Greetings in Christ from the Koppens! I pray this letter finds you enjoying the goodness of the Lord even in the midst of a broken world and challenging days. As I look back over the past 10 months since I last did a full prayer letter, I am amazed at the ways the...

Dear friends and prayer warriors, I can't believe the summer is almost gone! The Staff Retreat, which marks the beginning of the new school year for our staff and faculty, is just two weeks away! If you haven't had a chance to watch the Commencement ceremony, you can...

Planning to travel over 7,000 miles in the winter during a pandemic…what could go wrong?!? One of the great responsibilities of my job as president is to travel on behalf of the school; one of the great privileges is to travel with my family. Here is a “photojournal”...

What a month February was! I have four HUGE praises to share with you: 1) We dedicated the Learning Resource Center (as mentioned in my last update). The highlight video was shot and edited by a student, It was posted in early February; see here to watch it:...

Merry Christmas! IBC Christmas 2020 Newsletter See  our IBC's Christmas newsletter, which we just mailed out last week to over 6000 churches and individuals.  This newsletter includes my front page article on all that the Lord has been doing during this "season of...

Dear friends, Thank you for praying for the requests I sent in my last update. We've seen some great answers to your prayers over the last several weeks: Sarah's mentoring group is going well; she is particularly seeing growth in the upper class students she is...

Greetings in Christ! The Fall semester is one-third over, and we are seeing the Lord’s hand of blessing in so many ways. We praise God that we haven’t had any incidents of COVID-19 on campus since the summer. Staff and students are amazingly healthy. We continue to...

Dear friends, Greetings in the name of Christ! I apologize that I am several weeks overdue for an update. The last few months have been hectic and challenging, but I wanted to give you a quick praise and prayer update as we are now just a week away from regular...

Happy summer! I pray this email finds you blessed and strengthened in the midst of challenging times. Here are some praises and prayer requests: 2020 IBC SUMMER NEWSLETTER See the special summer newsletter about what has taken place at IBC regarding COVID-19 over the...

Dear friends, We are on our way home!  Please be praying for our travels. Have you seen the news about the COVID-19 outbreak on the Navajo reservation? The infection rate is only surpassed by New York and New Jersey. Our hearts have been greatly burdened by the Navajo...

Aloha and Happy Easter from beautiful Hawaii! Our sabbatical here has been a great blessing, and we are excited to share with you about it! We spent the first seven weeks (January 11-February 29) fully “unplugged” from the rest of the world; we avoided email and...