Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Funding Proposal and Grant Request: Visiting Professor

The Saint Timothy Society uses a modified RFP (Request for Proposals) and Grants to determine and administer supported projects and efforts. For more information see our Projects web page. We list proposals to inform our donors and gauge their interest in funding. We also ask for comments and suggestions from donors, supporters, other churches, agencies and charitable organizations in order to improve and more clearly define proposals. Individuals and groups from the general public who are interested in the work of the society and supportive of our religious, doctrinal and theological prerequisites as described in our About web page are also invited to comment and make suggestions. The Contact link above has our mailing and email address.

Visiting Professor for the Matongo Lutheran Theological College: A Grant Proposal for the Saint Timothy Society



Introduction: The Saint Timothy Society joins several other organizations in supporting a visiting professor for the seminarians at Matongo Lutheran Theological College in Kenya. This support would contribute toward stipends, salaries, travel expenses, and directly related expenses for service in Kenya and occasionally other locations and seminaries in Africa.

Expenditures Specifically Excluded on Grant: Expenditures for physical plant purchase, upkeep or repair; rents, charges or fees levied to pay for the same

Expenditures Allowed on Grant: Those related to teaching, research, conferences, presentation and publication of articles, papers, and larger works, liturgical and homiletical activities consistent with the doctrine and practice described in the articles and bylaws of the society.

Tuesday, May 10, 2022

Funding Proposal and Grant Request: Seminarian Books, Kenya, Africa

The Saint Timothy Society uses a modified RFP (Request for Proposals) and Grants to determine and administer supported projects and efforts. For more information see our Projects web page. We list proposals to inform our donors and gauge their interest in funding. We also ask for comments and suggestions from donors, supporters, other churches, agencies and charitable organizations in order to improve and more clearly define proposals. Individuals and groups from the general public who are interested in the work of the society and supportive of our religious, doctrinal and theological prerequisites as described in our About web page are also invited to comment and make suggestions. The Contact link above has our mailing and email address.

Seminarian Book, Media and Texts for Neema Lutheran College Matongo, Kenya



Summary of Project: Initial effort will fund copies of The Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition to each Bachelor of Theology and Diploma of Theology pastoral student who successfully completes the four-credit-hour Biblical Greek with a passing grade and enrolls in the Greek Reading course. As project develops funding may include other books, media and texts for seminarians in Matongo, Kenya, Africa and other locations.

Needs Statement: The study of the New Testament in Greek is essential for the formation of pastors and preachers in Africa. The beauty of The Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition is that it contains the full and actual text of the UBS Greek New Testament with textual notes, and a full lexicon. A pastor with this in his hand can study the New Testament in Greek, without other expensive resources, which are well out of the financial abilities of these men.

Who will be served by the project: The partner churches of the B.Th. and D.T. students, who attend Neema Lutheran College. Matongo, whose pastors will be equipped to preach and teach the whole counsel of God (Acts 20:27), including the New Testament Scriptures, which clearly teach Jesus Christ as Lord.

Project Goals – short term: The short-term goal of this project seeks to raise the level of theological and exegetical skills of pastors and future pastors, who currently take a course in Greek at the college but are ill-equipped to make use of this knowledge without a Greek Bible to read, and study. The students will receive a copy of The Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition after successfully completing the Greek course and enrollment in Greek Reading, a follow-on course. This project is in keeping with the strategy of encouraging development and not dependency, since each student must attend the course, demonstrate competency, and pass the requirements of the course. Failure to pass Greek will result in no book being provided. These students will then be able to deeply study New Testament books which are taught at the college, especially Synoptic Gospels and the Epistles to the Romans and First Corinthians.

Project Goals – long term: The long-term goal of this project is to develop exegetically and theologically competent pastors, who can accurately translate from the Greek New Testament and apply this knowledge in engaging Bible studies, sermons, and theological papers so that their church bodies may become strong, confessional Lutheran churches, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.

Timeline This project is an ongoing project, with no specific end date. It needs continuous funding. The project line item will be open and regular reports to donors will encourage continued financial support. This program has been funded for the past year (2021–2022). Funding is needed for subsequent years.

Local Support: Local financial support is not anticipated. Any support will come locally from the encouragement of the faculty and the exegetical department.

