Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 86, number 2, Fall 1994

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEM IN ARY

Vantage

FALL 1994

Three positions
filled at Columbia

Three new appointments have been
made at Columbia Seminary. The
Board of Trustees recently added a
faculty position in world Christianity
and appointed a director of continu-
ing education and associate director of
the John Bulow Campbell Library.

Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi, a
native of Puerto Rico, has been named
assistant professor of world Christian-
ity. He began teaching in September.
A specialist in the church in Central
America and the Caribbean, Cardoza-
Orlandi earned a Master of Theology
degree from Princeton Theological
Seminary, where he is a candidate for
the Ph.D.

He has traveled and preached in
the United States, Canada, Costa Rica,
Cuba, and the Dominican Republic.
As an ordained minister of the Dis-
ciples of Christ, he served three
churches in Puerto Rico and worked
also as a supply preacher and interim
pastor for Hispanic congregations in
New York. He earned a Master of Di-
vinity at the Evangelical Seminary of
Puerto Rico and his bachelor's degree
at the University of Puerto Rico.

Executive Vice President and
Dean of Faculty James Hudnut-
Beumler said, "Carlos' ability to
engage a wide variety of students on

the vital issues that Christianity faces
as a worldwide movement attracted
us to him. We welcome his inspired
teaching and lively understanding to
our faculty."

Rebecca S. Parker, the seminary's
director of admissions since 1988,
began her new job as continuing
education director in June. She brings
an extensive background in ministry
and teaching to her new position and
is in demand as a speaker at church
conferences and academic workshops.

Before coming to Columbia,
Parker served as a staff associate for
the Presbyterian Church (USA) in
Atlanta and as associate pastor at
Atlanta's Druid Hills Presbyterian
Church. She is a graduate of Yale
Divinity School and Rhodes College.

Dr. Hudnut-Beumler said,
"Rebecca's abilities as a teacher are
well known to the churches of our
area, and her skills in organizing and
marketing the seminary are outstand-
ing. We are very pleased that she will
have the opportunity to bring both of
these talents to her new post."

Clayton H. Hulet has been named
associate director of the library and
reference librarian. He had been a
half-time reference librarian at the
seminary.

Jiang hum (left) from Nanjing and Jia De Wu from Beijing are exchange students
selected by the China Christian Council and supported by the Henry Luce Foundation
grant. Jiang Lian has served as translator for the three Columbia groups traveling to
China. Both students will participate in the Missionary Reunion.

Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi

Rebecca Parker

In his new job Hulet provides
reference services and administers the
library's public services. He also
shares responsibility for collection
development and acquisitions.

Hulet holds an M.S.L.S. from
Clark Atlanta University and the M.A.
in theological studies from Columbia.

Dean Hudnut-Beumler said, "All
of us who have known Clay as a lover
of books and a helpful guide to
information are pleased to welcome
him to this new role. We are confi-
dent that he will provide exemplary
service and leadership here at Colum-
bia."

Clay Hulet

Historic reunion
builds ties with China

i

As part of an expanding relationship
with the People's Republic of China,
Columbia Seminary will host a
historic reunion of former Presbyte-
rian missionaries to China in October.

Bishop K. H. Ting, president of
the China Christian Council (CCC),
suggested the Columbia reunion. "He
wants to make it known that there is
deep appreciation on the part of
Chinese Christians and leaders of the
Protestant church in China for what
the missionaries did," said G. Thomp-
son Brown, a professor emeritus at
Columbia who chairs the reunion's
program committee. The gathering
will also recognize the accomplish-
ments of the church in China 45 years
since the rise of Chinese communism.

The China Missionary Reunion
will bring more than 140 former
missionaries, their children, Chinese
church leaders, and experts in Sino-

American relations to the Columbia
campus October 14-16.

"This is one of the most historic
things Columbia has done in a long
time," said Brown. The son of mis-
sionaries who served in northern
China's Jiangsu province, Brown is
author of Christianity in the People's
Republic of China. "This is the first
time missionaries to China have
gotten together in years and years.
Some are in their 80s and 90s. We
want to give them the opportunity to
talk to each other.

"When the U.S.-China relation-
ship first opened up again in 1979,"
Brown said, "there was a great deal of
suspicion about missionaries. The
missionary had been identified with
the colonial period. At that time all the
government could say about religion
was that it was the opiate of the

Continued on page 5

Looking ahead

Douglas W. Oldenburg, President

As we begin a new academic year, I
would like to share with you some of
the exciting things that will happen at
Columbia during the next 12 months.

1 . New curriculum After four
years of intensive study and discus-
sion, we will introduce our first-year
students to Columbia's new Master of
Divinity curriculum. It will feature
more interdisciplinary courses, more

electives, and more congregation-
based learning. We are confident it
will increase our effectiveness in
preparing leaders for local congrega-
tions.

2. China Missionary Reunion: At
the request of Bishop K. H. Ting,
president of the China Christian
Council, we will host a reunion of
former Presbyterian missionaries to
China and their children on our
campus, October 14-16. We have
invited Bishop Ting to talk about the
church in China and U.S. Ambassador
Stapleton Roy to give his perspective
on China. More than 140 persons have
registered for this historic event. For
more information, see the article on

page 1 .

3. Inaugural dinner of Columbia
Founders and major gift sot ieties: We
will host our first dinner for major
donors during the Board of Trustees
meeting on October 4. Dr. Robert
Bohl, moderator of the PC(USA)
General Asembly, will be our keynote
speaker.

4. Neir faculty: We welcome Dr.
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi as our new
professor in world Christianity,
beginning in the fall term, and Dr.
Kathleen O'Connor as our new
professor of Old Testament, beginning

Columbia co-sponsors Reformed
theology book series

Making the latest insights of Re-
formed theology accessible to contem-
porary Christians is one of the goals of
a new series of books co-sponsored by
Columbia Seminary and
Westminster/John Knox Press.

With the financial assistance
provided by five Presbyterian congre-
gations, the seminary and
Westminster/john Knox will publish
at least ten books in Reformed theol-
ogy over the next five years.

Called "The Columbia Series in
Reformed Theology," the project aims
to "examine significant individuals,
events, and issues in the development
of this tradition and examine their
implications for contemporary Chris-
tian faith and life."

Two Columbia professors, Shirley
Guthrie and George Stroup, serve on
the editorial board along with Brian
Gerrish of the University of Chicago,
Donald McKim of Memphis Theologi-
cal Seminary, Amy Plantinga-Pauw of
Louisville Theological Seminary, and
Cynthia Thompson of Westminster/
John Knox Press. 'The editorial
board," said Stroup, "tries to select
manuscripts that are both a contribu-
tion to theological scholarship and
address issues facing the church
today."

