Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 77, number 1, Spring 1985

COLUMBIA SEMINARY

Vantage

SPRING 1985

Dr. Harold Wilke leads
seminar on ministry
with the disabled

Dr Harold Wilke, whose address
before the United Nations opened the
International Year of the Disabled in
1 98 1 , led a seminar on ministry to
disabled persons Thursday, March 2 1 ,
1985, at Columbia Theological
Seminary.

Wilke, a United Church of Christ
minister who was born without arms,
told a capacity crowd during the chapel
service that Columbia is relatively
accessible to disabled persons, compared
to other institutions. He encouraged the
Seminary to make its facilities even more
accessible.

At this chapel service attended by
Seminary students and faculty, as well as
a large, diverse number of guests, Wilke
called on the church to recognize people
with disabilities as full participants in the
work of the church.

Seminar participants lunched with
Wilke, who discussed the problems of
increasing an institution's accessibility to
the disabled. Wilke, an adjunct professor
at Union Theological Seminary in New
York, commented that there were
attitudinal barriers, as well as physical
ones, which must be overcome, including

an able-bodied person"s fear and
misunderstanding of the disabled.

Attitudinal barriers were again a
topic of discussion at an afternoon session
led by Wilke This was followed by a
panel discussion moderated by CTS
Assistant Professor of Christian
Education Ed Trimmer. Liz McWhorter,
a former Christian educator and elder at
Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta;
Bern Ikeler, a free-lance writer; and Tom
Atkins, pastor of the Lawrenceville Road
United Methodist Church in Atlanta,
which has excelled in ministry to
hearing-impaired persons, were the panel
participants.

Wilke directs the Healing
Community in White Plains, NY., a
multidenominational project designed to
assist the religious community
incorporate the disabled and others into
the mainstream of society.

Author of three books, including
Creating the Caring Congregation, Wilke
also edits a quarterly periodical, The
Caring Congregation, which deals with
the church's ministry to and with people
with disabilities. He has chaired the
Department of Ministry on the National

Dr. Harold Wilke

Council of Churches, as well as the
General Commission on Chaplains and
Armed Forces Personnel.

For his international involvement
with rehabilitation, Wilke received the
Preminger Medal from the People-to-
People program. Also heavily involved in
the national and international ecumenical
movement, he was awarded the Luther
Medal by the Church of Berlin-

Thts photo from our historical file shows the Board of Directors, c. 1925. Please let the Office of Development/Seminary Relations know if
you can identify any of the men in this picture.

Brandenburg in 1972.

Wilke and his wife, a staff member
of the New York Gestalt Association for
Psychotherapy and Training, have five
sons.

The workshop was sponsored by
Columbia, in conjunction with the
Division of National Mission of the
Presbyterian Church (USA) and Atlanta
Presbytery. D

Columbia
receives
major
gifts

Columbia Seminary has received several
large capital gifts recently. The donors
include individuals, a foundation, and
estates.

An anonymous donor in Georgia
gave the Seminary $ 1 ,000,000. The
Fargo Estate of Augusta, Ga , left the
Seminary a bequest of $ 100,000. A
philanthropist in Florida contributed
$ 1 50,000, and a member of Columbia's
Board of Directors, the Seminary's
governing board, donated over $43,000,

The Outreach Foundation, which
has already greatly strengthened the
cause of evangelism at Columbia and in
the Presbyterian Church, gave well over
$80,000. And an anonymous estate in
Mississippi has provided over $750,000.
Continual on /

From the President

J. Davison Philips

A RECENT kim \k< H project on
Presbyterian candidates for the ministry
indicatessevt-r.il significant facts about
those candidates

1. They come to seminar) with a
deep and growing sense ol call
Even when they an unsure, they
still are responding to .1 definite
experience of Gods leading.

2. They are increasingly diverse in

experience and family
situations Thirty-five percent arc
women, 50 percent come from
another ( areer with experience in
business and in the life of the
church. The average age is \2

3. Thegrc.it majorit) arc preparing
for ministry in a parish, and some
of these are planning to spci ialize
in pastoral counseling or
Christian education.

4. They reflect a spirit u.d pilgrimage
which often issues in a new
commitment to Christ and to the
Church. This commitment is
based on experience in college or
in a career while actively
participating in a local church.

5. The majority who come from

college to seminary with a two or
thn 1 year gap in he tun n hav<

gone into debt to finish college.
They need increasing finam ial
aid.
6 The student's spouse is such a
vital pan ol the decision to 1 ntei
Seminary that he or she is much
involved in the application
process and in the life of the

Seminar) lommunity.

On the whole the students In r< an
1 ommitted and competent persons,
investing these Seminary years in
preparation for ministry.

