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Gary Chapman with some of the children he taught in an afternoon Sunday school program through Moody's Practical Christian Ministry. This is the last of a three-part series on bestselling author Gary Chapman’s experience as a student at Moody Bible Institute. Part 1 | Part 2 By Jeff Smith Hailing from China Grove, North Carolina,...

Caleb Fetterhoff assists shepherds with an injured sheep in the highlands of Lesotho, Africa. By Jeff Smith As followers of Christ in North America, most of us say we pray at least occasionally for spiritual needs outside of our country. Many of us support missionaries or sponsor children through international agencies like Compassion...

Adrian Ortiz with his wife, Adrienne, and their sons Lazzaro and Judah in Alaska. by Jeff Smith It was 2017, and the previous seven years of Adrian Ortiz’s life were a whirlwind of dramatic changes. Adrian had completed an 80-month prison sentence for armed robbery. Shortly after his release, he had come to personal faith in...

Kelli (Kolesar) Worrall first fell in love with Moody Bible Institute when she was invited to attend Candlelight Carols by a good friend who’d joined the Communications faculty. “I remember thinking and praying that perhaps someday in the far future…God might allow me to have a job like what she did, influencing the next...

Lael Lemire ’16 first heard about the horrors of human trafficking at Moody’s annual missions conference her sophomore year. “I felt God calling me to work in aftercare with women and children who’d been trafficked,” she says. The oldest of seven daughters, Lael changed her major to Ministry to Victims of Sexual...

Seventy-five years ago, alumnus Ronald Gray ’40–’42 was killed in action in World War II. His twin brother, Donald, died in January after a fall, at 102 years old. But both will be remembered because of Donald’s special act in the last year of his life—he created a Moody scholarship to honor Ronald’s...

While many people stayed close to home in January, Dr. James Coakley was crawling through narrow passageways—Indiana Jones-style—to get into the Egyptian pyramids. The extra effort was worth it. “The tombs were just magnificent … and all the Scriptures that relate to Egypt are popping now because I can visualize...

The shelter-in-place quarantine may keep people apart, but it inspired alumni missionaries Caleb and Carina Beaty ’12 to creatively share the gospel with hundreds of neighbors in Madrid, Spain.

Help us celebrate Moody students and faculty, recognized worldwide for their practical ministry expertise and leadership. Check out our long list of recent honors, faculty publications, and promotions. During the 2020 graduation season, the Moody Theological Seminary faculty announced several awards to honor the new alumni. When the COVID-19...