Financial pressures on religious
publishing houses have made it more
difficult for them to publish scholarly
books in theology, but the financial

assistance of five churches has en-
abled the seminary and Westminster/
John Knox Press to overcome these
obstacles. The five churches are First
Presbyterian Church in Tupelo,
Mississippi; First Presbyterian Church
in Nashville, Tennessee; Spring Hill
Presbyterian Church in Mobile,
Alabama; St. Stephen Presbyterian
Church in Fort Worth, Texas; and
Trinity Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta.

Two volumes already have been
announced. The first, Union With
Christ: John Calvin and the Mysticism of
St. Bernard, written by Dennis E.
Tamburello of Siena College in
Loudonville, New York, will be
published in October, 1994. Accord-
ing to Stroup, Tamburello's book
demonstrates that "Calvin's under-
standing of the believer's union with
Christ is much closer to medieval
mysticism, especially St. Bernard of
Clairvaux, than many Protestants
have understood. Tamburello sug-
gests there may be more common
ground between Catholic and Re-
formed spirituality than many people
have suspected."

The second volume in the series,
John Calvin's Exegetical Via Media: An
Examination of Exegetical Reasoning in
his Old Testament Commentaries by
David Puckett, is scheduled to be
published in fall, 1995.

in the spring term.

5. New administrators: We hope to
announce three new appointments
during the fall: director of develop-
ment and seminary relations, director
of the library, and director of admis-
sions.

6. Capital campaign: We will
complete our capital campaign on
December 31, 1995, and hope to
celebrate the achievement of our goal
of $31 .4 million. In early 1995 we will
be conducting campaigns in the
Presbytery of Greater Atlanta, Central
Florida Presbytery, and Presbytery of
New Harmony. Campaigns in some
presbyteries will be conducted after
December 31, 1995, at their request.

7. Library extension groundbreaking:
As soon as a new director of the John
Bulow Campbell Library can review
our plans and make his/her revisions,
we will complete the architectural
drawings, receive bids, and begin
construction.

8. New schedule for Forum: The
Alumni /ae Lecturer and Guest
Preacher series of our annual Colum-
bia Forum will be combined with
continuing education events on
January 9-12, 1995, and called Colum-
bia Colloquium '95. See the article on
page 5 and watch the next issue of
Vantage for more information.

9. International students at Colum-
bia: We anticipate having students
from Hungary, Jamaica, Kenya,
Ghana, Italy, Korea, England, Japan,
New Zealand, and at least two

students from China on our campus
during the regular school year. Next
summer we will host six Chinese
students taking courses in English as a
second language.

10. International faculty: We will
enjoy having Dr. Howard Gregory
(STD '88) from Jamaica and Dr. Isvan
Czachesz from Hungary as visiting
international faculty. We will also
host the moderator of the Church of
Scotland on our campus during the
first week in May.

1 1 . Pilgrimage to Jerusalem: Thanks
to an anonymous grant, we are
developing a continuing education
event for clergy in Israel. It will
combine classroom learning, worship,
and the visiting of Biblical sites.

When you add all this to our
regular events Columbia Friendship
Circle's Come See Columbia Day, the
President's Advisory Council, Board
and Alumni/ae Council meetings,
convocations, and more, it will prove
to be another busy and exciting year.
I look forward to it with eager antici-
pation and hope to see you on our
campus.

Thanks be to God for your prayers
and many expressions of support. We
couldn't do without you!

With warmest regards,

Alumni welcome
Billy Graham to Atlanta

A number of Columbia Seminary
alumni/ae and their congregations
will help with the Rev. Billy Graham's
upcoming Atlanta Crusade, October
26-30 in the Georgia Dome.

This event, Graham's first Atlanta
crusade in 21 years, responds to an
invitation from Dr. W. Frank
Harrington '60, pastor of Peachtree
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, and
the Rev. Cameron Alexander, pastor
of Antioch Baptist Church North.

Addressing Graham on behalf of
Atlanta's religious leaders, Harrington
described the city as a place of "grip-
ping needs" and "great promise."
"We invite you to come over Ito
Atlantal in Christ's name, in Christ's
cause, to help us," wrote Harrington.

Alums such as Dr. Albert A.
Myers (D.Min. '86), pastor of Conyers
Presbyterian Church, note the
crusade's potential for church growth,
if congregations prepare. "Follow-up
is critical," he noted. "Church growth
experts say that without follow-up by
churches, people who come forward
during an evangelistic rally have a
very slim chance of a lasting faith."

Participating congregations led by
the following alumni include: Robert
Ashworth '65, Roswell Presbyterian
Church; Joseph Conyers '57, Austell
Presbyterian Church; William Hines
'58, Memorial Park Presbyterian
Church, Gainesville; Leon Jeffords '63,
First Presbyterian Church, Douglas-

ville; Jim McNaull '72, Morrow
Presbyterian Church; Gene Randolph
'58, Cumming Presbyterian Church;
James Speed '57, First Presbyterian
Church, Marietta; and Grady Love '65,
Smyrna Presbyterian Church.

Two alums serve the Graham
Association at the national and
international levels: John Akers '65,
special assistant to Dr. Graham, and
Leighton Ford '55, president, Leighton
Ford Ministries.

"In the Great Commission Christ
calls us to make disciples," said Dr.
Myers. 'The crusade is one of the
ways this is carried out. It can be a
very meaningful experience for
Christians who participate." D

Greg Lund '95

Conferences on
Ministry

for prospective students

November 4-6, 1994, and
February 24-26, 1995

For more information or to
register, call the Office of
Admissions at the seminary,

404/378-8821.

VANTAGE

Professors George Stroup and Brian Childs (left and center) congratulate Jeanie Griffin,
Bobby Fisher, and Tom Watkins.

Columbia grants 106 degrees

Columbia awarded 106 degrees on
May 22 at Peachtree Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta.

In the commencement address,
Harold Clarke, former chief justice of
the Georgia Supreme Court, advised
graduates to be ready to balance
contradictory impulses during minis-
try careers. Graduates should be
ready to practice patience and impa-
tience, he said, and, referring to
Malachi 3:16, to begin the task by
composing a "book of remembrance"
before they get started.

"A clear view of the needs of
society is a beginning point. Put that
in your book. Deciding which of those
needs lies within your reach as a
problem solver is essential. Put that in
your book," he said.

W. Frank Harrington, senior
pastor of Peachtree church, the largest
in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.),
welcomed graduates, friends, and
families to begin the service, which
also included a brass and organ
fanfare composed by Insick Jang, a
Master of Divinity student. Florida
Ellis, a member of Columbia's Board
of Trustees, conferred degrees,
assisted by President Douglas
Oldenburg, Executive Vice President
and Dean of Faculty James Hudnut-
Beumler, and Dean of Students Philip

Gehman.

