{"id":3939,"date":"2019-08-29T14:52:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T21:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/?page_id=3939"},"modified":"2019-09-03T09:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T16:12:53","slug":"president","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sum.edu\/president\/","title":{"rendered":"President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jvianudy-1eed86e4ff000a87295a8d292f1d4525\">\n.avia-section.av-jvianudy-1eed86e4ff000a87295a8d292f1d4525{\nbackground-color:#b02b2c;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-jvianudy-1eed86e4ff000a87295a8d292f1d4525 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3939'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:60px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:60px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n\n@media only screen and (min-width: 480px) and (max-width: 767px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n\n@media only screen and (max-width: 479px){ \n#top #wrap_all .av-special-heading.av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d .av-special-heading-tag{\nfont-size:0.8em;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-jzwxertb-c97fe6c47c82cb522e5adfa3da142c6d av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote modern-centered  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-inherit-size'><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-3939'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1kfqux-dcf01320ab8c904fb6cd87ca9f8bf89c\">\n.flex_column.av-1kfqux-dcf01320ab8c904fb6cd87ca9f8bf89c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1kfqux-dcf01320ab8c904fb6cd87ca9f8bf89c av_two_third  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-1up70h-bef394d5460e7f9902c7a414b8aa04a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Greetings in the matchless name our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!<\/p>\n<p>With great joy I welcome you to SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary. An incredible privilege has been bestowed upon us, the call of God to ministry. It is almost too wonderful to imagine that a sovereign God desires to use us with all our weaknesses to advance the message of the Kingdom and to display His power, &ldquo;But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us&rdquo; (1 Cor. 4:7). It truly is a humbling and holy calling to which we have been called.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary (SUM) was founded upon simple biblical truths:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Humanity needs of a Savior.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.&rdquo; (Rom. 3:23)&nbsp;God sent Jesus Christ to save us from our sins.&ldquo;For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.&rdquo; (John 3:16)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>God sent Jesus Christ to save us from our sins.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life.&rdquo; (John 3:16)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>God placed an urgency upon the message.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;Do you not say, &lsquo;There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest&rsquo;? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.&rdquo; (John 4:35)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>He advances this message through His servants\/ministers who in turn train His followers.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, or the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.&rdquo; (Eph. 4:11-12)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>He equips His servants\/ministers with not only the message, but the authority and power to carry out that message with signs following, proclamation backed by demonstration.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing.&rdquo; (Luke 9:1-2)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>He calls His servants\/ministers to be servants of all.<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>&ldquo;And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.&rdquo; (Mark 9:35)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>God is raising up a fearless generation; a generation committed to carry the message of the Kingdom of God to the ends of the earth. The church is in its finest hour; the flame of the Holy Spirit burns bright. His servants in the face of adversity declare &ldquo;&#8230;the gates of hell shall not prevail against it!&rdquo; (Matt. 16:18)<\/p>\n<p>I encourage you to embrace the mission with passion!<\/p>\n<p>George A. 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