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Hester Lectures, delivered at the annual meeting of His work is implicitly Christian because his Christian faith has the Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools, shaped both his choice of the issue to be studied and the Baylor University, Waco, Texas, June 5-8, 1999 by C. Stephen hypotheses he is testing. Nevertheless, the research is not Evans, Professor of Philosophy and Dean for Research and overtly or explicitly Christian. Sometimes Christian faith does Scholarship at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. make a difference to scholarship without that difference being detectable. Of course I by C. Stephen Evans don’t mean to suggest “It must be emphasized n my first lecture I spoke about the calling of the Christian that the work Myers is Iteacher-scholar, who forms the heart and soul of Christian doing could not have that Christian scholarship higher education. The Christian professor must be committed been done by a non- can be done well or poorly. to a transformative vision that allows him or her to work inte- Christian. Obviously, Christianity is no guarantee grally and holistically within the academic world as a Christian. that is possible. The Seeking to be faithful to his or her authentic Christian commit- point is that Myers’ against shoddiness.” ment, the Christian professor is called to be a actual work is different double missionary, representing the life of the than it would be if it were not being motivated and shaped by mind within the church, and the life of the Myers’ Christian concerns. church to the intellectual world. Christian faith shapes scholarly work in a more direct and Such a conception of the Christian scholar obvious way in other cases. I have a colleague in philosophy at leads logically to what George Marsden calls Calvin, John Hare, who has recently published an award-win- the outrageous idea of Christian scholarship. ning book with Oxford University Press, The Moral Gap. In this But does the idea of Christian scholarship work Hare looks at modern moral philosophy, beginning with make sense? Is there such a thing as Christian the great Enlightenment thinker Immanuel Kant, and tries to mathematics or physics? Won’t a Christian at Stephen Evans show that even within secular moral philosophy there is an work in the academic world who cares about awareness of a gap, a moral gap between what we humans rec- truth and evidence come up with the same theories as a non- ognize we should morally do and become and what we are actu- Christian? ally capable of doing and becoming. Hare points to this gap to argue for the continued relevance of the Christian claims that 1. Three Forms of Christian Scholarship: Purely humans are in need of divine assistance — we need something Vocational, Implicit, and Explicit like the atonement, a way of filling the moral gap, if we are to To answer these questions, let me begin with a definition: achieve our own moral ideals. He argues that the idea that “Christian scholarship is scholarship that is done to further the Christ has made an atonement for us continues to make sense kingdom of God. It is scholarship carried out as part of a call- from the standpoint of moral philosophy. Hare’s scholarship, ing by citizens of that kingdom whose character, attitudes, emo- then, is explicitly Christian. We might say it wears its Christian tions and convictions reflect their citizenship, and whose work character on its sleeve, and is intended as a form of Christian as scholars is shaped by their Christian convictions, emotions, apologetics and testimony. and character.” (loosely adapted from C. Stephen Evans, Wisdom and Humanness in Psychology). 2. Some Cautionary Thoughts In my first lecture I said that Christian scholarship does not So what kind of Christian scholarship should we be doing— have to be or to appear uniquely or distinctively Christian. Purely vocational, implicit, or explicit? All of the above, of Sometimes Christians are called to do the same experiments or course. Our callings reflect differences in our authentic construct the same mathematical proofs as non-Christians. One Christian commitments, what God expects from each of us. I way that Christians may bear witness to the Kingdom of God is shall say more later about the kinds of circumstances that may simply by doing excellent work in their disciplines, contributing call for a particular form of Christian scholarship. For the to the development of new knowledge, furthering the general moment I want to immediately add some cautionary qualifica- good, and also demonstrating that it is indeed possible for a tions to what I have said about the need for Christian scholar- thoughtful educated person to live as a Christian in today’s ship. world. This kind of scholarship may not be obviously Christian I want to emphasize that Christian scholarship is not mono- to an observer, but it is still scholarship that satisfies my defini- lithic but pluralistic, reflecting the diversity of Christians and tion of Christian scholarship, since the work is motivated by a their vocations. Christian scholars will not agree on everything desire to honor God. We could call it purely vocational and that is not necessarily a bad thing. Thus, there is room Christian scholarship. within Christian scholarship for Christian feminism, Christian Sometimes, however, Christian scholarship will be different conservatism, Christian romanticism, etc. However, it is impor- because of the Christian faith that lies at its heart. The differ- tant to remember what is absolute and what is relative, what is ences will not always be explicit. David Myers, for example, a ultimately important and what is only important. Christian psychologist at Hope College, has been doing research It must be emphasized that Christian scholarship can be on the relationship between happiness and financial wealth. He done well or poorly. Christianity is no guarantee against shod- is trying to show something that Christians know to be true; (continued on page 4) Hester Lecture... story that is a grand drama with several important acts: cre- ation, fall, redemption, sanctification, glorification and final vic- (continued from page 3) tory. I take it that what we call “doctrines” are attempts to diness. The strongest argument against Christian scholarship is articulate the meaning of some aspect of this narrative. the shoddiness of much of what claims to be Christian scholar- Although theologians have a special responsibility to articulate ship. Perhaps it is worth asking why so much of what repre- these meanings, all followers of Christ must seek to understand sents itself as Christian thinking is simplistic or worse. I think this story and its meaning for their lives and for the community that part of the answer lies in the ways we so often misuse Holy of which they are a part. The story needs to become the “frame” Scripture. The Bible is decisively important for Christian schol- or context in terms of which everything else is understood. arship. But the Bible must be used properly. We cannot look to What we need to develop is the habit of continually looking to the Bible for quick fixes and proof texts to answer every scholar- Scripture to provide the basic or foundational narrative in terms ly question. of which we understand the world, rather than seeking easy Perhaps we are prone to this kind of simplistic use of the answers to all of our questions. Bible due to the doctrine of the perspicuity of Scripture. This We succumb to the challenge of “secularism” if we allow this doctrine is an important part of our Protestant heritage, and is narrative to be marginalized; to become deeply Christian is to closely linked to the Baptist emphasis on the individual con- make this story the basic narrative that assigns meanings and science of the believer struggling to understand the Bible. values to all that one knows and experiences. Each element in I do not wish to attack the doctrine of the perspicuity of the narrative can of course be articulated in different ways. Scripture itself. The “great things of the gospel” are clear and Sometimes those differences reflect substantive disagreements; do not require great learning to be under- sometimes the disagreements reflect the stood. However, it is often not clear and “Finally, Christian scholarship richness and complexity of God’s truth, in fact takes great effort to develop a which cannot be neatly packaged in Christian understanding of something must be intellectually honest. human systems. As Christian scholars, we such as sexuality or the family and it takes The Christian scholar cannot must continually seek to discern the rele- great skill to apply Christian wisdom to and should not refuse to deal vance and power of the Christian narrative contemporary problems and issues. It is forthrightly with doubts and to illuminate the human condition, both true, as Kierkegaard says, that learning universally and in our particular circum- can sometimes be used to evade obedi- challenges.” stances. Some reflections on each element ence; we would rather interpret God’s in the narrative: word than act on it. However, on many issues Biblical teachings (1) Creation: The debate about “creation science” and evolu- are not clear and interpretation is genuinely complex. tion has obscured the fundamental importance of this doctrine, Another qualification: Since Christians share in the finitude which implies the fundamental goodness of the created order and sinfulness of the race, Christian scholarship is fallible and and the “creation mandate” to participate in that order. To Christians often must learn from and be corrected by non- believe in creation is not merely to believe that at some time in Christians. Christian scholarship cannot then be done in an the past God started everything off and now things run on in intellectual ghetto. Christians must be in dialogue and full their merry way. Rather it is to believe that even now every communication with their non-Christian colleagues, not only to aspect of nature depends on God and God’s creative power. The share their own insights but also to learn from the others and world that God made is important because it is important to build on what others have achieved. God. He is the one who made it and pronounced it good. If we Finally, Christian scholarship must be intellectually honest. value that creation and recognize its goodness, we will want to The Christian scholar cannot and should not refuse to deal study it and know about it. A weak doctrine of creation is fatal forthrightly with doubts and challenges. Though the romantic to Christian higher education, and is the real root of the anti- glorification of doubt should be avoided, doubt is part of our intellectualism sometimes found in fundamentalism. finitude and can itself be offered to God in prayerful devotion as A crucial element of the idea of creation is the view we take in the prayer, “Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief.” The of the status of human beings. The Biblical view of human cre- Christian community must trust the community of Christian ation contains a balanced tension between two emphases: scholars and recognize the importance of academic freedom; in humans are created from “dust” and yet are created in God’s