Creations of Columbia students
also flavored the morning baccalaure-
ate service at Memorial Drive Presby-
terian Church in Stone Mountain.
Janet James, an M.Div. graduate,
made 15 Pentecost banners to ring the
sanctuary and kites to accompany the
procession.

Dr. Franklin D. Colclough, a
member of Columbia's Board and
associate executive presbyter of the
Presbytery of New Harmony, South
Carolina, challenged the audience in
his baccalaureate sermon to be
courageous ministers in "a strange
world": "Future Christians must say
no to fatalism, defeatism, and
accidentalism. We must say no to any
thought that life is a matter of good or

bad luck."

Columbia awarded five degrees in
the commencement service. Doctoral
degree graduates included two Doctor
of Theology recipients and 37 Doctor
of Ministry recipients.

FALL 1994

Sixteen received degrees in the
Master of Theology program, includ-
ing international students from
Jamaica, Kenya, South Korea, En-
gland, Hungary, and Japan.

Four people graduated with a
Master of Arts in Theological Studies,
all with distinction: Barbara Douglass,
Steven Snyder, Lynn Tolleson, and
Cherie White. Douglass also earned a
Columbia Graduate Fellowship for
further study.

Forty-seven students were
awarded Master of Divinity degrees,
18 with distinction (3.6 grade point
average): Scott Anderson, Willie
Brazil, Kathy Dawson, Laura
Dunham, Rebecca Gaudino, Craig
Goodrich, Zoe Anne Henderson,
Christina Hindley, Dana Hughes,
Scott Huie, deborah husband, David
Jones, Martin Lifer, Marvin Lindsay,
John Ragsdale, Jeanne Reynolds,
Timothy Simpson, and Thomas
Watkins. Laura Dunham earned
honors in the biblical and practical
area; Zoe Anne Henderson in the
biblical area; and Martin Lifer in the
history and doctrinal area.

Several other Master of Divinity
students earned awards. Rebecca
Gaudino earned the Wilds Book Prize
for the highest distinction in academic
work over the entire seminary pro-
gram. Lifer received the second
Columbia Graduate Fellowship, as
well as the Florrie Wilkes Sanders
Prize in Theology for a paper showing
theological scholarship and relevance
to needs of Christians. The Columbia
Friendship Circle Graduate Fellow-
ship was presented to Kathy Dawson
for advanced study.

Timothy Simpson earned the
Harvard A. Anderson Fellowship for
academic achievement. He also
received the Ludwig Richard Max
Dewitz Old Testament Studies Award
for exegesis work, and one of two
Abdullah Awards, provided by
alumnus Gabriel Abdullah for the best
proposals for biblical instruction and
moral and spiritual development in
public schools. David Jones received
the second Abdullah award.

Robert Googe earned both the
Presbyterian Women of the Presbytery
of St. Andrew Preaching Award for
the year's best sermon and the Will-
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1994 Master of Divinity degree placements

Scott Anderson associate pastor. First Presbyterian Church, [oplin, MO
Steven Arndt, associate pastor, Kirkwood Presbyterian Church, Springfield, VA
Jeffrey Beebe, Intern, Raleigh Presbyterian Church, Memphis, TN

Charles Blasdell, associate pastor, First Presbyterian l nun h, Royal Oak, Ml
Willie Brazil pastor, C. K. Smith Memorial Presh\ tei ian Church, Albany, GA,
and campus minister, Albany State College Albany ( I \

Paul Chaney, associate pastoi I list Presbyterian Church, Bonita Springs, FL

Sungshik Chang
Boin Cho
Rita Cochrane
Darice Dawson

Kathy Dawson, associate pastor, Spring Hill Presbyterian Church, Mobile, AL

Laura Dunham, associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church, I Dlton 1 lead

Island, SC

Clayton Faulk, associate pastor, fohn Calvin Presbyterian Church, I lorence,SC

Robert Fisher, clinical pastoral education, Georgia Baptist Medical ( lentei

Atlanta, GA
Rebecca Gaudino
Craig Goodrich, d u vi tot ot ( hnstian vocation, F'irsl Presbyterian Church,

Atlanta, GA
Robert Googe, pastor, Gum Creek Presbyterian Church, Oxford, GA
Jeanie Griffin, clinical pastoral education, Georgia Baptist Medical Cent. .

Atlanta, GA
David Grove, pastor, First Presbvten. in ( huuh ( edailown i .A
Norman Harris, intern, New Trinity United Presb) terian Chin. h,< miden, AL
Zoe Anne Henderson, graduate study, Columbia ' < mm.u \
Chris Hester, pastor, Antioch Congregational Christian Church,

Doublehead, AL
Christina Hindley, clinical pastoral education, North Atlanta Tri-Hospital CPE

Center, Atlanta, GA
John Hinkle, pastor, Antio. h 1'iesbvtenan ( luirch, Red Springs, NC
Dana Hughes, clinical pastoral education, Georgia Baptist Medical Center,

Atlanta, GA
Scott 1 luie, associate pastor, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Sneuville, c ,A
deborah husband
Janet James, interim associate pastor, Church of the New Covenant,

Doraville, GA
Sue Johnson, pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Ozark, AR
David Jones, associate pastor, Fort Hill Presbyterian Church, Clemson, SC
Joon Won Lee, graduate study, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ
Martin Lifer, associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Winter Haven, FL
Marvin Lindsay, pastor, Sweet Springs Presbyterian Church, Sweet Springs,
MO, and Range Line Presbyterian Church, Houstonia, MO

Stephen Mann

Douglas Mar, intern, Myers Park Presbyterian Church, C harlotte, NC

Mary McCutchen, clinical pastoral education, Grady Memorial Hospital,

Atlanta, GA
Peeey Owens, co-pastor, Pinetops and Grace Chapel Presbyterian Churches,

Pinetops, NC, and Macclesfield Presbyterian Church, Macclesfield, NC
John Ragsdale, graduate study, Columbia Seminary
Jeanne Reynolds, graduate study, Columbia Seminary
Eric Schaefer, associate pastor, Pacific Palisades Presbyterian Church, Pacific

Palisades, CA .

