Volume LXXXI, No. 3 • 3rd Trimester 2017 2017 Hester Lecture

From Student to Teacher: How A Baptist Education Prepared Two Women for Academic Leadership

IABCU Elects New Board Members and Officers

New Presidents at Baylor and Baptist University of the Americas

Two IABCU Veterans Transition Out of President’s Role Contents IABCU ELECTS NEW 2New Board Members and Officers 3Better Together BOARD MEMBERS 4From Student to Teacher 6Two New Member Schools AND OFFICERS 7Fuel Credits

8Hester Lecture t its June, 2017, meeting the Additionally, the membership 16 Legal Notes Amembership of the elected three new board members International Association of and renewed the term of one 18 Convert or Not Convert Baptist Colleges and Universities member. Dr. Rick Brewer, presi- 20 Baylor’s New President elected a new slate of officers. Dr. dent of Louisiana College, was Barbara McMillin, president of elected to the board, as was Dr. 21 BUS’s New President Blue Mountain College and cur- Anthony Allen, president of 22 Hunter and Lacey rent IABCU vice-chair was elected Hannibal-LaGrange University. As president, succeeding the term of stated above, Dr. Mike Hardin, 23 Williams Baptist, Valentine Chair, provost of Samford University, Loans Dr. Dub Oliver. Dr. Ron Ellis, president of California Baptist was elected to the board and will Vol. LXXXI, No. 3 University, was elected vice-chair. fill the recording secretary role. 3rd Trimester 2017 Dr. Don Dowless, president of The membership renewed the Publisher: Barbara McMillin, Shorter University, was re-elected term of Dr. Scott Bullard, vice President and Board Chair, IABCU to serve a second term as treasur- president and academic dean at Managing Editor Ashley Hill, er. Dr. Mike Hardin, provost of Judson College. Each of these Executive Secretary, IABCU The Baptist Educator (ISSN 0038-3848) is a Samford University, was elected men will serve a four-year term, news magazine published three times a year to fill the role of recording secre- with their terms expiring in June for administrators, faculty, staff, trustees and of 2021. friends of member schools by the tary. International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU) Samford University P. O. B ox 2 9 3 9 3 5 Birmingham, AL 35229 Send news items to: Executive Secretary The Baptist Educator (L to R) Dr. Barbara McMillin, Dr. Ron Ellis, Dr. Don Dowless, and Dr. Mike Hardin E-mail: [email protected] IABCU Samford University P. O. Box 293935 Birmingham, AL 35229 Phone: (205)-726-2036 An annual subscription to The Baptist Educator is $10.00 for one printed and two digital issues. “Legal Notes” is designed to provide accurate and authoritative information on legal issues fac- ing Baptist-related higher education. It is provid- ed with the understanding that the publisher and editors are not engaged in rendering legal coun- sel. “Legal Notes” is not intended as a substitute for the services of a legal professional. If your Dr. Rick Brewer Dr. Anthony Allen institution needs legal counsel, a competent attorney should be consulted.

2 The Baptist Educator Comment From The President: BETTER TOGETHER Dr. Barbara McMillin IABCU President and Board Chair and President, Blue Mountain College

Greetings! Be it known to all who enter here that

I hope that each IABCU campus has experienced a fall semester Christ graced with unity and affirmed by growth. As the newly elected IABCU president, I am humbled by the opportunity to represent is the reason for this College. our 44 member institutions, including our newest members: the University of Mobile and New Orleans Baptist Theological He is the unseen but ever present teacher in its classes. Seminary. I look forward to working with each of you to fulfill the IABCU mission of stimulating and supporting a quest for He is the model for its faculty and the inspiration of its students. high-quality Christian higher education within the context of our During my visit Dr. Cook also gifted me with a copy of Mark Baptist history, heritage and relationships. Batterson’s Draw the Circle: A 40-Day Prayer Challenge, noting IABCU membership affords each of us a host of “perks,” including that administrators, faculty, and staff at DBU had taken this chal- access to the resources featured on the IABCU website and the lenge on together, resulting in a new expectation to witness what opportunity to participate in a network of professionals dedicated only God can do. Thanks to a “divine appointment” with an to the cause of Christian higher education. For me, the most IABCU colleague, the Blue Mountain College community has valuable perk occurs as we gather to be challenged, encouraged, formed this same expectation—and we are experiencing daily and equipped at our annual meeting. Invariably, I leave this gath- blessings that can only be attributed to our great God! ering with a renewed sense of our collective mission and with my So, as we enter the season of thanksgiving and reflection, I am quiver full of fresh ideas for underscoring and advancing the thankful for the vision that led to the formation of the IABCU, for Christ-centered mission of Blue Mountain College. The 2017 the resources and support that this organization provides, for the meeting, held at the historic and beautiful Peabody Hotel in commitment of our member institutions to their God-honoring downtown Memphis, was no exception. missions, for the men and women who model Christ as servant As the 2017 Hester Lecturer, Dr. Russell Moore, president of the leaders and mentors, for the opportunities to fellowship with and Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist learn from one another, for the generous spirit of IABCU col- Convention, challenged us to consider how Baptists in the 21st leagues willing to share of their time and wisdom, and for the century must prepare to address the issue of loneliness in an era divine appointments that afford us the privilege and blessing of of a loss of community. To call lonely people “out of a herd men- pursuing Kingdom work together. tality” and toward a “personal, individual relationship with God,” we must demonstrate our confidence in the gospel, in the author- ity of scripture, and in the church to speak to the lonely in a way that can “change and transform human hearts.” The full tran- script of Dr. Moore’s lecture is featured in this edition of The Baptist Educator.

A highlight for me of the 2017 meeting was the session led by Dr. Bob Agee and by Dr. Gary Cook. Both of these great leaders instilled in me a heightened respect for the history, purpose, and influence of our organization. More importantly, their comments sparked in me a curiosity for learning more about how our respective institutions remain unwaveringly faithful to their mis- sion and to our denomination in a time when challenges to such a commitment abound. Their passion for the unapologetic pur- suit of Christian higher education led me into an extended con- versation with Dr. Cook and ultimately to a visit to Dallas Baptist University. While there I was inspired by the university’s commit- ment to its mission, a commitment conveyed visually through Christian art and symbols gracing the halls and grounds of their beautiful campus. So inspired was I that a version of this state- ment, found displayed throughout the DBU campus, now appears in the hallways of Blue Mountain College: Barbara McMillin

2nd Trimester 2017 3 From Student to Teacher: How a Baptist Education Prepared Two Women for Academic Leadership Nurtured and challenged through pleted her undergraduate studies How would you describe your their experiences in Baptist col- at Southwest Baptist University leges and universities and the and earned her MDiv from experience as an undergraduate Baptist College and University Baylor’s Truett Seminary. Upon student at a Baptist university? (BCU) Scholars program, Kim finishing her PhD in religion at Bodenhamer and Stephanie Peek Baylor in May 2018, she will join Peek: [When I was applying for are now equipped and eager to the faculty of Judson College as college,] I applied to a lot of Ivy begin their academic careers in the department head of the League schools with high Baptist higher education. Department of Religion. research focus. A friend of mine went to a small Baptist school in Bodenhamer earned her BA in Bodenhamer and Peek share a Missouri, Southwest Baptist biblical studies from Hardin- glimpse into their experiences in University, and I fell in love with Simmons University before com- Baptist higher education and how it. It felt like home. The people pleting her MTS at Duke the people they engaged with and were caring, kind, and cared University. This fall, she began the opportunities they participat- about me as a person – and not her role as assistant professor of ed in have prepared them for just academic life but my life of Christian studies at the University their well-earned teaching faith. of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Peek com- appointments:

