ABBA
Africa Bible Based Academy
ABBA Story
ABBA, aiming to support local pastors who do not have the opportunity for formal theological education but are serving based solely on God's calling, established a mobile seminary under the slogan "Let the Bible be the Bible."
The mobile seminary provided a solution to the time and financial burdens of commuting for students, and its low admission requirements offered an opportunity for theological education to pastors who lacked high school or higher education diplomas.
Missionaries Kim Kyung-yeol, Song Jin-young, and Park Jin-ho worked as preparation committee members, and as a result, a cooperative body consisting of 8 missionaries and international students formed Team ABBA.
In January 2008, the Bible Training Centre for Pastors (BTCP) curriculum, consisting of 10 textbooks written by Pastor Dennis J. Mock, was selected as the course material, and classes were held in 4 areas around Pretoria.
The passionate dedication of the instructors, the high-quality education provided by dividing the lectures according to their specialties, and the Saturday intensive classes that catered to pastors who could only spend weekdays at their workplaces, became significant strengths of ABBA Theological Seminary.