Lou Ann Sellers, clinical pastoral education, North Carolina Baptist Hospital,

Winston-Salem, NC
Timothy Simpson, pastor, First United Presbyterian Church, Rock Island, IL

Dale Sowers ,

Michelle Thomas-Bush, associate pastor, Fort King Presbyterian Church,

Ocala, FL

Matthew Trask
Thomas Watkins
Lawrence Yerger

Doctor of Theology

Arthur Crosswell, Milton, FL
Maake Masango, Parkview, South
Africa

Master of Theology

Henley Bernard, Kingston, Jamaica
David Bururia, Chuka, Kenya
Michael Carey, Marietta, GA
Choong Chun, Seoul, Korea
Scott Ellington, Atlanta, GA
Jong Heon Ham, Daejon, Korea
Sandor Kereskenyi, Debrecen,

Hungary
Ho Gi Kim, Seoul, Korea
Jong Choon Kim, Kimje City, Korea
Moosa Kim, Osaka, Japan

Master of Theology

Unyong Kim, Seoul, Korea
Young Lee, Jonesboro, GA
M. Beecher Mathes, Athens, GA
Si-Gull Nam, Pusan, Korea
Amanda Russell-Jones, Manchester,

England
Christopher Zorn, Salisbury, NC

Master of Arts
(Theological Studies)

Barbara Douglas, Dunwoody, GA

Steven Snyder, Atlanta, GA

Barbara Tolleson, White Rock, British

Columbia
Cherie White, Mexico, D.F., Mexico
Continued on page 5

Continuing

Education

Calendar

For further information or to register for courses, call or write:
Rebecca S. Parker, Director of Continuing Education, or
Richard S. Dietrich, Director of the Lay Institute of Faith and Life
Columbia Thecaogic^lSenuna^

Changes set for Lay Institute

Forum, January offers fall

Seminars for courses
Ministers

September 22-24, 1994 Wr.ting for Publication This intensive workshop will
offer e'penenced and aspiring writers the chance to explore the "nuts and
bolts" of getting published. Leader: Roland Tapp. Cost: $75.

October 17-19 Logos Seminar See article on this page.

October 18 25 November 1, 8 Introduction to Christian Enncs A discussion
^f scte of [heb.bl.cal, theological and philosophical foundabons o Chns^an
ethics for guidance in Christian decision making. Leader. Marc.a Riggs. Lost.

$40.

October 21 Cekhf.cat.on for Adm.nistrative Personnel See article on this page.

October 21-22 The Force of the Sp.r.t of Cod .n the Prophet Ezekjel An explo-
ranon of the portrayal of the Spirit in Ezekiel and a reflection on the _ relat on-
sh?p this portrayal may have on our understanding of the work of the Spirit.
Leader: Mark Bryan. Cost: $40.
November 1-2 Creating a Caring Congregation See article on this page.

November 7, 14, 21 History of Christian Spirituality 'An exploration of Chris-
dan s^nruality over the course of history. Leader: Cathenne Gonzalez. Cost.

$35.

December 2-3 Lay School in Birmingham, Alabama Leaders: Shirley Guthrie,

Paul Hooker, Richard Dietrich Cost: $35.

December 2-3 Presbytery Leadership Training Sponsored by Columbia in
coopeTatL with Charleston-Atlantic, Saint Andrew, Savannah, and Western
NoThC rolina presbyteries. For presbytery leaders of Committees on Mmrstry
and Preparation and Permanent judicial Commission. This seminar wil give
presbytery leaders a clearer understanding of the systemic nature of PC(USA)
polity in dealing with specific needs of these communities. Cost: $bU

Parker Palmer
to teach course

Parker Palmer, author of The Promise
of Paradox, The Company of Strangers
and To Know As We Are Known, .will
visit the seminary to help lead "Creat-
ing a Caring Congregation" on
November 1-2, 1994. Dr. Palmer is a
writer, teacher, and activist with
expertise in education, community,
spirituality, and social change. He
will address the spirituality of the
congregation, including the impor-
tance of hospitality to the stranger in
Christian life and the potential and
limits of caring.

Other leaders will include Dr.
Frank Harrington, senior pastor of
Peachtree Presbyterian Church, and
Mr. David McKinney, president of the
Georgia Alliance for the Mentally 111-
They will add practical suggestions
and experiences to complement Dr.
Palmer's insights.

The cost is $75. For more informa-
tion or to register, contact the continu-
ing education office. D

Logos
Leadership
Training School
scheduled

On October 17-19, Don Griggs will be
on campus to lead the Logos Leader-
ship Training School, a program
designed for ministry with youth and
for children and their families in the
local church. Don Griggs has been a
leader in Christian education for more
than 20 years.

To receive the greatest benefit
from the event, first-time participants
are encouraged to bring a group from
their church. Churches already
working with the Logos System use
these events to train new leaders.

For more information, contact the
continuing education office. Q

In January 1995 Columbia Seminary
will inaugurate a new event for
church leaders which will combine its
Forum and January Seminars for
Ministers. The new event, Columbia
Colloquium '95, is scheduled for
January 9-12, Monday through
Thursday, and will include a lecture
series, worship services, and alumni/
ae events of the former Forum, as well
as the seminars and workshops of the
former January Seminars for Minis-
ters.

Cynthia Campbell, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, Salina, Kansas,
will be keynote speaker. Formerly a
professor of theology and ministry at
Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Dr. Campbell will lecture
three times on the colloquium's
theme, "Doing Pastoral Theology in a
Pluralistic World," and will focus on
being religious in a secular society.
She will follow her lectures with a
continuing education workshop.

W. Frank Harrington, Columbia
alumnus and senior pastor of
Peachtree Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta, will preach three times
during the week. Wade Huie, alum-
nus and professor emeritus, is the
Alumni /ae Luncheon Speaker on
January 9 and will teach a workshop,
"Preaching on Lent and Easter."
Other continuing education
workshop leaders are: Iwan Russell-
Jones, associate professor of theology,
media, and the church, on "What's on
TV?"; Earl Smith '90, pastor of
Lakeview Presbyterian Church, St.
Petersburg, Florida, on "AIDS Re-
sources"; and Luke Johnson, professor
of New Testament at Candler School
of Theology, Emory University, on
'The Letter of James."

All church leaders, alums, and
other interested persons are invited to
attend. For more information on
Columbia Colloquium '95, contact the
seminary at 404/378-8821, and see the
winter issue of Vantage.

Commencement 1994
continued from page 3

iam Dudley Award for Evangelism.
The Dudley prize, granted to a senior
demonstrating commitment to church
growth, is to pay for continued evange-
lism training.

Janet James received the Columbia
Seminary Leadership Award for
demonstrating leadership qualities,
spiritual depth, and integrity. The
Lyman and Myki Mobley Prize in
Biblical Scholarship for studies related
to the work of the church was pre-
sented to John Ragsdale. Three stu-
dents earned the James T. and Celeste
M. Boyd Memorial Book Fund Award.
Scott Anderson, Willie Brazil, and Zoe
Anne Henderson. The award goes to
students who wish to build personal
theological libraries. D/o/im Tumbull '95

The Lay Institute of Faith and Life of
Columbia Seminary offers a number
of fall courses in addition to the
Evening Lay School. This year there
will be courses in ethics, Old Testa-
ment, and church history.