return the Christian scholar must affirm his or her ultimate image. If we look at secular views of humanity, I think we can loyalty to the church. A key role may be played here by the see how hard it is to maintain this balance. There is a tendency “friendly critic” or “friendly opponent” whose honest and open to err in one of two opposite directions: either we find reduc- position can be more helpful than that of the insincere or reluc- tionism, in which the uniqueness and significance of human life tant adherent. is undermined, or else self-deification, in which human beings are made the center of the universe, the source of all value and 3. Seeing the World Through Biblical Eyes: truth. The challenge to Christians is to hold together the ten- The Acts of the Drama sion between the Christian recognition that we are creatures— Christian faith is rooted in God’s revelation in history and in dust—and the Christian recognition that we do have unique the Bible. In some way the Biblical revelation must be decisive value and significance— as made in God’s image. in deciding what our authentic Christian commitment demands (2) Sin and the Fall: If fundamentalism is weak with respect of us. To understand how Christian scholarship that is implicit- to creation, liberalism is typically weak in its view of the fall and ly or explicitly Christian might be different we must understand human sinfulness. Even if nothing else in Calvinism is accept- how it is related to the Bible. The Biblical revelation, as it is able, “total depravity,” understood as the claim that every aspect understood by the Church, takes the form of a narrative—a of the created order is marred by sin, is the Christian doctrine best supported by experience. This has all kinds of implications. we are reflective and sensitive we can see that Christian faith First of all, it means that Christians must always be concerned may have an impact on any aspect of scholarship, from the with their own motives, with the beams in their own eyes rather choice of topics to investigate, to consideration of what counts than the specks in their neighbors’ eyes. It also means the con- as evidence, to thinking about how new knowledge should be flict between faith and sin is not between “us and them” but used. Christianity may bear in a substantive manner on any within each one of us. As a Christian I see myself in a spiritual academic discipline, though the frequency with which this battle, but I dare not think of the battle as one that is waged occurs will vary from field to field and within a field according against my non-Christian neighbor. We wrestle not against to the type of question being considered. flesh and blood but against principalities and powers. The chart below illustrates this point by giving a sketch of (3) Incarnation and Redemption: Of course the most char- what I call the “relevance continuum.” acteristic Christian conviction is the doctrine of the incarna- tion, the astounding claim that God himself has somehow Relevance Continuum become present with us in the form of an historical individual, ______Jesus of Nazareth. I agree with some medieval theologians that Mathematics Natural Human History Literature Philosophy the incarnation would have occurred even if humans had not Sciences Sciences & the Arts & Theology fallen. Even more than creation, the incarnation implies God’s profound love for his creation, and Although faith may have an impact on a question involvement with it. It is crucial that Christianity is in any discipline, as one goes from the left to the right an historical faith, and that it takes full account of on this relevance continuum, this impact becomes the historical character of human life. Salvation is much more common. The number of questions not a retreat to a world of timeless myth, but an where faith will divide believers from non-believers is involvement with God in a contingent world, a world fewer as one goes to the left; the amount of common that is fallen but which God continues to love and ground and the ease of finding it is smaller as one seeks to redeem and restore. The incarnation then goes to the right, though it never vanishes altogether. provides a kind of charter for engagement with the Even in philosophy and theology there are many ques- world, including scholarly engagement. The world, tions about which ones ultimate faith commitment particularly the human world, is a world that God will make no difference. himself has become part of; it cannot be dismissed as One can also say that within a discipline, formal unimportant. Whatever else Christianity may be, it Stephen Evans questions tend to be more neutral; as we approach cannot be a religion that focuses purely on ethical questions and questions that bear on the next life or the next world, since even the “Christianity may bear in a basic worldviews, our disciplines become new life will be a resurrected life, a bodily more value-charged. A few illustrations will life that will in some way be a fulfillment and substantive manner on any be helpful in clarifying these points. continuation of this one. academic discipline, though Let us begin with mathematics. Most of (4) Sanctification and Final Victory: the frequency with which us find the idea of a Christian mathematics What does it mean to believe that Jesus slightly comical because so few of the ques- Christ will return, that God will someday be this occurs will vary from tions that occupy a mathematician are sub- totally victorious over evil? It means in part field to field and within a stantively affected by the Biblical narrative. that the church is always in this life a field according to the type of A geometrical proof is a proof. Nevertheless church militant, never a church triumphant. question being considered.” even in mathematics, questions can be Nevertheless, however many defeats we suf- raised that are related to world-views. One fer, however much evil may appear tri- of the most fundamental is the question as umphant, we must live in the power of hope, a hope inspired by to the nature and status of numbers and other mathematical God’s promise of final victory. We do not have the luxury of objects. Are numbers real? They do not seem to exist as spatio- thinking that sin and suffering will finally have the upper hand; temporal objects but does this mean they do not exist at all? Is to think that way is to betray all those who have suffered evil mathematical truth invented or discovered? Many mathemati- and stood for righteousness. cians recognize that these questions are profoundly affected by our basic worldview. If we think that matter is all that is real 4. The Impact of the Biblical Drama and the “Relevance and that human life is a cosmic accident, this may have a pro- Continuum” found impact on how we see mathematics itself as a discipline. If we really take this Biblical drama as our basic narrative Ethical questions also present themselves as important ones and frame of reference, will it make a difference to the way we that may be shaped by one’s Christian convictions. One of the do scholarship. The simple answer is “Not always but some- most striking aspects of mathematics is the way in which what times.” The complicated part is of course deciding when our appear to be esoteric discoveries eventually turn out to have prac- scholarship should be different, even while we keep in mind that tical applications. But as soon as knowledge begins to be applied, our vocation does not require us to be different. We seek to be we cannot avoid ethical questions about how it should be used. faithful, not to be different. However, I believe that if we are The natural sciences are similar to mathematics in that the truly faithful we will be different often enough. overwhelming majority of the questions pursued in everyday I have said repeatedly that Christian scholarship does not scientific work are not affected by the Biblical framework. have to be or appear to be uniquely or distinctively Christian However, this is not true for all such questions. I know a philoso- either as product or process. Often we are called to the same pher of science who is doing a book on Michael Faraday, the tasks as our non-Christian sisters and brothers. Nevertheless, if (continued on page 6) Hester Lecture... opment of the French revolution. It is even easy, I think, to show the impact of worldviews in (continued from page 5) such areas as literature, the arts, philosophy, and theology. I am famous chemist, in which he makes it clear that Faraday’s convinced, for example, that the great monotheistic faiths provide Christian faith was one of the factors that inspired him to look for a basis for human equality that is superior to any that has been certain types of theories—theories that were eventually proved proposed by secular moral philosophers. If we believe that all right—and reject others, even in the face of hostility from his sci- human persons are made in God’s image, then we have a reason to entific peers. As we go from day to day questions to more founda- think that all human persons have intrinsic value and should tional questions in these disciplines, we once never be regarded purely as means to other again see the effects of a Biblical worldview or ends. We rightly ask why there are so many its lack. How, for example, should we view “If we are truly intellectually religious conflicts in our world and we are the orderliness of the scientific world itself? horrified by the thought of ethnic cleansing. It does not seem necessary that our world honest, we will approach all But we should ask why ethnic cleansing is should be governed by relatively simple laws, questions in a completely indeed horrifying, for to many human cul- expressible in mathematical form and discov- tures it has seemed self-evident that it was erable by human investigation. What does objective manner and simply acceptable for one culture, tribe or clan to this orderliness and intelligibility suggest exterminate its neighbor. So in these areas, about our world? look for the truth, letting the questions of meaning and value often lie at How should we view the whole question of chips fall where they may.” the very center of our work. the origin of the universe? Can science Perhaps here it is more important to explain the Big Bang or does it inevitably emphasize that not every question in these point beyond itself? The whole field of science and religion is fields will be influenced by faith. An argument about an author’s actually booming at the moment, with a host of new research grammatical proclivities that depends on a word-frequency count institutes and centers, and a great deal of research funded by the provides the same evidence for Christians and non-Christians. John Templeton Foundation. The vividness of a color may be the same for both. The formal As we move to the human sciences, the impact of the Biblical validity of a logical argument in philosophy is the same for every- narrative becomes still greater. We can see the way Christian faith one who considers the matter. Common ground and persuasive shapes scholarly work in this area if we look at how researchers arguments can often be found. But not always. choose the questions they want to pursue, how they choose to define the basic concepts they employ in doing their research, and 5. Is