Walk Thru the Bible Ministries (WTB) is a non-denominational
evangelical Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
educational organization headquartered in
Atlanta,
Georgia.
Overview
Walk Thru the Bible was founded in the
United States in 1976 by
Bruce Wilkinson
Bruce Wilkinson is the founder and chairman of Teach Every Nation (TEN), an Evangelical parachurch organization. He is best known for founding Walk Thru the Bible, an evangelical Christian educational organization, with Howard Hendricks, and for ...
and
Howard Hendricks. Its main purpose is to teach evangelical Christian biblical doctrines, primarily through an innovative
seminar format, while providing additional resources through print, audio and video media productions. As a
parachurch organization
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, Walk Thru the Bible works in cooperation with local churches who host and publicize the seminars to their congregations and surrounding communities.
The organization's non-traditional audience-participatory
methodologies have resulted in rapid worldwide growth, with a WTB presence, by means of trained WTB seminar instructors, in over 90 countries. Borrowing from the business-world concept of the
independent contractor or
franchise, WTB trains "Associate Instructors" who then "manage their own local ministry" and interface with churches and private schools in their region to present the various WTB
multimedia seminars.
WTB's original goal was to train and equip one instructor for every 50,000 people, in every country of the world. More recently, this goal has been augmented with an effort to establish instructors connected to local churches in 1,000 high-density cities in various countries.
WTB is reported to have trained over 100,000 instructors.
After becoming a best-selling author, Wilkinson stepped down from leadership of WTB, and was succeeded as president by
Chip Ingram
Ralph Browne "Chip" Ingram II (born June 21, 1954) is an American Christian pastor, author, and teacher. He is the founder, teaching pastor, and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. A pastor for over 30 ...
in 2003.
Ingram was later succeeded by
Phil Tuttle
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Career
College and Amateur
Tuttle is a product of the University of Notre Dame, where during his five years he appeared in 33 games, starting 29 and p ...
, the current president.
Awards
At the
National Religious Broadcasters' 2007 Annual Media Awards, WTB won an award for "Best Ministry Website".
See also
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The Prayer of Jabez
''The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life'' is a book by Bruce Wilkinson published in 2000 by Multnomah Books as the first book in the "BreakThrough" book series. It is based on the Old Testament passage 1 Chronicles 4:9–10:
...
References
External links
Official siteMinistry Watch's financial report on WTB
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Evangelical parachurch organizations
Christian mass media companies
Christian publishing companies
Christian educational organizations
Christian organizations established in 1976
1976 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)