4 The Baptist Educator Bodenhamer: I had such a posi- whole being, which includes our time as a BCU Scholar that tive experience as an undergrad- intellect. I was inspired to pur- uate at a Baptist university, sue my education so that I might helped to shape you or point you Hardin-Simmons University. join in the work of guiding stu- toward your current career While the institution itself, the dents through the difficult ter- path? size, the environment, and the rain of life as their faith is life-long friends I made all con- stretched and challenged during Peek: It wasn’t any one moment; tributed to that positive experi- an undergraduate education. it was a bunch of small moments ence, life inside and outside of that add up to a moment when the classroom impressed upon How did being a part of the you realize where you belong. [It me the importance of invested BCU Scholars program at Baylor was] wonderful faculty at under- faculty who care about the whole grad who challenged me to think student. prepare you for your future beyond what I knew my brain career? was capable of, in Seminary Based on your experiences at where they pushed me to think Baptist universities, how have Peek: It has been a wonderful outside of the box of what min- experience. Everyone has been so istry looks like and how it works, you seen faith and academics supportive, especially the and then getting into my PhD intersect and how has this Graduate School. Dean Scales work. My advisor said that min- informed your own view of and Dr. Driskell were wonderful istry is about building you up so mentors. Professors have been you can go build someone up, Christian education? challenging but always with my and that for me was a moment best interest at heart – that was when I realized that faculty are Peek: The thing about Christian quite clear. It’s been a time of education that drew me in is that conscious about what they are growth and development. The doing here [at Baylor]… My they weren’t just concerned Graduate School has taken time about my mind. They were con- experience within Baptist higher and interest in me to teach me education has showed me that cerned with life, social world, my field of study as well as the faith, and finding a way to put we care about building up suc- teaching and skills that will be cessful people. my whole person together and helpful to me as an administra- developing community… It was tor. Bodenhamer: One of the most sort of a growing conviction for meaningful experiences that the me that education should be a Bodenhamer: The BCU Scholars BCU Scholars program afforded place where we do more than program allowed me to partici- me was the opportunity to par- develop our minds. Baptist edu- pate in conversations about faith ticipate in a faculty retreat on cation gives you the freedom of and learning throughout my faith and learning. I incorporate academic inquiry, but we also graduate education. As an educa- one of the many pedagogical want you to develop your faith tor, I have taken those conversa- activities that we learned about and understand how these two tions into the classroom. I have a during the breakout sessions in things function together, regard- shelf full of books that the BCU almost every class session. I am less of your field. Scholars program provided on grateful for my alma mater that calling, vocation, the academic Bodenhamer: When others sponsored me through the BCU life and the life of faith, and Scholars program and to Baylor wanted to draw hard lines Baptists in higher education that between intellect and spirituality for facilitating this program. The have shaped my approach in the BCU Scholars program has set – or only embrace an emotional classroom. component of religious life – the me up for success as an educa- faculty at Hardin-Simmons Can you think of a particularly tor, and I am looking forward to demonstrated for me that we are continuing my involvement in called to love God with our pivotal moment during your Baptist higher education.

2nd Trimester 2017 5 IABCU ADMITS TWO INSTITUTIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP University of Mobile is affiliated with the Alabama Baptist State At its 2017 Annual Meeting in Convention and is located 10 miles north of Mobile, Alabama on a cam- Memphis, Tennessee, members pus of over 880 acres.Core values are: Christ-Centered, Academically- of the IABCU admitted two Focused, Student-Devoted and Distinctively-Driven. The university institutions for membership in offers on-campus and online bachelor’s and master’s degree programs the Association. New Orleans in over 40 areas of study. The president of University of Mobile is Dr. Baptist Theological Seminary Tim Smith. and University of Mobile were unanimously approved by both the IABCU’s Board of Directors and the general membership.

The addition of these institu- tions brings the total number of member schools to 44, which represents 16 states, Japan and Ghana.

To qualify for membership, institutions must be a post- secondary institution of Christian higher education accredited by a recognized accrediting agency, have status as a non-profit organization, have an affiliation with or be New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary was the first institution cre- in cooperation with a Baptist ated by an act of the Southern Baptist Convention. Established in 1917, association or convention, NOBTS has 13 graduate centers in 5 states, 11 undergraduate centers identify itself as a Baptist insti- in 5 states, and 13 on-campus research centers. It has over 3700 stu- tution, and be committed to dents. Leavell College is the undergraduate college of NOBTS. The principles historically held by president of NOBTS is Dr. Charles Kelley. Baptists. Founded in 1961,

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2nd Trimester 2017 7 Dr. Russell Moore Brings 2017 Hester Lecture on Loneliness and the Christian Community

The 2017 Hester Lecture was deliv- surrounded himself with some man with an unclean spirit. He ered by Dr. Russell Moore, presi- great folks at the ERLC, and he lived among the tombs. And no dent of the Ethics and Religious has navigated some tough issues of one could bind him anymore, not Liberty Commission of the our day. He has, with great humil- even with a chain, for he had often Southern Baptist Convention. This ity, even said, “I was wrong.” That been bound with shackles and portion of the lecture was delivered is a great example for us in leader- chains, but he wrenched the on June 5, 2017, at the Peabody ship. chains apart, and he broke the Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, dur- shackles in pieces. No one had the ing the IABCU’s Annual Meeting. I’m grateful for his gospel-centered strength to subdue him. Night and witness in the issues of our day. day among the tombs and on the Introduction by Dr. Dub Oliver: It That is so important. mountains he was always crying is my pleasure to introduce our out and cutting himself with Most of all, I’m grateful that he 2017 Hester lecturer, Dr. Russell stones. And when he saw Jesus constantly reminds us that we Moore, who serves as the president from afar, he ran and fell down serve a risen Savior and that, of the Ethics and Religious Liberty before him. And crying out with a Commission of the Southern therefore, we can have great joy in Baptist Convention. There are so our lives. Please help me many reasons we are grateful for welcome Dr. Russell Russell Moore. I think of these few: Moore. We are grateful for Russell as a Dr. Moore: Good morn- husband and father. He and Maria ing. It is a great honor to have been married a little over 23 be here with all of you years, and they have five boys – today. I look forward to Benjamin, Timothy, Samuel, visiting more with you Jonah, and Taylor. Russell, it is a over lunch and later this pleasure to see you living life as a afternoon. father and husband. I’d like for us to begin We are also grateful that he is a this morning reading a clear voice for Southern Baptists very familiar passage of and for the larger Evangelical scripture in Mark 5. Let’s world. It strikes me that he is just start reading at verse 1 as comfortable on CNN and in the and continue to verse 20. pages of the Wall Street Journal and on Face the Nation as he is “They came to the other visiting across the table with a side of the sea, to the small group of pastors or educa- country of the Gerasenes. tional leaders. And when Jesus had stepped out of the boat, I’m grateful that he is a strong and immediately there met capable leader. He certainly has him out of the tombs a

