SIBI Satellite Schools/Church Classrooms

Each year, Sunset has a number of events leading up to, and including, the actual graduation itself. Below is our calendar of events for the 2021 graduation:

May 13 Last Day of Classes for Graduates.

May 13  Ladies’ Salad Supper at 6:00 PM in the Flag Room at Sunset church of Christ.

May 14  Senior Chapel will be at 8:35 AM in the Sunset church of Christ auditorium.

May 14  Graduation Banquet will be at 7:00 PM in the LCU Baker Conference Center.

May 15 Graduation will be at 10:00 AM in the Sunset church of Christ auditorium.

Under the� CURRENT SCHOOLS link at the top of this page is a list of 155 satellite schools in 39 states 6 countries. We realize this is not a complete list of active schools but we need your help to update and expand it.

If you have an active satellite school and we have not posted your school please e-mail or call us so we can add your school to the list. This will help us and others refer contacts and potential students to you.

Satellite School Administrators� Training Workshop
January 23 – 24, 2020� �� Lubbock, Texas

Our next Administrators’ Training Workshop will be held together with the 2020 Sunset Workshop �in January, 2020 at the Sunset International Bible Institute. This is an important time for those planning or considering a new Satellite School program in their area. It is also a time for many current administrators to renew and refresh; we do recommend participation in our training workshop at least once every three years.
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As of January 1, 2012 the fees for each course taken are. Toward a ‘Bachelor of Biblical Studies Degree’� each student will pay $90.00 per course; those studying toward an those working toward a ‘Certificate of Basic Bible Studies’ each student will pay $30.00 per course. Fees are due before any student will be enrolled in their course(s).

The Keller School of Biblical Studies is part of the work of the Keller Church of Christ in Keller, Texas. Begun in September 2008, George Carman is the administrator. By April 13, 2010 they had successfully completed all the requirements to be recognized by Sunset International Bible Institute as a Certified Satellite School. Keller is the 17th school to be certified by Sunset. The church’s website is at www.kellercofc.org.

Above is the Fall 2009 class of Fulton Bible Institute in Fulton, Mississippi. Administrator Russ Crosswhite reports they average 51 students per class coming from 15 different area congregations! They have just finished the Bible History II course.

Today, 2018,�Fulton has 70-84 students, representing�as many as 24 congregations each term.

by Jen, age 35 – now a part of the Erie Church of Christ in Erie, Pennsylvania

I had never heard of the churches of Christ. I was not a Christian when I came to Erie Bible Institute (EBI), but I was seeking God. I prayed for direction, not knowing where to go, and went to the Yellow Pages, (I had to start somewhere!) and found a lot of division and confusion. Have you ever read the headings there? I didn’t understand most of the classifications…Apostolic (?)…Baptist–the "just Baptist groups" , Independent, Southern (in Erie, PA?)…Evangelical (and no one else is?)…Full Gospel…Gospel (apparently the just "Gospel" group were missing something)…etc. I believe under "Non-denominational" I found an ad for Erie Bible Institute and the church of Christ.

I didn’t trust the doctrine of men, but I did want to study the Word of God. The first week I attended a worship service at the church of Christ, "just happened" to be the first week of the EBI semester. It was through study at EBI, and the love of the people I met there and the support of the church (not to mention the work of the Holy Spirit who made it possible) that I became a baptized believer and disciple of Jesus Christ. So, yeah, I guess you could say I think it’s beneficial.

What I love about EBI:
• Undemanding learning – Although we attend class in a building belonging to a church, as a non-believer I wasn’t worried that I’d be asked to place membership or take on a responsibility or role I didn’t want or for which I wasn’t ready. I was there solely to study the Word of God. The classroom is a known and comfortable environment for many people in the world—unlike participating in worship services with an unfamiliar religious group.
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Begun In 1995 the Satellite School Program started with courses produced in our studio with VHS tapes of the instructors of Sunset School of Preaching. As technology progressed, the tapes were replaced by CDs and DVDs. More than 155 churches have successful Satellite Schools, training hundreds of people to be more effective disciples and soul-winners.

Those of you with Satellite Schools, are partnered� with something much bigger than you dreamed of world-wide! Subsequent posts will try to describe each of your partners with God stay tuned!

If you don’t have access to a Satellite School near you, consult with your elders about this effective way to feed their flock.� We will help you.�If desired we will come and speak with your elders or address your congregations.�Just ask us! We will come.

In Him, Jerry D. Pruitt

The Sunset Satellite School Program is a part of the Sunset External Studies Division, which is a part of the Sunset International Bible Institute. Every part of Sunset has the same set of goals:

To Train Whole Persons to Preach the Whole Gospel
to the Whole World… Wholly to Please God!

To do this we are committed to training each person in the use of God’s Word, in achieving spiritual and emotional wholeness in his or her personal and family life, in reaching maturity in the Christian faith, and in becoming what God gifted and purposed him or her to be.

The Fulton Bible Institute satellite school in Fulton, Mississippi has just completed the Bible History I course. Russ Crosswhite, school administrator and evangelist for the church there writes: "We averaged 46 students from 16 congregations in the Northeast Mississippi area. The enclosed picture is from our ‘end of course’ banquet." The class was also highlighted in a recent issue of the church’s bulletin. The church’s website is www.fultonmschurchofchrist.com.