The 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program was celebrated during NOBTS chapel throughout the spring 2025 semester. A series of videos played during several chapel services featured NOBTS faculty members discussing the history and importance of the Cooperative Program (CP). Faculty participants included Thomas Strong, Greg Wilton and Chris Shaffer. Special focus...
Jamie Dew, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College, reminded more than 250 graduates of the essential elements of ministry service during the institution’s spring graduation ceremonies Friday, May 16. Drawing from 1 Thessalonians 2, Dew explained the three essentials for ministry are having the courage...
The closing chapels of the spring semester at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary included a time of commissioning for students participating in summer missions work and a time of celebration to note outstanding academic achievement and performance throughout the year. Commissioning Service NOBTS and Leavell College students participating...
Students come from all over the world to prepare for ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. For Ogola Kange, her journey from Nigeria to New Orleans began when the letters NOBTS appeared to her in a dream. Kange, a graduate student pursuing a degree in ministry to women,...
A shooting occurred near the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College on May 6 around midnight, leaving two students with non-life threatening injuries. The students were taken to a local hospital and are expected to make a full recovery. Seminary administration was present with the students...
The Caskey Center at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary hosted their annual pastors' conference April 25-26 featuring guest speakers Jeff Iorg, President and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee and Sam Greer, senior pastor of Red Bank Baptist Church (Tenn.). Iorg spoke to more than 250 pastors and pastors’...
The board of trustees for New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College heard a of variety of positive reports and approved new faculty and curriculum updates during their spring meeting April 15-16. Jamie Dew, president of...
If someone were to walk through the doors of St. Bernard Baptist Church in Chalmette, La., it would be completely unrecognizable from what it looked like just two years ago. At that time, the church had an average attendance of about six people on a typical Sunday. Since then,...
