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44-556: Radio station HCJB started as the vision of Clarence Wesley Jones, a musician, graduate of Moody Bible Institute , and the son of a Salvation Army minister. Following his graduation from Moody, Jones worked under evangelist Paul Rader and was part of the founding staff of the Chicago Gospel Tabernacle where Jones assisted in leading music, working with youth and overseeing Rader's weekly radio ministry called "WJBT" ( W here J esus B lesses T housands) Impressed by

88-781: A satellite campus in Plymouth , Michigan . Moody Aviation operates a flight school in Spokane , Washington . Emma Dryer organized the "May Institute", a weekly meeting for prayer and fellowship, with Moody's permission in 1883. Participants in the May Institute encouraged Moody to found a school to train young people for evangelism to carry on the Christian revival tradition. On January 22, 1886, Moody addressed church members: "I tell you what, and what I have on my heart, I believe we have got to have gap-men: men to stand between

132-434: A 25-year contract to operate a radio station in the country. As with all countries having a governing body over broadcast operations, the call letters HCJB were obtained through the government of Ecuador, beginning with the internationally allocated prefix for Ecuador's broadcast stations (HC). Station co-founders Jones and Larson advocated for, and were granted by the government, call letters that were an acronym indicative of

176-667: A Bachelor of Science degree in Missionary Aviation Technology, a two-year Associates of Biblical Studies degree (ABS), and a five-year Bachelor of Music degree (BMus) in Sacred Music. Furthermore, non-degree TESOL and Biblical Studies one-year certificates are offered. The Moody Theological Seminary offers a Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in Biblical Studies, and a Master of Counseling/Psychology. A one-year graduate certificate

220-500: A fixed-tuned, solar-powered SonSet radio that can be pre-tuned to pick up a specific Christian radio station. HCJB Global staff have been active in pioneering equipment and software for a form of digital radio broadcasting called DRM . After nearly 80 years of shortwave broadcasting from Ecuador, Radio Station HCJB ended its extensive worldwide shortwave transmissions on 30 September 2009. The international transmitter site in Pifo

264-610: A man). A woman reading "Ñuka wawki Pedromi kan" would read aloud Ñuka turi Pedromi kan (if she referred to her brother). If Pedro has a brother Manuel and the sisters Sisa and Elena, their mother could refer to Pedro as Manuelpak wawki or Sisapaj turi . And to Sisa as Manuelpak pani or as Elenapak ñaña . The missionary organization FEDEPI (2006) lists eight dialects of Quechua in Ecuador, which it illustrates with "The men will come in two days." Ethnologue 16 (2009) lists nine, distinguishing Cañar from Loja Highland Quechua. Below are

308-481: A now defunct magazine. In 1894, Moody Publishers was founded under the name Bible Institute Colportage Association (BICA). Moody's son-in-law, A. P. Fitt, managed BICA operations. Publishing was contracted to Moody's brother-in-law, Fleming Revell, and his upstart publishing company. In 1895 the Colportage Library began the publication at regular intervals of books which met five specific criteria: 1.

352-574: A popular practice in the hobby of shortwave radio listening was to request a QSL card , HCJB started creating its own QSLs in 1932. By the 1970s, the station was one of the most powerful and most readily received shortwave stations. HCJB was heard around the world and received hundreds of letters each week with reception reports from shortwave DXers . The correspondence department of HCJB would respond in kind to its listeners with QSL cards and Christian tracts. As requests for QSLs became more frequent, HCJB missionary and radio engineer Clayton Howard suggested

396-459: A popular readable style; 2. well-known authors or books of existing reputation; 3. strictly evangelical and nondenominational works; 4. good workmanship, and; 5. low price. In 1941, BICA became Moody Press. In 1900, Moody Bible Institute began publishing a monthly magazine titled The Institute Tie . In 1910, it was renamed The Christian Workers Magazine to reflect its focus on Sunday school teachers and other Christian workers. Later, it

440-495: A shortwave listeners' club be created. In 1974, the Andes DXers International, (or "ANDEX") began. Members would receive a membership certificate and membership card with the member's name and individual member number, along with Howard's signature. A monthly bulletin, (later bi-monthly) was sent to members. ANDEX eventually had a membership in the thousands and continued as a service of HCJB until 1996. Since