8 The Baptist Educator loud voice, he said, “What have life, but some of you will probably ly the core of our church. It’s our you to do with me, Jesus, Son of remember something called deacons and our Sunday schools the Most High God? I adjure you “Training Union.” It became teachers, and everybody within the by God, do not torment me.” For “Discipleship Training” a little later leadership structure of our congre- he was saying to him, “Come out on, but if you’re not familiar with gation.” of the man, you unclean spirit!” it, it was basically a Sunday school And Jesus asked him, “What is at night, except it dealt with It wasn’t until we had talked for your name?” He replied, “My name Baptist distinctives rather than several minutes that I realized she is Legion, for we are many.” And exposition straight through the didn’t have the same definition of he begged him earnestly not to Bible. My first church was a church D.T. as I did. And I found myself send them out of the country. Now that assumed a Baptist identity, if apologizing and letting her know a great herd of pigs was feeding not an ecclesial Baptist identity, that the leadership of our church there on the hillside, and they then certainly a cultural Baptist wasn’t actually in a de-tox pro- begged him, saying, “Send us to identity. That even showed up in gram, at least not what she the pigs; let us enter them.” So he the “stuff” that we had in the con- thought. gave them permission. And the gregation, such as the bulletin. The But the more I thought about it, unclean spirits came out and bulletin would say on the front, the more I actually felt guilty about entered the pigs; and the herd, apologizing to her about that numbering about two thousand, “S. S. 9:45 a.m. because in reality, many of the rushed down the steep bank into Worship 11:00 a.m. leaders of our congregation actual- the sea and drowned in the sea. ly were in de-tox. Many of them D. T. 6:00 p.m. “The herdsmen fled and told it in were recovering alcoholics. Many of them were people who had a the city and in the country. And Evening Worship 7:00 p.m.” people came to see what it was background in substance abuse. that had happened. And they came We just assumed that everyone And the message that I was unin- to Jesus and saw the demon-pos- would know that S.S. stood for tentionally sending to her was that sessed man, the one who had had Sunday School and everyone would the leadership of our church isn’t the legion, sitting there, clothed know that D.T. was Discipleship grappling with any of the issues and in his right mind, and they Training. But we had a woman who that the outside world is. It was as were afraid. And those who had arrived in our community from if I was saying that what we seen it described to them what had New Hampshire. And she saw the brought to the world was our happened to the demon-possessed letters D. T. and assumed this morality, our put-together-ness, man and to the pigs. And they meant “de-tox” and that this was rather than saying we might have a began to beg Jesus to depart from some sort of recovery program for misunderstanding about what D.T. their region. As he was getting into alcoholics and drug addicts. She means, but Discipleship Training is the boat, the man who had been came to me and said that she was actually a sort of de-tox, in that it possessed with demons begged him really excited and curious about detoxifies us from all of the things that he might be with him. And he D.T. I was the associate pastor that previously held us together. did not permit him but said to there, and I was thrilled that any- I think about that conversation him, “Go home to your friends and body was excited about Discipleship often because in actually being tell them how much the Lord has Training. She said she was really with people who are in recovery done for you, and how he has had interested and wanted to know how from substance abuse, one of the mercy on you.” And he went away many people we had come to D.T. I things I’ve found working with a and began to proclaim in the said, “About 150.” group of homeless people, most of Decapolis how much Jesus had whom are still in the throes of done for him, and everyone mar- She said, “That is really incredible. alcoholism, is that when we would veled.” Do the people who come to D.T. stay and go to the worship ser- have them together for preaching I don’t know how many of you have vice?” or a worship service in Louisville, been in Baptist churches all of your Kentucky, and we asked them what I said, “Well, of course. That’s real- they wanted us to sing, I was sur-

2nd Trimester 2017 9 prised that OFTEN, they would American culture. again, and the freedom of a regen- request Tom T. Hall’s “Me and erate church, a church that is Jesus.” It was a song that up until Richard Mouw, the former presi- made up of believers. That is some- that point, I had used as an illus- dent of Fuller Seminary, talks thing that is going to be very diffi- tration of hyper-individualism, the about the various denominations as cult to maintain in a culture like idea of me and Jesus have our own being the equivalent of monastic ours. It is going to be very difficult thing going and we don’t need any- orders. He says if you think of the to raise up and disciple and train body to tell us what it’s all about. different monastic orders within the leaders of the next generation This was sort of a country music the Catholic church, they’re all in a culture like this when the pull version of “I Come to the Garden emphasizing something. So the toward being absorbed into the Alone.” It was my thinking that Franciscans are taking a vow to community or the pull toward a this was an idea of American atom- emphasize poverty. The hyper-individualism will be perpet- ization and American individual- Benedictines are taking a vow to ually in front of us. We will talk ism. But listening to about how those things these people, the more I So if the bridge between their world are going to work out in realized that the reason terms of education and they identified with “Me and the church was a bridge of culture discipleship. and Jesus” was not pri- and morality and standing in the marily that they were But the main thing I seeking individualism, world, they couldn’t get there. But if want us to see, first of it is primarily because all, is that this isn’t they wanted to see that the bridge was an altar made out of a unusual. The pull there was something in stump, as the song says, if the bridge between the individual the Gospel that could and the community has apply to them. And was Jesus Himself personally inviting always been with us when they saw the and welcoming them, they could get from the very beginning Christian community, of the church and they saw a people with there. before, and we see that whom they had very lit- pull in the text that we tle in common. So if the bridge emphasize liturgy and worship and read at the beginning of this talk. between their world and the order. All of these monastic orders When Jesus encounters the man church was a bridge of culture and are taking vows to carry forward among the Gerasenes, what is hap- morality and standing in the world, something. pening? You have someone who is they couldn’t get there. But if the Mouw says the various denomina- isolated from the rest of the com- bridge was an altar made out of a tions are very similar. So the munity. He is among the tombs. stump, as the song says, if the Lutherans have taken a vow to He is among the dead. He does not bridge was Jesus Himself personal- emphasize justification through have standing among the living. He ly inviting and welcoming them, faith alone. And the Presbyterians also is someone who is naked, they could get there. have taken a vow to emphasize the someone bearing shame, He is I think that this is critically impor- sovereignty of God and confession- clearly marked off from the rest of tant for us to think about as we are al integrity. And the Methodists the community. And yet, he is leading institutions of higher edu- have taken a vow to emphasize per- someone who is absorbed into a cation into a very chaotic time in sonal holiness and a walk with mass. He is absorbed into a mass of 21st century American culture. Christ. And the Pentecostals have many voices. When Jesus asks the This tension between individualism taken a vow to emphasize the work question, What is your name?” the and community is one that is of the Holy Spirit and the gifts and answer is , “I have no name always pulling us in various direc- filling of the Holy Spirit. And the because we are legion. We are tions, at every time, in every cul- Baptists, in that rendering, have many.” The individual is lost. When ture. But I think it is especially taken a vow to emphasize personal Jesus brings this man back to him- weighing on us right now in regeneration, you must be born self, that language of coming back