Dr. Marcia Riggs, associate
professor Christian ethics, will teach
an introduction to Christian ethics.
Students will enter discussion with
important biblical, theological, and
philosophical foundations of Christian
ethics. They will also be prompted to
re-examine such practical questions as
"How do we decide?" and "How do
we make right choices?" The class
meets on four Tuesday evenings,
October 18, 25 and November 1, 8.
Dr. Mark Bryan '87, pastor of
Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church,
will teach "The Force of the Spirit of
God in the Prophet Ezekiel." The
course meets Friday evening and
Saturday, October 21-22. "In Ezekiel,"
Dr. Bryan says, "it is the activity of the
Spirit of God that makes us aware of
God's presence. The course will
explore how the Spirit is portrayed in
Ezekiel and reflect on how that
portrayal may help contemporary
Christians understand the work of
Spirit in their lives.

Dr. Catherine Gonzalez, professor
of church history, will offer a short
course in the history of Christian
spirituality. The class will examine
some of the forms Christian spiritual-
ity has taken over the centuries, and
how those forms are interwoven in
the history of the church. The class
meets Monday evenings, November 7,
14, and 21.

For more information, contact the

Lay Institute. D

Courses for
administrators

planned

Each year Columbia offers courses
designed to help administrative
personnel meet requirements for
certification. These courses follow the
approved list created by the Adminis-
trative Personnel Association of the
Presbyterian Church (USA).

On October 21, 1994, Professor
Catherine Gonzalez will teach a five-
hour course on church history. A
two-hour course, "Stress Manage-
ment: Relating Relaxation and Spiritu-
ality," will be taught by Tanny
Waldron, a Columbia student with a
background in nursing and health
education.

The seminars will be held from
8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. on campus.
These courses are of interest to church
secretaries and are also open to church
administrators, business managers,
and judicatory personnel. The cost is
$35; meals are not included. For
information, contact the continuing
education office. D

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China

continued from page 1

people and that the missionary was
the same as the imperialist and
colonialist.

"More recently there has been a
renewed sense of value now that the
Chinese are seeing some of the
positive contributions of the mission-
aries/' he said. Those contributions
include a network of hospitals and
ongoing efforts to distribute a Chi-
nese-language Bible.

Bishop Ting will give the keynote
address and participate in a question
and answer session with missionaries
and their children. Brown will lecture
on the history of mission activity in
China. He is hopeful that the U.S.
Ambassador to China, Stapleton Roy,
a child of Presbyterian missionaries to
China, will also deliver a major
address. Dr. Randy Taylor, former
president of San Francisco Theological
Seminary, and Bishop Ting will lead
the closing worship service.

The majority of the weekend,
however, will consist of discussion
sessions featuring missionaries
grouped by the regions in China in
which they once worked.

Over 140 responses have been
received as a result of 300 letters
mailed last year. Organizers had
compiled a database of names
through a network that included the
Presbyterian Church's Global Mission
Ministry Unit, which will also be
represented at the reunion, and old
rosters from schools for missionary

events suggested by the Chinese as
appropriate ways to reestablish the
Sino- American relationship of Chris-
tians interrupted by the revolution in
1949. The grant will also make
possible new exchanges bringing
Chinese students and scholars to the
United States and sending Columbia
students and faculty to the People's
Republic of China.

Columbia's program will incorpo-
rate the following elements:

*A conference on Christianity and
Modernization in China. This interna-
tional academic consultation, in
October in Beijing, will explore the
relationship of Christianity to mod-
ernization in China, the developing
world, and the West. Will Coleman
'85, assistant professor of theology
and hermeneutics, will read a paper
and represent Columbia.

^Exchanges bringing Chinese
students and scholars to Columbia and the
U.S. During the grant period, Colum-
bia will sponsor two students a year
selected by the CCC for a one-year
term of study. Columbia and the CCC
will jointly select eight scholars over
the three-year period to come for short
exchanges.

'Exchanges sending Columbia
students and faculty to Nanjing Seminary
and the People's Republic of China.
Columbia will send three students to
Nanjing for a six-week summer
program in which they will teach
English to Chinese theological stu-
dents and to study Chinese culture
and the church's life and ministry in
China. The following year, the CCC

"A number of people would pray out loud at the same
time. They were not speaking in tongues, but speaking
their own prayers, a very passionate kind of praying. It
felt like a wind."

children in Shanghai and elsewhere in
China.

Brown emphasized, though, that
Bishop Ting provided much of the
impetus. "This is something on his
heart," Brown said. "He says that
before he is too old to travel, he wants
to officially thank these men and
women who spent such a significant

part of their lives in China."

***

The reunion builds on a relation-
ship begun in 1991 with a grant from
the Henry Luce Foundation. Those
China contacts and other programs
will be expanded by an additional
three-year grant from the Henry Luce
Foundation. President Douglas W.
Oldenburg announced the $210,000
grant in June after being notified by
Henry Luce III, president of the
foundation. The grant will further
support cultural and academic
exchanges between Columbia, the
CCC, and Nanjing Union Theological
Seminary.

The most important result of the
1991 grant is that leaders of the CCC
and its seminary in Nanjing have
established a relationship with
American Christians through Colum-
bia and are now asking Columbia to
join them in working through issues
of mutual concern.

Columbia's second grant from the
Luce Foundation will provide for

FALL 1994

Bible, Christian art, music, English,
church history, and philosophy. The
conference addressed the rapid
changes in both countries and the role
of the church within culture

Both American and Chinese
churches, Brueggemann said, tangle
with cultural diversity. 'The Chinese
have the religious traditions of Taoism
and Buddhism, and one would have
to say Marxism. The questions tor the
church in the two countries are
different. Their question is how can

the church be authentically Chinese

Our question is how can the church
keep from being swallowed up by an
increasingly secular society

In visiting churches in three
coastal towns south of Shanghai,
Assistant Professor oi I lomiletus
Charles Campbell, who led the
Columbia group, said he left im-
pressed with the size and dedication
of their congregations. In the fishing
village of Shatang, for example,
villagers had pooled resources to
construct the largest church building
in China.

"It is built on the side of a moun-
tain," Campbell said. "It's like a
medieval cathedral. You are walking
along a dirt road and, all of a sudden,
there it is, an enormous sanctuary
above a little town."

Each church visited in Zhejiang
province, although relatively isolated,
had memberships of 1,000 or more
and hosted elaborate receptions for
the Columbia visitors.

