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F O U N D A T I O N B O A R D m E E T I N G Foundation Board offers vital support to Seminary The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Foundation Board continues to play a key role in funding important campus improvements. During their Saturday, March 5 meeting, Board members voted to give $95,000 toward a project to replace the skylight in the Hardin Student Center. This project uses interest earned from the Board's investments over the past year. Dr. Harvey applauded the Board's commitment to the project. He also thanked the individual Foundation members who funded endowed chairs, endowed scholarships and new research and ministry centers at NOBTS during the past year. “The Foundation Board exists to “You are making support the Seminary by growing the endowment and assisting the ABOVE: Dr. Charles a significant Seminary in projects to insure the Harvey, Jr. and difference in what fulfillment of the Seminary's Foundation Board mission,” Dr. Harvey told the Board we are doing at members tour the new members. “You are making a Sunshine Park. The New Orleans significant difference in what we are doing at New Orleans Baptist recreation area was Seminary.” funded by Foundation Theological Seminary.” Board contributions. -Dr. Charles Harvey During the meeting, Foundation LEFT: Children enjoy members were given the opportunity the new playground to tour the new recreation areas and playgrounds which were equipment at Sunshine funded through Foundation Board giving. Harvey thanked them Park. BELOW: Dr. for the $480,000 given last year to build the new play areas. Chuck Kelley leads the Seminary families are already enjoying use of the play areas, Foundation Board on a including Sunshine Park and playgrounds at the Preschool Center, the Manor Apartments and the Farnsworth Apartments. tour of the Courtyard The largest new recreation area, Sunshine Park, has transformed Apartments. the quadiangle behind Willingham Manor. Sunshine Park includes play equipment, basketball courts, a soccer field, a sand volleyball court, exercise stations, covered pavilions and a walking track. Board members also toured the new Courtyard Apartments for single students. The Foundation Board weekend began Friday, March 4 with a dinner for current and prospective Board members at the Plimsoll Club in downtown New Orleans. President Dr. Chuck Kelley shared the vision and purpose of the Seminary and encouraged others to join in the work of NOBTS. During the evening, Foundation Member Dr. Keith Manuel had the opportunity to lead one of the Plimsoll Club waitresses to in Christ. The Board welcomed thirteen new members who were approved at the 2004 NOBTS Trustees meeting. They are Mr. and Mrs. Richard Adkerson, Mr. Steve Davison, Dr. David Hamm, Mr. Tom Callicutt, Mr. Randy Driggers, Dr. Mike Wetzel, Mr. Gordon and Mrs. Pat Campbell, Dr. Joe McKeever, Mr. Gene Warr, Mrs. Robin Dawson and Mrs. Becky Harris.

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By Dr. Charles Harvey It is not unusual to meet people who have heard of the Seminary’s Words can’t express the appreciation for the many supporters work from other people or alums. The good news is contagious. who have given sacrificially to New Orleans Baptist Theological Alums are joining this growing support base in record numbers Seminary in the past year. Your gifts have made a huge difference voicing a desire to give back to a school that laid an important in the Seminary’s training of ministers for God’s Kingdom service. foundation for their ministry. The state alumni officers have led As more students have responded to the way by unanimously committing to God’s call to serve, our student body personally give at least $100 this next has continued to grow requiring year for their Seminary. They join a additional support to offer quality faithful group committed to regular education and services. Without your support for student training for ministry. gifts, many students would not be able From small to large gifts, you are to pursue an education and the Seminary making a difference at New Orleans would be unable to offer quality education at an affordable price. Baptist Theological Seminary. You will notice the This year’s gifts are reminders that God is continuing His work timeline below that runs for the next few pages of providence through faithful supporters. indicating some of the exciting changes that have occurred on Our support base has continued to grow as evidenced by the campus. They do not fully express the depth of the changes that increased pages of gift recognitions on the following pages. have occurred but they do illustrate that God is doing some People are excited and confident about the work of this awesome things at this Seminary through your gifts. Thank Seminary and are responding with gifts, promotion, and prayer. you for being a part of God’s work.

Lifetime President’s Circle Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Whitehead Lallage Feazel Foundation Mr. and Mrs. David P. Bains Dr. and Mrs. Guy T. Williams, Sr. Baptist Convention Mr. and Mrs. Gordon W. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Williams Louisiana Baptist Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Cunningham Mrs. Vinita D. Wood Mississippi Baptist Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James E. Davison, Sr. Alabama Baptist Foundation Mobil Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Sybil Hamm Baptist Community Ministries Shell Oil Company Foundation Mrs. Louise O. Hart Baptist Foundation of Texas Tennessee Baptist Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bill Heard Broadmoor Baptist , Shreveport, LA Virginia Baptist Mission Board Mr. and Mrs. Doug Henry Joe W. and Dorothy Dorsett Mr. and Mrs. Dale Kemp Brown Foundation President’s Circle Mr. and Mrs. John R. Knight, Sr. Charles B. Keesee Educational Fund, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Adkerson Mr. K. D. Lankford, Jr. Dawson Memorial Baptist Church, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Dawson Dr. and Mrs. George W. Lassett Birmingham, AL Mr. and Mrs. Tim Harris Mr. and Mrs. J. Dudley May Edward G. Schlieder Educational Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Owenby Dr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Messer, Sr. Foundation Mr. Alphanzo M. Rackley Dr. and Mrs. Tom Messer, Jr. Exxon Education Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mike Moskau FBC Foundation of Laurel, Inc. Covenant Club Mr. John Wesley Powell FBC, New Orleans, LA Mr. and Mrs. George M. Boltwood Senator and Mrs. John W. Powell FBC, Gulfport, MS Mr. Wesley Bowman Mrs. Deen Day Sanders FBC, Bogalusa, LA Estate of Mrs. Ethel D. Caraway Mrs. Ethel Swanner Florida Baptist Convention Dr. Vivien Chen Mr. and Mrs. Max E. Thornhill Georgia Baptist Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Keith S. Crawford Mr. and Mrs. John D. Wallace Grand Chapter of MS, OES Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Dyess Dr. and Mrs. Phil Walton Gulf Oil Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Mike Flores Mrs. Frances Watts Hayne Boulevard Baptist Church Mr. Kenny Howard

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Mr. and Mrs. Drew Nelson FBC, Lafayette, LA Rev. and Mrs. John W. Faull Mrs. Evelyn Smith FBC, Ocala, FL Mr. and Mrs. Lenet A. Guidry Mr. and Mrs. David Steele Wendell R. or Bonnie R. Glassco Mr. J. Thomas Gurney, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Steele Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamner Dr. and Mrs. William F. Warren, Jr. Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Company Mr. and Mrs. Joel Hanberry Dr. and Mrs. Jay L. Wolf, Jr. Hickory Hammock Baptist Church, Mrs. Joyce C. Harrington Bellaire Baptist Church, Bossier City, LA Milton, FL Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Harris B. R. Chamberlain Foundation Lincoln County Baptist Association, Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Harsch for Public Enrichment Brookhaven, MS Dr. and Mrs. Charles E. Harvey, Jr. Diamondhead Baptist Church, Rangeline Baptist Church, Linden, AL Mr. and Mrs. John P. Henderson Diamondhead, MS Roswell Street Baptist Church, Rev. and Mrs. Junior W. Hill FBC, Jackson, MS Marietta, GA Mr. and Mrs. Cal Hodges Mary Elizabeth Stallworth Foundation Trust Virginia Baptist Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Holcomb Quality Rental Properties LLC W.W. Bailey Charitable Lead Trust Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hubbard The Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving Woodlawn Baptist Church, Baton Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Hubble Warrington 1998 Limited Partnership Rouge, LA Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hunter Whitney National Bank Woodridge Baptist Church, Mrs. Janice P. Hunter Shreveport, LA Mrs. Peggy C. Jackson Executive Club Mr. Clinton R. Kabler Dr. Don Aderhold Providence Club Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Kelley, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Lacy H. Brumfield Dr. and Mrs. Lamar Barden Mr. Jerry W. Kemp Mr. Tom Callicutt Dr. and Mrs. Joe H. Baugh Mr. Melvin J. Kidd, II Dr. and Mrs. Lawrence Clegg Mr. and Mrs. Ron Bounds Rev. and Mrs. Jimmy Knight Mr. and Mrs. George E. Estes, Jr. Mrs. Margaret E. Burks Dr. and Mrs. Landrum P. Leavell, II Mr. and Mrs. Carey Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Travis B. Burleson Mrs. Grace M. Lee Dr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson Mr. Warren D. Burmaster Dr. Robert L. Lee Drs. Chuck and Rhonda Kelley Chap. and Mrs. John A. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Calvin A. Lemke Capt. and Mrs. Jim Lee C. P. Verret Barges, Inc. Dr. Eddie Lieberman Mr. and Mrs. L. Ray Moncrief Dr. and Mrs. Milburn Calhoun Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Loveless Mr. and Mrs. John H. Morris, Jr. Fuller E. Callaway Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Joe N. McKeever Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred O. Parrish, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chris Clark Mr. and Mrs. John E. McPherson, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Scott Dr. and Mrs. Michael Clark Mr. and Mrs. Gradon L. McQuiston Mr. Toby Sexton Mr. and Mrs. Russ H. Clubb Mr. and Mrs. Paul Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Gene Warr Mr. and Mrs. Clay Corvin Rev. and Mrs. Tommy Mosser Mr. Alfred C. Warrington, IV Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Cowart Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Myers Ms. Kitty Sue Wiggins Mr. and Mrs. Danny M. Crow Mr. and Mrs. Willie E. Peavey Mr. and Mrs. Guy Williams, Jr. Chap. and Mrs. Pat H. Davis, Sr. Mr. Earl Polk Dr. and Mrs. Don Wilton Dr. and Mrs. Bill Day Dr. Willard M. Pounds, Sr. Baptist Foundation of Oklahama Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Doby Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ramsey Calvary Baptist Church, Shreveport, LA Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Drake Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Ray Colonial Heights Baptist Church, Mr. G. Keith DuBard Mr. and Mrs. J. Gordon Reische Jackson, MS Dr. and Mrs. Jimmy W. Dukes Mr. and Mrs. Don M. Richard Dunwoody Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA Mr. and Mrs. David L. Dyster Mr. Sandy Sams Easthaven Baptist Church, Brookhaven, MS Mr. and Mrs. Horace D. Evans Dr. and Mrs. Perry R. Sanders FGW Foundation Mrs. Myrtle Evans Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Shearer

