The BGU Alumni Association was officially established in 2018 at a face-to-face event on the BGU main campus in Dallas, Texas, which also enabled alumni, associates, and friends worldwide to participate.

The first Alumni Association Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held in February 2022. Since then, the annual meetings have been held over two days to accommodate the time-zone differences of BGU alumni worldwide.

This year, the AGM is scheduled to be held on Friday, May 22, and Saturday, May 23. The target audience for the meeting on Friday, May 22 will be the alumni who reside or are associated with countries in Asia and other countries with a similar time zone, while the meeting on Saturday, May 23 will cater to those alumni in North & South America, Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean. 

The theme of the AGM is:

Christian Higher Education: Its Role, Impact, and Relevance in Today's Society

The keynote speaker for the Friday, May 22nd meeting is Dr. Ranei Chui (renowned urban transformation leader) from the Philippines, and Dr. Andrew Sears (president of the City Vision University, U.S.) is the speaker for the May 23rd meeting.

The program for both days will also include:

1. Devotional exercise led by a member of the BGU Spiritual Formation Team (DMin Program)

2. BGU update by President Dr. Bryan McCabe

3. Panel discussion on the following regions: Caribbean, USA, Europe, Africa & Asia.

4. Promotional slots for books, articles, events, or special achievements by alumni and  BGU programs. 

The last item on the program will be a breakout room session that facilitates a meeting of participants in their respective regional groups for updates and planning. This year's meeting promises to facilitate more participant interaction, including polls and quizzes, as well as the usual Q&A session after the keynote presentation, Dr. McCabe's update, and the panel discussion.

Alumni who have books, articles, websites, ministry projects, etc. that they would like to promote, please contact Dr. Marlene Hines, Alumni President at bgualumni@gmail.com.

Meeting agenda LINK.

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You can learn about the Friday keynote speaker here:

Dr. Raineer Chu is the founder of Companion with the Poor, Inc.,  a mission organization dedicated to planting holistic churches in the slums. For more than 40 years now, it has grown to over 70 full-time church planters, and they have planted more than a hundred churches. Its radical approach of recruiting, training, and mobilizing workers from the slums is responsible for its rapid growth, stability, and sustainability.  Dr. Chu is also a practicing lawyer specializing in taxation and land rights. He received his Doctor of Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University in 2008 with honors. He is a writer and speaker who spoke at the 2010 Lausanne Conference in Cape Town, where he also slept in the most dangerous slum in the world, Khayelitsha. Dr. Raineer shares his life with his wife, Mila.