James Poitras has a BEd from the University of New Brunswick, a Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies from Indiana Bible College, and is actively pursuing a Masters of Arts in Ministerial Studies (Education Concentration) from Global University. Additionally he has attended the United Pentecostal Church Bible Institute. His wife, Linda, is also a teacher with a bachelor’s degree from Troy State University. Both have been extensively involved in missions and Bible school administration more than twenty-five years.

Jim presently serves as the President of the African Center of Theological Studies and Director of Christian Education for UPCI Ghana. He coordinated Africa’s regional theological education program for five years until February 2007 when he was asked to serve as the Coordinator of the Global Association of Theological Studies. He can be contacted by e-mail: GATS@upci.org.

He is the founder of Portable Bible Schools International and has authored its curriculum in four levels entitled Acts: God’s Training Manual for Today’s Church. This two hundred lesson series is widely used and translated into multiple languages. He is a prolific writer, especially in the realm of curriculum and recently completed his tenth book entitled Sensing God’s Direction. Linda has written two Bible college textbooks and multiple manuals for Reaching Africa’s Children.

Jim talks, breathes, bleeds, and lives Bible school education. His personal vision is found in 2 Timothy 2:2 “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.”