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Mr. John C. Singer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald R. Barr Mr. and Mrs. Mark Brinker Rev. and Mrs. Ron E. Sowers Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Bartlett Ms. Layla J. Briolo Mrs. Lillian Stanton Mr. and Mrs. Jerry C. Bass Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Britt Dr. and Mrs. Don H. Stewart Mrs. Claire Battiste Dr. and Mrs. Jep S. Brock Rev. and Mrs. Earl Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Alton A. Bene Mrs. Virginia Brodt Dr. and Mrs. Joe R. Tillerson Mr. and Mrs. Fred Benefield Dr. and Mrs. John D. Broome Mr. and Mrs. Murray C. Verret Ms. Janet Benjamin Mr. and Mrs. Marty Broussard Mr. and Mrs. Perry R. Verret Mr. Eric T. Benoy Mrs. Frances Brown Dr. Nancy and Mr. Jeffrey Victory Ms. Elizabeth A. Bentley Dr. and Mrs. Walter E. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walden Mr. A. G. Berger, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. L. Wayne Brown Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Waldrip Mr. and Mrs. Joed M. Bergeron Dr. W. H. Broyles Mr. Jack R. Whitehead, Sr. Ms. Wanda A. Berry Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Bruce Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wilkinson Mr. and Mrs. G.T. Bettis Dr. and Mrs. Michael E. Brunet Dr. Carlton L. Winbery Ms. Alice E. Bivin Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Brunson Mr. Stephen R. Wise Rev. and Mrs. Ben W. Blackwell Ms. Edith E. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Everett H. Womack, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Paul L. Blange, III Mr. and Mrs. Hollis V. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. Timothy C. Yin Mr. and Mrs. David R. Blanton Mr. and Mrs. Larry Bryant Dr. and Mrs. Ladell Blanton Mrs. Ann Buice Friends of the Seminary Rev. and Mrs. Larry G. Blount Mrs. Tresa L. Bullard Rev. and Mrs. Arthur T. Achord Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Bohannon Mr. and Mrs. Danney H. Bullock Mr. and Mrs. Billy J. Adcox Dr. Martha & Mr. Allen Boland, Jr. Mr. Marcell Burchfield Mr. and Mrs. Max M. Ainsworth Rev. and Mrs. Robert J. Bollich Mr. Ray W. Burgess Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alexander Rev. and Mrs. G. Clayton Bond Chap. and Mrs. John A. Burns Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Alfred Ms. Patricia F. Bonura Dr. and Mrs. Francis R. Burrelli Rev. and Mrs. Danny E. Allen Mrs. Hazel B. Boothe Mr. and Mrs. Barry C. Busby Dr. and Mrs. Jack Allen Ms. Marlene Boothe Dr. and Mrs. Rick Byargeon Mr. Celillon Alteme Ms. Mary M. Borckardt Mr. and Mrs. James Byrd Dr. and Mrs. Jay A. Alvaro Mr. and Mrs. Ron Borel Mr. and Mrs. Donald Byrd Rev. and Mrs. Dean Anderson Mr. Floyd H. Boudreaux Mrs. Patty Camp Mr. Nat Andrews Mr. and Mrs. John A. Bowlin Dr. and Mrs. Paul L. Camp Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Anthony Mr. and Mrs. Boyd S. French, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Eddie Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Bobby G. Armstrong Drs. Jeanine and Welby Bozeman Rev. and Mrs. David T. Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Freddie L. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Braddock Mrs. Louise F. Carrone Mrs. Helen H. Arnold Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O. Branch Mrs. Charlotte Carver Dr. and Mrs. Randy G. Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bray Mr. and Mrs. Kim Carver Mr. and Mrs. Jean P. Augustin Mr. and Mrs. Jim Breaux Mrs. Alice C. Caserta Mr. and Mrs. Shane Baker Mr. and Mrs. Beau A. Bredow Mr. and Mrs. Dale C. Caston Mrs. Betty M. Baker Mr. and Mrs. Fred Breed Mr. and Mrs. Frank Catalanotto, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Jamie Baldwin Ms. Nina S. Breeze Rev. and Mrs. James D. Caves Mrs. Eleanor P. Ball Mrs. Maude C. Bretz Mr. and Mrs. John E. Cavin Rev. and Mrs. Stan Ballard Mrs. Joan Brewer Rev. and Mrs. Robert K. Chadbourne Dr. Cecil N. Bankston, Jr. Mrs. Betty Brian Chap. and Mrs. Marvin R. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. Mark Barentine Rev. and Mrs. Arnold D. Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Channell Dr. and Mrs. Jerry N. Barlow Mr. and Mrs. Dale M. Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Chidester Mr. and Mrs. David H. Barnett Mrs. Evelyn R. Bridges Mr. and Mrs. Robert Chimwaza

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Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Chisholm Mr. and Mrs. John H. Davis Rev. and Mrs. Burney H. Enzor Mr. and Mrs. Brent Christensen Drs. Donna B. and Leo E. Day Mr. and Mrs. Barney L. Epps Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Christensen Mr. and Mrs. Frank Denney Mr. and Mrs. Edmond G. Ernewein Dr. and Mrs. Robert R. Christian Ms. Christina M. Dennis Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. Espinal, Sr. Mrs. Linda W. Chuter Mrs. Patricia R. Dennis Rev. and Mrs. Robert Eubanks Mr. and Mrs. Mike Clark Mr. and Mrs. Henry Denton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald F. Euler Chap. William L. Clark Mrs. Nolma Diamond Rev. and Mrs. Mike Everett Mrs. Rochelle M. Clay Mr. and Mrs. Marty G. Dickens Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Fallin Dr. and Mrs. Tate Cockrell Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Dillard Rev. and Mrs. Gene C. Fant, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Dane A. Coffing Mr. and Mrs. Ernest L. Dillon Mr. and Mrs. Johnny T. Farmer Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Cole Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dingus Dr. and Mrs. Al Fasol Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coleman Mrs. Chepita H. DiNicola Ms. Malinda S. Fasol Rev. and Mrs. Grady M. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Max L. Dinstuhl Dr. and Mrs. Darryl K. Ferrington Rev. Carl E. Conrad Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Dixon Mrs. Lyman Findley Mrs. Patricia Conway Mr. John P. Dixon Mr. Binion G. Fleming Mr. and Mrs. John M. Conway Mrs. Marion B. Dodd Mr. Marvin Flowers Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Copeland Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Dodge, Jr. Mr. Joe M. Floyd Mr. and Mrs. Trey Corbin Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dodson Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Ford Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Cornman Ms. Tenice C. Doss Mrs. Carol Fortenberry Dr. Nathan H. Cothen Mr. and Mrs. James R. Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Ingram L. Foster, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Couch Rev. and Mrs. Edward R. Dowdy Rev. W. Hugh Foster Mr. and Mrs. John S. Coulter Mr. and Mrs. John B. Drew Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Fountain Dr. and Mrs. Joe H. Courson Mrs. Helen W. Driscoll Mr. and Mrs. Cory M. Fowler Mr. and Mrs. John Craft Dr. and Mrs. Scott Drumm Mr. and Mrs. Dan W. Fowler Ms. Kimberly D. Craig Dr. and Mrs. Carl J. Duck Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Fowler, Jr. Mrs. Patricia P. Craven Mr. Robert M. Duck Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Fox Drs. Cheryl D. and John K. Crooks Mrs. Doris D. Dumigan Mrs. Dolores Francis Dr. and Mrs. David E. Crosby Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Dunnam Mr. and Mrs. Wes Frank Mr. and Mrs. Samuel E. Crosland Mrs. Kathy Dureau Mrs. Patricia M. Franklin Mr. and Mrs. Chris Crouch Dr. and Mrs. Fred Dyess Mr. and Mrs. Carl M. Franzella Mr. Jason W. Crow Dr. and Mrs. James M. Dyess Ms. Evelyn S. Fraser Dr. Wayne Crumpton Mr. and Mrs. Steven F. Dyess Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur H. Freeman Mr. and Mrs. Randy Cuchens Mr. and Mrs. H. Dean Eades Mr. and Mrs. Boyd S. French, Jr. Mr. Bruce D. Culpepper Rev. and Mrs. Robert F. Eads Rev. and Mrs. Tommy C. French, Jr. Mr. Bob Cummings Dr. and Mrs. Ellis E. Easterly Dr. and Mrs. Chris Friedmann Rev. and Mrs. Christopher Cupples Mr. and Mrs. David B. Eastland Dr. and Mrs. Rob Futral Mr. Carl E. Cutrer, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Eberbaugh Dr. and Mrs. Ken Gabrielse Dr. and Mrs. David Daffern Dr. and Mrs. Steve Echols Mr. and Mrs. Gene W. Gage Miss Linda L. Daley Mr. Gene Edwards Ms. Ruth L. Gairen Mr. Nguyen T. Dang Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Elkins Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Gambordella Rev. and Mrs. Harold L. Daniels Dr. and Mrs. James W. Ellis Mrs. Barbara W. Garcia Ms. Vanee Dauré Rev. and Mrs. Timothy W. Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Gardner, Jr. Miss Raven Davenport Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ellzey Mr. Nelson A. Gardner Rev. and Mrs. Samuel W. Davidson Dr. and Mrs. Archie England Rev. and Mrs. H. Norris Garner Mr. and Mrs. Greg Davis Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ennis Dr. and Mrs. Jerry B. Garrard

