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PFB BIBLE INSTITUTE

The CHOW Church encourages that all leaders within our church-family, lay members and surrounding church affiliates attend the PFB Bible Institute so they will grow in knowledge, maturity and show forth the fruit of the Spirit as they minister to God and to others. We believe that all Christ-centered churches are members of One Body, Christ. Therefore, we are to be a church without walls and invisible boundaries, in order for other saints to gleen and learn to take back to their church-homes. "My people perish from the lack of knowledge...." (Hosea 4:6).

Minister/Evangelist Paul F Banks received a revelation from the Lord during his last year in seminary school and vowed that seminary in-depth weekly teaching of the Word of God would be taught within the church. The Lord revealed the hearts of His people desiring Bible Study of the level of seminary studies. Many people either could not afford seminary tuition or suffered from family/business schedule conflicts.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING

Minister/Evangelist Paul F Banks is the founder of the PFB Systematic Bible Study Program and father to Pastor Donneta Banks-Hale. He began the program in 1979 at his home church, Affinity Missionary Baptist Church, Cleveland, Ohio. After partnering with the Senior Pastor, the Systematic Bible Study Program grew with record numbers of starving souls from within his own church and members from neighboring churches. This program has birthed globally apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers that are skillful and master teachers of the Word of God.

Since its inception, Pastors Ronn & Donneta Hale have seen firsthand the anointing of God's blessing over the lives of the students. They too were birthed from his Systematic Bible Study Program. After graduating from the program, their desire was to expand his vision to the Arizona area. In 2004, Pastor Donneta was invited to host the first PFB Systematic Bible Study Program class within a local downtown Hair Salon. Thus, the program grew from teaching as an Outreach Ministry to members within the four walls of the Church. The PFB Systematic Bible Study Program remains open for anyone (regardless of church affiliations) that are hungry for the Word of God. Just as children cannot grow to be strong without meat, Christians must partake of the meat of the Word of God in order to mature as Believers (I Corinthians 3:1-2; Hebrews 5:12-14; II Timothy 2:15).