10 The Baptist Educator to his right mind or being found spectrum of American culture. gies become more and more hard- personally, that’s the challenge that How do you, in a hyper-technologi- wired neurologically into the we are going to face. cal age, address the cry of alien- human person? What happens ation and loneliness? when the connectedness that your On the one hand, we are going to future students will feel with the face the challenge as Baptists in That’s going to increase. One of the world isn’t something that seems the 21st century, of speaking to things that keeps me up at night is to be happening in their pockets or loneliness in an era of a loss of the fact that I realize that probably on their wrists, but something that community. The challenge is seems to be happening within going to be providing commu- How do you knit students their very own minds? nity in this kind of a lonely era. That’s one of the things together and how do you How do you speak to a group of that many of you are working knit students with faculty people that are so connected at on right now in your various that point that they are lonely, campuses. How do you get the and how do you knit faculties longing for genuine and real students who come onto your together when people are community? And, frankly, campus not to see themselves many of the thorny culture war as consumers of a product, connected more and more issues that we deal with right that you are not simply down- now have everything to do with loading information to them through means that are not that. and providing services to flesh and blood and are not them, but you are providing I was speaking to a high school for the sort of community that face­to­face? social worker in an urban area will actually give them an in the US about the transgen- ongoing community as well as an the most dangerous cultural trends der question. On a typical day, I am education? So that the students and questions facing the church asked by youth pastors, by campus who go out are permanently, in a are not the issues being debated on ministers, by people who are work- very real way, part of the Union Facebook at any particular point. ing with the next generation, the University community or the They are probably the questions same question over and over again Oklahoma Baptist University com- that are not being asked at all – what do you do when you munity or the University of Mobile when it comes to the use of tech- encounter someone who is, say, community. They are part of some- nology and what the use of tech- coming to a Wednesday night Bible thing bigger than themselves with nology means to people who don’t study, they are not a Christian yet, which they can identify. have a grounding of what it means and they are biologically male but to be human in the first place. identifies as female? When that That is an ongoing challenge, espe- person says to you, “I want to be cially as technology continues to That’s especially true when we see addressed with female pronouns, change education and change edu- technology being more and more and I want to be called by my name cational delivery systems. How do integrated into the human person as a women?” How do you respond you knit students together and how where the distance between the to that without giving either the do you knit students with faculty person and the machine is more cultural affirmation, within the and how do you knit faculties and more confused going into the culture of that Bible study or cam- together when people are connect- future. What happens when you pus ministry or classroom, that ed more and more through means have people who right now are you accept a gender ideology that that are not flesh and blood and are connected in terms of social media separates the self from the body not face-to-face? Those sorts of and the cloud, but they are still and eviscerates biblical categories challenges that you’re grappling connected by devices outside of of male and female? Or without with right now, really aren’t unique them? They are close to the devices giving the message that in order to to higher education. That’s the very – their phones and Apple watches – even hear the message of the same conversation that is going on, but they are still outside of them? gospel of Jesus Christ you have to or needs to be going on, across the What happens when the technolo- get yourself worked out and

2nd Trimester 2017 11 straightened up? That is a very real that means redefining power. that conversation because people question. do not see and recognize the way The questions that we have right that religious communities see and As I was talking to this social work- now of religious liberty, for function in civil society as it er about the transgender question, instance, and that you are going to applies to conviction. They do not she said that in her experience increasingly face on your campus- see it. They do not recognize it. most of the students who are es, are ultimately questions of They do not know it. involved in questions of transgen- power. And they are questions of der identity actually don’t seem to power that are filling a void of a If we are going to address the cul- be embracing a kind of American lack of substantive and visible com- ture that is coming toward us, it individualism that says, “I want to munities within civil society that will have to be by creating stable, be my own person. I want to high- are religiously-affiliated and -iden- functioning, counter-cultural com- light my distinctiveness in munities within church- this way.” Most of them, We cannot have communities es that are able to shape instead, are kids who have and to form consciences been bullied, marginalized, without authority without actually for the next generation. and kids who are looking for Which means that we a community to which to having an illusion of community must have an evangeli- belong. A transgender com- that doesn’t ultimately hold. calism that is not simply munity of people who under- old, angry white guys stand that sort of alienation from tified. So that when I am talking to that are united together by whatev- one’s feeling of gender and is able the typical person who is on the er it is they are scared of. We must to receive you and welcome you in. other side of us from the religious have an evangelicalism that actual- That’s not at all unusual. It’s liberty questions, usually I am not ly reflects the body of Christ on unusual in terms of the cultural talking to someone who wants to earth as it is in heaven. An evangel- manifestation right now, but it’s destroy Christian universities and icalism that insists on resisting the not an unusual longing and it is Christian colleges and Christian multi-ethnic nature of the church, not an unusual pull of an answer. communities and Christian an evangelicalism that insists on churches. I am usually talking to resisting multi-generational con- We are living in a time where what someone who doesn’t understand nectedness within the church is people think they want is commu- at all what it means to have a reli- going to be an evangelicalism that nity without authority. And there giously-formed conscience. And so participates in the experiment of its simply is no such thing, as Robert the person typically has an under- own undoing. Nisbet warned us about in the mid- standing that the sorts of convic- dle of the 20th century in The tions that evangelical Christians That doesn’t mean that the church Quest for Community. We cannot have about human sexuality are will die. Jesus promised in have communities without authori- simply aspects of cultural prejudice Caesarea Philippi that the church ty without actually having an illu- that has Bible verses attached to will march forward against the sion of community that doesn’t them. And that ultimately, if you gates of hell, but Jesus never made ultimately hold. You just have col- apply enough power, and if you such a promise of the institutions lections of individuals coming apply enough pressure, then those of North American evangelicalism. together. As Nisbet said, when that communities are going to get a lit- Jesus verily easily can build His is lost and when you have commu- tle bit quicker to where they were church through missionaries from nities without authority, then what going anyway – toward a re-defini- South Korea and from Nigeria to replaces the community without tion of Christian human sexuality the formerly Christianized places of authority is always ultimately the and gender ideology. And so when the United States of America. Jesus state. The state is what I have to you attempt to say, “But they can’t could easily build His North identify with and the state is what do that given the authority of the American church off of immigrant has to give meaning. The state has Biblical text and remain in conti- communities where the Spirit is to give identity. The state has to nuity with the Christian tradition,” alive and moving right now, but maintain every aspect of order, and there is not even an ability to have not through the institutions of the