The worship services were
energetic. "A number of people would
pray out loud at the same time,"
Campbell said. "They were not
speaking in tongues, but speaking
their own prayers, a very passionate
kind of praying. It felt like a wind."D
JohnTurnbuU'95

1994 graduates
continued from page 3

will send three students or pastors to
Columbia for six weeks of engage-
ment with U.S. culture and the life
and ministry of the church in the U.S.
The two seminaries will carry out two
complete exchanges over a four-year
period. In addition, Columbia will
send faculty members to teach at

Nanjing Seminary during the grant.

***

During the past three years, 21
faculty members have traveled to
China along with students, board
members, and administrators. In June
Columbia and Nanjing Union Theo-
logical Seminary were partners in the
consultation, "Churches in Changing
Societies," at Nanjing Seminary. Both
Walter Brueggemann, professor of
Old Testament, and Justo Gonzalez,
adjunct professor, presented papers at
the event. Other major contributions
were offered by Bishop K.H. Ting,
president of the CCC and president of
Nanjing Seminary, and Chen Zemin,
dean of the faculty.

The conference formed two days
of a more extensive itinerary for 16
other Columbia visitors, including
faculty, staff, and board members,
who spent 18 days in Zhejiang prov-
ince, Nanjing, Beijing, and Hong
Kong, visiting churches and church
leaders.

They participated in the dialogue
with Nanjing professors of theology,

Doctor of Ministry

ferome Boone, Cleveland, TN
Gusten Brainerd, Montgomery, AL
Durwood Broughton, Rocky Mount,

NC
John Carpenter, Nashville, TN
James Crews, Jr., Snellville, GA
Keith Curran, New Castle, PA
Curry Davis, Jr., Leeds, AL
Scott Dunbar. Stone Mountain, GA
Jerome Ferrari, Signal Mountain, TN

I harlea I Ie) wardj Ardmore, PA

Robert |ettords,Si , Winston-Salem,

NC
Karen lohnson, C artersville, GA

Thomas Johnston, Cedar Bluff, AL.
Samuel Kengwa, i.iiia, Cameroon

Pail] kuh.is, Atlanta, I .A
Marcella Klimas. I u< ker, GA
Glen Krans, Beaufort, SC
Laurie Kraus, Miami FL
Robert I al on e, Philadelphia, PA
Samuel Matthews, Atlanta, GA
|ohn McClearen, Nashville, TN
Nancy McCurley, Nashville, TN
Vaughn Michael, Morgantown, WV

Steven Negle) Seffher, FL

Richard Nevvsoine, Kings Mountain

NC
K Shane Owens, Gastonia, NC
Mack Painter, Jr., Greensboro, NC
Fred Reynolds, Stockbridge, GA
William Rose, Shelby, NC
Dale Shaw, Jacksonville, FL
Dallas Speight, Pace, FL
Mark Tilley, Rocky Mount, NC
David Tucker, Winter Park, FL
Ridley Usherwood, Cleveland, TN
William Williamson, Jr., Columbia,

TN
Stuart Wilson, Norfolk, VA
Phillip Young, Trussville, AL

The Columbia Friendship Circle (CFC) surpassed its 1993-94 goalof$32/)00 by raising
$32 738 for its projects: graduate fellowships and six Columbia Friendship Circle
scholarships. The fellowships are awarded to outstanding graduates who have completed
the Master of Divinity degree, recognize superior achievement, and provide support for
further study The scholarships, given to men and women who have demonstrated
academic and leadership qualities, provide relief to M.Div. students who have family
responsibilities. Left to right: Janel Bates, president; Emily Wood, immediate past
president; Nan Jones, secretary-historian; Marge Fitzsimons, Synod of Living Waters
PW moderator. For new CFC brodiures, contact the CFC Office at the seminary.

For the Record

If you have recent news you would like to contribute to this section,
please send it to the editor.

Ronald Cram, associate professor of
Christian education, was selected to
participate in the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities Summer
Institute: "Reading Virgil's Acncui in
the Humanities Curriculum."....
Cordell Wynn, Board member, is the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Educator of
the Year, an award given by the
National Southern Christian Leader-
ship Conference. Dr. Wynn is presi-
dent of Stillman College and a perma-
nent member of the United Negro

College Fund's Board of Directors

Joyce Tucker '75 is dean of continuing
education at Princeton Theological

Seminary Andy Smith '83 received

the M.D. degree from Mercer Univer-
sity School of Medicine and is an
intern /resident in internal medicine at
Georgia Baptist Medical Center in

Atlanta Tod Linafelt '91 received a

full fellowship to the one-year
programme in Jewish Studies for '94-
'95 at the Oxford University Centre
for Postgraduate Hebrew Studies. He
presented a paper at the annual
Scholars' Conference at Princeton on

the Holocaust Luke Harkey '74 is

associate pastor of First church,

Charlotte, NC Tim Beal '91 is

assistant professor of religious studies
at Eckerd College.

Brian Childs, professor of pastoral
theology and counseling at Columbia
Theological Seminary, has been
awarded the John Templeton Founda-
tion Program in Humility and Theol-
ogy prize. Dr. Childs received the
award for his essay, "Homosexuality,
Theological Ethics, and AIDS,"
published in Bioethics Forum, spring
1993. In Princeton at a dinner honor-
ing James Lapsley, he presented his
latest book, The Treasure of Earthen
Vessels: Explorations in Theological
Anthropology, in his honor. He gave
the baccalaureate address at Maryville
College and taught a one-week
course, "Suffering, Theology, and
Medical Ethics," sponsored by Taylor
County Hospital (KY) and First Bethel
church, Campbellsville. Dr. Childs
met with the General Assembly Task
Force on Euthanasia and Physician
Assisted Suicide at Ghost Ranch, NM,
and taught a one-week course for the
Institute of Literature, Medicine, and
the Health Care Professions in Hiram,

OH James Hudnut-Beumler,

executive vice president and dean of
faculty, presented a paper, "Protes-
tants and Giving: The Tithes that
Bind?" at the Center on Philanthropy,
Indiana University. He was lead
presenter at an Association of Theo-
logical Schools forum on research in
theological education. The forum, in
Chicago, heard from Columbia,
Luther Northwestern, and Yale
seminaries on recent curriculum

changes Barbara Benton Flynt

(MAYM '89) is director of Christian
education at Southminster church,

Richmond, VA Charles Clubb '70 is

pastor of the Covenant church,

Petersburg, VA.