484-602: Is a Quechuan language that includes all Quechua varieties of Ecuador and Colombia ( Inga ), as well as extensions into Peru . It has an estimated half million speakers. The most widely spoken dialects are Chimborazo, Imbabura and Cañar Highland Quechua, with most of the speakers. Kichwa belongs to the Northern Quechua group of Quechua II , according to linguist Alfredo Torero . Kichwa syntax has undergone some grammatical simplification compared to Southern Quechua , perhaps because of partial creolization with

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528-527: Is a private evangelical Christian Bible college in Chicago , Illinois . It was founded by evangelist and businessman Dwight Lyman Moody in 1886. Historically, MBI has maintained positions that have identified it as non-charismatic , dispensational , and generally Calvinistic . Today, MBI operates undergraduate programs and Moody Theological Seminary at the Chicago campus. The Seminary also operates

572-569: Is also offered. In November 2009, Moody Bible Institute and Michigan Theological Seminary jointly announced plans for Michigan Theological Seminary to merge with Moody Bible Institute's Moody Theological Seminary and Graduate School. In January 2010, Michigan Theological Seminary became Moody Theological Seminary–Michigan located in Plymouth, Michigan. In addition to its educational programs, Moody has two Christian media ministries: Moody Radio and Moody Publishers . It formerly published

616-477: Is designed to cover only Ecuador, but the 5 kW signal is heard worldwide from time to time. After replacement of the 40 year-old 5 kW transmitter with a new 1 kW solid state transmitter in 2017, it became even more of a challenge for DX listeners, but is still heard within Ecuador. 0°06′48″S 78°21′31″W  /  0.1133°S 78.3586°W  / -0.1133; -78.3586 Moody Bible Institute Moody Bible Institute ( MBI )

660-413: Is pursuing a Title VII sex-discrimination lawsuit against MBI because male colleagues "who shared her egalitarian views and joined her in speaking out against sexism on Moody Bible’s campus faced none of the harassment or retaliation directed at Garrick." MBI engaged Grand River Solutions to review its Title IX compliance and make recommendations for change. In November 2017, the institution announced

704-663: The Higher Learning Commission or its predecessor. It is also accredited by the Association for Biblical Higher Education and the National Association of Schools of Music . In addition to a Bachelor of Arts degree, which is available in over two dozen fields including theology, the Bible, and ministries of various emphases, MBI offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Biblical Studies,

748-557: The Salvation Army 's "Wonderful Words of Life" and Moody Bible Institute radio station WMBI-FM 's "Nightsounds" with Bill Pearce , among many others. Much of HCJB's original programming also included music recorded, produced and performed by HCJB missionaries. Much of the HCJB-produced music broadcast on the station was also available on LP record albums and later on cassette tapes. In December 1995, Radio Netherlands

792-553: The allophones of the vowels /i/ and /u/ near /q/ , do not exist. Kiru can mean both "tooth" ( kiru in Southern Quechua ) and "wood" ( qiru [qero] in Southern Quechua), and killa can mean both "moon" ( killa ) and "lazy" ( qilla [qeʎa] ). Additionally, Kichwa in both Ecuador and Colombia has lost possessive and bidirectional suffixes (verbal suffixes indicating both subject and object), as well as

836-511: The gospel of Jesus Christ ." The society was renamed "Moody Bible Institute" after Moody died in 1899. Before 1900, Moody played a significant role in fund-raising to support MBI. After Moody died, however, the institute struggled financially. James M. Gray , the president of the school, invited Henry Parsons Crowell to financially restructure the institute. Crowell established the school on business principles of productivity and performance. The MBI Executive Committee met nearly every Tuesday for

880-509: The laity and the ministers ; men who are trained to do city mission work. Take men that have the gifts and train them for the work of reaching the people." As a result of this meeting, held at Farwell Hall, the group founded the Chicago Evangelization Society for the "education and training of Christian workers, including teachers, ministers, missionaries , and musicians who may completely and effectively proclaim

924-532: The shortwave frequencies utilized by HCJB for its broadcasts from Quito were 6.05 MHz, 9.745 MHz, 11.775 MHz and 15.155 MHz. As the station's transmitting power increased, shortwave radio enthusiasts in North America started receiving the station's broadcasts, submitting reception reports in order to provide the HCJB engineers feedback on the station's signal strength and quality. Since

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968-646: The Media Network programme visited the transmitter site at Pifo with two members of the HCJB production team. The programme can be found in the Media Network vintage vault. The Media Network Vintage Vault 2023-2024: MN.07.12.1995 - BBC World Service Cuts announced and visit to HCJB Quito Ecuador HCJB Global Technology staff members are involved in research, development, training and technical support for AM, FM and shortwave radio stations as well as satellite distribution and satellite-based Internet services. In recent years they developed station automation systems and