Christian Scholarship Really Scholarship? even in how they interpret and weigh evidence. If we want to I can imagine an objection at this point that might go like this: study aggression, we have to decide when violence is justified and “ I acknowledge the sad truth that our scholarship is often affected unprovoked and defensive in nature and when it is not. If we want by our religious views, and perhaps by our secular worldviews as to study friendship, we need to decide how to define genuine well.” However, that is regrettable and simply shows that we have friendship. not been rigorous enough in doing our scholarship. If we are If we want to study human happiness, we have to decide how to truly intellectually honest, we will approach all questions in a define it and measure it. A Christian psychologist, for example, completely objective manner and simply look for the truth, letting might choose to study the topic of forgiveness because of the pro- the chips fall where they may. Can scholarship be Christian with- found importance of forgiveness in the Biblical drama. (I have a out undermining its character as scholarship? friend who is actually doing this; her preliminary results clearly I cannot answer this challenge in this lecture, but it will pro- show that a person who seeks to forgive another who has wronged vide the impetus for my third and final lecture. Essentially, it rais- her has lower blood pressure and heart rates than those who es the question as to the relation of Christian scholarship to what rehearse the wrongs or plot revenge.) But the impact of the has become known as postmodernism. Can we acknowledge that Biblical drama is not limited to choice of topic. scholarship can be shaped by a worldview such as Christianity Research findings must be interpreted; evidence must be without succumbing to relativism and that despairing view of the weighed, and all of this may be shaped in subtle and not-so-subtle intellectual life that sees all academic work as essentially political ways by worldview considerations. A Christian psychologist, for power fights? example, will be inclined to be skeptical about research that pur- I hope to show in my third lecture that the answer is a ports to show that humans are incapable of genuine love for resounding yes. The contemporary postmodern world is indeed another. favorable in certain important respects to the Christian scholar, The situation of history is I think somewhat similar to the and we may rightly second some of the critiques of modernity. human sciences. I have a friend who is a Christian historian and However, the Christian scholar who is rooted in the Biblical drama who has spent a lifetime studying the causes of the French will not be tempted to embrace a postmodern view in an uncriti- Revolution. When he began his career, the French Revolution was cal, faddish way. generally viewed in Marxist terms as an outgrowth of economic With respect to both modernity and postmodernity, we must class conflict. My friend, Dale Van Kley, as a Christian scholar, was learn to be in the world but not of the world. convinced that the Marxist view of human history was too simple. ______Moral and religious beliefs cannot be mere epiphenomena to be Hester Lecture No. 3: “The Voice of the Christian Scholar in the explained by underlying economic factors. After thirty years of Postmodern Academic Conversation,” will appear in the First research he has developed solid historical evidence that religious Quarter 2000 issue of The Educator due for publication January beliefs and conflicts actually played an important role in the devel- 15, 2000. Reclaiming Church Relatedness for Higher Education

A Report from the Rhodes Consultation New financial conditions and new technology mean adjustments on the Future of Church Related have to be made in the way education happens. Career pressure on Colleges and Universities faculty members often leads them to compromise and lose touch with their vocation to education and Christian principles. by Roger Ward, Georgetown College Christian colleges have to find new ways to spiritually nurture their ast May 53 junior faculty members from Christian colleges faculty and connect with their constituents. The Baptist partici- L across the country met to report about their participation in the pants in the Consultation informally arrived at several conclusions Rhodes Consultation on the Future of Church related education. for the broader issue of church-related institutions, but also for our Sponsored by the Lilly Foundation, the consultation encourages denomination in particular. Christian colleges and universities to strengthen their attention to (1) Christian and Baptist colleges cannot recover what has been their Christian mission and reverse the trend in higher education lost. The Christian colleges of the last century are gone. The ques- away from denominational identity. tion is how to respond to the new education- I participated in this program as a repre- “Career pressure on faculty al environment in order to provide a compet- sentative of Georgetown College. itive and distinctively Christian education. Vanderbilt, Wake-Forest, Baylor, Carson- members often leads them to (2) Staying Christian means staying Newman—these institutions are examples of compromise and lose touch denominational. Efforts to create a “mere institutions that have changed their rela- with their vocation to educa- Christian” college have not worked. The tionship with their founding denomination. tion and Christian principles.” institutions that retain a vital connection Sometimes there is an increased attention to with their denomination have had the most Christian identity, like at Baylor University, success at remaining Christian institutions. but in most other institutions this is not the case. (3) Institutions can take advantage of their distinctive education The trend in the last 50 years is away from denominational and campus environment in competing with non-church related commitment, as James Tunstead Burtchaell shows in his recent institutions. Many of the best academic students are looking for an book The Dying of the Light: The Disengagement of Colleges and education with an emphasis on Christian values and character. Universities from Their Christian Churches. The Rhodes (4) Academic excellence and Christian/denominational identity Consultation is an effort to help colleges think about strengthening are compatible, but not easy. How Christian character shows up in their Christian mission and identity. the classroom and in the operation of the institution requires con- The Consultation was begun in 1995, with a grant to Rhodes stant attention and delicate adjustment. College to “explore the future of (church-related) institutions with (5) Hiring Christian faculties is essential to maintaining particular reference to the challenge of postmodernism.” The result Christian identity. This is difficult of this work will be published next year under the title “Talking “Staying Christian means Out of Place: Professing in the Postmodern Academy,” edited by because defining a Stephen Haynes, the initiator of the Consultation. The “Christian” is difficult. staying denominational. It is also difficult to Consultation was expanded in 1997 to include five regional groups Efforts to create a ‘mere of junior faculty members from church-related institutions. know how flexible and Participants lead discussions on 41 different campuses. hospitable to be to Christian’ college have not The Rhodes Consultation is a hopeful sign for Christian higher those who fall outside worked. The institutions that education in America. According to Haynes their are several this description. important results of the Consultation: Christian schools retain a vital connection with (1) For many participants the Consultation has been of tremen- should be welcoming their denomination have had dous professional significance. It has affected the nature of their environments, but scholarly interests, their interest and perspective on institutional they must also retain the most success at remain- issues, and their experience of teaching as an expression of voca- their identity. ing Christian institutions.” tion and personal spirituality. In light of these (2) The faculty discussions initiated by Consultation members challenges and possi- have had a significant impact on the campus ethos at many institu- bilities the prospects for Baptist higher education are good. For tions. On some campuses the discussions have ended a long local one thing, Baptists have a vibrant denomination to draw from. silence on the nature and future of church-related higher educa- Earlham, a Quaker school, has a wonderful tradition but less than tion. five percent of their students and less than ten percent of their fac- (3) Having been changed by their experience with the ulty are Quaker. These numbers reflect the state of their denomi- Consultation, the great majority of participants want to expand nation. their initial work by developing programs that will profoundly Baptists are in quite a different position. Our churches remain affect their colleagues and their campuses as well. a source of our strength as they continue to develop men and (4) There are hundreds of interested and qualified persons women who become our students. Baptists have a tradition of wel- teaching at church-related colleges and universities who desire the coming people into our communities who share our goal of chang- kind of personal and professional enrichment the Consultation can ing the world for Christ while at the same time remaining firm in provide. our character and heritage. Baptists also have a long and successful Christian education has clearly changed in the last fifty years. (continued on page 8) Reclaiming... has done more than change the way we do “We need to reclaim a broad (continued from page 7) missions or conduct vision of the communal work educational tradition. John Leland, an early Baptist, started one our business at our of the first colleges in America that eventually became George conventions. that Baptists can accomplish Washington University. Baptists have been historically commit- The loss of coopera- through higher education. ted to higher education, and we still are. tion and the vision of The Consultation should be seen as a challenge to Baptist col- our community as a Our colleges and universities leges and universities. If American higher education was ever source of healing and may be the new rallying ready to hear a positive word about the benefits and success of redemption for the point for Baptist cooperation church-related education, the time is now. Due to the relation- world is reflected in ship of educational institutions and state conventions our col- the attitudes on our in the next century.” leges and universities have not shared strategies and direction. Baptist campuses. We While this relationship has protected many of our schools, it has need to reclaim a broad vision of the communal work that also served to promote a form of isolationism among our col- Baptists can accomplish through higher education. Our colleges leges. We need to overcome this. and universities may be the new rallying point for Baptist cooper- Second, the denomination-wide loss of our cooperative spirit ation in the next century.