David Moessner, associate
professor of New Testament, attended
the Pew Charitable Trust's summer
retreat in Traverse City, MI, along
with other grant awardees to report
on his year-long project on Luke the
Interpreter of Israel. He also attended
the general meeting of the Interna-
tional Society for New Testament
Scholars in Edinburgh, Scotland,
where he delivered a paper on 'The
Script of the Sciptures in Luke-Acts:
Suffering as God's 'Will' (Boute) and
'Way' with the World for 'Release of
Sins." ...Marcia Riggs, associate
professor of Christian ethics, was
lecturer and workshop facilitator for
the Quadrennial Christian Education
Convention of the A ME Zion Church
in Salisbury, NC. She was a partici-
pant in the Association of Theological
Schools Seminar for Women Faculty
in Montreal Robert Ramey, profes-
sor of ministry, preached at special
services at Prospect church,
Mooresville, NC, at First Church,
Manchester,TN, and at Alamance
Church, Greensboro, NC. Dr. Ramey
served as consultant for the Long
Range Planning Committee of
Monticello, GA, church and attended
the national Spiritual Formation
conference for theological

schools Don McCall '52 (STD 75)

has been honorably retired from
missionary work in China by Grace
Presbytery and lives at Montreat.

Lucy Rose, assistant professor of
preaching and worship, taught the
commissioned lay preachers and in
the presbytery school for the
Presbytery of West Virginia. She has
preached at First church, Huntington,
WV; Northwest Unitarian-Universal-
ist church, Atlanta; Clifton church,
Atlanta; Central church, Athens, GA;
Spring Hill church, Mobile, AL. Dr.

BIRTHS

To Ken (DMin '77) and Kim Brown, a

son, Lucas Daniel, Feb. 26, 1994.

To Chip '88 and Melinda Hatcher, a

son, Robert Wood, Feb. 14, 1994.

To Bill Perman '91 and Deb Krause, a

daughter, Isabel Davies, July 17, 1994.

To Paul '94 and Martha Chaney, a

daughter, Graceann Marie, Mar. 27,

1994.

To John '94 and Leila Hinkle, Juliette

Cousar, May 5, 1994.

To James Hudnut-Beumler, executive

vice president and dean of faculty,

and Heidi, a son, Adam James, June

25, 1994.

DEATHS

Alton Glasure '33, Mar. 25, 1994.

M.E.Gregg '37, June 17, 1993.

Norman Wilhelm '54, Mar. 3, 1994.

Ruth Kehrer Kirkpatrick '63, Jan. 22,

1994.

Jack Dunwoody 70, Aug. 27, 1994.

Rose taught a D. Min. course for the
Association of Chicago Theological
Schools' Doctor of Ministry in Preach-
ing program and led a workshop at
Proclamation '94, a preaching and
worship conference, in

Nashville Walt Tennyson '93 is

associate pastor at The Reformed
Church, Bronxville, NY Harold
Prince '60, professor emeritus, won
the South Carolina Senior Hardcourt
Tennis Tournament in Columbia in
April in the 75-year-old division. He
and Evelyn live at the Presbyterian

Home, Clinton, SC W. Frank

Harrington '60 (ThM '61), senior
pastor of Peachtree church, Atlanta,
received an honorary degree from
Budapest Reformed Theological

Academy, Budapest, Hungary

Allen Derrick '68 has been elected
moderator of the General Synod, A.R.

Presbyterian Church Erskine Clarke

'66, professor of American religious
history, met with the McCormick
Seminary faculty for their spring
retreat on "Globalization of Theologi-
cal Education." He gave a lecture on
"The Huguenots and the Reformed
Tradition" to the South Carolina
Huguenot Society and has served as a
member of the Centennial Committee
planning the one hundredth anniver-
sary of Montreat.

Gray Norsworthy '85 is pastor of

the Shallowford church, Atlanta

Sherwood McKay '74 is pastor of First

church, Crookston, MN Ernestine

Cole, associate dean of students, has
preached at Rice Memorial church and
Church of the Master, Atlanta and was
a workshop and team leader for the
Women's and Men's Conference at
Montreat. She is a board member of
the Urban Training Organization of
Atlanta and participated in an urban

plunge experience in Atlanta Jerry

Blacklaw (DMin '88) is pastor of the

Gulf Breeze, FL, church Rebecca

Parker, director of continuing educa-
tion, taught a four-week series at
Trinity church, Atlanta, on "Acts and
the Church." She was Rally Day
speaker at Druid Hills church,

Atlanta Laura Newsome '90 and the

Rev. Paul Pittman were married May

28 in Atlanta Marvin Lindsay '94

and Laura Favor were married July 16

in Charlotte Lisa Traynham Nelson

'92 is associate pastor of the Prospect

church, Mooresville, NC Marvin

Randolph '61 is pastor of the
Dickinson church, Carlisle,
PA Perky Daniel '86 had an ex-
tended review of Faulkner and
Religion in a recent issue of The
Mississippi Quarterly. She was chap-
lain of the Georgia House of Represen-
tatives in February and is co-chair of
the board of Directors of the Interfaith
Coalition of Metro Atlanta.

John Patton, professor of pastoral
theology, has worked with three
clinical pastoral education groups
during the summer: a group of Air
Force chaplains at Grady Hospital, a
group at the Covenant Counseling
Institute with students placed at
Gwinnett Medical Center and the
Peachtree Hospice, and a group at the
VA Hospital. Dr. Patton has been
doing research on the interpretation of

verbatims Warner Durnell '78,

Board member, is designated pastor of
St. Andrew's Church, Nashville. He

continues as associate executive of

Synod of Living Waters Will

Coleman '85, assistant professor of
theology and hermeneutics, was
baccalaureate speaker at Mills Col-
lege. He was respondent to a paper
on "Churches in Changing Societies"
at Nanjing Theological Seminary,

China Doug Hood '87, is pastor of

Woodhaven church, Irving, TX. One
of his sermons was published in the
August issue of Lectionary
Homiletics Sara C. Juengst '83 was
awarded the honorary Doctor of
Divinity degree by Presbyterian
College. She has written the teachers'
guide to the study book for children

on Africa, Lodu's Escape Grace

Tsyr-En Wu (ThM '90) is director of
the Kaohsiung Christian Counseling

Center in Taiwan Jake Marshall '93

is pastor of the Monticello, GA,

church Dan Milford '93 is associate

pastor of the Lake Murray church,
Chapin, SC.

Rick Dietrich, director of the Lay
Institute, led the New Pastors Confer-
ence at the Chautauqua Institution.
He also preached and led a seminar
on "Pain and Healing" there. Dr.
Dietrich taught at Avondale Church,
Charlotte, and is preaching at the
Carrollton, GA, church while its
pastor receives treatment at Emory

University Hospital Harry

Wakuteka (DMin '84) is president of

Ndesha Seminary in Zaire Dean

Strong '88 is organizing pastor, Silver
Firs new church development,
Everett, WA. ...Jeanne Stevenson-
Moessner, adjunct assistant professor
of practical theology, hosted a gather-
ing of women pastoral theologians at
the Society of Pastoral Theology who
are working on a volume on pastoral
theology, of which Dr. Stevenson-
Moessner is editor. Her article was
published in The Sewanee Theological
Review, and she was seminar leader
at the national convention of Women
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of
America. Dr. Stevenson-Moessner is a
member of the Theological and Social
Concerns Committee of the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors,

Southeast region Charles

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Campbell, assistant professor of
homiletics, was chaplain and
preached six times at the Chautauqua
Institution, participated in the consul-
tation at Nanjing Theological Semi-
nary, China, and preached at First

church, Dalton, GA George Telford

'58, associate professor of theology
and church and director of advanced
studies, is serving on an Ecclesiology
Task Force created at the request of
the Governing Board of the National
Council of Churches. The committee
is consulting with persons doing
research on congregations, as well as
on the churches' clearly changing role
in public life. The committee is also in
consultation with representatives of
the Roman Catholic church and
various evangelical churches.

