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Alumni Travel Opportunity - Study Trip to Oxford, Summer '04

Study at Oxford University with renowned theologians, apologists, and evangelists such as Alister McGrath, Michael Ramsden, Michael Green, and others. Dr. Bob Stewart will lead a study group of students, alums, or faculty  July 5-18, 2004. Visit sites such as:

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<!--[if !supportLists]-->·         <!--[endif]-->John Wesley’s Church, home, museum, and gravesite;  

• Bunhill Fields (non-conformist cemetery)
• C.S. Lewis’ home and gravesite
• William Carey’s church and artifacts such as his Inquiry
• John Bunyan’s church, museum, and prison site
• The homes of hymn writers John Newton, Isaac Watts, William Cowper
• Winston Churchill’s home and gravesite
• Westminster Abbey
• St. Paul’s Cathedral
• Sites associated with Thomas Cranmer, High Latimer, Nicholas Ridley, George Whitefield, JRR Tolkien, John Wycliffe, and Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
• Other Sites of Interest

  For more information, go to: http://www.nobts.edu/alumni/AlumniTravel.shtm 

London at Night

One Perspective: The Passion of the Christ

Dr. Chuck Quarles, Associate Professor of New Testament and Greek, gives his thoughts on Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ." To Read, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17749 

Send Us Your "The Passion of the Christ" Ministry Ideas and Testimonies

If you and/or your church are using the movie "The Passion" as an outreach ministry send us your creative ministry ideas, and testimonies related to them.  Future editions of Partnership News may include some of these.  To send us your ideas and testimonies, mail to alumni@nobts.edu.  

Conference on Baptist Polity a Success

"Issues in Baptist Polity" was the first annual conference to be hosted by The Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry back in February. Dr. Stan Norman, director of BCTM, communicated that the conference "exceeded all expectations." To read more, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17637

More information on some of the messages from the Issues in Baptist Polity Conference:  

For More on Congregationalism, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17636

For More on Elders in Baptist Churches, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17638 

For More on church membership in state conventions and one example (FL), go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17639 

NOBTS National Alumni and Friends Luncheon

The annual Alumni and Friends Luncheon will occur on June 16 after the Wednesday morning session of the Southern Baptist Convention.  The meeting will be held in the Wabash Ballroom of the Indianapolis Convention Center (right across from the SBC Exhibit area). Reservations to begin in April. The Alumni Web Site will have the latest information available, go to: http://nobts.edu/alumni/alumnicalendar.shtm 

NOBTS Alum to be Nominated for SBC Presidency

Bobby Welch, pastor of First Baptist Church, Daytona Beach will be nominated for the presidency of SBC in Indianapolis. To read more go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17690 

Guest Lecturer Highlights Archaeological Discoveries

Dr. Gabriel Barkay, of Bar Ilan University near Tel-Aviv, presented the first lecture for The Center for Archaeological Research. To read more, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17741 

Sharing Christ in a Confused World

Dr. Will McRaney shares his thoughts on sharing Christ in a Postmodern World to a confused people.  To read more, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=17627 

Coffee Break with a Student 

Alum Spotlight for March

Don Hattaway is the alum spotlight for this month. Go to: http://www.nobts.edu/alumni/#Spotlight