Ouachita Singers become ‘Choir of Angels’ in Aftermath of Fatal Plane Crash by Dr. Jeffrey R. Root Misha jumped through flames to exit the plane, and then began Assistant to the President for Public Relations to look for a way to help. She first found a fellow Singer who had suf- Ouachita Baptist University fered serious burns. She then turned to the sound of people asking Special to the Southern Baptist Educator for help. Fred Agag of Honolulu, Hawaii, was languishing on the RKADELPHIA, Ark. —As Dr. Andrew Westmoreland, the presi- ground with a deep cut in his lower abdomen. Seriously injured, Adent of Ouachita Baptist University, and I drove to Arkansas amid the hail, lightning, driving rain and confusion, he was going Children’s Hospital one day in early June, he remarked that some of into shock. Misha did the only thing she could think of to help him. the Ouachita students who survived the fatal crash of American It was precisely the right thing. Airlines flight 1420 had appeared on national television several times With nothing available to cover Agag and keep him warm, she already, and had afforded themselves well. stretched herself over the man, holding him tightly and locking her “They came across sounding . . .” He had almost finished the sen- arms underneath him. He was shaking, but the warmth of her body tence when he corrected himself. “They came and her conversation seemed to calm him. across just like they are.” For several minutes until paramedics finally He had found the right phrase. Apart from arrived, she put pressure on the wound, shel- faith in God, I don’t know of a satisfactory “One of the great blessings of tered him from the rain, kept him warm and explanation for the strength of character that life in Christian higher education talked with him to keep him awake. the students and faculty members displayed is the opportunity to work daily They talked about faith. She sang after the June 1 crash and in the media lime- “Amazing Grace” and he tried to sing along. light which followed. with colleagues and students She recited Psalm 91 in prayer. They talked One of the great blessings of life in who hold fast to their faith, and about their families. She even tried to Christian higher education is the opportunity explain that she was normally a very modest to work daily with colleagues and students whose inner strength may even person. He survived. who hold fast to their faith, and whose inner amaze us.” “I’m so proud of everyone,” said Misha. strength may even amaze us. “People were looking for a calm person to The Ouachita Singers were flying into help calm them down. Many in our group Little Rock at the conclusion of a three-week mission trip to were able to be that calm person, as were some of the other passen- Germany and Austria. Members of the group are quick to point out gers. Invariably, they were Christians. The words of encouragement the trip itself had been a life-changing experience of concerts in the were so often words about Jesus and faith.” streets, at schools and churches of the former East Germany, where James Harrison, a senior church music major, never made it off few Christian missionaries had been, plus an incredible experience the plane. After helping others exit the plane, Harrison continued to performing and visiting with Kosovar refugees in Austria. search for passengers who needed help. He succumbed to the smoke Through tragedy, their ministry would find hurting people back and died in the aisle near the back of the plane. home and would be noticed worldwide. Almost two weeks after Dr. Westmoreland and I drove together to In the minutes after Flight 1420 crashed amid a thunderstorm, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Rachel Fuller, the 14-year-old daughter the 25 members of the Singers’ tour group were, as one passenger of Singers’ director Charles Fuller, died there in surgery. put it, “a choir of angels.” Some of the Singers literally carried “Rachel’s and James’ stories have been a beacon of Christ’s light injured passengers across waist- and chest-high water, while others in a dark world. We continue to learn of people who have come to pulled people from the plane. saving faith in Christ because of Rachel’s and James’ lives,” said By contrast, Misha Perkins isn’t tall and strong. Her ability to lift Fuller. “While we miss Rachel desperately, we find great comfort in and carry is limited, and her night blindness prevented her from knowing that God has used her life to influence so many to make leading groups of passengers through the dark fields. Instead, the eternal decisions” music major is an example of how the Singers were able to find Let us savor the blessing of joining such colleagues and students other ways to comfort people and save lives. in the work of the Lord. CGE International Programs Make the Grade LINTON MISSISSIPPI - Study-abroad “Consortium members want to find out Colleges represented at the meeting Cprograms were the focus when 150 what programs are successful, what other were Anderson College, Anderson, SC; members of the Consortium for Global schools are doing and how they can better Averett College, Danville, Va; Brewton- Education (CGE) met September 24-25, serve their students,” said Debbie C. Parker College, Mount Vernon, GA; 1999, at Mississippi College in Clinton. Norris, dean of the graduate school and California Baptist University, Riverside, “Study-abroad programs are growing in director of international programs at CA; Carson-Newman College, Jefferson number and in involvement among insti- Mississippi College. “It’s an opportunity City, TN; Charleston Southern University, tutions,” said Howell W. Todd, President of for representatives from each school to talk Charleston, S.C; Cumberland College, Mississippi College and vice-chairman of about what has worked and what has not Williamsburg, KY; Dallas Baptist CGE. “This was one of the largest groups worked.” The consortium makes it possible University, Dallas, TX; East Texas we’ve ever had attend an annual meeting for member colleges and universities to University, Marshall, TX; Gardner-Webb of the consortium.” pool resources and work together, so that a University, Boiling Springs, NC; The consortium, composed of 46 college doesn’t have to start from scratch Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY; Baptist colleges and universities, was when it is beginning a new program Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ; established 10 years ago to assist member abroad,” Norris said. Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX; schools in setting up joint programs Jerry Rankin, a Mississippi College Howard Payne University, Brownwood, abroad for students and faculty. graduate who is president of the Southern TX; Judson College, Marion, AL; The consortium now serves as a net- Baptist International Mission Board, Louisiana College, Pineville, LA; Mars work for schools to share information attended the meeting. Rankin described Hill College, Mars Hill, NC; Mercer about student and faculty exchange pro- opportunities overseas in hopes of attract- University, Macon, GA; Mississippi grams, summer study programs, semester ing a college or university interested in College, Clinton, MS; Missouri Baptist abroad programs, faculty lecture series, expanding its program. College, St. Louis, MO; North Greenville sabbatical opportunities for faculty and Also attending the meeting were natives College, Greenville, SC; Oklahoma Baptist workshops and conferences related to of China, Taiwan, Korea and Mexico, who University, Shawnee, OK; Ouachita international education. can assist colleges in starting programs in Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR; Palm During the meeting, consortium mem- their countries, Norris said. Beach Atlantic, West Palm Beach, FL; bers focused on some of the 91 programs “Students and faculty benefit from pro- Samford University, Birmingham, AL; that member schools have ongoing with grams abroad because they expand their Shorter College, Rome, GA; Southwest 60 overseas schools in about 32 countries. view of the world and teach them about Baptist University, Bolivar, MO; Truett- The meeting provides university presi- different cultures,” Norris said. “When McConnell College, Cleveland, GA; Union dents, international program directors and students go abroad, they find themselves University, Jackson, TN; University of others in attendance a chance to learn looking inward, as well as, outward. They Mary Hardin-Baylor, Belton, TX; more about topics from recruiting inter- learn by doing. There is a learning envi- University of Mobile, Mobile, Al; William national students to opportunities over- ronment 24 hours a day, not just one-hour Carey College, Hattiesburg, MS, and seas for business schools. in the classroom.” Wingate College, Wingate, NC.