1012-524: The President and Chief Operating Officer resigned, and the provost retired. In its announcement of these changes, the institution cited "widespread concerns over the direction" of the institution. Mark Jobe, founder of the multisite New Life Community Church, became the new president in January 2019. In July 2019, Jobe announced a long-range plan to redevelop portions of Moody's campus. Proceeds from

1056-464: The bigger and much more comprehensive dictionary Kichwa Yachakukkunapa Shimiyuk Kamu was published in 2009 by the linguist Fabián Potosí, together with other scholars sponsored by the Ministry of Education of Ecuador. In contrast to other regional varieties of Quechua, Kichwa does not distinguish between the original (Proto-Quechuan) /k/ and /q/ , which are both pronounced [k] . [e] and [o] ,

1100-536: The catalysts for the standardization of Kichwa. This was initiated by DINEIB (National Board of Intercultural Bilingual Education). Afterward a new alphabet was created by ALKI (Kichwan Language Academy). It comprises 21 characters; including three vowels (a, i, u); two semi-vowels (w, y); and 16 consonants (ch, h, k, l, ll, m, n, ñ, p, r, s, sh, t, ts, z, zh), according to Muyulema's article "Presente y Futuro de la lengua Quichua desde la perspectiva de la experiencia vasca (Kichwa sisariy ñan)" (Muyulema 2011:234). Later,

1144-471: The closure of its campus in Spokane, Washington and reductions in other programs and services in response to continued drops in enrollment. Faculty were distressed by impending job losses, and penned an anonymous letter to the administration in the student newspaper expressing concerns about faculty layoffs when the administration had just committed $ 22 million for a new campus building. Two months later, both

1188-623: The country at the time. The inaugural program was broadcast in English and Spanish from a studio in the Joneses' living room and powered by a 200-watt, table-top transmitter. The antenna used was a simple, single wire antenna strung between two makeshift telephone poles. The broadcast lasted 30 minutes. Initially, HCJB only broadcast programs in English and Spanish. In 1941, however, live programs were added in Russian, Swedish and Quichua . By 1944,

1232-406: The distinction between the exclusive and inclusive first person plural: On the other hand, other particularities of Quechua have been preserved. As in all Quechuan languages, the words for 'brother' and 'sister' differ depending on to whom they refer. There are four different words for siblings: ñaña (sister of a woman), turi (brother of a woman), pani (sister of a man), and wawki (brother of

1276-578: The first steps to teach Kichwa in public schools dates to the 1940s, when Dolores Cacuango founded several indigenous schools in Cayambe . Later, indigenous organizations initiated self-governed schools to provide education in Kichwa in the 1970s and 1980s (Muyulema 2011:234). Muyulema says that the creation of literary works such as Caimi Ñucanchic Shimuyu-Panca , Ñucanchic Llactapac Shimi , Ñucanchic Causaimanta Yachaicuna , and Antisuyu-Punasuyu provided

1320-522: The historic station and transmitter sites in Ecuador will no longer operate on the shortwave bands, Shortwave broadcasts continue from HCJB Global Australia's site in Kununurra , Australia and from commercial broadcast sites and partner ministry broadcast sites around the world. HCJB's broadcast from Mt. Pichincha, near Quito , can still be heard on 6 050 kHz with Spanish and indigenous languages of Ecuador. The double dipole (CT2/1/0.3) antenna

1364-647: The impact Rader's radio ministry had made, Jones felt called to establish missionary radio in Latin America. As a result, Jones traveled to Venezuela, Colombia, Panama and Cuba on a seven-week trip in 1928 looking for a suitable location for his envisioned radio station, but was unable to obtain the necessary government permits. Back in Chicago nearly two years later, Jones met Christian & Missionary Alliance (CMA) missionaries from Ecuador Reuben and Grace Larson, John and Ruth Clark, and Paul and Bernice Young. These missionaries encouraged Jones to consider Ecuador as

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1408-509: The most popular HCJB-produced programs over the years have been "Morning in the Mountains," "Musica del Ecuador", "Musical Mailbag," "Happiness Is" and "DX-Partyline." "DX-Partyline" was hosted from its inception by HCJB missionary Clayton Howard and his wife, Helen. The program was heard for more than 40 years, twice a week, and included the reading of letters from shortwave listeners around the world as well as DX and reception reports sent to

