems in Monterey County. Rhonda completed work on her
teaching credential and is now teaching Spanish at McLean Middle School in
Fort Worth, Texas. Christy and David spent time in South Korea teaching
English as a second language. They are now in Ft. Worth, as well, where
David is teaching ESL at another middle school and Christy is employed by the
school district.
Carolyn continues work on the History of the Assemblies of God in the
Caribbean. She recently spent two weeks in field research, meeting with key
individuals from the countries about which she is writing, endeavoring to
fill in the gaps in the information she has been able to dig out of the
archives here in Springfield.
With Ron now full time with the Caribbean School of Theology, working in
pastoral and leadership training, it was felt that he should complete his
M.A. so as to be better equipped for the ever-expanding ministry of CST. DFM
granted him a short leave from the seminar responsibilities to complete his
masters work at the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He will finish
his studies at the end of April.
In reflecting on another year of missionary ministry, our hearts are
filled with gratitude for our many friends who continue to support us so
faithfully. How we thank God for each and every one of them. We are now
into 1997 and the doors of service are open wider than ever before. The CST
Board of Administration met in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, Bahamas, in
mid-January. The reports from the fields where CST has been ministering are
exciting. Invitations are coming in from all over the Caribbean, making it
necessary for us to more than double the number of seminars for this year.
Never have the fields been whiter nor the opportunities for preparing
workers more widespread. The time for reaping is at hand. Your prayers will
be greatly appreciated!
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