John Leith '43 has been inducted
into the Academic Hall of Fame at
Erskine College, the highest honor
given an Erskine graduate or faculty

member Daniell Hamby (DMin 77)

is general secretary of the Consulta-
tion on Church Union. He is a postu-
lant for Holy Orders in the Episcopal
Church, Diocese of Northern
Indiana Charles Cousar '58, profes-
sor of New Testament, lectured at the
"Festival of Faith" at the Spring Hill
church, Mobile, on "The Bible in the

Life of the Church. What Else Makes
Us Different?" He has preached at
Gum Creek church, Covington, GA;
Lebanon church, LaFayette, AL; and

at the Decatur, GA, church Gloria

Jennings '90, director of alumni/ae
relations and associate director of the
annual fund, attended the
Williamsburg Development Institute
Conference and has preached at
Covenant and St. Andrew churches,
Augusta, GA, and the Jefferson, GA,

church Wade Huie '46, professor

emeritus, has preached at Druid Hills
church, Atlanta; First and Central
churches, Athens, GA; Decatur
church; St. Andrews church, Macon,
GA; Shadyside church, Pittsburgh,
PA. Dr. Huie preached for his son
Scott's ordination at Westminster
church, Snellville, GA. He taught a
supervised ministry in preaching
course for D.Min. students.

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of Old Testament, spoke at an ATS
seminar for new Ph.D. candidates,
lectured at Kirkridge, preached and
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University, and taught at Boston
College. Dr. Brueggemann's book, A
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conference of the American Theologi-
cal Library Association in Pittsburgh,
where she presided at a workshop on
university presses, was elected to the
steering committee of the technical
services section, and was a member of
the Resolutions Committee Ben
Johnson, professor of evangelism and
church growth, led evangelism
seminars for First church Midland,
TX, and the Presbytery of Western
North Carolina. He has preached at
Westminster church, Lubbock, TX,
and First church, Midland, TX, and
led conferences for the Presbytery of
Minnesota Valleys and Presbyterian
Women of Greater Atlanta
Presbytery Evan Campbell '93 is

pastor of First church, Rusk,

TX Charles Talley '63 has been

elected to a three-year term on the
Board of the Presbyterian Association
of Science and Technology.

Douglas W. Oldenburg, presi-
dent, has received the Doctor of
Divinity degree (honoris causa) from
Budapest Reformed Theological
Academy, Budapest, Hungary.
President and Mrs. Oldenburg
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conferring of the degree Sharon

Core '91, associate pastor of the
Brevard-Davidson River church,
Brevard, NC, co-directed two weeks
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FALL 1994

Columbia video series marks
Signs of the Times'

Columbia Seminary has produced a
video series called Signs of the Times,
which looks at contemporary culture
and its impact on Christian lives.
Produced by Columbia's Lay Insti-
tute of Faith and Life and the Theol-
ogy, Media, and the Church Pro-
gram, the series is intended for
discussion groups and Christian
education programs.

The series airs for eight weeks
this fall on A.I.B., an Atlanta cable
network, on Tuesdays at 10 p.m.
beginning September 27. It will then
be distributed nationally to individu-
als and church groups. Columbia
professors have prepared a study
guide, available from the Lay Insti-
tute, to accompany the series.

Christ criticized the religious
leaders of his day because they could
not read "the signs of the times"
(Matthew 16:2,3). The series asks:

*what are the dominant and
defining signs of our times?

*are we able to read and interpret
them?

*to what extent do these signs
dominate the lives of Christians?

*what resources are available in
scripture, the Christian tradition, and

experience to shape Christians' lives
according to the sign of Christ?

The first of the 30-minute pro-
grams, called 'The Writing on the
Wall," serves as an introduction. Each
of the remaining programs concen-
trates on one "sign of the times" the
television, the car, the gun, the game,
the mall, the body, and the computer.

Cultural critics and theologians
are interviewed at locations where
the sign in question is present and
operative. A studio discussion with
Columbia faculty members follows,
in which issues are explored in light
of scripture and Christian experience.

For more information about the
series, which will be available for $40
in December, and how to use it in
discussion groups and education
programs, or to order the study
guide, contact Columbia's Lay
Institute, 404/378-8821.

Timothy Slemmons '95 is this year's
recipient of the prestigious award, the
David H.C. Read Preacher /Scholar, a
national award which recognizes and
encourages excellence among seminary
students who show promise of special
distinction.

The $10,000 award is given by Madi-
son Avenue Presbyterian Church, New
York, and intended for preacher/scholars
who are committed to the parish pulpit.

Mr. Slemmons was selected from
candidates recommended by Protestant
seminaries throughout the country on the
basis of his seminary record, biographical
statement, recommendations by two
professors, sermons on Old and New
Testament texts, and the exegetical papers
he wrote in support of both sermons.

Annual Fund
Challenge goes
over!

Last March the Office of Develop-
ment/Seminary Relations projected a
serious shortfall in undesignated gifts
to the Annual Fund. Rallying to the
cause, four members of the Board of
Directors collectively pledged to
contribute $78,000 to the seminary's
Annual Fund, provided the seminary
could raise at least that much in the 100
days between March 23 and June 30
from contributors who had not given
during the academic year 1993-94.

By June 30, qualifying gifts totalling
$87,496 had been received by Colum-
bia, making this year's Annual Fund
campaign a rousing success.

Many thanks to the Board of
Trustees, graduates, and friends your
support of Columbia Seminary's
mission and your financial contribu-
tions that make our work possible.

Vantage

P.O. Box 520

Decatur, Georgia 30031

CONTENTS

Three positions filled 1

Missionary reunion/China ties 1

Looking ahead 2

Reformed book series 2

Alums welcome Billy Graham 2

Commencement '94 3

Graduates *

Continuing education events 4

CFC surpasses goal 5

For the Record 6

From the Bookstore 7

Plan ahead 7

Signs of the Times 8

Student award 8

Annual Fund Challenge goes over 8

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