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Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Gerdes, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Harold H. Harris Mrs. Jane Hudson Dr. and Mrs. John F. Gibson, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Harris Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Gillen Rev. and Mrs. William G. Harris Dr. and Mrs. Robert T. Hudson Mrs. Joan Giron Rev. and Mrs. Neil A. Hartman Rev. Henry E. Hulgan Dr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Glaze, Jr. Mrs. Tena Haskins Dr. Marian R. Hume Dr. and Mrs. Milton L. Godley Mr. and Mrs. Grant O. Hasty Mr. and Mrs. Wayne E. Hunt Dr. and Mrs. James D. Goodroe Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Hattemer Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hursey Rev. and Mrs. Robert W. Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. Hayman Dr. and Mrs. Hubert O. Hurt Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Grace Mr. and Mrs. Ted Headlee Dr. and Mrs. Leon M. Hyatt, Jr. Miss Dorothy Graham Mrs. Betty C. Headrick Mr. and Mrs. James G. Hymel Mr. Victor H. Granger Mrs. Linda Headrick Mr. and Mrs. Nashaat R. Ibrahim Mr. Frank Gray Mrs. Helen H. Heath Rev. and Mrs. Bill Ichter Mr. and Mrs. W. Britt Green Mr. and Mrs. Michael Heinecke Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ingalls Rev. and Mrs. Gary L. Greene Mr. and Mrs. William H. Henderson Dr. and Mrs. Dale K. Ingersoll Ms. Wanda A. Gregg Mr. and Mrs. Jody J. Heneghan Mr. and Mrs. Tony M. Inmon Dr. and Mrs. Paul E. Gregoire, Jr. Mrs. Alisha C. Henry Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Ireland Mrs. Mary L. Gros Dr. and Mrs. Jim Henry Rev. and Mrs. Duane Ivey Mr. and Mrs. Mack Grubbs Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Herrington, III Rev. and Mrs. Glenn A. Jackson Dr. and Mrs. Norris C. Grubbs Rev. and Mrs. Jeff Hessinger Dr. and Mrs. Allen Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Jesse A. Guerra Mr. and Mrs. Victor C. Hicks Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Jackson Mrs. Maria Guerra Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth G. Higgins Mrs. Dee Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Bryan S. Gunn Mr. and Mrs. Allan S. Hild Miss Sherida L. Jackson Mr. Curran T. Gunn Mr. and Mrs. Norman R. Hill, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. William Gwinn Mr. and Mrs. Keith T. Hill Ms. Vera M. Jacobsen Mr. and Mrs. David Haddow Mr. Louis J. Hilliard Mrs. Dorothy A. James Rev. and Mrs. Joel E. Haire Ms. Joyce A. Hinkley Mr. and Mrs. Billy M. James Dr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Hall Ms. Eleanor W. Hofheinz Mr. Robert M. Jelks Mr. and Mrs. James M. Hall Rev. and Mrs. Leland Hogan Mr. and Mrs. R. Kent Jennings Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hall, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Dan Holcomb Rev. and Mrs. Ralph B. Jernigan Mr. Timothy Hall Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hollingsworth Mr. and Mrs. Jason T. Jesseph Mr. and Mrs. Gary F. Hallquist Mr. John R. Holmes Mr. and Mrs. David E. Johnson Ms. Gloria D. Hamilton Mrs. Nancy P. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Johnson, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Mitchell A. Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Stephen N. Horn Mr. and Mrs. David E. Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Harold R. Hancock Mrs. Kay P. Hornsby Dr. and Mrs. Richard W. Johnson Ms. Dorothy V. Hand Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hornsby Rev. Roy L. Johnson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hanna Ms. Oleta H. Horton Mrs. Edith T. Johnston Mr. Michael J. Harbin Rev. and Mrs. Jack D. House Mrs. Frances Jolley Mr. and Mrs. Hanson L. Harbour Mr. Bennie D. Howard Rev. and Mrs. Arthur L. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Hardin Mrs. Sarah Howard Mr. Christopher A. Jones Chap. and Mrs. Larry E. Hardin Ms. Virgilia B. Howard Mr. James W. Jones Mr. David R. Hardy Mr. and Mrs. Larry A. Hubbard Ms. Kelly Jones Mr. John C. Hardy Dr. and Mrs. Mack Hubbell Mr. and Mrs. Evens Jules Rev. and Mrs. Bob Hare Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Hubbert Mr. and Mrs. Laurance H. Kannon Mr. and Mrs. Elmer C. Harris, III Mr. and Mrs. H. Lamar Huddleston Ms. Grace W. Kariuki Rev. and Mrs. J. Hoffman Harris Ms. Edith S. Hudson Dr. and Mrs. Ken Keathley

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Ms. Dennis D. Keeling Mr. and Mrs. Robert K. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Mancil M. McLarty Mr. and Mrs. Al W. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. Sang C. Park Mr. and Mrs. Roland L. McMillan Rev. Don M. Keesler Rev. and Mrs. Thurlo W. Lee Dr. and Mrs. Albert H. McMullen Mr. and Mrs. Timothy L. Keith Miss Dominique A. LeGree Mr. and Mrs. Elton N. McPheters Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kellett Dr. and Mrs. Steve W. Lemke Mr. and Mrs. Carl McQueen Ms. Jewel Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Jack Leonardi Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Jones Rev. and Mrs. Marvin B. Kelly Ms. Margaret W. Levert Dr. and Mrs. Will H. McRaney, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Ralph N. Kelly, Jr. Ms. Josie Y. Lewis Dr. and Mrs. David F. Meacham Dr. and Mrs. Larry W. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Lewis Dr. and Mrs. Richard D. Meece Rev. and Mrs. Brian Kershaw Mr. Robert W. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Meiners Mr. and Mrs. John A. Killcrease Maj. and Mrs. Robert W. Lindsay Mrs. Joy C. Melgar Mr. and Mrs. Taesig Kim Mr. Alexander Linor Dr. and Mrs. Mike Melon Dr. and Mrs. Francis X. Kimmitt Rev. and Mrs. Bob Loggins Mr. Mel G. Melton Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. King Dr. Becky P. Lombard Mr. and Mrs. Roger M. Menefee Mr. and Mrs. Jackie King Mr. and Mrs. Jonas Louis Ms. Rachel Meyer Ms. Marie K. King Dr. and Mrs. Joe R. Lovelady, Sr. Miss Adeline Michel Dr. and Mrs. Martin H. Klein Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Lurtz Ms. Martha W. Mills Ms. Georgia D. Klier Rev. and Mrs. Derrick C. Lynch Ms. Elizabeth Mills Chap. Ted Knach, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Keith L. Lynch Ms. Champal Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Knight Mr. and Mrs. Don MacKay Mr. Earl R. Moak Mr. James P. Knight Rev. and Mrs. George Madison Mr. and Mrs. Jim Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Kolar, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Magee Miss Jeannie S. Mood Ms. Heather M. Kouts Mr. Jimmy Major Mr. and Mrs. George N. Moody Mr. and Mrs. Tom Krimsier Mr. and Mrs. Pat Malmstrom Dr. and Mrs. Tommy M. Mook Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Kudina Dr. and Mrs. Keith Manuel Mrs. Ruth Moore Mr. and Mrs. Abel D. Lacquement Mr. and Mrs. Allen H. Mapp, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Moore Mrs. Sara F. Lais Mr. and Mrs. Nolan R. Mapp Mr. Ben Morgan Ms. Stephanie A. Lala Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell L. Mares Mr. and Mrs. Bob Morgan Drs. Dana T. and Curt Lamar Mr. Keeton J. Mark, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Carlton H. Morris Mrs. Mary Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Marks Mrs. Gloria Morris Mr. and Mrs. Terry Lambert Mr. and Mrs. Luis Marquez Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Andy Lampert Rev. and Mrs. Francis J. Martin Dr. and Mrs. Rick Morton Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Martin Dr. and Mrs. Harold R. Mosley Mrs. Chandra B. Landry Mrs. Laqueta J. Masden Ms. Kim Mull Dr. and Mrs. Robert L. Landry, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Clifford Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Felix A. Munoz Ms. Trinette M. Landry Mrs. Brandi M. Matthis Mr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Murata Mr. and Mrs. Roger L. Lang Mr. and Mrs. Donald P. Maughan Mr. and Mrs. Mike Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Carmello Lanzetta Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Mayfield Rev. and Mrs. Tom Murphy Mrs. Mary W. Lauderdale Mr. Allen A. McBride Mrs. Dora L. Murray Mr. Michael J. Lavin Dr. and Mrs. Ron McCaskill Mr. and Mrs. Gary D. Myers Mrs. Maritia A. Leath Miss Kiyan L. McCormick Mr. William H. Nail Mr. and Mrs. Deok Jae Lee Mr. and Mrs. James B. McElroy Mr. and Mrs. Henry K. Neal Mr. and Mrs. Gene V. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Buddy McElroy Miss Virginia Neely Dr. and Mrs. Endel Lee Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McGlamery Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Nichols, Jr. Miss Kuem J. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Julius McIlwain Mrs. Clara J. Norris