Averett College has new student enrollment education. Classrooms closed for two days the NC state bar exam. Graduates of the which has increased 44 percent over last as the campus became home to more than Norman Adrian Wiggins school of law post- year. Three hundred and thirty-five new stu- 300 coastal evacuees who began arriving on ed a 97% passage rate. Graduates of the dents have registered for classes on the campus. As the evacuees arrived, student pharmacy school posted a 98.6% passage Danville campus, the largest new class in a volunteers took on servant roles to handle rate. President Norman A. Wiggins led a decade. the needs of the guests. As emergency man- group of university faculty, staff, and stu- Bluefield College has joined efforts with agement officials ordered residents of the dents to Tarboro, NC, where Campbell pro- four other regional colleges of the Virginia coastal areas to head inland, Brewton-Parker vided a hot meal for approximately 300 hur- College Fund to improve the effectiveness of College prepared its campus to serve as a ricane victims, their families, and volunteers education in low income communities Red Cross shelter. People came from assisting them. In other efforts students through a Literacy Support Network. Two of Georgia’s east coast, as well as from South and faculty helped raise $8,814 for hurricane the other four colleges are ASBCS mem- Carolina and Florida. With a wide range of victims and participated in clean-up and bers—Averett and Virginia Intermont. Also, people on campus, from infants to elderly, other relief projects. BC’s academic council approved a new divi- the student volunteers worked to set up Campbellsville University began offering sion of Christian studies. activities. Students led sports activities, two graduate classes and one undergraduate Brewton-Parker College provided aid to helped with fellowship, led a prayer service, class online beginning October 20. The Hurricane Floyd victims. Hurricane Floyd’s and helped with the needs of those displaced courses are Pastoral Ministry, Cognitive raging winds closed Brewton-Parker College during the storm. Psychology and Principles of Management. classrooms, but it didn’t stop the process of Campbell University ranks number one on (continued on page 13) Legal Notes By Jim Guenther

Higher Ed Lawyers Weigh In On Ex Corde Ecclesiae

igher education lawyers have offered in this country. So the participants turned became clear the Pope did not intend them Htheir opinions that the Pope’s vision for to the lawyers. to be a schefflera. Catholic higher education is legally doable The Spring issue of The Journal of The presidents argue the colleges and in the United States. Some nine years after College and University Law is devoted universities are civil, not church, corpora- the Pope promulgated the apostolic consti- entirely to the subject. In eight separate tions. Their governance is controlled by the tution, the debate continues about what it articles, essentially manuscripts produced state’s nonprofit corporation act. Those acts should mean to be a Catholic college or uni- for a conference held at Notre Dame Law have roles for boards of directors, members, versity. Much of the rhetoric sounds familiar School in April, the lawyers slice and dice officers, and in some instances, “others.” to Baptist educators. the legal arguments engendered by Ex Corde Where does the bishop fit? When Ex Corde was published in 1990, and its implementation. The headline result: Accreditation agencies require that the the presidents of this nation’s Catholic the lawyers don’t think implementation of institution be under the control of its board schools were appalled. They believed that Ex Corde along the lines now being consid- of trustees and not subject to inappropriate Ex Corde would make their colleges and ered by the bishops will produce a legal cri- outside interference. The presidents argued universities pervasively and unacceptably sis for the institutions. that Ex Corde described a bishopric role sectarian, and would give the Church a role The lawyers general- which, if fully imple- in the affairs of the colleges and universities ly agree that the mented, would cost the which would take their schools out of the schools will continue to “Accreditation agencies schools their accredita- mainstream of credible academic institu- be eligible for govern- require that the institution tion. tions. ment funding, accredi- The norms express But the presidents believed they saw an tation will not be be under the control of its the strong preference out. The American bishops had been direct- endangered, contracts board of trustees and not that the institution’s ed to draft specific ordinances, implementa- can be managed, and president be a “faithful tion plans by which the seven norms of Ex the schools can win subject to inappropriate out- Catholic” and for the Corde would be applied to the US schools, suits claiming Title VII side interference. The presi- president “to make a and to submit those to the Vatican for religious discrimination profession of faith and approval. So for seven years the presidents in employment. dents argued that Ex Corde oath of fidelity” upon took the bishops to school on the workings Ex Corde calls for taking office. The facul- of American higher education. Their efforts episcopal oversight of described a bishopric role ty is to be composed, at paid off. The bishops’ product was universi- the schools; bishops are which, if fully implemented, least in the majority, of ty-friendly; the presidents could live with it. not to be “external Catholics (last month But their victory was short lived. The agents but participants” would cost the schools their the bishops relented American ordinances got a failing grade at in the affairs of the accreditation.” from insisting they be the Vatican. Rome found the bishops’ ordi- Catholic school. This “faithful” Catholics) nances to be, in the words of one observer, right and duty of the who promote the faith. “long on consultation and best efforts and bishop to “watch over” the school alarms The faculty remainder are to respect the short on institutional accountability to the Catholic educators. The presidents-influ- faith. As one lawyer interprets the norm, hierarchy” for the schools’ end results. enced but Rome-rejected ordinances “whenever respecters outnumber promoters, Last winter the bishops tried again, cir- appeared to have the American bishops the place is no longer functionally Catholic.” culating in draft form new norms which agreeing with the presidents that the bish- Those who teach Catholic theology must added more specificity and accountability. ops’ roles would not interfere in governance have a “mandate granted by competent This time, the bishops made Catholic acade- of the schools. ecclesiastical authority” as required by the mia unhappy. A Catholic theologian described the role Code of Canon Law. There’s nothing new Among the second draft’s expectations: the bishops had accepted: “Bishops should about this expectation. It was the loss of the The Catholic school was to be legally linked be welcome on a Catholic-university cam- Church’s certification (the mandatum) that with the Church either by statutory bonds pus. Give them tickets to ball games. Let cost Father Curran his job at Catholic or a formal agreement. Rhetoric would not them say mass. Bring them to graduation. University. be a substitute for legal ties. The norms and Let them sit on the stage. But there should Beyond the theology faculty, the norm the local implementing rules were to be be nothing beyond that. They should have calls for institutional and individual academ- recited in the college’s charter or bylaws. nothing to say about the internal academic ic freedom. However, the presidents and Some of the presidents have argued that affairs of the university or any faculty mem- faculties fear a caveat. They fear language the Pope’s vision for Catholic higher educa- ber thereof.” If the bishops were ever such as “The rights of the individual and of tion, and the norms, are not legally doable amenable to such a potted plant role, it (continued on next page) Legal Notes... have five years to get their houses in order. their personal opinions on the appropriate- Until the September draft, the final pub- ness of Ex Corde’s expectations of Catholic (continued from page 10) lication of the norms would have created a schools, a lawyer’s role in this instance is significant moment of truth: How many of narrowly to answer if Ex Corde can be legal- the community are preserved within the the boards of trustees of the 230 Catholic ly implemented and if so, how. The harder confines of the truth and the common colleges and universities in this country question is for the client to answer: Is it good.” And “. . . all Catholic teachers are to would act to amend their institutions’ legal necessary or advisable for the college or uni- be faithful to, and all other teachers are to instruments and implement policies and versity’s board of trustees to bring their respect, Catholic doctrine and morals in procedures to comport with Ex Corde and school into line with Ex Corde? their research and teaching.” And there the detailed and specific ordinances which Undoubtedly, some schools will be legally shall be an “integration of human and pro- will apply to the American schools? The creative in their reaction. Many may simply fessional education with religious values in September draft back-peddled on the earlier alter vocabulary and put a modest spin on the light of Catholic doctrine.” draft’s position. Now the bishops’ norms their policies. Where is the process? Last month the would require only those Catholic colleges Ultimately, this whole dispute about Ex bishops circulated a new draft of the norms. and universities established by the Holy See Corde is evidence of a fundamental differ- The Chronicle of Higher Education charac- or by the bishops themselves to conform ence between the schools and the Church. terized it as somewhat “toned down” on their charters and bylaws. That difference centers on the schools’ Church control and giving more emphasis The September draft also suggests the accountability to the Church. to “the collegial relationship” between the schools’ lawyers well armed their presidents The dispute poses the question: Who, Catholic schools and their local bishops. with a warning and the bishops heard it: As jumping now to the way Baptists would say Within hours, however, leading Catholic the Church insists it controls the colleges it, “owns and controls” the Catholic col- educators were saying it was still unsatisfac- and universities, the Church invites law leges and universities? It appears that tory. suits and increases the chances the Church Catholic colleges and universities will be One final consultation between the bish- will be liable for the schools’ debts and exceedingly reluctant to surrender what ops and the presidents is occurring now but wrongdoing. This same recognition of the they deem fundamental aspects of their it seems unlikely there will be significant risks of “ascending liability” has caused necessary autonomy. changes. The bishops will vote on their final some Baptist state conventions to ratchet draft of the US norms this month and send back their rhetoric when it comes to the them to Rome for approval. When Rome convention’s “control” of its related institu- Jim Guenther is a partner in the law firm of approves a draft, and this draft may not get tions of higher education. Guenther, Jordan & Price, P.C. in Nashville, approved, the colleges and universities will While some of the lawyers have offered TN. Tel: (615) 329-2100.

