CHEERS FILLED THE Rhema Bible Church auditorium on Friday, May 16, 2025, as Rhema Bible Training College celebrated its 51st graduation ceremony. A total of 151 students crossed the stage, each receiving a diploma and a symbolic relay baton—an enduring Rhema tradition representing the call to carry faith and revival to the world.

Dean Tad Gregurich opened the ceremony with a prayer of gratitude, honoring the graduates’ journey of sacrifice, obedience, and preparation. “These graduates are the answer to the question, What is that sound I hear? They stand before a congregation tonight, but tomorrow they will go forth to reach a generation.”

The 2025 ceremony carried added significance as it marked the first year RBTC conferred religious degrees under Oklahoma’s newly signed House Bill 4050. Graduates in red, blue, and black robes represented associate, applied studies, and—for the first time—bachelor’s degree recipients. “This isn’t about academic prestige,” said Dean Gregurich. “It’s about continuing the mission Rhema has always carried—to train ministers who change the world for Jesus Christ.”

This year’s commencement speaker was Pastor Mark Bohr, a 1989 RBTC graduate and senior pastor of Life Church in Boise, Idaho. Sharing both spiritual insight and personal joy as a proud father (his daughter Wendelin was among the graduates), Pastor Bohr reminded students, “You’ve been faithful to study and grow—that’s worth celebrating. Now go use what you’ve been given.”

Bohr urged graduates not to wait for dramatic direction but to be led by the Spirit in everyday decisions. “Many of us started with no dramatic vision—just an inward witness. It ‘seemed good,’ and that simple leading resulted in fruit that remains.”

Pastor Kenneth W. Hagin, speaking for the 51st consecutive year, reminded the class that ministry takes many forms—from pulpits to mission fields to everyday workplaces. “Whatever role God places you in, endure hardship like a good soldier and fulfill your part in the body of Christ.”

Each graduate received a baton engraved with a bold declaration: “I commit today to carry the baton of revival to this generation. I will carry the banner of faith and God’s power to a lost and dying world. This is my time to do all God has called me to do.”

As the ceremony concluded, graduates left the auditorium not just with diplomas, but with a deepened sense of mission. Equipped, empowered, and entrusted, the Class of 2025 now takes its place in the race of faith—ready to reach a world in need.