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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde M. Northrop, III Mrs. Dorothy L. Priestley Mr. and Mrs. James D. Ross Mr. and Mrs. David M. O’Dell Ms. Elaine Prophitt Miss Dorothy Rouse Mrs. Betty Odom Mr. and Mrs. Felton Prosper, III Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Row Miss Tara M. Ohler Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Pruet Mr. W. Kirby Rowe, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kyle M. Oliver Mr. and Mrs. Jerome D. Pulver Mrs. Eleanor Roy Col. and Mrs. Paul R. O’Mary Mrs. Jean Purtle Mr. and Mrs. Felix E. Ruiz Mrs. Melvina O’Neal Rev. and Mrs. Randall H. Pyfrom Rev. and Mrs. Douglas N. Rumley Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Orzo, Jr. Ms. Mona R. Raby Mr. and Mrs. Philip P. Russell Mrs. Helen B. Osgerby Mrs. M. M. Rambin Mr. and Mrs. Bruce M. Sabin, Jr. Mr. Orestes Pacheco Mrs. Louella H. Ranager Mr. and Mrs. Brian J. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Paine Rev. and Mrs. Joseph W. Ratcliff Mr. and Mrs. Felix Sapp Mr. and Mrs. David R. Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Ron Satterwhite Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Park, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Charles A. Ray, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David Scarborough Mr. and Mrs. Jackson G. Parker Mrs. Margie V. Ray Mrs. Irma O. Scardino Mr. Floyd W. Parker Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Raybon Mrs. Renee‘ C. Scheidt Mr. and Mrs. John W. Parker Mr. Jerry F. Reaves Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Schneider Dr. and Mrs. Dan Parker Miss Sally J. Redden Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Schwartz Mr. William E. Parrish Mr. and Mrs. Hilton J. Reed Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Scott, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Eric S. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Rayburn P. Reed Rev. and Mrs. Eddie B. Scott Ms. Charlita Patterson Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Reiger Mr. and Mrs. Jeremy D. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Dan A. Payne Mr. and Mrs. David H. Rhoades Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. Scott Mr. Donald Payne Mr. and Mrs. Roger A. Rhoades Dr. and Mrs. Tim Searcy Mr. J. Wray Pearce Miss Barbara L. Rice Mrs. Sarah S. Senterfitt Dr. Donna and Mr. Philip Peavey Mr. and Mrs. Newton Richard Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Sexton Ms. Yvette Peevy Dr. and Mrs. Gary A. Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Jim Shaddix Mr. and Mrs. Glenn M. Penton Col. and Mrs. George R. Richardson Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Shamblin Mrs. Julie Perry Mr. and Mrs. Bobby W. Richey Rev. and Mrs. James A. Shaneyfelt Miss Kassidy Perry-Albin Dr. and Mrs. Donald E. Ricks Mr. Jonathan E. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Carlton H. Peters Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Rivera, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Michael D. Sharp Mr. and Mrs. David Phillips Miss Melissa L. Rivera Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Sharpe Mrs. Sylvia A. Phillips Ms. Loretta G. Rivers Ms. Michelle Sheppard Miss Tandeka A. Phipps Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Rizzutto Dr. and Mrs. Joel B. Sherrer Mr. and Mrs. Rawls Pierce Mr. and Mrs. Morris W. Rizzutto Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Shive Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pierre Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey L. Roach Dr. and Mrs. Lonnie H. Shull, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford S. Pike Rev. and Mrs. Don M. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Sikes Mr. and Mrs. Donald L. Pike, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Roberts, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Simmons Dr. E. Grace Pilot Dr. and Mrs. M. W. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Albert G. Simms, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred Pinckard Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Roberts Mr. and Mrs. Robert Simms Dr. and Mrs. Philip A. Pinckard Ms. Paulinea K. Robillard Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Pincomb Mr. Dwight R. Robinson Dr. Rayford A. Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Pintello Mr. and Mrs. Sid H. Robinson Mr. Wayne L. Simpson Rev. Pershing E. Pitre Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Rogers Mrs. Nelda H. Sipes Mr. and Mrs. David J. Platt Rev. and Mrs. Danny W. Rogers Mr. L. James Siracuse Ms. Connie Pong Rev. and Mrs. Robert H. Rogers Mrs. Alice F. Smith Dr. and Mrs. Bill Potts Mr. and Mrs. V. Wayne Rogers Dr. and Mrs. Argile A. Smith, Jr.

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Dr. Audrey and Mr. Charles Smith Ms. Dorothy M. Tennent Miss Hope Weaver Miss Beth Smith Ms. Karla J. Terral Mr. and Mrs. Michael Webb Mr. and Mrs. Shean A. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Arthur R. Theis Mr. and Mrs. Tim Webb Mr. Frank G. Smith, III Mrs. Carolyn G. Thibodeaux Rev. and Mrs. James R. Weber Mrs. Irlene Smith Mr. and Mrs. James A. Thiele Mrs. Jimmie N. Weick Mr. and Mrs. Jerry P. Smith Mrs. Ann L. Thomas Dr. and Mrs. Bobby H. Welch Mr. Joe C. Smith Ms. Carolyn J. Thomas Ms. Lisa K. Welch Mr. Neron Smith Mrs. Lorraine Thomas Dr. and Mrs. D. Jack West Mr. and Mrs. William F. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Thomason Col. and Mrs. Al Wetzel Mrs. Bernice S. Snow Mr. and Mrs. Homer C. Thomason Ms. Joan Wetzel Mr. John F. Snyder Dr. and Mrs. John W. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Michael N. Wetzel Mr. and Mrs. Jae Hoon So Mr. and Mrs. Hezzie E. Thompson Miss Harriet Weymouth Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Spain Dr. and Mrs. Bill Thompson Mrs. Ina V. Wheat Ms. Nanci L. Speagle Mr. and Mrs. Mike Thompson Mr. Edwin White Mr. and Mrs. Ray Spears Rev. and Mrs. L. Dean Timbes Mrs. James B. White Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Spencer Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan S. Tipper Mr. and Mrs. Bob Whitehead Dr. and Mrs. Asa Sphar Ms. Barbara Jean Tippit Mr. and Mrs. Ryan F. Whitley Mrs. Caroline H. Spradlin Dr. Shelley R. Todd Mr. Jerry C. Wilkinson Mrs. Ruth L. St. Cyr Ms. Annie Toliver Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Wilkinson Dr. and Mrs. John E. Stafford, Jr. Miss Dorothy S. Topping Ms. Gwen Williams Mr. and Mrs. Denton Staley Dr. and Mrs. John H. Traylor, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Williams Dr. and Mrs. Richard M. Standard Mr. and Mrs. John M. Trembley Mrs. Selma C. Williams Mr. Nathan G. Stanford Mrs. Sarah Trussell Drs. Margie and Bob Williamson Miss Fanny L. Starns Mrs. LaRue G. Turner Mrs. Margaret B. Willoughby Dr. and Mrs. Ed Steele Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Turnham Mrs. Almetta Q. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Matt Stewart Rev. and Mrs. Elwood L. Ulmer Mr. and Mrs. E. Calhoun Wilson Dr. and Mrs. Bob Stewart Mrs. Mary H. Ulmer Dr. and Mrs. Donnie G. Wiltshire Mr. and Mrs. Tim Stogner Mr. Robert K. Upchurch Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Winters Ms. Helen L. Stone Mr. and Mrs. Philip H. Vandercook Mrs. Misty L. Wise Dr. and Mrs. Steven R. Stone Ms. Lisa Vickers Mr. and Mrs. Steven L. Wise Mr. and Mrs. Larry Story Mr. and Mrs. Richard G. Vinson Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Wood Mr. and Mrs. John A. Stovall Mr. Christopher E. Vowell Mr. R. E. Woodard, Jr. Ms. Kelly J. Strahan Mr. and Mrs. David L. Wade Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Woodson Dr. and Mrs. L. Paul Strahan Miss Justine E. Waits Mrs. Jean B. Word Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Strickland Rev. and Mrs. Ernest L. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Newton Wray Dr. Paula A. Stringer Dr. and Mrs. William W. Walker Dr. and Mrs. Gerald D. Wright Ms. Vonceil O. Stringer Col. and Mrs. Jack R. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Wright Dr. and Mrs. Leroy P. Stringfield Mr. and Mrs. William H. Wallace Mr. and Mrs. Will Yang Mr. and Mrs. V. Stringfield Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Walle Mr. and Mrs. Loudon D. Yantis, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Strong Mr. F. H. “Woody” Watkins Ms. Grace S. T. Yao Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Stuart Mrs. Betty C. Watson Ms. Cheryl H. Young Mr. and Mrs. Arthur F. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. George C. Watson Dr. and Mrs. Clarence E. Young Miss Samantha D. Sullivan Dr. and Mrs. Homer A. Watts Dr. and Mrs. Terry Young Rev. John F. Sumner, Jr. Dr. Laurie and Mr. Stan Watts Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Zengel, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Tom D. Sumrall Mr. and Mrs. Steve Watts Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Zentell, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Suttles Mr. and Mrs. Chandler H. Talley Mr. and Mrs. Wayne A. Tardiff, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Scottie Tarvin Gift Club Levels Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Tassin, Sr. • Lifetime President’s Circle - $100,000 cumulative gift(s) Mr. Robert D. Tatum • President’s Circle - $25,000 annual gift(s) Mr. and Mrs. Tom Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Rodney G. Taylor • Covenant Club - $10,000-$24,999 annual gift(s) Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth B. Taylor, Jr. • Executive Club - $5,000-$9,999 annual gift(s) Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas R. Taylor • Providence Club (formerly President’s Club) - $1,000-$4,999 Ms. B. J. Teague • Friends of the Seminary - $100-$999 annual gift(s)

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This summer, New Orleans a c a d e m i c s The program is easily adjustable to the Seminary’s Summer Biblical Languages individual student’s needs. Institute (SBLI) will offer intense courses The first exegesis class, covering 1 in Greek grammar and exegesis. The Corinthians 1-8, will be taught on- innovative approach gives students the campus by Dr. Craig Price, NOBTS opportunity to learn the language and dean of students. For the last half of 1 even travel to Greece. Corinthians, students have the option NOBTS has offered summer language of remaining in New Orleans and courses for many years. The Summer studying under Price or traveling to Institute, a fresh approach to language Greece with Stevens. Besides studies, was founded in 2003 to allow completing the study of 1 Corinthians, students to earn all 10 hours of Greek students will spend considerable time required for the master’s program in touring biblical sites in Greece. one summer. SBLI provides students Greek at NOBTS, said it is merely a “Emphasis will be placed on visiting with the optional trip to Greece to matter of immersion. archeological and historical museums, enhance the learning experience. “The key to making this language combing through ancient biblical sites, as Some students involved in the accomplishment possible in one summer well as encountering cultural experiences Summer Institute will take all four is immersion pedagogy, just like in Greek life,” Stevens said. courses offered: Introductory Greek missionaries learn a language,” Stevens The Institute only lasts eight weeks, Grammar, Intermediate Greek said. “The task looks impossible, but in but the benefits to students will continue Grammar and two exegesis classes fact, it is entirely feasible.” long past the end of summer. A grasp of covering 1 Corinthians. Tackling these While SBLI allows students to earn the biblical language will greatly enhance four classes in a brief two-month period all their Greek credit in a single the ministry of those who participate. seems impossible. However, Dr. Gerald summer, it is also open to students who For more information contact Dr. Stevens, professor of and can only take a selection of the classes. Stevens at (504) 282-4455, ext. 3734.