12 The Baptist Educator old evangelicalism. He must have whom one can persuade, one can the church, and it is a question the sorts of communities, vibrant change under the right circum- that ought to especially have an church communities, that are able stances. It is easy in a hyper-mar- answer from Baptists. The very to point to the multi-ethnic nature keted, hyper-consumeristic foundation of a Baptist theology of the church. That are able to American society to see my “we” and a Baptist ecclesiology is the point to the reconciling power of with whom I identify as being sim- understanding that Jesus is build- the Gospel and that are able to ply the people who share the same ing the church out of living stones. connect generations. That the church is made up Jesus promised in Caesarea Philippi of people who share a com- One of the reasons that mon confession. The church we have such loneliness that the church will march forward is a manifestation, not of a in the culture on the against the gates of hell, but Jesus state, not of a culture, but of outside, is that we simply the kingdom to come. When do not have a strong and never made such a promise of the that is lost, when we simply viable connection of gen- institutions of North American are another church estab- erations. People are not lished by another culture in an agrarian context, evangelicalism. rather than by a state, we are where children are grow- not going to be the people ing up next door to their grandpar- generational boundaries as myself. who can answer with a meaningful ents, where children are growing That is a recipe for loneliness. That understanding of community to up knowing all of their cousins. is a recipe for alienation. The the lonely and atomized world on Instead, we are living in a hyper- church right not does not have a the outside. mobile American culture and good answer to that when it’s not American society where often gen- simply that the church is divided This is critically important for the erations do not know one another up in terms of service by age, but very reason someone mentioned a at all, and the sense of identity one churches themselves are often few minutes before I came to this has is the sense of identity that is defined generationally, where mil- podium, talking about doing evan- with a generation in the abstract lenials and senior adults have no gelism on campuses when you have not with real people, and certainly connection with one another, or if so many people who assume that not with people who are discipling they do, it is the kind of connec- evangelical Christianity is simply a and mentoring the next genera- tion that is peripheral or superfi- political movement. That is a dan- tion. cial. ger staring at us right now from the culture around us that actually There is a reason why, when your In Christian higher education, I’m is about a deeper and more impor- late night television program is certain that many of you are find- tant set of questions. And it’s a set looking at its ratings, the execu- ing the same thing I’m finding of questions I identify with as a for- tives at the network don’t really when it comes to millenials. They mer 15 year old who found myself care about who is actually getting do not typically carry with them all in the throes of a spiritual crisis more viewers than someone else. of the stereotypes that people have when I looked around and saw a What they care about is who is get- put forward about them. They real- Bible Belt culture around me, often ting the 18-34 year-old demograph- ly are not the types of people who of nominal belief, often of people ic, because they know the 65 are saying, “I don’t want to have who were using the church as a year-old person already has decided instruction. I don’t want to have means to an end in order to be what kind of toothpaste she is connection with the older genera- “good people”, in order to function going to use. She has already tions.” The biggest question that I in the culture we had, and I won- decided what sort of soap she is get from millennial college stu- dered, “Could it be that going to use, and that is not dents, graduate students, and semi- Christianity is simply a way of per- changing, apart from really nary students is, “How do I find a petuating a culture or a way of extraordinary situations. But the mentor? How do I go up and ask maintaining power, just with Jesus 18-34 year-old demographic is one someone to invest in my life?” That on top as a hood ornament?” to whom a company can market, is going to be a crucial question for

2nd Trimester 2017 13 Thankfully, I’d read C.S. Lewis’ tion. That will lead to tumult, and attempting to do is not to persuade Narnia series when I was a child, so it is a tumult that is worth it. you. I’m attempting instead to sig- when I saw that name on the spine nal, “This is who I am?” “I’m on of a book called Mere Christianity, I The New Testament is tumultuous, this team.” “These are my people, was curious enough to pull it out and it is tumultuous because the and those are not my people.” and read it and listen to gospel refused to simply categorize That’s a very Darwinian view somebody who wasn’t We, particularly as Baptist of the world. trying to sell me any- thing, but someone Christians, are the people who We, particularly as Baptist who it seemed was Christians, are the people speaking directly to me understand that we are to build who understand that we are with a message, that community, but we are not to to build community, but we didn’t really care are not to build the mob. We whether I was offended build the mob. are people who have an by what he said as long alternative to tribalism, as I actually heard what he said. In Jewish Christianity over here and which we have seen repeatedly in that, I was able to hear something Gentile Christianity over here, but our tradition. When Roger older and deeper and richer and instead saw the mission of the Williams walked out of his tribe, truer that what I had often seen church to be, in part, to demon- his colony, toward freedom of con- marketed as Christianity. That is strate that all of that had been science, he actually wasn’t walking going to be a huge issue for the done away with the mediation of toward an unbiblical individualism. future of the church, which is Jesus Christ. Roger Williams is connecting him- going to mean that if we do this self with what he sees and under- As we speak to the community, we correctly there will be even more stands (and I think he was right) in as Baptists have to be the people tumult. It is easy to maintain an a broader understanding and tribe who hold onto the importance of illusion of tranquility if you simply and people that prizes liberty of the personal. (I’m using the lan- have a culture that you are perpet- conscience and prizes the authen- guage of “personal’ rather than uating. It is much more difficult to ticity of personal faith. That is our “individual” given our context.) maintain that illusion of tranquility gift to the world. But it is important in the rush if you actually have new genera- toward community not to lose the So as we emphasize rightly confes- tions of people coming to faith in personal aspect. It is right at the sional integrity and biblical author- Christ, where people are bearing core and right at the heart of who ity, we must do so in a way that one another’s burdens in ways that we are. That’s especially true when doesn’t sacrifice Baptist distinctives are not culturally formed. So that we are living in a time of herd of priesthood of the believer, or we SEE the refugees from the sex- mentality, a herd mentality that is even soul competency, rightly ual revolution come into the often defined by that quest for defined. Or of separation of the church with a set of issues and community and of identity through civil sphere and the spiritual problems that a given church isn’t community where people are not, sphere. Or of the congregational accustomed to. We SEE the people for instance, using politics as a responsibility of the church to gov- who are coming out of the wreck- conversation about how we better ern itself under the reign and the age of substance abuse into cul- accomplish things for the common rule of Christ. That is easy to lose, tures of churches and Christian good. Or people are not discussing especially when you are living in a communities that aren’t accus- culture war arguments in order to post-denominational American cul- tomed to seeing and encountering persuade one another of various ture, especially when you are living those sorts of things. We have viewpoints, but instead people are in a time when you cannot count churches that are filled with peo- lining up and choosing cultural on people to be loyal to their ple, conscience-to-conscience, who and social and political issues, not denominational traditions simply are dealing with different questions really as issues, but as totems of a because they were born or reared when it comes to racial justice, tribe. When I argue with you or educated in those denomina- when it comes to criminal justice, across social media, what I’m tional traditions. when it comes to identity forma-

