Stories

Jen (Waack) Gumbel, FLBC Class of 2000 ROCHESTER, Minn. — As a probate and estate planning specialist, attorney Jen (Waack) Gumbel has developed a servant-minded lens about her work and a counter-cultural understanding of death and legacy. With a tinge of humor for the mildly macabre nature of her work, she calls

Sophie Burtman, FLBC Class of 2021  JAMESTOWN, N.D. — Sophie Burtman was walking with her mom through the Minot Walmart on a December day in 2022 when she saw a commotion near the produce section. Little did

Justin Hunt, Class of 2014  RAPID CITY, S.D. — Long before Justin Hunt was a U.S. Army National Guard Black Hawk mechanic, he was a confused, high school graduate, trying to decide what

After I moved to Naknek, Alaska to join the AFLC Alaska Mission team,  I shared a photo of myself  behind the mic in the KAKN radio station studio. It was

Jeremiah Larson, Chief of Police, City of El Cajon, CA Q: How did attending Bible College (AFLBS) change or affect your life? How did that time prepare you for family and career?   First and

Tomasz (FLBC class of 2001, FLS 2006) and Miriam (FLBC class of 2003) Chmiel have been serving in Ukraine as full-time missionaries since 2008, and joined Josiah Venture in 2010. While both FLBC alumni grew up in the Czech Republic, Tomasz was

Thankful [for FLBC] feels like an understatement. For better or worse, I’ve always been confident in myself and my ability to adapt. Today, I want to talk a little about

Everyone who has played on a sports team can think of a game where nothing went right. I think of one specific basketball game where nothing seemed to go our

The idea of investing in a local church and specifically home missions really caught my attention during that first year as well as my second year of Bible college,” said

At the end of my freshman year at FLBC, I was asked by Dr. Nathan Olson to apply for a job opening as office administrator at his church, Living Word

Gearing up with a wetsuit and surfboard, Victor Hembree often drives to a nearby beach to plunge into the bone-chilling Pacific Ocean. If you had asked him a few years ago how he prefers to spend

When I asked myself the question, “How is God working in my life?” I was hoping to write about something that would wow you. As my husband Joel and I