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Moscow Trip SE Asia Trip East Asia Trip May 25 - June 3 June 2005 June 2005

From May 25 through June 3, a group NOBTS students will travel in June to a In June, 20 volunteers will travel to of New Orleans Seminary students, large city in a Southeast Asian country to East Asia. Due to security faculty and staff will take part share the gospel. Because of security concerns, names of in a mission trip to Moscow, concerns, specific information people involved, Russia. The trip is part of regarding the trip cannot be given. dates of the trip NOBTS’ ongoing Moscow Volunteers will spend the and specific partnership. majority of their time in countries where Participants will prayerwalk university classrooms, they will work around the Kremlin in conversing with English language cannot be Moscow’s Red Square - the students about American society. disclosed. center of power in Russia. The group will also visit some One group of The group will also lead discipleship of the smaller towns surrounding the city. students will hike and travel sessions with church leaders, strategize in a region where the people have little in established Russian churches and Pray that participants will have exposure to the gospel, while another participate in evangelistic and church wisdom in how to best represent will teach English as a Second Language. planting activities. Christ to Muslim students. Pray for opportunities to develop Pray for participants' safety Pray for participants as they take relationships with students as they travel and for wisdom part in God's work to raise up outside the classroom and as they proclaim Christ in this leaders in the Russian church. for safety in travel. part of the world.

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C O N F E R E N C E S AND L E C T U R E S The Greer-Heard Point Counter-Point Lecture

“Enormous forces in our culture are determined to deny that was raised from the dead,” N.T. Wright, an Anglican evangelical scholar, said. “Over and over again, they use arguments that can be shown to be invalid and propose alternative scenarios which can be shown to be impossible.” Wright and John Dominic Crossan, a member of the Jesus Seminar, voiced divergent views of the resurrection during the inaugural Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary March 11. Wright, bishop of Durham, England, defended the literal,

bodily resurrection of Jesus as the only tenable view, while PHOTO BY KATHERINE ALBERS Crossan, a professor emeritus at DePaul University, set forth a N.T. Wright defends the bodily resurrection of Jesus during the metaphorical interpretation of the resurrection. Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum as John Dominic Crossan NOBTS President Chuck Kelley described the event, attended and Dr. Robert Stewart watch on the platform. by over 920 people, as “a great opportunity for our seminary family and many other guests to see how we can dialogue with the world and get the Gospel out there without sacrificing our and congregational polity to bivocational ministry and the convictions ... a great Lord’s Supper. model for how to take a Dr. Stan Norman, Associate Professor of Theology at NOBTS, strongly held belief like we created BCTM as a vehicle to bring the theology taught in have in the resurrection Baptist seminaries and colleges to the local church. The center and then share and defend seeks to recover and communicate the Baptist distinctives that that belief with those who don’t accept it.” are on the decline in various churches today. The forum continued on March 12 with a number of noted The wide range of presenters included NOBTS President scholars responding to Crossan and Wright, including presentations Chuck Kelley; Norman; David Dockery, President of Union by Gary Habermas; Craig Evans; R. Douglas Geivett; Ted Peters; University; Ed Stetzer, from the North American Mission Board; William Lane Craig; and NOBTS' Chuck Quarles. and other key Baptist leaders. Established through a gift from Bill and Carolyn Heard, the Planning is underway for next year’s BCTM conference. The forum was designed to help students and ministers learn to date and topic will be announced on the Baptist Center’s website think critically and to be prepared to engage secular society. (www.baptistcenter.com) later this year. The 2006 Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum, “Debating Design,” is scheduled for Feb. 10-11, 2006. William Dembski, one of intelligent design’s leading thinkers, and The Manual Family Lecture Michael Ruse, an evolutionist and Professor at Florida State on Archaeology and the Bible University, will discuss whether the universe is the product of intelligent design or evolution. Dembski was recently named Archaeology can be a powerful tool in establishing the historicity as Director of the Center for Science and Theology at the of the Bible. But rarely do archaeologists find as much support Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. for the biblical text as they did at Megiddo, Gezer and Hazor. The facts in the ground mirror the text in 1 Kings 9:15-16. The Baptist Center’s “Mission The evidence brought world-renowned archaeologist William Dever to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Feb. 3. He of Today’s Church” shared his research during the Manuel Family Lecture on Archaeology and the Bible – a lecture designed to present current Southern are passionate about the church. The archaeological research pointing to the reliability of Scripture. Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry (BCTM) tapped into Dever said evidence found among the ancient ruins at Megiddo, that passion Feb. 10-12 as , professors and Gezer and Hazor confirms the biblical accounts of King Solomon. denominational leaders gathered at New Orleans Baptist His findings counter the claims of revisionists who wish to discredit Theological Seminary to discuss what it means to be the church. the Bible and deny the existence of ancient Israel. During “The Mission of Today’s Church” conference, 22 Baptist leaders spoke on issues ranging from cooperation Articles about these events are available at www.nobts.edu/Publications.

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e x t e n s i o n n e w s Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit utilizes artifacts NOBTS rolls out and rare manuscripts from Seminary

the red carpet for When the Dead Sea Scrolls A r c h a e o l o g y exhibit opened in Mobile this extension students Spring, the famous biblical scrolls were the stars of the show. glass from the Seminary’s Center New Orleans Baptist Theological However, ancient artifacts and rare for Archaeological Research, places Seminary extension center students will documents from New Orleans the Dead Sea Scrolls in context with be the center of attention on the Baptist Theological Seminary significant historical figures from Seminary’s main campus May 23 - 27. played a key role in the display. the Mediterranean region. The Seminary’s first Red Carpet The Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit, The exhibit also addressed the Workshop will combine necessary on- hosted by the Gulf Coast Exploreum history of Bible translation. This campus credit for students with much- in Mobile, Ala., included seven section utilized several historical needed fellowship together. 2,000-year-old biblical scrolls and texts from the library’s Rare Books Students may choose from a number five sectarian documents found at Collection. The John T. Christian of core courses on the graduate and the Qumran site in Israel. The Library loaned manuscript leaves undergraduate levels. Graduate students biblical scrolls contain the oldest from a 12th-century Psalter, a may also enroll in the free Introduction surviving text of Genesis, Leviticus, Guttenberg Bible leaf and to NOBTS, the SBC and the Numbers, Deuteronomy, Psalms, several early Cooperative Program to receive an Isaiah and Jeremiah. English additional hour of on-campus credit. Ellen Herron, curartor for the translations. Besides offering classes, NOBTS exhibit, borrowed items from will greet extension students with a NOBTS to help place these special chapel service, a free red beans important scrolls in their and rice dinner on Monday, a free historical context. seafood buffet with NOBTS President The timeline, composed of fourth Chuck Kelley and faculty on Thursday, millennium B.C. pottery student wives events and special cups, Egyptian bronze recreation events. statues, cuneiform For more information about the tablets, fragments of Seminary’s Extension Center work, call mosaics and Roman 1-800-514-1175 or visit online at www.nobts.edu/Extensions Seminary launches new student and staff housing projects

New Orleans Seminary launched two N e w a p a r t m e n t s The largest part of the construction will new construction projects in January. The be new two-bedroom apartments for new initiatives, which includes student and students. The 48 new apartments on staff apartments, come in response to the housing will be built termite resistant.” Providence Place will be made up of five Seminary’s continued enrollment boom. Rising student enrollment and the sale separate, three-story buildings (pictured “These are the last of our really urgent of the Seminary’s off-campus apartments below). A new staff village includes three building projects,” said President Chuck are both factors driving the urgency of three-bedroom townhouses for larger staff Kelley. “At the end of this project, more the two projects. The seminary now has families and eight two-bedroom staff than half of our housing will be less than more on campus students than it had total apartments. Both projects are scheduled 5-years-old and more than half of our students just nine years ago. for completion by January 2006.

