New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

November 2003

Partnership News . . . Keeping Our Partners Informed
A Publication of the Alumni Relations Office	November 2003

2003 Fall State Alumni Meetings

Plan to attend your state alumni meeting and bring a fellow alum!!  For more information on your state alumni meeting go to: http://nobts.edu/alumni/alumnicalendar.shtm

Dr. Ray Frank Robbins Remembered

Ray Frank Robbins, former professor of New Testament and Greek at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, died Oct. 26 at the River Regional Hospital in Vicksburg, Miss. For more info, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=16978 

New Resource Centers  and New M.Div. Specialization, Christian Apologetics

Trustees created the Global Missions Center to focus more attention on international missions and the Center for Archaeological Research to facilitate excavations and study of ancient biblical sites. Trustees also approved a master of divinity with specialization in Christian apologetics to prepare ministers to share the Gospel in a radically changing culture. For more information, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=16842

Trustees Met, Elected 3 Faculty and Heard Construction Reports

NOBTS trustees elected three new faculty members and heard progress reports on two campus construction projects during their meeting Oct. 7-8 at the seminary's North Georgia Campus in Decatur. For more info, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=16843 

Dr. McRaney Addresses Sharing Faith in a Radically Changing Culture

Dr. Will McRaney, Associate Professor of Evangelism, occupying the Max & Bonnie Thornhill Chair of Evangelism, has written a new book on personal evangelism entitled The Art of Personal Evangelism. For more information, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=16825 

NOBTS Alumnus Barlow Impacting Jordanian Culture

Brian Barlow, MACE '95 and EDD '97, serves as general director of Amman Baptist School in Amman Jordan. He and his family are representing Christ in the midst of the middle east. For more information, go to: http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=16875 

Coffee Break with a Student 

Jodie Hardy Hometown: Southhaven, MS Degree Pursuing: BACM, minor in Preschool and Children's Ministry Expected Graduation: December 2004 Family: parents are Allen and Sharon Hardy.  Ministry Objective: to minister to families and children, emphasizing Biblical teaching in the home.  Personal Facts: Jodie is engaged to Joseph Marsh of Corinth, MS with a wedding date of Dec. 20, 2003.

Alum Spotlight for November

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

VISION & the Gatekeeper On-Line!

The latest edition of the VISION is on-line. Highlighting feature articles, the President's Perspective, Seminary News, Development News, Alumni News, and Faculty/Staff News. Future editions will be available in this format. To view go to: http://www.nobts.edu/publications/visionpage1b.html

the Gatekeeper is also online. Beginning with this semester's editions, The Gatekeeper is available in pdf format on the Public Relations Office web site. The Gatekeeper is a weekly campus newsletter for students. To view go to: http://www.nobts.edu/publications/gatekeeper.html

 

NOBTS Alumni Partners in Providence and Prayer

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