Spencer, chairman of music department, has Southwest Baptist University: Carl Singer Transitions been named dean of the newly established has been named vice president for develop- Transitions school of music and fine arts. ment. David Whitlock has been appointed as Baylor University: Howard Williams has been Florida Baptist Theological College: Charles dean of the college of business and computer named director of church relations. Randall Collins, former registrar, has been appointed science. Granville Watson, director of church O’Brien, acting chair of the department of as director of academic services. and community relations, is the new director religion, has been named executive assistant Hardin-Simmons University: Herbert Grover of the Jack Stanton Institute of Evangelism of to the president. has been named head of the biology depart- the Courts Redford College of Theology and Campbell University: Willis Whichard, has ment. Michele Dose was selected as head of Church Vocations. been named dean of the Norman Adrian the chemistry and physics department. University of Mobile: Craig Bolar has been Wiggins School of Law. Whichard is only Houston Baptist University: Don Anderson named director of athletics; Sara Parker, the third dean in the history of the Law is the new director of alumni development. director of student activities; Fred Lackey, School. Jim Person has been named direc- Howard Payne University: Don Newbury, assistant to the president and Karen Delzell, tor of public information. chancellor, has announced plans to retire in dean of the school of special programs. Campbellsville University: David W. Fryrear, May 2000. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor: Bobby Sr., director of athletics, died from injuries Mississippi College: Steven Stanford has Johnson has been named director of develop- sustained in a boating accident. Fryrear also been named vice president for student affairs. ment. served as the offensive coordinator for the CU Sid Moller, is the new dean of the school of football team. Frank Cheatham, professor of law. ASBCS CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES mathematics and computer science, has been Missouri Baptist College: Arlen Dykstra has named vice president for academic affairs. been named Provost and Vice President of DECEMBER BOARD MEETING, Sunday Boree P. Kwok has been named director of Academic Affairs. Dykstra previously December 5, 1999, 8:00 p.m. Hyatt library technical services and director of served as Executive Vice President and Regency, Atlanta, Georgia institutional research. Academic Dean. Dallas Baptist University: Sonya Payne has Oklahoma Baptist University: Robbie RECEPTION AT SACS FOR ALL PER- been named dean of students. Mullins, professor of business, was installed SONNEL FROM ASBCS MEMBER as Lawrence Peitz chair of business. East Texas Baptist University: David SCHOOLS 8-9 p.m., Monday December 6, Ouachita Baptist University: Keldon Henley, Howard, former director of admissions, has 1999, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, Georgia been appointed director of student advising formerly associate dean of students for assis- and retention. Vince Blankenship has been tance programs, has been named dean of stu- 2000 ASBCS NATIONAL EDUCATION promoted to director of admissions. Celeste dents. Bill Dixon, promoted two years ago to COLLOQUIUM AND ANNUAL ASBCS Hammock, professor of nursing, has been vice president for student services, had BOARD MEETING, June 4-7, 2000, named director of nursing education. Robert served as dean since 1970. Williamsburg, Virginia Young Musician’s Camp sponsored by the Houston-Clear Lake Student Conference for Mississippi Baptist Convention. Research and Creative Arts titled “Studies in PeoplePeople Georgetown College: William H. Crouch, Jr., the Folding of Gly 5”, Studies in the Folding president, is chairman of this year’s fund of Gly6-Gly8”, and “Animation of Nonpolar drive for United Way of the Bluegrass. He is Bond Formation” which was recognized as an Campbell University: Martin Sellars, chair- the first person outside of Fayette County to Outstanding Project. Dr. Phyllis Thompson, man of the department of government and serve in this capacity. Crouch was recently languages, presented sessions on using lan- history, chaired a panel entitled “Schools and named an honorary fellow at Regent’s Park guages at the Texas Foreign Languages Religion, Education and Faith” at the 1999 College of Oxford University in England. He Association in Galveston. She was elected to Bi-Annual Christians in Political Science was recognized for his efforts in establishing the board of directors of Joint Council of Conference at Calvin College. He also pre- a student abroad program between the two Languages/National Council of Languages sented a paper entitled “The Lighthouse of institutions. and International Study. World Views in a Sea of Public Policy.” Bruce Hardin-Simmons University: Joe Alcorta, Mississippi College: Randy Miley, art director Powers, associate dean of the Divinity professor of Spanish at HSU, has written a chair, has been chosen by the Louisiana Art School, has just authored a new book enti- booklet entitled Essential Spanish for Education Association as the recipient of the tled, Covenant Ministry: A Manual for Bankers published by Hermenegildo Press. Distinguished Service Within the Profession Minister-Church Relations. The book is Gregg Cantrell, the Rupert N. Richardson for the Year 2000 award. The selection was being published and distributed by the professor of history at HSU, has an article based on recognition for excellence in art Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. printed in Humanities, entitled “Stephen F. education both as an educator in the class- Campbellsville University: Sylvia L. Morris, Austin, Empresario of Texas”. Charles R. room/community and as an active and vital dean of student services at CU, was recently Richardson, director of media relations at participant in the state and national art edu- honored as Educator of the Year for Baptist HSU, will be included in the Millennium cation organizations. Oklahoma Baptist Associates for Student Affairs. Edition of Who’s Who in the World. University: Max Brattin, associate professor Charleston Southern University: Jairy C. Houston Baptist University: David Capes, of economics, represented the Paul Dickinson Hunter, Jr., president and professor of man- associate professor of Christianity at HBU, School of Business at the annual convention agement at CSU has been named vice-chair- received the Junior Scholar Award from the of the Association of Collegiate Business man to the SC Higher Education Tuition Southwest Regional Meeting of the Schools and reviewed accreditation standards. Grants Commission for 1999-2000. Commission on Religious Studies for his Cindy Hanchey, associate professor of com- Cumberland College: R. Garland Young, pro- work on the ideas of the imitation of Christ puter science, was a review panelist for the fessor of religion, has published an article in the early church. The purpose of the award National Science Foundation course entitled, “The Times and the Seasons: 1 is to encourage and support the scholarly “Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement” Thessalonians 4:13-5:11” in the Spring 1999 work of newer scholars who