About the English Bible Study Center

Our Mission
The English Bible Study Center is a community outreach of the Mountlake Terrace Church of Christ to our ethnically diverse, culturally rich population of North Puget Sound. The mission of the Mountlake Terrace Church of Christ is for each member to live out our journey of faith as a part of God’s Kingdom Story. God’s love can transform each of us and we welcome conversations with respect to our own experiences.

Our Vision
The English Bible Study Center purpose is to provide English tutoring using the Bible (God’s Kingdom Story) with people who are new to our culture and studying English as a second language (ESL). We achieve this objective by providing conversational English classes taught by American teachers. We invite you to discover this unique method of honing your English skills and at the same time explore the timeless truths that are intertwined with the American experience.

Free Service
There is never a charge for our classes or for the study materials used. We invite you to attend free of charge.

Requirements/Prerequisites
The only prerequisite for the English Bible Study Center is that you have some conversational skills in English. This is necessary so that you can understand the teachers and to be able to participate in the class. It does not matter what your religious convictions are or if you have no religious convictions at all. You are welcome to attend.

The Teachers
The teachers at the English Bible Study Center are members of the church of Christ as described in the Bible. We teach voluntarily because of our love of God’s Kingdom and our role in the Kingdom Story. We are not a denomination. We are not Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, nor atheists. We are trying to be Christians, nothing more.

Our Lead Instructor
The visionary of the English Bible Study Center is Don Bonner. Don has been a missionary to China, as well as, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Latvia. Previously, he enjoyed 20+ years serving God’s Kingdom as a minister in North Dakota. Don has a BA in Psychology from Jamestown College with advanced training in teaching in ESL (English as a Second Language) at Seattle University.

What You Will Learn
Most classes will have eight or fewer students so that each person can actively take part. The classes will focus on vocabulary, pronunciation and both spoken and written comprehension. In a typical class, you will have opportunity to read from the English text of your Bible with your pronunciation monitored and corrected by the teacher. Class discussion will focus first on the meaning and usage of words that you don’t know from the text. You will then participate in an open discussion of what you have read to exercise your speech and comprehension skills. This approach will help you develop your abilities in reading, pronunciation, vocabulary and comprehension.

Evening Classes
Our classes are about 90 minutes in length and will meet typically 2 nights per week.

We Won’t Tell You What To Believe
We will teach you how to study using inductive study techniques so that you can develop the skills to understand the Bible for yourself and come to your own conclusions.

We Invite You To Enroll In An Upcoming Class
For additional details or to register, contact Don Bonner at 425-774-1178 or don@mltchurch.com.