"I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase"
1 Corinthians 3:6
Horne Memorial Library
Construction on the Horne-Memorial Library is now completed, and the contractor has moved offsite. Electronic security devices, paving and landscaping are next. Then, it will be moving day for bookcases, desks, office furniture and all those books still in the old library. Each step brings us closer to utilizing this most-needed facility on campus at the Southern Africa Bible College located in Benoni, South Africa. It has been a long process.
A number of years ago, the South African Department of Education granted conditional recognition for the Southern Africa Bible School, proclaiming it to be an institution of Higher Learning. This meant we had to change the name to the Southern Africa Bible College (SABC). The Higher Diploma of Theology now offered by the college is considered by the Department of Education as equivalent to a B.A. degree. This is a 3-year course of study, which includes biblical languages, in-depth studies of both Old and New Testaments, and other related subjects. The one condition that SABC had to meet was to provide an adequate library with up-to-date resource materials.
In about 2001, Al Horne, Larry York and Jerry Hogg began the process of securing sufficient funding to build this new facility on campus at SABC. Our deepest gratitude to the many churches and individuals in the States and many in South Africa who have sacrificially given to make this dream a reality. In 2005, following the annual SABC Lectureship, a project engineer was engaged and a contract signed with a suitable builder. Ground breaking occurred in November 2005. In June 2006, a steel shortage slowed progress on the building, but the contractor promised it would be completed by the 2006 SABC Lectureship (September 24-28).
The official opening of this much-needed learning facility took place during the lectureship in 2006. It has been named the Horne-Memorial Library, honoring both Al & Donna Horne, co-founders of the College, as well as the Memorial Church of Christ in Houston, Texas. They have faithfully served as sponsors of the Bible College for over 40 years.
For more information on the Library please click SABC Brochure in PDF format.
Quoted From: Jerry and Ann Hogg - Preaching and Teaching the Gospel in Southern Africa
Jan - Mar 08
THANK YOU, JUNE DAVIES:
Thank you, June, for your magic touch to the SABC blossoming flower gardens. Adding to the expertise of Rona Menage and Kathy Wishart, you have given an extra dimension of beauty. SABC cannot thank you enough for all the hard work and expense you have gone to in your voluntary work on the SABC campus.
IN SWEET MEMORY
Gayle Baird, a recent visitor from America to the SABC campus, placed a commemorative plaque in the SABC rose garden to honour the late mother of Donna Horne. On behalf of herself and her husband, Tom, of Kerrville, Texas, Gayle had chosen these words for the plaque -- "In Sweet Memory of Winnie Whitaker - Our Yellow Rose of Texas, 2007". The plaque, flanked by a yellow rose bush (in honour of Donna's mom) and a red rose bush (in honour of Donna's deceased dad), the plaque is visible from the main walkway connecting the library and the main building. A little ceramic bird marks the spot! Many thanks to the Bairds who donated this loving and lasting memory to Donna's mother, who sacrificially gave her daughter over to mission work in Africa for half a century.