14 The Baptist Educator The answer will not be to simply Evangelism, and the personal things, presenting alternative assume those Baptist distinctives. nature of it, is important because viewpoints with such fairness and The answer will be to show how there is a hell. If there is no hell, clarity that the person on the those Baptist distinctives come cultural, nominal Christianity other side would be able to agree out of a New Testament under- works very well. If there is a hell, to that characterization, combined standing of the church and how there is nothing worse than cul- with a critique of that viewpoint those Baptist distinctives also tural, nominal Christianity that when necessary from a Baptist serve to bless and to edify and to sends people to judgment under Christian perspective, we will build up the larger body of Christ. the name of Jesus Christ. demonstrate to our students and That being Baptist is part of what to the next generation of our lead- it means for us to be mere But evangelism is also important ers that we actually have enough Christians. Being Baptist is part of because our understanding of a confidence to be kind. We have what it means for us to be ecu- gospel framework is what will be enough confidence in our gospel, menical, in the right sense of the necessary to be the sort of people we have enough confidence in the word. And as people who are who can live in a pluralistic soci- authority of scripture, we have emphasizing the personal, empha- ety with people who don’t agree enough confidence in the ongoing sizing that Romans 14 under- with us, or people who hate us, or march of the church not to carica- standing of bearing with one people who sometimes are seeking ture, not to lash out, not to bully, another’s consciences, emphasiz- to destroy our institutions. Why? but to speak with the sort of ing and understand that John 3 Because we cannot fall into that power that persuasively can actu- reality that people don’t come into understanding of us vs. them, if ally change and transform human the kingdom family-by-family or we are on mission to see the peo- hearts. That means speaking in tribe-by-tribe or country-by-coun- ple on the other side of whatever such a way that we call lonely peo- try, but they come into the king- cultural issue of the moment, as ple toward community and in dom person-by-person by new potentially our future brothers such a way that calls people out of birth. We actually are putting our- and sisters in Christ, as potentially a herd mentality toward personal, selves right in line, not only with the people who will lead our chil- individual relationship with God the theological traditions we’ve dren or grandchildren or great- and with one another. It means been handed, but also with the grandchildren to faith in Jesus taking that 1 Corinthians 12-14 great social movements that have Christ. If we understand and know understanding of a body with come out of those theological tra- that there are no natural-born many members and many mem- ditions. Abrahams, there are no natural- bers in one body, consistently born Augustines, there are no nat- emphasizing BOTH of those The Abolitionist Movement and ural-born Chuck Colsons or Billy things. That will be difficult to do the Civil Rights Movement both Grahams or C.S. Lewises, but when you are living in a culture were persuasive because they were instead there are people moving in like this one, but it has always speaking to the uniqueness and one direction who are spoken to been difficult. Part of the task that distinctiveness of the person as with a gospel handed down, with a we have in Baptist higher educa- created in the image of God. Spirit that can address them per- tion and in the larger mission of African-Americans and other sonally, even as Jesus does when the church is de-tox. It’s disciple- African slaves around the world he says to the man among the ship training, but a discipleship were not simply a category, but tombs exactly what God said to training that leads to a de-tox to each person bearing the image of the first man in the garden, what has enslaved us all around us God. If we lose that, we are going “Where are you?’ What is your that we don’t even see or recog- to lose something important. If we name? Who are you?” That under- nize. lose the personal and one-by-one standing can enable us to see nature of evangelism, we will find those who disagree with us not as that we do not have anything dis- our enemies, but as our mission tinctive to offer in Christian high- field. And in inculcating this in ❖❖❖ er education. Then we will simply the next generation of Christian have another form of tribalism. higher education by doing other

2nd Trimester 2017 15 Legal Notes by James D. Jordan Comforted by a Python - Seriously?

A client called recently to say that a student wanted to eral names. They may also be called emotional sup- bring her python to school as a comfort animal. Raise port, therapy, or companion animals. Keeping the your hand if five years ago you thought you’d be talk- characteristics of Service animals in mind, let’s com- ing to your lawyer about that question. pare.

Animals on campus are a hot topic in higher educa- Comfort animals do not have to be dogs - they can be tion, but there’s a lot of confusion and a tremendous any animal that meets the qualifying restrictions (see range of misunderstanding out there. On one extreme, below). Common comfort animals include cats, rab- some students think they are entitled to bring their pet bits, ferrets, turtles, and sugar gliders. to school (even if it isn’t a python). At the other end of the spectrum I’ve had administrators tell me they Comfort animals need not be trained to perform a spe- adopted the simple, if unlawful, policy of no animals in cific task. The purpose of a Comfort animal is to pro- the dorm. So, what are the rights of students and insti- vide comfort and reduce stress just by being with a tutions when it comes to animals on campus? (We’ll person who needs help staying calm or dealing with leave employees’ and visitors’ rights for another day.) anxieties.

Here are two key concepts: First, no student has a A Comfort animal, like a Service animal, is an accom- right to have an animal on campus unless the student modation for a student with a disability. Its purpose is has a disability. Second, the type of animal a student to help the student have full access to the institution’s can have and where the animal can go depend on the educational program. While a student with an obvious nature of the animal and the student’s disability. disability (e.g., blindness) may not need to document his disability, a student who requires a Comfort animal As my philosophy professor used to say, first let’s will almost always need to document that disability define our terms. An institution may be required to with medical evidence. Once the disability has been permit two separate categories of animals on campus: documented, the institution must engage in an interac- tive process with the student to determine an appropri- Service animals. The Department of Education says: ate accommodation. Comfort animals are widely “Service animal means any dog that is individually accepted as appropriate by courts, administrative agen- trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of cies, and other schools. an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental dis- Here are other fast facts about Service animals and ability.” Note three things: A Service animal must be a Comfort animals: dog; the dog must be trained (or in the process of being trained); and the dog must do work or perform • Service animals are generally allowed to go anywhere tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability. their owner goes, including classes and dining facilities Examples include providing navigation help for student (feeding dogs in dining facilities can be prohibited). with low vision or alerting a person with diabetes when Service animals can be kept out of places where the her blood sugar reaches high or low levels. animal may be in danger or create contamination (food prep areas, surgical facilities, swimming pools, chemi- Comfort animals. This category actually goes by sev- cal labs, machinery/equipment rooms, etc.)

16 The Baptist Educator • Comfort animals can generally be restricted to the medical doctor, psychologist, or other qualified diag- student’s dorm or apartment, except for reasonable nostician. The required documentation may include. . . exercise and toileting. a diagnosis of your current disability, as well as sup- porting information, such as the date of the diagnosis, • Both Service animals and Comfort animals must how that diagnosis was reached, and the credentials of serve a purpose which relates to the student’s disability. the diagnosing professional; information on how your disability affects a major life activity; and information • All animals must be maintained under the owner’s on how the disability affects your academic perfor- control at all times. This can include being kept in a mance. crate or cage when left alone in a dorm room or on a leash when out of the room (unless the leash will pre- Work with a qualified mental health professional to vent the Service animal from performing its task). establish appropriate standards for documenting an anxiety disorder. Notify students who inquire about an • All animals must be housebroken and refrain from accommodation what the school requires, or publish disturbing other students. Excessive barking or whin- the requirements in your handbook. Then assess stu- ing need not be tolerated. dents’ documentation on that basis. • All animals may be subject to reasonable safety rules, Every school should have a Service and Comfort ani- including leash laws, up-to-date vaccinations, regular mal policy, so work with your legal counsel to prepare veterinary care, etc. Some states ban the ownership of a policy that works for your school. Don’t forget to animals classified as dangerous or wild - such as check whether your state imposes more stringent pythons. requirements than federal law. • Animals - and their owners - may not be segregated to specific areas of student housing but must be allowed to remain in the general student population.

