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2003-2004 Academic Session 1 3939 Gentilly Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70126-4858 www.nobts.edu • 504-282-4455 2 Table of Contents Introduction Academic Divisions and Course Listings Message from the President ............................................................. 4 Biblical Studies ..................................................................... 131-136 Our Mission, Core Values, and Target ............................................. 5 Christian Education Ministries ............................................. 137-147 Seminary in Brief ............................................................................. 6 Church Music Ministries ...................................................... 148-158 Seminary History ............................................................................. 7 Pastoral Ministries ................................................................ 159-172 Articles of Religious Belief ............................................................ 8-9 Theological and Historical Studies ....................................... 173-176 Baptist Faith and Message ......................................................... 10-15 Seminary Leadership Campuses Trustees ....................................................................................... 177 New Orleans Campus ............................................................... 16-18 Administrators ............................................................................. 178 Extension Center Campuses ..................................................... 19-22 Resident Faculty ................................................................... 179-182 Adjunct Faculty ..................................................................... 183-187 Professors Emeriti ................................................................. 188-189 Master’s Degree Programs Message from the Dean of Graduate Studies ..................................23 Friends of the Seminary Degrees Offered ..............................................................................25 Alumni Officers ........................................................................... 189 Matching Your Calling to a Degree .................................................26 Women’s Auxillary ....................................................................... 189 Baptist College Partnership .............................................................27 Foundation Board ........................................................................ 190 Master’s Degrees ....................................................................... 28-69 Delivery Systems .............................................................................70 Calendar of Events Graduate Calendar of Events ................................................ 191-195 Doctoral Programs Professional Doctoral Calendar ................................................... 196 Message from the Associate Dean of Professional Doctoral Programs . 71 Research Doctoral Calendar ................................................. 197-198 Professional Doctoral Degrees ................................................. 71-82 Research Doctoral Degrees .................................................... 83-108 Appendix Campus Phone Numbers ............................................................. 199 Research and Ministry Centers/Institutes Index ........................................................................................... 200 Archaeological Research Program .................................................110 Center for New Testament Textual Studies ...................................110 Providence Learning Center .........................................................111 About This Catalog Day Center for Church Planting/Nehemiah Project .....................111 This Catalog is intended to describe the seminary, its programs, and Leavell Center for Evangelism and Church Health .......................112 its life. It is not a contract. The seminary retains the right to change Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry .....................................112 programs, policies, courses, schedules, teachers, requirements, and Women’s Ministry Program ..........................................................113 all other aspects of its ministry at any time. Youth Ministry Institute ...............................................................113 Campus Life Message from the Dean of Students ............................................. 114 Housing Information ............................................................ 115-116 General Information ............................................................. 117-118 Employment and Financial Aid ............................................. 118-119 Spiritual Life ................................................................................ 120 Admissions and Academic Policies Message from the Dean of Admissions ......................................... 121 Admissions and Academic Policies ........................................ 121-127 Student Fees ......................................................................... 128-129 Copyright 2003 by New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. All Rights Reserved. Photographs by Christopher Matthews, John LeMay, and Larry Hyche. Graphic Design by the Public Relations Office, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. 3 In New Orleans, Southern Baptists saw an ideal place for the training of Message from the President men and women who surrendered their lives in response to the call of God. So in 1917, for the first time in its history, the Southern Baptist Convention voted to establish a school for theological training, and they decided to put that school in New Orleans. The philosophy behind that decision was simple. The best way to prepare people for ministry is to give them an opportunity to do ministry while they are learning all that ministry involves. The classroom experience ought to be accompanied by the laboratory experience. In fact, one of the earliest slogans in the school's history was "Learning to Do, Doing to Learn." Paul the Apostle was right. When he was faced with the challenge of evangelizing the Roman Empire, he focused on the cities. When we face the challenge of evangelizing our nation, we, too, must focus on the cities. We cannot reach our country if we do not reach our country's cities. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary offers students an opportunity to be trained for ministry in the midst of one of our nation's most strategic laboratories: the city of New Orleans. You will learn not only the "nuts and bolts" of ministry in the classroom, but you also will learn through the experience of living in and ministering to the city of New Orleans. You will find God using the city as much as the classroom to prepare you for what He has in store. To come to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary as a student means you won't have to wait until you finish your studies to start changing the world. You can start right now. In these days when seventy percent of all Southern Baptist churches are plateaued or declining, along with eighty-five percent of churches of all denominations in America, we cannot be here simply to teach courses. At New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, we are determined to provide Southern Baptists a theological education that will make a NOBTS President Chuck Kelley and his wife, difference in the way ministers serve their churches. We are here to prepare Rhonda students to be effective ministers and to grow healthy churches. Our focus must be on the product, and at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, that product is healthy churches. In 1917 the Southern Baptist Convention looked at the city of New Orleans and made a decision. When they looked at New Orleans they We welcome you to a school committed to academic excellence at every saw one of the most strategic and significant cities in the United States. level. We welcome you to a laboratory that will give you an opportunity For our nation, New Orleans was and is a Gateway to the World. to discover, develop, and use your gifts for ministry. We welcome you to a family that is committed to encouraging you along the way. We welcome But that wasn't all Southern Baptists saw. They also saw a city in desperate you to New Orleans, Gateway to the World! need of the Gospel. Baptists were small in number and weak in influence. New Orleans was much more like a foreign mission field than a typical city in the Deep South of the United States. 4 Mission Statement and Core Values Mission Statement and Core Values Our Mission The mission of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is to equip leaders to fulfill the Great Commission and the Great Commandments through the local church and its ministries. Our Core Values Doctrinal Integrity Knowing that the Bible is the Word of God, we believe it, teach it, proclaim it, and submit to it. Our confessional commitments are outlined in the Articles of Religious Belief and the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. Spiritual Vitality We are a worshiping community emphasizing both personal spirituality and gathering together as a Seminary family for the praise and adoration of God and instruction in His Word. Mission Focus We are not here merely to get an education or to give one. We are here to change the world by fulfilling the Great Commission and the Great Commandments through the local church and its ministries. Characteristic Excellence What we do, we do to the utmost of our abilities and resources
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