The Caskey Center provides resources, including a designated number of scholarships, for bivocational and smaller membership church ministers in Southern Baptist churches in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. |
What Caskey Scholarships Offer |
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Eligibility Requirements |
Louisiana - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a LBC church with 250 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify.
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Mississippi - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a MBCB church with 150 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify. |
Alabama - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a ALSBOM church with 150 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify. |
Application |
Click Here for the online LA application form. Click Here for the online MS application form. Click Here for the online AL applicaiton form. Application deadline for the Fall semester is June 15th. Application deadline for the Spring semester is November 15th.
InterviewsAll applicants must be interviewed by a Caskey director in order to proceed in the application process. Caskey Center staff will contact applicants the month prior to the application deadline in order to schedule the interview. Interviews will be scheduled for the month before and the month of the application deadline. Interviews must be done in person, unless otherwise approved by the Caskey Center Director. |
New Students |
Before you can complete the entire application process, admission to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary or Leavell College must be complete. Once we have received your scholarship application we will wait to receive your acceptance letter before we will schedule your scholarship interview. Please forward your acceptance letter to caskeycenter@nobts.edu when received. |
For additional information about the Caskey Center for Church Excellence, contact caskeycenter@nobts.edu or 504.282.4455, Ext. 8227. |