Bishara Awad stands outside Bethlehem Bible College in Bethlehem in 1985. Awad, a Palestinian Christian, founded the school in 1979. He had previously served with Mennonite Central Committee in a Palestinian school and attended Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California, in 1981-82.
For more historical photos in the Mennonite Archival Image Database, see archives.mhsc.ca.
More moments from yesterday:
Chapel at Canadian Mennonite Bible College
WWII Alternative service camp
Wanner Mennonite Church
(Photo: Kathy Bergen/Mennonite Heritage Archives)
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