On occasions a school may be faced with “battling dis- abilities.” What do you do if one student needs a Service animal but her roommate is allergic to dogs, or has a phobia about them? There are no pat answers, but the school must work with both students and refrain from favoring one disability at the expense of another.

Most institutions will shoulder without complaint the additional burden of having animals on campus if it helps a student with a disability to be more successful. But, as is the way of the world, it did not take long for some to game and abuse the system. Internet sites have popped up which allow students to pay a fee and fill out a form (or hold a Skype session) in exchange for an instant disability diagnosis from someone with coun- seling credentials.

These narrowly disguised take-your-pet-to-school sites require thoughtful planning. The Department of Education gives each school some flexibility in setting its own reasonable standards for documenting a dis- ability: Jaime Jordan is a partner with the law firm Guenther, Jordan, and [Schools] may require you to provide documentation Price in Nashville, Tennessee. prepared by an appropriate professional, such as a

2nd Trimester 2017 17 To Convert or Not to Convert - That Is the Question

Should your retirement contributions be pretax or Roth?

By Kyle Phillip rate possible. If you are currently ment plan to Roth. It would be in a lower tax bracket than you wise to pay the low tax rate now, When it comes to retirement expect to be in retirement, it’s knowing that they will likely be accounts, Uncle Sam likes his tax smart to make Roth contribu- in a higher tax bracket in retire- money, but he’s somewhat flexi- tions. And you might even con- ment. ble on when you pay him. If you sider converting some of your make a tax-sheltered contribu- Takeaway: If you know that tax-sheltered retirement funds to → tion, or if your employer con- Roth, too, so you can pay the tax your tax bracket is higher now tributes to a retirement plan for bill now. That way, it’s tax-free in than it will be in retirement, then you, these contributions are gen- retirement.* it would be smart to make tax- erally pretax. This means you pay sheltered contributions and not taxes on the distributions in For example: Sarah is three years convert. retirement, not now. A Roth con- into her first job, earning tribution is just the opposite in $36,000, and her husband, Bill, is Let’s fast-forward 10 years down that you pay taxes on the contri- still in medical school. They file a the road: Bill now owns a suc- bution now versus in retire- joint tax return and are in the 10 cessful medical practice and ment.* percent tax bracket after deduc- earns $300,000 per year. In this tions. They should consider mak- case, they are in a relatively high So which option is best for you? ing Roth contributions and tax bracket and should consider making tax-sheltered contribu- The goal is to pay the lowest tax possibly converting a portion of her existing tax-sheltered retire- tions and not converting at this

18 The Baptist Educator time. They may have less income option. Not to mention, an esti- *There are rules that must be in retirement and therefore pay mated “25% of a middle-class satisfied to receive a distribution a lower tax rate on retirement American’s 401(k) will likely go tax- and penalty-free. withdrawals. toward federal taxes, and an additional piece of the pie will be Takeaway: If you are uncer- → eaten by state taxes in the 43 About the author: Kyle Phillip tain as to whether you are in a states that impose them.”2 So higher or lower tax bracket now has been a GuideStone® finan- adopting a strategy comprised of cial advisor for the past seven relative to retirement (which is a both Roth and tax-sheltered con- lot of us), then one strategy is to years. During his free time, Kyle tributions may be helpful in the enjoys spending time with his split your contributions. long run. Consider making some Roth and family and running after his 18- some tax-sheltered contribu- Are you a minister? If so, you’ll month-old daughter. tions. No one knows the future want to weigh all of your specific of tax rates, so hedging with considerations prior to making a both sources may be a good Roth conversion.

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2nd Trimester 2017 19 Baylor University Selects Dr. Linda Livingstone as Institution’s 15th President WACO, Texas (April 18, 2017) – Baylor She also was a member of the Faculty management, master of business admin- University selected Linda A. Livingstone, Athletics Council during her tenure at istration, and doctorate in management Ph.D., former dean and professor of Baylor. and organizational behavior. A member management at The George Washington of Oklahoma State’s Spears School of University School of Business, as the “My time at Baylor as a faculty member Business Hall of Fame, Dr. Livingstone institution’s 15th president. and associate dean was formative in my was the first recipient of the academic career and in developing my Outstanding Ph.D. Alumnus Award, and Dr. Livingstone, who began as president passion for academic administration,” she was recognized in 2015 with the on June 1, brings a distinguished aca- reflected Dr. Livingstone. “Baylor’s OSU Distinguished Alumni Award. demic career to Baylor. Prior to George unique culture of care and compassion Washington, she served as dean of – that I experienced personally from my While at Oklahoma State, Dr. Pepperdine University’s Graziadio colleagues and that I saw demonstrated Livingstone was a four-year letter win- School of Business and Management among faculty, staff and students – con- ner on the women’s basketball team and associate dean and associate profes- tinues to inspire and influence me as an from 1978-1982 and was named a “Big 8 sor in Baylor’s Hankamer School of Scholar-Athlete” in 1982. Her Business. husband, Brad, also played bas- ketball at Oklahoma State (1978- Dr. Livingstone is the first female 1982), and their daughter, Shelby, president in Baylor’s 172-year his- recently completed her junior tory. Chartered in 1845 by the season as a volleyball student-ath- Republic of Texas through the lete at Rice University. Brad efforts of Baptist pioneers, Baylor is Livingstone currently serves as the oldest continually operating the Dean of Students and teaches university in the state. history at the Trinity Christian School, in Fairfax, Virginia, where “I am humbled and honored to be Dr. Livingstone has served as a selected as the 15th President of member of the Board of Trustees Baylor University,” said Dr. since 2015. Livingstone. “I chose to begin my academic career at Baylor in signifi- Said Drayton McLane Jr., Baylor cant part because of Baylor’s Regent Emeritus and search com- Christian mission. To return to mittee member.“I was honored to Baylor to partner with the excep- serve on the Presidential Search tional faculty, staff, students and Committee. We began with administrators to fulfill the Baylor’s mission in mind and University’s vision to be a top-tier based our search on the Christian research institution, committed to values that Baylor stands for. That excellence in all aspects of set the criteria for the type of University life, while strengthening individual we were looking for. the Christian mission is an oppor- Dr. Livingstone met all our tunity I look forward to with enthu- requirements. She, her husband siasm.” and their family are outstanding, committed Christians. Dr. Dr. Livingstone returns to Baylor administrator. Continuing to strengthen Livingstone has taught at Baylor and after time on the Waco campus from Baylor’s culture where faculty, staff and understands the Christian heritage 1991-2002. From 1998-2002, she served students are encouraged, inspired and which is so important to the University. as associate dean of graduate programs cared for by one another is a priority.” I am very pleased with the outcome of for the Hankamer School of Business in our search and the strong leadership Dr. which she was responsible for all gradu- A native of Perkins, Oklahoma, Dr. Livingstone will provide Baylor ate degree business programs. Dr. Livingstone began her academic career University.” Livingstone was an associate professor at her alma mater, Oklahoma State in the department of management from University, where she earned her bache- Dr. Livingstone will succeed Dr. David 1997-2002 and an assistant professor in lor of science degree in economics and Garland, who has served as the Interim the same department from 1991-1997. President during the last year.

