
“The Antioch School is visionary for church-based theological education.Hubley, District Executive Minister, Converge Northeast The Antioch School generates a long-term result with an immediate impact.” Paul H. One NYC-area church is starting three new local ministries as a result of using the (BILD) curriculum. “This is transforming churches and communities.McCallie, III, Executive Director, Robert & Kathrina Maclellan Foundation, Inc. Your investment in them has the potential of impacting entire nations." Thomas H. “BILD’s program is one of the most comprehensive plans for building strong churches and training leaders I’ve seen.America of Acts 29, Founding Leader of GCM Collective Now, every church can have a school of theology.” Jeff Vanderstelt, Pastor at Soma Communities, Vice President, Western N. But, the BILD curriculum and the Antioch School were exactly what I was looking for: Strong theological education with a church-planting emphasis that is transferable and reproducible. However, I wasn’t finding much of this in North America. “God designed churches to develop leaders and pastors who can train more leaders and pastors.
I have never seen Christian leaders spontaneously coming together to say ‘Yes, this is what I am looking for,’ while Jeff presents BILD materials.” Emil Jebasingh, Founder of India Believers’ Fellowship Churches and Vishwa Vani Network
“The Lord is doing something very different in India. “No longer do our people have to go broke getting a fine theological education.” Pastor Michel Faulkner, New Horizon Church, Harlem, NYC. He has authored 1 book and completed 4 marathons. In March 2020, he became the Pastor for Outreach Ministries at Victory Church in Audubon, PA. Faulkner joined the Philadelphia Council of Clergy and serves as Executive Director, the oldest African American Clergy organization in Philadelphia. Sarai Padilla a practicing psychologist for more than 34 years. Together they raised 3 children in New York City. Faulkner lost his wife, Virginia, of 31 years to lupus. In June 2006, he left Central Baptist Church and founded the New Horizon Church of New York in Harlem to build bridges for the economically and socially disadvantaged in the name of Christ. Programs in NYC, helping to give a share to their 9/11 NYC response. Faulkner served as World Vision’s Director of U.S. He served on Mayor Giuliani’s Task Force on Police Community Relations. He simultaneously served as the VP for Community Government Relations at King’s College from 1998 to 2002. Faulkner became the Senior Pastor of Central Baptist Church in the Upper West Side of Manhattan. One year later, he joined the staff of Calvary Baptist Church in Manhattan as Pastor for Youth and Community Outreach, where he was ordained in December 1991. Faulkner and his family moved to Times Square in NYC, to run a soup kitchen the Lamb’s Church. After finishing his Master’s degree, he became the Assistant Dean of Students at Liberty University in 1985 and was promoted to Vice President for Urban Ministry in 1987. In 1983, Faulkner returned to VA Tech for his MA.
Faulkner played two seasons (1980-82) in the NFL, one season with the NY Jets. Growing up in Washington, D.C., he became a freshman All-American and four-year starter at Virginia Tech., graduating with a B.A. Michel Faulkner has dedicated his life to serving God and his community.