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3. Exploring the implications of the proposal for historic Baptist Trustees express reservations polity. Baptist polity was a major concern of the NOBTS Trustees and president from the beginning of consideration. The Trustees asked about sole membership plan the president to prepare a paper exploring polity concerns with sole membership, had a panel discussion on the issue between the entire The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Trustee Board and a group of NOBTS theologians and historians, and asked Board approved a document listing and explaining their the president to seek and report feedback from Convention leaders reservations about sole membership. and other non-NOBTS conservative professional Baptist theologians In the Fall of 2004, trustees complied with the request of and historians on polity concerns in light of sole membership. Southern Baptist Convention messengers by approving a By the time this process concluded, NOBTS made several charter amendment naming the SBC sole member of the discoveries, including the following. Seminary’s corporation. Messengers will have the opportunity to vote on the NOBTS charter amendment at the 2005 SBC 1. There are several matters on which the Seminary and the Annual Meeting in Nashville. In a separate motion, trustees Executive Committee agree completely. Both the Seminary and directed their executive committee to develop a document the Executive Committee are grateful for and supportive of the explaining their reluctance to adopt sole membership. Conservative Resurgence. Both the Seminary and the Executive Committee agree the Seminary always has been and always will be According to Rev. Tommy French, Trustee Chairman when an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, with the Convention the reservations were stated, NOBTS officials will be allowed having complete control over the selection of Trustees, the content of to communicate the reservations at the Convention. the Seminary’s charter, and the definition of ministry guidelines for the Seminary. Both the Seminary and the Executive Committee agree NOBTS Reservations Concerning a that this relationship and these rights of the Convention must be secured in perpetuity in a manner clearly protected by Louisiana law. Charter Amendment Proposal The disagreement is over the most appropriate way to accomplish this objective. The purpose of this document is to explain why New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has reservations about the legal risks of financial 2. Louisiana law differs from that of the states in which other liability and the possible effects on Baptist polity that could come if the SBC entities are located, and that difference is significant. attached proposal to make the SBC the sole member of the legal The basis of this recommendation is a piece of corporate law called corporation of the seminary is adopted. The proposal is a request to make the Model Act. The Model Act has been passed as law in nine states. the Southern Baptist Convention the sole member of the legal corporation Ten of the entities of the Southern Baptist Convention are in the nine of the Seminary in order to clarify and strengthen the ties binding the states which passed the Model Act. Louisiana is not one of those Seminary and the Convention. Being in perfect agreement with this goal, states, and therefore New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is the Trustees engaged in a process of careful research and study to evaluate under a different legal code than the other SBC entities. The Model the proposal. That process included the following steps. Act has one interpretation of sole membership, but Louisiana law appears to have a different interpretation. Sole membership in 1. Listening carefully to be sure the proposal was properly Louisiana means something different than sole membership in the understood. That listening process included two meetings of the home states of other entities. President with Executive Committee attorneys, three meetings between NOBTS Trustees and Executive Committee attorneys, one meeting of 3. The most important legal problem with sole membership NOBTS Trustees with Dr. Morris Chapman and his staff, and one meeting in Louisiana is an increase in liability for the Southern Baptist of the entire NOBTS Board of Trustees with the officers and staff of the Convention. Out of concern for increasing the exposure of the SBC Executive Committee. Legal counsel for the seminary and other Louisiana to liability lawsuits, the Trustees of NOBTS feel compelled to warn attorneys were present in those meetings. the convention messengers about three possible negative consequences of utilizing the sole membership strategy in Louisiana. 2. Researching the implications of the proposal in light of First, this strategy could potentially put the Cooperative Program Louisiana law. Basic research was done by the permanent legal at risk. The motion passed by the SBC in June 2004 asked the NOBTS counsel of the Seminary. The results of his research were shared with Board of Trustees to make the SBC the sole member of the seminary’s other Louisiana attorneys and confirmed by them. An independent corporation in a way that assured the messengers historic rights and legal counsel was employed to review the proposal. One practicing gave the Convention legal immunity. Multiple Louisiana attorneys Louisiana attorney has been on the Board of Trustees for several have told us it is impossible for this proposal to fulfill both requests. years. Another Louisiana attorney was added to the Board before the The general counsel for the seminary has spent a lifetime practicing final decision of the Board was made. An attorney addressing the law in the state of Louisiana and specializes in the church and same issue of entity relationships between the Louisiana state Louisiana law. We consulted numerous other Louisiana lawyers, convention and its entities was included in one of the key meetings Baptist and non-Baptist, including hiring as a consultant a man widely between NOBTS Trustees and Executive Committee attorneys. recognized as one of the top corporate lawyers in the state. We Throughout the process the Trustees sought advice from Louisiana noticed even the Louisiana Baptist Convention did not use sole legal professionals who have practiced law for a lifetime in Louisiana. membership to strengthen the ties to its state entities. The

30 || VVISIONISION SOLEMEMBERSHIP overwhelming consensus of all the opinions we sought is that making SBC over its entities through duly elected Trustees as opposed to the SBC the sole member of our Louisiana corporation will dramatically direct control of the entities by the Convention itself. The Convention increase the risk of financial liability for the SBC in the state of Louisiana. controls entity charters, ministry guidelines, and Trustee selection, Messengers must decide if the possibility of putting the Cooperative while the Trustees exercise operational control and governance of Program at risk in a lawsuit is worth adopting this measure without the entity. The Conservative Resurgence used this historic polity to considering any alternative way to accomplish the same goals. institute the most significant course correction in the history of the Second, this change could have irreversible legal consequences. If church in America. Our historic polity at the national level has proven sole membership is implemented at this point in time, and a later itself in normal operations and in times of reformation. Convention were to decide to change from sole membership to another corporate model, the Louisiana attorneys we have consulted tell us it 6. This proposal ignores a source of the problem of entities in would probably not change the liability of the SBC in the state of state conventions which made abrupt changes in their Louisiana. Once this form of control is implemented, it will always be relationships with state Baptist bodies. The question no one has recalled as an indication of the true nature of the relationship between asked or discussed is why state entities that unilaterally changed their the seminary and the Convention. If this change does prove to be a relationship with their state convention were able to explore such a problem, there will be no going back. move. If an SBC entity head dared to suggest this kind of change it Third, the specific process that has been initiated by the Executive would result in immediate dismissal or severe reprimand. Why? Every Committee could increase the likelihood of legal liability for the SBC. entity board is filled with Trustees who have a great allegiance to the In a letter the general counsel for the Executive Committee informed Southern Baptist Convention, and every SBC entity needs Cooperative us that entity consideration of charter changes should precede any Program funds, the goodwill of Southern Baptists, or both to be able to request for a change in charter by the Convention. He went on to say survive. To our knowledge in those cases where a state entity has that if the Convention initiated a proposal asking an entity to change abandoned its historic relationship with a state convention, the entity a charter it could “strain if not tear the corporate veil” of protection head was playing a major role in the selection of his own Trustees, and from liability, perhaps weakening the defense strategy of the in nearly all cases, the Cooperative Program did not provide a significant Convention against lawsuits by making it appear the Convention is portion of the entity budget. What makes historic Baptist polity work is managing the subsidiary entity. Last April New Orleans Baptist careful Trustee selection for all entities and continuous development of Theological Seminary announced it would be bringing a proposal on financial support and goodwill for entities. changing its charter to the 2005 meeting of the SBC. However, the Executive Committee chose to ask the Convention to request a charter change before the seminary initiated a proposal. If the written advice we received is correct, the danger is even more likely for liability As requested by the messengers of the 2004 Southern Baptist problems coming from approval of this proposal. Convention, the Trustees of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary recommend the charter change proposal to the messengers of the 4. The attorneys we consulted tell us that with minor changes 2005 Convention. We do so, however, with the reservations expressed in our present charter Louisiana law would protect all the above. These reservations are not born out of a desire for greater Convention rights sole membership seeks to protect, but independence or an attempt to change in any way the relationship we without the risk of increased liability. Minor changes in the have always had with the Convention. These reservations reflect our present charter would complete the protection of SBC rights without concern for the legal and fiscal health of the Convention and for the increasing SBC liability in lawsuits involving the seminary. Other conservation of historic Baptist polity. Our passionate commitment to alternatives could be explored, but the staff of the SBC Executive the Southern Baptist Convention gives us an obligation to share these Committee asked us not to prepare any alternative to sole membership concerns. and has refused to consider any option but sole membership. We From the beginning of this discussion with the Executive Committee believe that a process that does not at least consider more than one staff, however, we have always insisted that the messengers have the option is a flawed process. final say. Should the messengers, knowing these reservations choose to approve the proposed amendment, it will be implemented shortly 5. There are grounds for significant concerns about the after the close of the Convention. Should the messengers reject this implications of sole membership for Baptist polity. Sole proposal, an alternative approach to accomplish the same objective membership in the eyes of many professional Baptist historians and will be crafted in light of the peculiarities of Louisiana law and historic theologians, many SBC leaders, and many SBC church members is a Baptist polity and presented to the next meeting of the Southern step toward the centralization of control and authority in Southern Baptist Convention. In either case the New Orleans Baptist Baptist life. It is not the size of the step, but rather the direction of Theological Seminary affirms without reservation the bedrock principle the step that causes concern. The centralization of control and of Baptist polity that in any Southern Baptist discussion, the Convention authority will ultimately lead to a diminished voice for the messengers messengers have the deciding voice. of the Convention. A diminished voice of the messengers leads to a diminished voice of the local church. The manner in which the staff and officers of the Executive Committee handled the discussion with the Seminary has reinforced, not lessened our concerns for the future For more information on sole membership visit implications of this change. www.nobts.edu/SoleMembership Historic Baptist polity emphasizes the decisive influence of the

