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February 2024

First of all, I apologize that it has been two months since you’ve heard from me; the start of the Spring semester (with four classes offered in the block course format of the first two weeks) is always a lot to bear, especially when I’m covering the Academic Dean...

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November 2023

November 2023

Dear praying friends, The newsletter was finalized just moments ago, and I am thrilled to be sharing it with you here: 2023 Fall Newsletter. I'm pretty excited about the content, and am confident you will be too. The hard copies will be in the mail in about a...

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October 2023

October 2023

From the Desk of the President It is a beautiful October here in Flagstaff. October is my favorite month here in Northern Arizona, as the days are sunny and warm, the evenings cold, and the leaves changing colors are spectacular—especially the Aspen leaves. At IBC we...

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Summer Update 20323

Summer Update 20323

Summer 2023 Update from IBC President Jason Koppen July 1st marked 15 years of being employed by the Indian Bible College and on July 5th, I turned 50. As I look back at the last decade-and-a-half at IBC (and five decades on this earth), I am amazed at all God has...

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June 2023

June 2023

Thank you, praying friends, for your prayers for the IBC and Koppen families. Here are some answers to your prayers: We had a very uplifting celebration weekend. You can watch the video of Commencement here . The student awards and graduate testimonies (the most...

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May 2023

May 2023

Dear friends, Normally I lead with school needs and occasionally end with a personal request, but tonight I need to get straight to the need for prayer for our daughter Abby:  Please pray for a successful surgery to install a stent and quick recovery. So many of you...

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April 2023

April 2023

I am so excited to tell you of an incredible answer to your prayers: Wednesday afternoon we finally got a diagnosis for our oldest daughter Abby. The recent MRI clearly showed that Abby has May-Thurner syndrome, which requires surgery to install a stent and life will...

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March 2023

Dear praying friends, Spring has sprung--but not very well! It is snowing again in Flagstaff...and it has been the second snowiest winter on record! We are so thankful for a wet monsoon season last summer and a wet snow season this winter--even though it has had quite...

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Late February 2023

Dear friends of the Indian Bible College, I’m writing this on my way home from the annual conference of the Association for Biblical Higher Education (www.abhe.org) in Orlando. Over the last two days I sat with several Bible college presidents who are facing...

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December 2022

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:9-14 Thank you for your prayers for our family and for our work at the Indian Bible College. 2022...

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October 30, 2022

Dear friends, IBC is now halfway through the semester, and it is going well. I'm teaching a lot this semester, but am greatly enjoying my interactions with Freshmen in Human Relationships, Sophomores in Introduction to Christian Ethics, and Upper-classmen in Crisis...

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