Also very important is the graduatt
\iiult nt enrolling in such degrees as
M.ister of Theology, Doctor of Ministry,
or Doctor of Sacred Theology (pastoral
can I These are usually ordained
11 1 misters who seek to expand their
theological and biblical know ledge and
improve their abilities in preaching,
administration, and pastoral care. The
Doctor of Ministry is done largely on a
part-time basis over a four or five year
period, In addition to the academic
courses, a dissertation based on a
significant act of ministry is required.

These students, then, are using the
setting m which they minister as part of
the curriculum and the campus of
Columbia Seminary. Courses for the
academic requirements are scheduled on
our campus and in several satellite
locations in our supporting synods.

1 ask you to do these two things:

1 . Pray for our students and their
families!

2 Give us names and addresses of
those persons who are beginning

to think about a call to ministry.
My personal gratitude goes to each
of you for all you are doing for our
mission here

With Faith, Hope, and Love,

Directors approve
budget, appointments

At ITS SPRING meeting in April
Columbia Seminary's Board of Directors
approved a record budget and
appointments in two new positions.

A $3.73 million budget for the
1985-86 fiscal year was approved This is
a 12 percent increase over the 1984-85
budget.

The Rev. Dr. Brian Henry Childs
was appointed Associate Professor of
Pastoral Theology and Counseling for a
three-year term, beginning August 1 . He
will be leaving positions as adjunct
professor of pastoral theology and co-
director of the Th.M. degree in pastoral
counseling at New Brunswick

Theological Seminary in New Jersey,
lecturer in pastoral theology at Princeton
Theological Seminary; and director ol
advanced pastoral studies and staff
therapist for Trinity Counseling Service,
which serves the Princeton, New Jersey,
area. Dr. Childs earned the M.Div.,
Th.M., and Ph.D. degrees from
Princeton Theological Seminary.

The Rev. Caroline Leach, an M.Div.
graduate of Columbia, has been named
associate dean of students on a half-time
basis. She has served as a co-pastor,
campus minister, and an assistant pastor.
At Columbia she will assist the dean of

Continued on page 8

Thomas H. McDill
1917-1985

Thomas Haldane McDill, Professor
Emeritus of Pastoral Care and
Counseling at Columbia Theological
Seminary, died at his home in Atlanta on
February 21, 1985. He is survived by his
wife, Lila Bost McDill, a son, Thomas C.
McDill, and three grandchildren. He is
mourned by a multitude of students,
parishioners, counselees, and colleagues.

Professor McDill was a native of
Little Rock, Ark., and was reared in
Gastonia, N.C. He received the A.B.
degree from Erskine College, the B.D.
degree from Erskine Seminary, the
M.Div, degree from Columbia
Seminary, the A.M. degree from the
University of Chicago where he was an
early student of Seward Hiltner, and the
D.D. degree from Presbyterian College.
Ordained a minister in the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Dr.
McDill served pastorates in Arkansas and
Atlanta, was an instructor in counseling
at The School of Social Work at
McCormick Theological Seminary, and
was the first Professor of Pastoral Care
and Counseling at Columbia Theological
Seminary from 195 1-1979. He served as
an Army chaplain during World War 1 1
and was decorated with the Legion of
Merit for his service in the Philippines
He was honorably retired by the
Presbytery of Atlanta in 1979.

From his position as Professor at
Columbia Seminary, Dr. McDill was an
initiator of the Chaplaincy Services at
Grady Memorial Hospital, Central State
Hospital, Georgia Baptist Hospital, and
the Georgian Clinic and was one of the
central figures in the establishment of the

Georgia Association for Pastoral Care.
He directed the first Pastoral Counseling
Service in the Southeast at Central
Presbyterian Church and established the
first graduate degree in pastoral
counseling in the Southeast. He was the
first minister to address the Fulton
County Medical Society and the Georgia
Psychiatric Association.

Dr. McDill was a founder of the
American Association of Pastoral

Continued on page 8

Dr. McDill

The doctor
is a
minister

AT LEAST ( >N< E or twice a week, she is
seen rushing down the sidewalk toward
Columbia's student center, her white
coat flapping, her stethescope dangling
from her neck

She is Marilyn Washburn, M.D.
1976, Emory University School of
Medicine. She is also Marilyn Washburn,
M Di\ 198 1 , Columbia Theological
Seminary.

How does Marilyn manage her
identities as Dr. Washburn and the Rev.
Washburn' She answered, "I think of
myself foremost as a minister/
theologian. I didn't want to tack ministry
onto medicine; I wanted medicine to be
my expression of ministry.

"I always wanted to be a physician; I
never had any doubt,'' Dr. Washburn
said When I was five, I decided to be a
doctor. My two best friends decided to be
nurses. We wanted to marry preachers
and be missionaries."

Originally planning only to dabble
in seminary courses, Ms. Washburn
began raking courses at Columbia in
1972, the same year she started medical
school. After two quarters of seminary,
though, she decided that she needed
more theological education "to be the
kind of doctor I wanted to be." So she
finished her M.Div.

