About Fuego
Fuego Christian College
Is a college/university transfer program that focuses on the training of young people for global Christian service and ministry by combining missions focussed accredited coursework and practical ministry experience in the cross-cultural setting of Guatemala. Fuego is a ministry of Christian Education Ministries International.
Christian Education Ministries International (CEMI)
Is incorporated under the Society Act of British Columbia. It is interdenominational and non-profit. The purpose of this society is "to help make disciples of Jesus Christ through promoting, supporting and developing the ministry of Christian Education worldwide." (A copy of the Constitution and By-laws is available upon request). CEMI is working with several other organizations to provide an outstanding educational product. These include: Global Learning Center, which is the continuing education arm of Trinity Western University, British Columbia Open University, which is the distance education branch of the Thompson Rivers University, British Columbia, and the distance education arm of Prairie Bible Institute. CEMI also has affiliations with the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI).
CEMI was incorporated in 1998 and Fuego had its first group of students January 2000.
Canadian Office: 2050 Windsor St., Abbotsford, BC Canada V2T 5L9
Statement of faith
1. God is the creator of the universe including all matter and all life.
2. Jesus Christ is the Son of God having His deity and attributes. He was born in human form of a virgin, lived a sinless life to reveal the character of God to Mankind, died to atone for the sins of Mankind and was raised to live again to defeat death and reveal the glory of his Father. He will return again.
3. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Godhead, present today and indwelling believers, bringing them peace, wisdom, comfort and truth.
4. The Bible is the inspired word of God and provides the basis of all truth.
5. Man was originally created in God’s image but is now, after the fall, sinful by nature and therefore separated from God and in need of salvation.
6. Salvation is made possible to all people by the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ who paid the penalty of our sin with his own blood.
7. Each individual is saved to eternal life when he/she believes by faith in the free gift of the grace of God, repents and accepts Jesus’ atonement as the only possible payment for his/her own sins.
8. We are in a spiritual battle with a real, evil being called Satan for the minds and souls of all people.
Philosophy
1. Life is not divided into secular and religious parts. It is an integrated whole with Jesus Christ as the common denominator. Therefore, all thoughts and all activities are to be brought under the Lordship of Christ for his glory.
2. Education must provide for the integration of biblical truth into every area of study and every aspect of life.
3. An education that does not include God is not teaching the whole truth about a particular subject matter or about life.
4. A Christian education recognizes that all people are spiritual beings and therefore seeks personal development in spiritual areas as well as intellectual, social and physical.
5. The primary goal of Christian education is spiritual growth and the development of character.
6. The most important element in the educational process is the teacher. He/she teaches about life through the context of course material revealing their own Biblical values and beliefs and through modeling the Christian life in all situations. Christian teachers are therefore essential to Christian Education.
7. Good education integrates theoretical or academic learning with practical, 'real-life' experience.
Directors
Bob Adams
Mr. Adams has been involved in Christian education for the past 16 years and has served
as principal of Christian schools in
Tom Sweazey
Mr. Sweazey is currently the Development Director of a Christian school in
Ruth Anaya
Mrs. Anaya has extensive experience in cross-cultural ministries, the most in depth
being that she lived and taught in
Darrell Krahn
Mr. Krahn is a certified Human Resources professional with more than twenty years Human Resources experience. He is currently employed with a large public school district. He served six years as a director of Valley Christian School Society and has also held a variety of church leadership positions.
Rudy Dyck
A retired teaching professional with 30 years of classroom experience in Christian
education. He currently is the chair of the missions committee at
Executive Director
Mr. Bob Adams is the founder and Executive Director of the organization. He has a Bachelor of Arts from Guelph University (Ontario) in Geography and Sociology, a years teacher training at Simon Fraser University and a teachers certificate in the province of British Columbia, a Masters Degree is in Religious Education from Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary and a diploma of Christian Studies from Regent College -Vancouver, we he studied Theology.
He has 20 years experience in teaching and administration in both public and Christian schools and has been the Director, along with his wife Shirley, at Fuego for 6 years.
He has a heart for making disciples and preparing the next generation to impact the
world for Jesus Christ. He and Shirley live with the students in
Mr. Adams says of this vision, " If I had the opportunity to create the very best program for helping to prepare the next generation to serve Christ… this is what I would do."