Michigan Bible School

Michigan Bible School Staff

Eldership
  • The Michigan Bible School functions under the oversight of the Church of Christ - West Eldership

Directors
George Beals is a member of the Saline, MI Church of Christ and the Director of the Michigan Bible Lectureship (held annually at the Garden City, MI Church of Christ facilities). George has an Associate degree in Electronic Engineering Technology from Northeastern University in Boston, MA, a BA in Classics (ancient Greek and Latin) from the University of New Hampshire in Durham New Hampshire, and an MA in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI. He is a 1971 graduate of the Preston Road School of Preaching in Dallas, TX as well as the author of "How Implication Binds and Silence Forbids: Studies in Biblical Hermeneutics." George has been serving the MBS since its inception in 2002.
John Natiw is the minister for the Church of Christ West in Plymouth, MI as well as web-site designer and administrator for the Michigan Bible School, the Biblical Christianity Review and the Church of Christ-West. John began preaching the Gospel in 1992. He is also the founding editor of the Biblical Christianity Review. John has been serving the MBS since its inception in 2002.

Instructors
Charles Coats is a 1982 graduate of the Brown Trail School of Preaching in Hurst, TX and has conducted Gospel meetings and preached on lectureships throughout the midwestern United States. Charles has been the preacher for the Webberville, MI Church of Christ since 1991 and teaches Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey and Pentateuch courses. Charles has been serving the MBS since September of 2003.
Thomas Meade has been preaching for the past seventeen years, and has preached in MI, KY, OH, TN, MS, WV, AR, MO; former pulpit preacher for Cherry Valley AR, and Saline MI churches of Christ, and is currently serving as the pulpit minister for the Hazel Park church of Christ, in Hazel Park, MI. Thomas is a 1995 graduate of the Memphis School of Preaching. He has a Bachelor of Science in Human Development from Southern Christian University, Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Southern Christian University, and is currently working on the Master of Divinity in Ministerial Leadership with Southern Christian. Thomas has been serving the MBS since January of 2006.

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