Approach and Effectiveness: Both of the seminaries of LCMS expect pastoral students to pass Greek and to use Greek in New Testament courses. The cost of a Greek New Testament and language tools are normally within the means of American students. It is not so for African students, nor are they readily available. Use of the Greek New Testament for exegetical course is essential to fully reaping the benefits of instruction. Furthermore, without a Greek New Testament, the use of Greek will cease in the pastor’s daily practice. The value of The Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition is that it contains the full and actual text of the UBS Greek New Testament with textual notes, and a full lexicon. One book replaces the need for a Greek New Testament and a Greek lexicon. It has superb portability.

Evaluation: Students will be expected to pass both Greek and begin the Greek Reading course before receiving a personal copy of The Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition. Reserve copies, checked out by students from the Martin Chemnitz Library will be used during the courses for students who opt out of Greek Reading. These copies have already been purchased and are in the library. Use of The Greek New Testament: A Reader’s Edition during New Testament courses is essential to learning.

Saturday, January 15, 2022

The Saint Timothy Society's Policy for Events and Meetings at Venues that Have Alcohol

This is a web page summary of the guidelines which the Saint Timothy Society follows for its events and meetings at venues that have alcohol. Those invited should be aware of the following before deciding to attend.

The Saint Timothy Society may hold its events and meetings at venues which serve alcoholic beverages. In addition to our events which are limited to invited and registered guests, we also try to schedule events where we can meet with and hear from those sympathetic to our goals and projects from the broader public. If you are interested in attending and have ideas, suggestions, or other items to present to us and believe you would have difficulty being in a venue that serves alcohol, we may be able (if given enough advance notice) to meet in a location that does not. Please contact us at the email address given in the Contact link at the top of this page.

Everyone involved in our events has a personal responsibility to not engage in drunk and impaired driving and underage drinking. We applaud both abstention and moderation toward that goal. Consult Responsibility.org and other sources for information on preventing drunk and impaired driving, underaged drinking and chemical dependency.

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Monday, January 3, 2022

Letter to Donors and Supporters 2022 JAN 03

The Saint Timothy Society welcomes guidance, suggestions, and other helpful input from our donors, supporters, friends, and other members of the public sympathetic to our doctrinal position and goals. Below is a web version of our letter to donors from 2022 JAN 03. The .pdf version is available at http://tiny.cc/2022-JAN-Donor.

January 3, 2022

The Board of Directors The Saint Timothy Society For Lutheran Seminary Scholarship

Dear Friends, Supporters and Donors,

At our annual meeting on December 11 the board of directors resolved to ask your advice in disbursing the remaining fund balances you have so graciously made possible to support Tom Aadland’s work as a visiting professor at the Lutheran College in Matongo, Kenya. As we noted in our letter to you from June, 2021 was the last year that the Saint Timothy Society will be directly involved in supporting Tom’s position as a visiting professor in Kenya. Tom’s report to us on December 11 suggested we use the remaining funds to support other professors at Matongo, Kenya. Another suggestion was to use the funds as a stipend for Tom so that he could prepare his course notes, lectures, syllabus, bibliographies and related materials for distribution online so that others might benefit from them. Yet another suggestion was to use the money as part of our student medical emergency fund for seminarians and their families in Kenya.

Should you have ideas or preferences regarding these three options, we would like to hear from you. Should you have suggestions for the remaining funds for projects other than these, we would welcome these, as well as ideas for other future projects, including those listed on our web page at http://tiny.cc/STS-Projects. As we mentioned in our June letter, we welcome donor input and guidance, along with the clarity and precision that comes with active and involved donors.

If you have ideas, preferences, or suggestions, it would be very much appreciated if we could hear from you in the next two months, as we plan to disburse the fund balance no later than April. Please contact us at

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Our chaplain would also be delighted to call you if you prefer, and and his email is

. Prof. Aadland continues to help us at the Saint Timothy Society and he also would be very pleased to hear from you.

In this Christmas season we sing the carol “A Great and Mighty Wonder” which tells us to “Repeat the hymn again”. So please allow us this repetition as we encourage all of you who have been so generous in your donations for Tom’s position as a visiting professor to continue to give to other agencies such as Mission Central in Iowa and to the Office of International Missions of the LCMS in Saint Louis.

Should you wish to share and discuss this letter with other donors, supporters, committee members and others with an interest at your church or organization, please also note that a .pdf version can be found at http://tiny.cc/2022-JAN-Donor. See our contact information at http://tiny.cc/STS-Contact . For those less inclined to use the internet, please use that URL (also linked at top right of our website). If we miss your call, please leave us a message and we will try to return your call within 24 hours.

Sincerely,

The Board of Directors The Saint Timothy Society