Echo Spring 2023 - 2

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This magazine is produced three times a year
to provide students, alumni, parents, friends and
donors with news from the institution, articles
connecting readers with our community and
features on relevant Christian thought.
MISSION STATEMENT
Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary &
Graduate School exists to educate Christian
students to think and live a biblical worldview
and to proclaim Christ by serving Him in the
Church and society.
VISION
Lancaster Bible College | Capital Seminary &
Graduate School will be a premier learning
community that intentionally develops the
head, heart and hands of servant ministry
leaders for global impact.
ACCREDITATION
Accredited through the Middle States
Commission on Higher Education and the
Association for Biblical Higher Education
Commission on Accreditation, LBC | Capital is
also approved by the Pennsylvania Department
of Education and the Association of Christian
Schools International. LBC | Capital is approved
to operate in Pennsylvania and Maryland. LBC
| Capital is authorized to offer online programs
in all states where our online students reside;
programs are offered in California through
exemption in that state and through NC-SARA
authorization in all other states.
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
Thomas L. Kiedis, PhD, DMin
PRESIDENT
Judy Heckaman, BS ('97)
ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
Keith Baum, BA ('18)
DIRECTOR OF MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Amy Mongiovi, MA
MANAGING EDITOR
Karen Perago, BS ('85)
MARKETING & PRODUCTION MANAGER
Jessica Whitmore, MA
COPY EDITOR
Stacey Martin, EdD
FACULTY GUEST EDITOR
The perspectives of the author(s) do not necessarily
represent the perspectives of Lancaster Bible
College | Capital Seminary & Graduate School.
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All Truth Is God's Truth
LBC's Education Trailblazers
Learning Support
Life in Bloom
Balancing Passions
Reflecting on Open Doors
Planting Seeds
Getting to Know You
Learning from the Word
Wake-Up Call
Inspired by Five Letters
The Power of Relationships
LBC | Capital's First EdD Cohort
The Journey Home
Student Service Spotlight
Loving Hard
Faculty
Campus
Athletics
Alumni
A Transforming Knowledge
ON THE COVER: Teaching hits home for teacher
and baseball coach Jacobo Alvarez ('19), who
serves as a role model in the classroom and on
the field at La Academia Partnership Charter
School in Lancaster City. Read more on page 40.
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and contact us at echomag@lbc.edu.
SPRING 2023
Volume 22 | No. 3
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