TESTIMONIES

  CVSOM Class of 2026 Graduated  this past July with 16 Students from 10 different churches !   What a powerful evening we had praying over these amazing men and women ready to step into whatever ministry God calls them to do.   Beginning in March until the last Sunday in August we visited 16 churches to present CVSOM to these congregations and talked to many visitors to our booth about  the school . Our purpose is to help Pastors raise up leaders in their congregations to fulfil their ministry callings in and through their church family.    In September CVSOM Class of 2027 began with 13 students from 11 different churches!  We began our School year with the Old Testament Survey Course for 5 weeks, followed by a weekend Seminar “Seeing the World through Hebrew Eyes and are currently on our 4th week of The New Testament Survey Course. They will finish their 1st Trimester with a weekend seminar on Biblical Interpretation - Always an eye opening course that is life changing in how we approach the scriptures.  What a blessing it is to see the excitement  developing in the hearts of our students.    

CVSOM Classes in "Fall Swing"!       CVSOM began in September with 21 students! We are now meeting at Mountain View Clovis Campus and we are excited to have this new classroom for our Class of 2026 Students. We began our School year with the Old Testament Survey Course for 5 weeks, followed by a weekend Seminar “Seeing the World through Hebrew Eyes and are currently on our 3rd week of The New Testament Survey Course. The students read selections from each book in the Old Testament, along with selected readings from a Bible Handbook.  Their class assignment is to create an Old Testament Timeline from Creation to Malachi.  This is no small accomplishment !  What a joy to see the excitement in the student’s faces as they turned in their timelines.  So much is learned in this assignment. Here is one student’s comment about their reading through the Old Testament: “While studying through the Old Testament,  I have been learning that there is a bigger picture in the stories that we've read. There is strategic work in play. When I heard it explained that the patriarchs did not have it all figured out, they were just a family set apart for a bigger purpose and they fumbled around and messed things up just like we do. But they had faith. Faith that God was going to do what he said he was going to. Then we get to the next step in the plan where they become a nation/people and even though they have God leading them they are so stuck in old patterns of thinking that almost none of them could break out and live in the blessings that God had for them. God set them aside and showed them a new way of living that was completely different than everyone around them. When they live by the standards God laid out for them they flourish and live under God's blessings and when they don't, they suffer the consequences of the society they create. (just like us)”   Lights are turning on and the students are excited.  One student said “ I never knew how much I didn’t know!”  What a powerful statement.  We have many students attending this year because of donated scholarship funds.  Their lives will never be the same because of others making it possible for them.  We are changing lives, one student at a time, to advance the Kingdom of God!        

CVSOM 2025 Graduation Impact!          CVSOM Class of 2025 Graduation was a huge success with 450 people in attendance!  We graduated 19 students from 11 different Church Families. It was an amazing and inspiring night as our worship filled the room, students received their Certificates of Christian Ministry, prayed over and were well celebrated with friends and family at our dessert reception. The Lord moved that night and inspired a CVSOM Alumni who was in attendance, to give scholarship funds for the Class of 2026 students who needed some financial help!  God is so faithful to provide for our students and the vision of CVSOM.        As a praise report we have given out 8 half scholarships and a book scholarship to students who were thankful to receive the help. Classes have begun for the Class of 2026 with 23 students attending!  We are being hosted this year by Mountain View Church in Clovis and are so thankful for their generosity in having us as their guests! If you want to know more about CVSOM check out our Website Here  Giving to support the mission of CVSOM is available Here