Pat Brown
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Senior Manager of Advancement
What do 10 million people look like? What do they sound like? Can you imagine a crowd of 10 million souls gathered together? That is exactly what the 2023 WBS Match and Challenge is all about. Early in 2023 we had generous donors come to us to ask what $1.5 million could accomplish as a challenge for others to come alongside them to help build the church. Our answer was simple: “Millions being able to study God’s word this year alone”. On page one Brian stated, “Missionaries are mission multipliers.” We are asking you to be just that: a mission multiplier! Jesus reminds us in Matthew 7:24 that a wise man not only hears the Gospel but puts it into practice because he is building his house upon a rock. We know that rock is Jesus, the great foundation for the church and for us. So, when you think about what 10 million people look like, imagine the builder and mission multiplier you can be. Ten million souls looks like You Sharing Jesus. Click here to give to World Bible School and become a mission multiplier. For real time results, please go to worldbibleschool.net/2023matchandchallenge. Be a mission multiplier today.
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This episode explores how understanding the purpose behind a Bible passage helps bridge the gap between what it originally meant and how it should shape life today. Brian, Noah, and Bryson discuss how purpose protects against shallow, checklist-style interpretation and helps distinguish enduring principles and examples from incidental details.
Brian Rex Davis sits down with Sahadevudu Vanga of India, a fellow missionary since gospel meetings in 1995. They talk about World Bible School’s renewed work in India and the effort to put Telugu translations and advanced courses—especially The Kingdom of God—into digital form. The conversation also covers family ministry, cultural care in a changing India, and tools that serve the next generation of the church.
This episode explains how literary context helps readers interpret the Bible responsibly. Brian, Noah, and Bryson walk through genres, authorial purpose, trains of thought, grammar, word meanings, figures of speech, and cross-references—emphasizing that Scripture should be understood in its original setting before applying it today.
BY BRIAN REX DAVIS ACTION! EDITOR & WBS PRESIDENT Five congregations sent Study Helpers this year for a World Bible School Follow-up campaign in the Central African country of