About Our Portland Extension Classes
Portland has been a hotspot for many new and thriving church plants within the last 10 to 15 years. With this development there is a healthy and thriving community of believers who have a desire to not just receive an education for full time occupation, but desire to be used in their local churches as well as the local communities in which they live. With this in mind, it is our desire to see churches and individuals live spiritually responsible lives within their homes, communities and in the workplace.

In evaluating the current spiritual and educational situation in the Portland Metro area, there are many churches who desire to help their college-aged students and lay leaders expand their impact through an inexpensive and thorough biblical education. Eternity Bible College is committed to a biblically sound partnership with the local church. Our desire is to assist the Church around the world in training Christians to do the work of ministry.

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If you have any questions about taking EBC classes in Portland, contact Courtney Williamson.

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Portland Staff

Portland Extension Director Geoff Leatherman gleatherman@eternitybiblecollege.com M.Div., The Master’s Seminary B.S., Biblical Studies and Youth Ministries, Philadelphia Biblical University Geoff Leatherman served as a pastoral intern at First Baptist Church of Perkasie, Pa from 1996-2002. After serving there he an his wife, Stacy, moved to Southern California where he served as an associate pastor for 6 years at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, Ca. During this time he also served as the Dean of Administration for Eternity Bible College where he helped to legalize and create proper documentation for the college. Currently he is serving with his wife Stacy and daughter Isabella as a community leader at Colossae Church in Tigard, OR.

Portland Extension Assistant Director Courtney Williamson cwilliamson@eternitybiblecollege.com M.A., Religion and Education Biola University/Talbot Graduate School of Theology B.A., Christian Education The Master's College Bible Cert., Capernwray Bible School, England Courtney and her husband Chad are Northwest natives recently moving from Seattle to Portland, OR in 2008. Courtney taught high school at The Bear Creek School (Redmond, WA) and Westside Christian High School (Lake Oswego, OR) for the last 9 years. Beyond teaching she was also a part-time school adminstrator for 3 years. Chad and Courtney just welcomed home their first son, Tegegn in Feb. 2010.

Portland Faculty

Abraham Bates

M.C.S., Christianity and Culture, Regent College
B.A., Human Communication, Arizona State University

Abraham, his wife Nancy, and their three kids Abigail, Ethan, and Sophia, live in Portland on the bluff between NE and SE. Abraham studied Biblical Theology at a Bible School in Montana and continued on to receive an M.C.S. in Christianity and Culture from Regent College in Vancouver, BC. Currently he is launching DOXOLOGY, a new church plant in NE/SE Portland (www.DOXCHURCH.com). He loves Jesus, lives for the gospel, and follows God on mission in the city he is called to serve. Abraham teaches at EBC's Portland location.

Chuck Bomar

M.Div., The Master’s Seminary
B.A., Biblical Studies and Youth Ministries, San Jose Christian College

After serving for almost nine years at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, California where he started a college ministry and served as pastor of student ministries, Chuck moved to Portland, Oregon where he started Colossae Church and serves as its pastor. Chuck founded and leads College Leader (www.CollegeLeader.org), an organization focused on helping local church leaders understand and embrace ministry to college-age people. His desire it to help every church, in every context, care for and include college age people in everything they do. This mission takes him all over the country speaking and training leaders.

Geoff Leatherman

M.Div., The Master’s Seminary
B.S., Biblical Studies and Youth Ministries, Philadelphia Biblical University

Geoff Leatherman served as a pastoral intern at First Baptist Church of Perkasie, Pa from 1996-2002. After serving there he an his wife, Stacy, moved to Southern California where he served as an associate pastor for 6 years at Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, Ca. During this time he also served as the Dean of Administration for Eternity Bible College where he helped to legalize and create proper documentation for the college. Currently he is serving with his wife Stacy and daughter Isabella as a community leader at Colossae Church in Tigard, OR.

Justin Peterson

M. Div. (In process), Western Seminary
B.A., Theology, Baptist College of Florida

Justin currently serves as Pastoral Intern at Colossae Church in Portland, Oregon. Before moving to Oregon to attend seminary, he spent several years working with and speaking in various student ministries throughout Florida, Georgia, and Alabama. Two of those years were spent as Pastor of Student Ministries at Wiregrass Church in Dothan, Alabama. His goal in life is simple: Love God, love people.

A.J. Swoboda

Ph.D. (in progress), Theology, University of Birmingham (England)
M.A., Theological Studies / Biblical Studies, George Fox Evangelical Seminary
B.A., Pastoral Studies and Greek, Eugene Bible College

AJ Swoboda and his wife, Quinn, planted and serve Theophilus Church in the Hawthorne District of Portland, Ore (www.theophiluschurch.com). On Friday nights he preaches at Soma, a college-age community on the Westside. AJ is a professor of Biblical studies, theology, and Church history at George Fox Evangelical Seminary, LIFE Pacific College, Canby Bible College, Eternity Bible College, and Concordia. Following his MA (Biblical Studies – George Fox Seminary) he is completing his PhD (Theology - Birmingham, UK) on the Holy Spirit and ecology. AJ loves putting words on paper, butchering the guitar, running on treadmills, playing Risk, the Office, reading, and devouring movies with Kevin Spacey in them.