2TIM42: July 2011

03 July 2011

D.Min. Seminars in Los Angeles

Having prepared over these last six months, I am flying out to Los Angeles tomorrow to complete my last round of D.Min. seminars. Sereena will join me in LA next week and when my classes are over we get to celebrate our 20th wedding anniversary by taking a few days holiday in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia. We are so looking forward to having some time together.

But before then, I need to maintain a good work pace for another two weeks. The two doctorate seminars I'm attending at The Master's Seminary are:

Preaching the New Testament
Theological Trends and Doctrinal Preaching

Sereena is attending the Women Discipling Women Conference in Los Angeles. I am preaching at Calvary Bible Church in Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and visiting long-time ministry friends in each place we go. Please pray that the Lord would bless our time away. I'll post reports periodically.

Nigel Shailer

Nigel serves as Vice-Principal, Academic Dean and Head of Bible Exposition at The Shepherd’s Bible College in Hastings, New Zealand. His passion is to train and equip believers to serve in the local church as pastors, elders, missionaries, and in significant lay ministries. He is a discipler of men in his local church, and also travels throughout the year to preach and teach both internationally and within New Zealand. Nigel serves as an elder of Riverbend Bible Church. He is also the co-ordinator of the annual Impact Bible Conference and serves as a board member for Gracebooks NZ.

Having been born and raised in Foxton, New Zealand and after serving in various church roles in Palmerston North, Nigel moved with his wife to Los Angeles for eight years where he graduated from The Master’s College and The Master’s Seminary with a Master of Divinity degree. He also earned a Bachelor of Applied Theology from Carey Baptist College in Auckland, NZ. While in Los Angeles, Nigel served as Associate Pastor at Community Bible Church and Bible Lecturer at Skyward Bible Institute.

Nigel married Sereena in 1991, and together they serve in the ministry of Riverbend Bible Church in Hastings, New Zealand.