20 The Baptist Educator Baptist University of the Americas Selects Dr. Abraham Jaquez as Institution’s New President

SAN ANTONIO–Abraham Jaquez— sional experiences together for this vinced that Dr. Jaquez is God’s lead- an executive with Buckner moment,” Jaquez said. “BUA is er for BUA at this point in our histo- International and longtime Baptist poised to move forward in a strong ry,” said Christian, pastor of First Student Ministry director—was way and I’m thrilled to be part of Baptist Church in Comanche. “We named the next president and chief that as I lead this wonderful group are excited about the talents and executive officer of Baptist of professors, administrators and leadership qualities that Dr. Jaquez University of the Américas. students.” brings to BUA. We believe he is poised to lead the university into the Jaquez, 52, succeeds Réne Maciel, BUA now offers five Bachelor of Arts next great era of success.” who left the university to become degrees and one Associate of Arts community life pastor at First degree. But for Abraham Jaquez, Jaquez and his wife, Kelly, have two Woodway Baptist Church in Waco. new things are just beginning at the children, Gabriel, 12, and Faith, 14. Moisés Rodriguez, executive vice school. president at BUA since 2013, has BUA trains about 300 students from served as the school’s acting presi- “Our goal is to educate bilingual and more than 20 countries. Sixty years dent since last October. bicultural students,” Jaquez said. A ago, Baptists in San Antonio found- significant segment of the popula- ed the school to train Mexican- “I am so grateful to the trustees of tion in Texas has been ignored— Americans for ministry. Today, BUA BUA for placing their trust and con- young Hispanic Texans who must prepares people from varied back- fidence in me to lead this great choose between education and pro- grounds to serve the cause of Christ school,” Jaquez said. “BUA stands at viding financial support for their in a multicultural context. a cross-cultural crossroads as a families, he observed. unique Christian university training servant leaders for ministry.” BUA exists to pro- vide an opportunity Jaquez has been executive director to students who “for for Buckner Children and Family a variety of reasons Services in Dallas since 2011. At may not be able to Buckner, he oversaw all facility busi- attend other ness operations and human schools,” Jaquez resources and had oversight of the said. agency’s Dallas campus. And its goal is to He previously served 20 years as a train “Hispanic pas- Baptist Student Ministry director tors who had the with the Baptist General Convention time to study and of Texas. have the tools that education provides,” Jaquez holds a doctor of education he added. degree in educational leadership from Dallas Baptist University, a Van Christian, chair master of divinity degree from of the BUA board, Southwestern Baptist Theological noted the presiden- Seminary and a bachelor of arts tial search commit- degree in business administration tee unanimously and marketing from West Texas recommended State University. Jaquez to the trustees. “I truly believe God has brought all of my past educational and profes- “The committee is absolutely con-

Second Quarter–2009 21 After nearly 24 years at the helm of Missouri Baptist University, President R. Alton Lacey will retire at the end of the 2017-2018 academic year. Dr. Lacey is the longest tenured president in the life of MBU and, for that matter, of any sit- ting college president in St. Louis. His tenure has proven to transform what was a small, fledgling college into a flourishing Christ-centered University. Under Dr. Lacey’s leadership, the University has grown exponentially. This past year, MBU saw record-break- ing enrollment with more than 5,700 students studying at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels. Two IABCU Veterans Set to Transition Out of President’s Role

Dr. Jairy C. Hunter, Jr. will transition from the President of Charleston Southern University to President Emeritus on May 31, 2018 after 34 years of service. Dr. Hunter will provide consulting and assistance in key areas such as strate- gic planning, external relations, resource devel- opment, enrollment and financial affairs. Additionally, he will con- tinue to teach in the graduate school School of Business. “I am gratified that during my tenure thousands of students have received an excellent education in a Christian environment,” stated Dr. Hunter.

22 The Baptist Educator Williams Baptist College to Loans Available to IABCU Faculty and Become Williams Baptist Administrators

University Robertson/Farmer/Hester Educational Loan funds designed to assist full- Williams Baptist College in Walnut "Although we became a four-year time faculty or administrators at qual- Ridge Arkansas, has announced that it institution in 1984, there is a linger- ifying IABCU educational institutions will become Williams Baptist ing perception of Williams as a junior to obtain their doctoral degrees and University in the fall of 2018. college. And while we are very proud postdoctoral study/research are avail- of our truly outstanding Christian able from the Southern Baptist "This is a monumental day in the his- ministries program, many fail to per- Foundation. tory of this institution, reflecting a ceive that 94 percent of our students Applicants are required to be active major step forward. Williams has pro- are majoring in other areas and vided an outstanding, Christian higher members of a local Southern Baptist preparing for careers in medicine, church and they must have been education for the past 76 years, and business, education and other fields," being known as Williams Baptist accepted in a program of doctoral or he noted. postdoctoral study. Professors and University will help us to advance our administrators can be awarded up to a programs even further," said WBC The change to Williams Baptist maximum of $10,000 over a five-year President Dr. Tom Jones. University has been actively consid- period with a maximum of $2,000 per ered for more than two years, accord- semester and $1,500 per summer "The name Williams Baptist University ing to Jones. captures the academic excellence and term. diversity that have long been a part of Williams was founded in 1941, and it The loans are to be paid back in ser- Williams," Jones commented. was known as Southern Baptist vice at a qualifying IABCU school at College at the time. It operated as a the rate of $2,000 per academic year. Williams has three academic divisions, junior college in its early years, but it more than 25 bachelor's degree If a loan recipient ceases to be moved to four-year status in 1984. employed by a qualifying IABCU insti- majors, and launched its first graduate tution for any reason or fails to com- degree, the Master of Arts in Teaching, Its name was changed to Williams plete the degree in five years the loan last spring. All of those attributes fit Baptist College, in honor of founder must be paid back in cash plus inter- the generally held definition of a uni- Dr. H.E. Williams, on the college's est. Applications and policies can be versity, he said. 50th anniversary in 1991. The move to requested by calling Margaret Williams Baptist University is only the Cammuse at the Southern Baptist In addition, the president said being second name change in the school's Foundation, 615-254-8823. Deadline known as a university will help 76-year history. Williams to move beyond some stub- for applications is April 15 for consid- born misconceptions it has faced. eration for the next academic year. Foy Valentine Professorship in Christian Ethics Established at Truett Seminary

r. Foy Valentine’s friends and family Olson of Truett. remained a stalwart champion of Baptist Dhave established the Foy Valentine ideals thgoughout his life. Professorship in Christian Ethics as a For twenty-seven years Dr. Valentine was permanent endowment at George W. head of the former Christian Life This position is seen as an appropriate Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor Commission of the Southern Baptist way to honor Dr. Valentine’s legacy. University. The purpose of the position is Convention. He was known as a prophet- When the required fundinglevel is to support the teaching of Christian ic voice among Baptists in the field of reached, the position can be fully Ethics for seminary students. The cur- ethics and was a pioneer on the leading endowed as a Chair in Christian Ethics. rent holder of the position is Dr. Roger edge of national social change. He

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