are in the field of in Washington DC. Michael Keas, assistant edition of the Review and Expositor. As the Religious Studies and live in the Southwest professor of natural science, was elected a fel- new millennium draws near and many spec- Region. Chris Hammons, history and politi- low of the American Scientific Affiliation and ulate that the apocalypse is approaching, cal science, presented a paper titled “Using serves on its science education committee. Young’s article examines a similar apocalyp- Written Constitutions to Measure Political Dan Reeder, interim dean of the business tic speculation written by Paul in 1 and 2 Culture” at the Midwest Political Science school, served as one of the Chartered Thessalonians. Association. Leslie Kennedy Adams, lan- Financial Analysts who graded CFA Level II Dallas Baptist University: Todd Still, associ- guages, recently chaired a panel, “Vietnam and Level III exams in Charlottesville, VA. ate professor of Biblical Studies and director War: The Vietnam War “ and presented two Ouachita Baptist University: Mike of Ministerial Students in the Mary C. papers “Male/Female Relationships in Tim Arrington, vice president for academic affairs, Crowley College of Christian Faith, has a O’Brien’s “The Nuclear Age” and “Tomcat in has been named a member of the book released by Sheffield Academic Press of Love” at the Popular Culture Association. Accreditation Review Council of the North Great Britain entitled Conflict at She also chaired a panel “Deconstructing Central Association of Colleges and Thessalonica, A Pauline Church and Its War: New Approaches to Literature and Secondary Schools. He also has been appoint- Neighbors. Dave Arnott, associate professor Media” and presented a paper “Peace in the ed to the board of directors and chair of the of management in the College of Business Classroom: An Empirical Study” at the deans group of the Association of Southern has published a book Corporate Cults: The College English Association. Dean Riley, Baptist Schools and Colleges. Wayne Bowen, Insidious Lure of the All Consuming library, let two workshops this summer for assistant professor of history, presented a Organization. Fred White, distinguished pro- the Southeast Texas Homeschool Association paper titled “The Ghost Battalions: Spaniards fessor of Christian faith and professor of reli- Conference titled “Evaluating Internet in the Waffen-SS” at the conference of the gion will be inducted into the Texas Senior Information” and “Using Internet Search Society for Military History. John Cloud, Games Hall of Fame for more than 25 years Engines.” Alice Rowlands who is advisor to associate vice president for estate and gift of track and field competition. The Collegian, HBU’s student newspaper, planning, had “How to Succeed in Planned Florida Baptist Theological College: Don received on behalf of the paper 28 awards Giving” published in Planned Giving Today. Odom, associate professor of voice, has been from the 1999 Texas Intercollegiate Press Sim Flora, associate professor of music, had selected to serve as guest conductor for the Association. Dr. Steve Wentland, chemistry, a choral anthem, “How Beautiful is the Gift,” Missouri Baptist Convention Young recently sponsored six students who made published by Monarch Music. Ray Granade, Musician’s Festival. He will also lead children four presentations at the University of director of library services and professor of in a choral performance a the Mississippi Middle East (6), and Australia (2). please contact Carolyn Bishop to coordi- Departments of Business, Education, nate CGE member schools to set a date. English and Language were reported to have • A delegation trip to Thailand and the most active faculty and student partici- Indonesia, July 24 to August 7. Delegates by Carolyn Bishop pation in international programs. The most can participate in both sectors or select International frequently requested topics for CGE Annual one emphasis. The visits in Thailand Director Meeting workshops were International include traveling to Chiang Mai July 24- Programs (start-up, J-1 Visas, linking pro- 25 to meet with educational partners for grams, on-line courses, student integration), The 3-R’S for CGE two days and then travel July 26-30 to Faculty Involvement, Partnerships (agree- universities in Thailand. On July 31 the RESPONSIVENESS to global educational ments, new sites), and Recruitment. needs from strategic Consortium for Global second phase will begin in East Java with another two day orientation to education- Education (CGE) member schools added REQUESTS sent to the CGE office for al opportunities at a meeting in Surabaya new opportunities for international pro- educational expertise were processed and and traveling onward in response to a grams during 1998-99. met needs in Rwanda, Venezuela, Germany, Ministry of Education request for CGE More than 150 representatives and inter- Kyrgyzstan, Vietnam, India, Jordan, Hong member schools to investigate opportuni- national guests from 46 schools attended Kong, Iran, Northern Caucuses, Lebanon, ties with universities in Surabaya, Jakarta, the CGE Annual Meeting at Mississippi St. Maarten, Somalia and Indonesia. Other Jember, and Bandung. College on September 24-25. Each member areas of networking included a site visit to a came to highlight their school’s programs premier university in Jerusalem and atten- Celebrating 2000 from and with expectations to learn from other dance at several regional conferences the Top of the World!! international programs which impact stu- including the 50th Anniversary of the A proposed International Conference for dents and faculty. A new CGE Executive National Music Conservatory hosted by the CGE and our Asian Partnering Universities Board was elected: Chairman-Howell Todd Queen Noor Foundation in Petra, Jordan. from Mississippi College, Vice Chairman- in China, India, Japan, Nepal, Pakistan, Cynthia Jayne from Union University, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand is being Member-Craig Turner from Hardin- 1999-2000 CGE Opportunities Include: planned for meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal, Simmons, Member-Rory Lee from Louisiana for the end of October 2000. Please think College, and Ex-Officio Members-Ben Elrod • A CGE investigation trip to Southern about sending at least one representative from Ouachita, Larry McSwain from Spain and Moroccan-Spanish area from who can network globally toward mutual Shorter, Bob Agee as Executive Director and November 28 to December 5-6 to visit benefit and learn about the growing impact Carolyn Bishop as International Director. universities in Malaga, Granada, and influence of education in Asian coun- Alicante/Altea and across to Melilla and tries! Currently we partner with over 40 RESULTS from the CGE Strategic Ouijda in Morocco. universities and colleges in China, Japan, Response Survey sent to every member South Korea, and Taiwan. school in May indicated CGE schools are • A proposed delegation visit to at least interested in new partnerships in: Europe nine universities already requesting part- Please contact International Director (28 CGE schools), Asia (16), Central nerships in Jordan, Israel and Lebanon for Carolyn Bishop by e-mail if you are interest- America (9), South America (8), Africa (6), the Spring of 2000. If you are interested, ed: .