1452-420: The next 40 years. An administration building took years to complete, but when the building was dedicated there was no mortgage and only $ 50,000 left to pay. Since 2012, MBI has received federal financial assistance, which means the religious institution is subject to federal rules, including Title IX , which prohibits sex-based discrimination . After several female students complained of being denied access to

1496-412: The non-profit corporation's first president. The corporation's first officers were Adam Welty as treasurer, Ruth Churchill, secretary, and Lance Latham and his wife, Virginia, along with Howard Jones and Reuben Larson serving on the board of directors. HCJB's first broadcast on Christmas Day, 1931 had the potential of being heard by the six radio receivers capable of receiving the program and existing in

1540-533: The place to start his missionary radio station. As the first step in fulfilling his vision, Jones needed to obtain a contract of approval from the Ecuadorian government for setting up the radio station. Reuben Larson and D. Stuart Clark, along with Ecuadorian lawyer Luís Calisto, worked to procure the initial contract. On August 15, 1930, the Ecuadorian Congress approved a bill which granted Jones

1584-416: The pre-Inca languages of Ecuador. A standardized language, with a unified orthography ( Kichwa Unificado , Shukyachiska Kichwa ), has been developed. It is similar to Chimborazo but lacks some of the phonological peculiarities of that dialect. The earliest grammatical description of Kichwa was written in the 17th century by Jesuit priest Hernando de Alcocer. According to linguist Arturo Muyulema,

1628-660: The sale of 8.1 acres would be earmarked for campus improvements, scholarships , endowment, and financial reserves. The "North Union" project was approved by the Chicago Plan Commission in July 2021 and by the Chicago City Council in October 2022. MBI's stated mission is to train students for full-time ministry in churches and parachurch organizations. Since 1989, it has been accredited by

1672-527: The station had aired programming in 14 languages including live programs in Czech, Dutch, French and German. Programs in languages such as Arabic, Italian and Hebrew were recorded elsewhere and sent to Quito on large acetate coated aluminium transcription discs. By 1967, live programming would be added in Portuguese and Japanese. Following the first years of HCJB's broadcasts on 50.26 meters (5.986 MHz),

1716-596: The station's first year of broadcasting, staff members produced the HCJB's own original radio programming. HCJB's original programming has ranged from programs completely in Quichua (the primary language of the people of the Andes ), Andean-music programs, Christian music programming, talk and mail-reading programs featuring mail received from listeners around the world, Bible study and teaching programs, and programming featuring information about shortwave radio listening. Some of

1760-635: The station. "DX-Partyline" also included shortwave radio listening tips, information on antennas, and equipment reviews. Programs not produced by HCJB were also broadcast from the Quito station. Typically of a religious nature, some of the non-HCJB produced programs broadcast from the station were the Pacific Garden Mission's " Unshackled! ", the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's Hour of Decision ,

1804-558: The stations' agreed upon purpose. The result was H eralding C hrist J esus' B lessings. In Spanish (one of the original broadcast languages of the South American station) the call letters represent H oy C risto J esús B endice. Jones incorporated the World Radio Missionary Fellowship, Inc. (WRMF) on March 9, 1931, as a non-profit entity and overseeing organization over HCJB. Jones was also

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1848-431: The then-male-only pastoral ministry program, the institute changed its policy in 2016. However, communications instructor Janay Garrick, who helped the students file Title IX complaints, found that her employment contract would not be renewed at the end of 2017. MBI argued that her "views on gender equity (which the college was aware of when she was hired) made her incompatible with the school." As of March 2024, Garrick

1892-516: Was dismantled to make way for the city of Quito's new airport . According to HCJB Global President Wayne Pederson, the change was made because HCJB Global's focus is now on “radio planting” – assisting local Christian ministries in beginning implementing their own Christian radio ministry. Worldwide, more than 350 local stations have been assisted in this type of endeavor, including nearly 60 stations in Latin America alone. Although

1936-766: Was renamed again, to Moody Bible Institute Monthly , then Moody Monthly . Moody ceased publication in 2003. In 1926, the Institute expanded its reach beyond education and publishing by sponsoring the first non-commercial Christian radio station in America, WMBI-AM (now WXES ). Over time, MBI's radio outreach grew to the Moody Broadcasting Network, which now owns and operates 36 commercial-free stations and provides programming via satellite to more than 700 outlets. Quichua Kichwa ( Kichwa shimi , Runashimi , also Spanish Quichua )

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