SSPRINGPRING 20052005 | 31 FACULTYNEWS Price joins NOBTS F A C U L T Y H A P P E N I N G S Book by Norman Focuses Mission of the Church to Mormons” during as Dean of Students the BCTM Conference. The Seminary has welcomed a new dean on Baptist Distinctives • Dr. Scott Drumm, Assistant Professor of Theological and Historical Studies, of students to the campus community. Dr. The Baptist Way by Dr. Stan presented “Painting Post-Modernism: Post- Craig Price, an experienced and Norman, Associate Professor of Modern Themes in the Art of Rene teacher, began his role as “pastor to students” Theology, is Magritte” at the Southwestern Regional in January. In April, trustees elected Price scheduled for meeting of the Evangelical Theological to the faculty as Assistant Professor of New release in May. Society at NOBTS in March. Testament and Greek. The new book • Dr. Steve Echols, Associate Professor of “It is an honor and a privilege to be provides an Leadership, presented “The Flexibility of here…this is a fantastic institution,” Price said. introduction to Jesus’ Leadership Style in Light of Emotional “I am excited about my role of serving students the principles Intelligence Research” at the SW Regional as they are preparing to serve God’s people.” that distinguish ETS meeting. • Dr. Bill Warren, Professor of N.T. and Price has 25 years of pastoral experience Baptists from Greek, presented “A Charge, a Cross, and a serving churches in Arkansas, Florida, many other Curtain: An Understanding of the Georgia and Texas. He comes to NOBTS Christians. Abandonment Cry of Jesus in Mark” at the after serving as For Norman, healthy Baptist SW Regional ETS meeting. pastor of Hot churches intentionally and diligently • Dr. Philip Pinckard, Associate Professor Springs Baptist adhere to Baptist distinctives. of Missions, presented “A Comparison of Church in Hot Church Planting in the N.T. & Church Springs, Ark. Wife of Professor Emeritus Planting Movements in the 21st Century” at the SW Regional ETS meeting. since 1998. passes away in March “The love • Dr. Ken Taylor, Associate Professor of Urban Missions, presented “A Case Study for people that Dorothy Young, wife of Professor Emeritus in Theology Dr. J. Terry of an Effective Business Platform in a arises out of Restricted Access Environment” at the SW Young, passed away March 31 in Dr. Price’s rich Regional ETS meeting. pastoral Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. Young taught • Dr. Steve Lemke, Provost and Professor experience will junior high and high school math for of Philosophy, presented “Agent Causation, Dr. Craig Price serve our 33 years. She taught in New Orleans or, How to Be a Soft Libertarian” at the SW institution and for 23 years. Regional ETS meeting. students well,” said Provost Steve Lemke. Dr. Young retired in 1998 after a 27- “In addition, his expertise in how to use New year teaching ministry at NOBTS. m i s s i o n t r i p s Testament exegesis in sermon proclamation is an added plus to our emphasis on P R E S E N T A T I O N S • Dr. Ed Steele, Assistant Professor of Music, and Dr. Kathy Steele participated in a week expository preaching.” of teaching in Havana, Cuba in March. Dr. Educated at Southwestern Baptist Theological • Dr. Ken Keathley, Assistant Professor of Theology, presented “Salvation and the Ed Steele taught a workshop on the “History Seminary, Price earned a Master of Divinity of Sacred Song” at the Seminary and Dr. in 1984 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree Sovereignty of God: The Great Commission as the Expression of the Divine Will” during Kathy Steele gave a conference on working specializing in New Testament studies in 1989. the Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry with children from dysfunctional homes to Price holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree (BCTM) Conference at NOBTS. church leaders. in audiology and speech pathology from the • Dr. Chuck Kelley, President and Professor • Dr. Ken Keathley, Assistant Professor of University of Florida. of , presented “Why Bother with Theology, and Dr. Lloyd Harsch, Assistant Price served as assistant professor of the Southern Baptist Convention?” during Professor of Church History, led students religion at Ouachita Baptist University the BCTM Conference. on a mission trip and church history tour to North Africa in March. Students interacted from 1987 until 1991 – teaching in the • Dr. Stan Norman, presented “Together We Grow: Congregational Polity as a Means with local people groups and visited sites areas of Old Testament, New Testament associated with St. Augustine of Hippo. and pastoral ministry. of Corporate Sanctification” during the BCTM Conference. “It exciting to be back in academia,” Price • Dr. Chuck Quarles, Associate Professor P U B L I C A T I O N S said. “My largest responsibility will be of New Testament and Greek, presented interfacing with students, but having the “The Gospel of Peter: A Pre-canonical • Dr. Norris Grubbs, Assistant Professor of opportunity to teach again is very appealing.” Resurrection Narrative?” during the Greer- New Testament and Greek, wrote “The Truth Price and his wife Dee have been married Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum. About Elders and Their Children: Believing for 26 years. They have two daughters, Shelley • Dr. Robert Stewart, Assistant Professor of or Behaving in Titus 1:6?” for publication in (18) and Drew (15). Philosophy and Theology, presented “The Faith and Mission 22, no. 2 (Spring 2005).

32 | VISION FACULTYSPOTLIGHT Dr. Quarles: Faithful to God’s Call through Difficult Circumstances Shortly after his birth a hospital nurse recognized the potential of Chuck Quarles, who now serves as Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek at NOBTS. “When I look at the way that boy moves his mouth I do believe God either plans for him to be a lawyer or a Baptist preacher,” she told his mother. The nurse was right. By age 19, Quarles was pastoring Concord Baptist Church in Bruce, Miss. But God also had plans for Quarles to be a missionary and a seminary professor. During the midst of his wonderful experience at Concord, God began pushing him toward missions. A mission trip to Kenya was pivotal in Quarles’ call to missions and teaching. He preached at a crusade and witnessed in the streets. He saw thousands respond to the gospel, but found few churches available to disciple the new believers. “I sensed a call to train Christian leaders in these missionary Dr. Chuck Quarles teaches New Testament and Greek at NOBTS. settings and from that point on it became my focus,” he said. “After that first trip to Kenya, I was never quite the same.” The text of 2 Timothy 2:2 became foundational to his call: cruelty. While Julie and Josh were shopping in the market, a “The things which you have heard from me among many man approached and asked for money. When Julie said no, the witnesses, these things commit to faithful men who shall be angry man burned Josh’s face with a cigarette and laughed. able to teach others also.” Later, Julie developed an intense, debilitating pain in her “I began to sense that I could have the greatest impact in Kingdom back. The Quarles family returned to the United States where work by investing my life and ministry in the lives and ministries of Julie received emergency surgery. many others who will lead churches around the world,” Quarles God began healing Julie and before long the family was able to said. “I could multiply my ministry return to Romania. But the return was a short one. through those who are trained.” The family’s trials took a toll on their daughter, Hannah. She After he completed his master’s developed a panic disorder and suffered severe attacks every Dr. Chuck Quarles and doctoral degrees, Quarles and time she left their home. The Quarles family had to return to the joined the NOBTS his wife, Julie, began the United States - this time they would not be going back to Romania. appointment process to serve as “It was confusing. We didn’t know exactly what God had in faculty in 2002 missionaries with the International mind, but we knew that we could trust Him. God has never let after serving Mission Board. Delay after delay us down,” Quarles said. “Even though those things were extended their wait for 10 and a half confusing, and at times discouraging, we knew that God hadn’t as a missionary years. Finally, they were appointed taken us that far to let us down.” to serve in Romania, in the field of and church planter It was in the midst of this difficult time that New Orleans theological education. Seminary offered Quarles a teaching position. In 2002, Quarles in Romania. Their first two years on accepted appointment to the faculty. Teaching at NOBTS offers the field were filled with him the opportunity to continue his ministry of multiplication. blessings. They saw God work “In God’s gracious providence, I’m now teaching on the faculty in miraculous ways. Quarles was not only training hundreds of one of the largest seminaries in the world,” he said. “I am of pastors and missionaries at Bucharest Baptist Theological impacting the lives not only of a few hundred students, but thousands Seminary and the University of Bucharest, he was also of students who will go and serve where my family cannot go.” helping plant a new church. In Quarles’ office you’ll find a marble plaque and a well-used During their third year, things began to dramatically change. Greek New Testament that belonged to his grandfather, Chester The struggles began with neighborhood children throwing bricks L. Quarles. His grandfather, for whom the chair of urban and beer bottles at their children. Then, someone began missions at NOBTS is named, was also a pastor. The plaque sabotaging the family car. reads “Preach the Word.” About the same time, the entire family began to experience Quarles continues to preach and teach the Word. By passing nausea, headaches and fatigue. A faulty heater in their home had on his love for the New Testament and Greek to his students, exposed the family to high levels of carbon monoxide for months. he is remaining faithful to his call by raising up a new generation After a long recovery from carbon monoxide poisoning, their to take the gospel to the ends of the earth. son Josh, only four at the time, experienced an act of unspeakable By Gary D. Myers

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1970s Clay Hallmark (DMin ‘96) was recently elected Eye on Alumni Steven Hicks (ThM ‘70 & ThD ‘73) retired as the President of the Executive Board of the from the IMB Aug. 1, 2004 after 31 years in Arkansas Baptist State Convention. He is the pastor Mexico. of First Baptist Church in Marion, Ark.