paper on the biblical book of “Psalms” at the People... Southwest Regional Meeting of the Society of (continued from page 12) Biblical Literature. John Wink, professor of Campus Report English, had a sonnet published titled “Praise (continued from page 9) history, was the co-author of A System and a God” in Christianity and Literature. Randall Plan, a new book dealing with the history of Wight, dean of the school of interdisciplinary Carson Newman College Army ROTC is the the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. studies, has been elected president of the only program hosted at a Baptist college or Ouida Keck, associate professor of music, has Southwestern Psychological Association. university. CNC is also the only Partnership been elected president of the 200,000-mem- Samford University: Psychology Department In Nursing Education (PNE) in Tennessee. ber National Federation of Music Clubs. W. Chair Stephen L. Chew, has received this Charleston Southern University continues Francis McBeth, distinguished university year’s John H. Buchanan Award for Teaching. its partnership with the South Carolina professor and composer laureate for the state University of Mobile: Judith McPeak, chair department of education by housing the of Arkansas, has been named an American of the department of communication, Berkeley, Dorchester and Clarendon Society of Composers, Authors and received a “Competent Leader” award for Regional Technology Center. The center Publishers (ASCAP) winner for the 34th con- achievement in the Toastmasters offers direct instruction to area schools as secutive year. Dave Ozmun, assistant profes- International Leadership Program. Donna well as technology consultation services. The sor of communications, has been published Lewis-Christian, public services librarian, is Derry Patterson Wingo School of Nursing in Feedback, a journal of the Broadcast serving on the review committee of the received national accreditation for its bache- Education Association. The article was titled Local Legacy Project of the Library of lor of science in nursing. “Status of the Shooter: News Coverage and Congress. East Texas Baptist University’s teacher edu- Input from Photographers in Local William Carey College: Myron C. cation program has received the highest pos- Television News.” Randolph Smith, has been Noonkester, chair and professor of history, sible rating from the State Board of named editor of the national journal was invited by Church History to review Education Certification (SBEC). The high Teaching of Psychology. Dennis Tucker, Leslie Barnard’s Thomas Secker: An rating is based on the number of ETBU stu- assistant professor of religion, presented a Eighteenth Century Primate. (Continued on page 15) Averett College Records Best Chancellor Herbert Gabhart Georgetown College Receives Fund-Raising Year Gives $400,000 to Belmont $7.1 million for 1998-1999 Averett College’s 1998-99 academic year Belmont University’s Chancellor Herbert Georgetown received the second highest was one of the most successful fund-raising Gabhard has established in memory of his total of donations of $7.1 million this year. years in its 140 year history. This year, wife, Helen, the Helen A. Gabhart Memorial Included were both restricted and unre- alumni, trustees, friends, faculty and staff Missions Fund with a gift of $400,000. stricted funds from the Kentucky Baptist contributed $5.4 million to scholarships, Interest income will be used for various Convention and gifts-in-kind. building projects, and operating expenses. university missions causes. Included is a $1 million gift from an anony- mous donor and a $1.1 million bequest W. M. Keck Foundation Awards from the estate of Martinsville resident and Gardner-Webb Announces $5.4 $600,000 to Mississippi College Averett alumna Sallie Mason. Million Gift, Largest in History Mississippi College has received Averett has also experienced a dramatic Gardner-Webb University has announced $600,000 from the W. M. Keck Foundation increase in endowment, currently $28 mil- the largest gift in the institution’s history for construction of a Mathematics/ lion from $4.8 million in 1992-93. from Winifred and David Lindsay. The gift Computer Science/Chemistry building. The includes a significant sum designated for new space will offer students innovative the University’s endowment for student classroom experiences and expanded Ouachita Receives $5.9 Million for scholarship support; and an amount for research capabilities. Scholarships, Business School capital needs. A pledge from the Frank D. Truett-McConnell Receives Hickingbotham Foundation and Hickingbotham family and a gift from the Dallas Baptist University Raises Pledge of $500,000 estate of Henry Foote Coleman provided $5.3 million for Dormitories John L, and Sarah Nix have pledged a gift of $500,000 toward the construction of major new funds for scholarships and acade- DBU raised $5.3 million to meet the a student activity center on the Truett- mic development at Ouachita Baptist conditions of a $1 million challenge grant McConnell College’s Cleveland, Georgia, University. Hickingbotham, chairman of the from the J.E. and L. E. Mabee Foundation, campus. board and CEO of TCBY, Inc., attended a Inc. This challenge grant was received for Trustees approved plans to begin con- press conference at which a $4.5 million the completion of DBU’s $6.3 million struction immediately and voted to name pledge from the foundation and family was Women’s Dormitory and Dorm Renovation the facility the John L. and Sarah Nix announced. It provided the basis for a $10 Campaign. million capital campaign for the Student Activities Building. Hickingbotham School of Business. The funds will be used to add scholarships, retain East Texas Baptist University Gift to Establish History and attract outstanding faculty members, incorporate up-to-date technology in class- Receives Surprise $1 million Professorship at William Carey rooms, enlarge international relationships, At the university’s annual Appreciation Long-time philanthropist and former and establish a distinguished speaker series. Banquet, East Texas Baptist University trustee chair Wiley Fairchild has donated The estate of Henry Foote Coleman of received a $1 million surprise gift by Joseph $250,000 to William Carey College to estab- Princeton, Ark., includes $1.4 million to be Z. and Louise Ornelas for construction of a lish the J. Ralph Noonkester Endowed used for scholarships. football stadium. Professorship of History.

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C o ls l o leg ho ttorney Jim Guenther sent me the Spring Being a part of a church body’s mission development of case law es and Sc A1999 issue of The Journal of College and and ministry in the world stirs us to think those freedoms will not be avail- University Law published by more deeply about what we do with the able to those schools that cannot demon- the National Association of knowledge gained to try to make an impact strate a tangible and meaningful connection College and University on our world for larger more noble purposes. with a church body. Attorneys. As a university president I always valued the The last few years have been turbulent The issue is devoted to philosophical roots sunk deep in Baptist his- times for some of our schools as they sought talking about recent trends tory and heritage. to work in a responsible manner with the in court cases dealing with There are practical values to staying close sponsoring state conventions. Sometimes church-related colleges and to the church family. To loosen or to blur the what seems to be the most immediate and Bob R. Agee universities with particular structural connection between our schools easiest solution is not the best solution. I attention given to several cases which and the Baptist family would urge each of us to involved Catholic schools. can do serious harm to a “To loosen or to blur the take great care to search From my initial reading of the volume I valuable wall of protec- structural connection for ways to strengthen was impressed with just how important it is tion that has been in our ties to our Baptist to our schools that we maintain some form of place through the years. between our schools and family. structural tie to a sponsoring church body, All of us value the the Baptist family can do Work at leading facul- either in the form of a covenant relationship importance of our free- serious harm to a valuable ty and staff to think in that results in financial support from the dom to discriminate in wall of protection that has terms of “Kingdom” sig- church body or that involves some participa- hiring based on religious nificance as they think tion by the church body in the selection of affiliation and practice. been in place through the about curriculum, policy, trustees. All of us value the years.” and practice. Don’t It reminded me of the two areas of impor- importance of our free- assume that our freedom tance for preserving and maintaining church dom to establish value-based behavioral poli- to be who and what we feel led to be will connectedness: philosophical reasons and cies for both employees and students that are always be available on our terms. practical advantages. Obviously staying close rooted in our religious convictions. Urge your school’s attorney to subscribe to the church family has value philosophical- All of us value our freedom to develop to The Journal of College and University Law ly. All of our schools have their roots at some curriculum requirements for all students and urge them to stay abreast of the trends in juncture in a valued relationship with a state who want to graduate from our schools that case law governing our type schools. convention of Baptists. will include some expectation that the stu- As Christian colleges and universities That heritage provides us a set of philo- dent will deal with religious truth as part of that are serious about Christian faith and sophical presuppositions about the way we their intellectual and professional pilgrimage. heritage we are too important to society to view knowledge, about the way we treat stu- All of us value the freedom to try to con- forfeit our freedom to be what we are dents and one another, and about the way we trol the atmosphere and moral consciousness because of our impatience with those in the view our mission and our graduates’ ultimate and moral/ethical posture of our campuses. church family who don’t understand who mission in the world. If the trend continues in the courts in the and what we are.

pressed interactive video. Plans are also in lion building is a part of the Spirit of Campus Report the works to establish an on-line delivery Excellence Campaign, an effort to raise $10 system through the Internet. million for capital improvements and endow- (continued from page 13) Gardner Webb University has announced the ment for the college. dents who pass the state’s ExCET exam, a formation of a Center for Congregational North Greenville College held a ground- test given to recent graduates of teacher Enrichment. The Center will offer education- breaking ceremony on the $2 million, 18,000 preparation programs. For a university to al and enrichment opportunities for both square foot Joe F. and Eleanor Hayes receive the highest rating of “Accredited,” its clergy and laity who are not enrolled as tra- Christian Fine Arts Center, scheduled for students must meet the passing standards ditional, degree-seeking students in the completion by January 2001. A gift from Joe established by SBEC in each of seven demo- school of divinity. Frank and Eleanor Hayes enabled the college graphic groups. Hardin Simmons University trustees to move forward on the project. Florida Baptist Theological College has approved a $2.6 million apartment project Baylor University dedicated the McLane expanded its reach with the addition of two near campus. Renovations to the Mabee Hall Student Life Center, the centerpiece of the new sites and utilization of a new technology which houses the physical therapy program university’s $21 million, 60-acre Student Life based delivery system. The school opened its have been completed. Complex. The 150,000 square foot facility is East Florida site in Jacksonville and its Mississippi College school of law has been named for the Drayton McLane Jr., family of Southwest Florida site in Lakeland in addi- ranked as one of the top ten law schools with Temple, TX. The McLane family gave the tion to the established South Florida site in regard to the quality of life of its students. lead gift for the center. Drayton McLane, Jr. Miami. Courses will be offered in a tradi- Missouri Baptist College breaks ground for a chaired the three-year fundraising campaign tional classroom setting and through com- new chapel/fine arts building. The $7.4 mil- to fund the building’s construction. If the address on this label is wrong, please send it NonProfit along with your correct address to: Organization Association of Southern Baptist US POSTAGE Colleges and Schools PAID Attn: Southern Baptist Educator Permit No. 768 165A Belle Forest Circle Nashville, TN Nashville, TN 37221-2103

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