Timothy Leggett (MRE ‘77) is Assistant Professor John Killian (MDiv ‘97) was elected President- 1940s of Early Childhood Education at Arkansas Tech Elect of the Alabama Baptist Pastor’s Conference in Eugene Keebler (BDiv ‘49 & ThD ‘53) teaches University in Russellville, Ark. November of 2004. a men’s Sunday School Class at Springhill Baptist Church. He has been elected Junior Senator for Larry Garner (MRE ‘75) and Ivan Parke (MDiv Jeff Jenkins (MDiv ‘98) was commissioned as a Alabama through an organization called National ‘90 & PhD ‘97) have written “Reclaiming the Real Navy Chaplain. He will be the Command Chaplain Silver Haired Congress. Jesus,” available since July 2004. on the USS Cowpens, a forward deployed Cruiser, home ported in Yokosuka, Japan. 1950s Charles Woodward (ThD ‘79) is a periodic Lt. Col. George S. Kelly (DPCT ‘59) has been contributor to “Biblical Illustrator”. 2000 assigned as the Headquarters Chaplain, Texas Charles Moore (MDiv ‘00) serves as pastor of Wing, United States Air Force Auxiliary-CAP. Ed Johnson (MDiv ‘79 & DMin ‘04) is the new Benton Baptist Church in Benton, Miss. He also Chaplain Kelly began ministry in Civil Air Patrol Associational Missionary for Ogeechee River Baptist teaches Bible at the local high school and oversees after his retirement from the full-time pastorate in Association in Statesboro, Ga. the school’s community services program. 1990. Bruce Sabin (BGS ‘00) has been promoted to C. Ferris Jordan (ThD 1980s Larry Dover (MDiv ‘88) has been the Director of Director of Institutional Effectiveness and Assistant ‘55) celebrated the fiftieth Associational Missions of Franklin County Baptist Professor of Political Science at Webber International anniversary of his Association in Alabama for over five years. University in Babson Park, Fla. He also teaches the ordination to ministry college and career Bible study at FBC Frostproof, Fla. and the fiftieth Huey Hood (MDiv ‘88) has been DOM for anniversary of his Winston Baptist Association in Alabama since engagement to his wife 2001 August 2000. Jimmy Major (MDiv ‘01) has been accepted into June (MRE ‘55) on the U.S. Army as a chaplain. He began chaplain January 2. Jordan marked Joy (Hilbun) Mohr (MRE ‘88) is currently a school at Fort Jackson in January. the day by preaching in stay-at-home mother with four children. Most both morning services at recently she was a social worker in the China First Baptist Church in Baton Rouge, the site of 2002 adoption program of Bethany Christian Services Mary Trucano (MACE ‘02) is the new executive the 1955 ordination. Professor Emeritus of Adult in Grand Rapids, Mich. She occasionally does director of a pregnancy care center in the Orange Education at NOBTS, Jordan retired from the contract work for Bethany and Chinese translation Blossom Baptist Association in Florida. faculty in 1998. work. She served in China for six years primarily through the IMB teaching English and studying 2003 1960s Mandarin. Vickie Ryan (BACMIN ‘03) graduated in Tom Cox (MRE ‘66) was honored by the Tom December 2004 with her masters in social work Cox Baptist Theological Seminary of Peru in Trujji, Sid Taylor (MRE ‘86) is pastor of Pleasant Hill from Tulane University. Peru on Nov. 26, 2004 at their graduation with an Baptist Church in Hemingway, S.C. He continues honorary Doctorate Degree. This was the largest to serves as director of Justice Ministries/Prison graduating class in the seminary’s 50 year history. Births Evangelism Outreach, Inc., a nationwide ministry Jay (BACMIN ‘04) and Michelle Adkins to prisoners and their families. welcomed Canon Josiah into the world on Todd Hamilton (EdD ‘65) is IMB Emeritus from November 29, 2004. He weighed 11 lbs. 4 oz. the Philippine Seminary. He is currently the pastor and was 21 ½ inches long. He is joined by big of EFC Chinese Church (Taiwanese) and also serves 1990s John Bradham (MDiv ‘90) is the Director of brother Quint. as adjunct professor of Missions at SWBTS in Missions for the Southeast Baptist Association in Houston. Georgetown, S.C. David (MACE ‘94 & ThM ‘03) and Jennifer (MACE ‘94) Eastland announce the birth of a Elmo McLaurin (MRE ‘67) joined the staff at Darwin Bullock (MDiv ‘90) is a church planter daughter, Mary Clare. She was born Nov. 18, Cave Spring Baptist Church in Roanoke, Va. as and pastor of CrossPoint Baptist Church in 2004 and weighed 9 lbs 2 oz and was 20 ¼ inches Associate Minister of Adult Education. He Leesburg, Ga. The church was planted in long. She is welcomed home by big brothers previously served as Minister of Education for 20 September, 2002. In May of 2003 he graduated Zachary, 15, John, 2, and Thomas, 1. years at Oakland Baptist Church in Roanoke. from Reformed Theological Seminary Orlando with his DMin. He and his wife, Deanne, had their Kevin (MDiv ‘04) and Lori Lee have welcomed a Daniel Martinez (MRE ‘69) recently completed seventh child, Jonah David, on Aug. 6, 2003. son, Stephen Harold on February 15, 2005. He a year as president of the California Fellowship of weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz and was 20 inches long. He Church Musicians. He organized and presented Lewis Dolan (MDiv ‘90) is now serving as has a sister, Taylor. an inspirational music conference featuring chaplain with Covenant Hospice in Crestview, Fla. clinicians such as creative minister of Saddleback, He has also been assigned in the Naval Reserves as Byron and Charlotte Lynn (MDiv ‘98) have Rick Muchow, and vocal artist Steve Amerson. The the Officer in Charge of Marine Expeditionary welcomed a daughter, Emme Caroline on Jan. 3, musicians group is associated with the California Force Religious Team, Atlantic, Detachment B in 2005. She has brother, Jackson, who is 2. Southern Baptist Convention. Orlando. These teams provide chaplains and Religious Program Specialists for active duty Marine Corps units.

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Hank (attended ‘96) and Gina (MACE ‘97) Dowell Worsham (BDiv ‘52 & ThD ‘55) passed Calvary Arabic Shirley have two children. Hannah Grace was born away on Feb. 3, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Baptist Mission in May 28, 2002. Kathleen Elaine was born Jan. 29, Genelle. New Orleans. 2004. Gihan Ibrahim, Mission Appointments also a native of Charles (MACE ‘04) and Laura (MACE ’02) Egypt, formerly Sylvest have welcomed a daughter, Ella Lucille. She North American Mission Board served as lead was born Feb. 7, 2005 and weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. teacher in the Michael L. (MDiv ‘04) and Janet A. Brooks Preschool With the Lord (MCM ‘81) serve in Columbus, Ohio, where Educational Center at NOBTS. Elise Baskette (DPRE ‘58) passed away on Jan. Michael is director and pastor of the Stowe Baptist The Ibrahims have two sons: Nader, 8; and 2, 2005. Center of the Metro Joseph,3. Columbus Baptist Allen Craven (BDiv ‘60) passed away on March Association. David (MDiv ‘04) and 3, 2004. He is survived by his wife Patricia. The Brooks served as Jaime Rhymes serve in church planters with the New Orleans, La., Randy Haman (BDiv ‘53) passed away on International Mission where David is the January 3, 2005. Board in Japan for 18 assistant director of the years before coming to Brantley Baptist Center, Clayton Hart (DPPM ‘77) passed away on Dec. the Stowe Baptist a Southern Baptist 29, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Bobbie. Center. ministry center and The Brooks have three children: Phillip, 22; homeless shelter. Jimmy Kettleman (MDiv ‘90) passed away on Andrew, 19; and Alicia, 14. Jan. 9, 2005. He is survived by his wife Cindy. Larry. E. (MDiv ‘04) and Karen A. Sharrow Kerri A. Bumgarner (MDiv ‘04) serves in New (CEX ‘04) serve in Harry Kirkley (ThM ‘69) passed away on Dec. York City as a Nehemiah Project church planting Abingdon, Md., where 13, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Joyce. missionary. Larry Sharrow is a Bumgarner will serve as outreach and multi- Nehemiah Project church Sara Knotts (MRE ‘63) passed away on Jan. 21, housing coordinator with 411 NYC a church planter. 2005. planting ministry in Midtown Manhattan aimed Sharrow serves as church at starting Bible study groups for people involved planter/pastor of Real Life Lawrence LaPrade (MRE ‘57) passed away on in the theater and other performing arts as well as Church, Abingdon, Md. Dec. 17, 2004. He is survived by his wife Bettie. international diplomats. The Sharrows have three daughters: Monique, 22; James McAleece (DPRE ‘73) passed away on Jason M. (MDiv ‘04) and Amy H. Davis serve Sarah, 12; and Rachel, 10. Dec. 31, 2004. He is survived by Nancy McAleece. in Spring Hill, Tenn., where Jason Davis is a Nehemiah Project church planting missionary in Fred L. (MDiv ‘94) and Cheryl Hewett serves Otis McCluney (DPCH ‘57) passed away on the Maury Baptist Association. He serves as pastor with the North American Mission Board's Church Jan. 2, 2005. of a new church called Grace Park Church. Planting Group as strategic networks manager. Granville McPeake (BDiv ‘56) passed away on John T. (DMin ‘96 & MDiv ‘85) and Terri L. Hewett has served as a Feb. 4, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Joye Forrester (MRE ‘82) serve in Kotzebue, Alaska church planting missionary Elizabeth. where John Forrester is a church starter strategist with NAMB and the Florida and pastor of First Baptist Church, Kotzebue. Baptist Convention. He has Stephen Manning, Sr. (attended in 1973) passed For more than 20 years, Forrester served as pastored churches in Georgia away on Nov. 21, 2004. He is survived by his pastor of churches in Georgia, Mississippi, and and Florida. wife, Anita. Montana and later served seven years of an The Hewetts have two adult children. associational director of missions. Emit Ray (DMin ‘75) passed away on Nov. 17, The Forresters have a son, John, 17. 2004. He is survived by his wife Kathryn. Billy J. (MRE ‘75) and JoAnn B. Hallmark serve James Reley (BDiv ‘49) passed away on Jan. 3, in Great Falls, Montana where Billy Hallmark is 2005. He is survived by his wife Elaine. the director of missions and church starter strategist for the Triangle Baptist Association. Farrell E. Runyan (ThM ‘44 & ThD ‘56) passed Hallmark served for eight years as the founding Send your updates away on Jan. 26, 2005. He is survived by his pastor of Crossroads Memorial Church, Great wife, Elizabeth. Falls, Montana. to the Alumni Office at The Hallmarks have two adult children. Edward Sheppard (DPCH ‘55) passed away on Nov. 10, 2004. He is survived by his wife, Mamie. Nashaat R. (MDiv ‘02) and Gihan N. Ibrahim (504) 282-4455, ext. 3331 serve in Alexandria, Va., where Nashaat Ibrahim James Walker (BDiv ‘60) passed away on Jan. is a Nehemiah Project church planter. or [email protected] 22, 2005. He is survived by his wife Charlotte. Ibrahim, a native of Egypt, served as a pastor and church planter in Egypt as well as youth director Marvin Willis, Sr. (BDiv ‘54) passed away on for the Egyptian Baptist Convention, Cairo, Egypt. Dec. 15, 2004. He is survived by his wife Patricia. He served as pastor for nearly six years at the

SSPRINGPRING 20052005 | 35 The National Alumni & Friends Luncheon will be June 22 at the SBC Annual Meeting in Nashville. Tickets: $10 before June 1; $12 after June 1 Call Denise Wrye at (800) 662-8701, ext. 3331 for more information or to purchase tickets. For information about purchasing tickets online, visit www.nobts.edu/alumni.

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