The four years of medical school
were spent on Columbia's campus as well
as Emory's. Ms. Washburn's seminary
classmates voted to change class meetings
to suit her schedule. And Professors
Catherine Gonzalez and Charlie Cousar
designed special courses for Ms.
Washburn to assist her in juggling her
two curricula.

'7 think of myself foremost
as a minister I theologian. I
didn V want to tack
ministry onto medicine; I
wanted medicine to be my
expression of ministry. '

Through it all, "it was the Seminary
that helped me keep my sanity," Ms.
Washburn said. "Columbia was really
supportive. I can't imagine going to
medical school and not having this
seminary community for support." She
added, The forte of Columbia Seminar)'
is the community experience.

After graduation from Emory in
1976, Ms. Washburn, who had married
in 1973, took a leave of absence from
Columbia to practice her self-tailored
residency, which included pediatrics and
obstetrics/gynecology and resembles the
family medicine residency offered at
several medical schools Her first child
was born in 1978. She returned to
seminary as a part-time student and full-
time wife and mother, finally receiving
her divinity degree nine years after
starting it.

Ms. Washburn is employed at
DeKalb-Grady Clinic, a family medicine

Marilyn holds sons Robbie and Stent during a house call at Columbia.

clinic which "serves whomever comes
through the door," she said. The clinic's
charges are figured on a sliding scale.

Her position at DeKalb-Grady
Clinic is an Emory medical school faculty
appointment, which, to Ms. Washburn,
is the best part, since she enjoys the
opportunity to teach as well as practice
clinical medicine.

Ms. Washburn is also involved with
Hospice, a program offering care tor
terminal cancer patients in their own
homes. "Most of the families in the
Hospice program are extremely poor,"
she said. "You mainly try to be there for
families when they need you. It's a
ministry of presence."

Ms. Washburn's presence is felt, not
only in the community, but on
Columbia's campus is well. She often
teaches seminars on such topics as death
and dying and medical ethics. But she
can also be found on the campus at all
hours of the day and night making
believe it or not house calls. The
doctor never hesitates to respond to a
seminarian's call for help. And her
response is one of gratitude

"I give so much to the Seminary
community because it gave so much to
me," she said "This is a way of passing
it on."

Ministering sclrlessly to the
Columbia community is not something
Ms. Washburn does out of obligation,
but out of love. She said, "With
Columbia families, we share the same
faith. I can do things w ith them that I
can't do with DeKalb-Grady Clinic
families 1 can Hip back and forth from
pastoral to medical roles."

There are not a whole lot of people in
Ms. Washburn's shoes, but she hopes
that more students will follow her
example. She said, "I'd like to see other

folks have the same shot at this. The
church should reclaim health tare as one
of its primary responsibilities

"Where the church once had been a
primary force behind health care," Ms.
Washburn explained, "it serves now
almost as an auxiliary to health care,
v. hi< h is provided by the private and
government sectors, .is well as by
corporations running health care facilities
for profit. A stronger presence of the
church in health care would redress somi
of the injustices I see in the other tin
systems."

The minister in hei also si es the
church's penchant for building
institutions to provide medical care. She
affirmed the necessity of these
institutions, but observed that
institutions can afford ( hnsi i.ms the
option of avoiding the "one to One
healing that Jesus did, and th. ii I believe
he wants us todo."Q

Writer Butch Miranda n ./ teniot from
Tiiiailoosa.

Seminaries'

students

meet

Students from < on mbia, Johnson C.

Smith Si niin.ii\ at the

luu i. luumiiii.uioii.il Theological ( enter,

and Emorj I niversity's Candler School
oi rheologj have been meeting to

rsiaNisli mioiii'i i i(l,ii ions A , oininittee
ol in, mbi R from the three student
bodies planm ,1 a joint worship and
i ommunion servio I leld ai ( olumbia
Vpi il 16, ili> si rvic( W .is led by studi I
wuh all ilio i stud in bodies im iti d

Si, ve Negley, '84-'85 Stud( m
< oordinating < ouncil president ai
( olumbia and oni ol thi fori es I" hind
this efron said, 'Representatives from
ill' three student governmi nts havi mi I
monthlj in in .lion io coordinate
, al< ii. I. us and events." The first eveni i"i
ill' thret mi, lent groups was h< Ii I ai
( olumbia during Forum w . el in
February, when all three groups wi i
in\ ited to a worship service and a

K , . ption alu i wards.

These seminary student
celel 'rating the l>on,ls of unity and th<
i halli ng< oi re< oni iliation and pea<

iii. ii i.u , , luu, hes in ili< 1980's mu\
1990's.D

Alumni/ae
Association

H mhia's Alumni 'ai Asscn iation

in, i 1(1 unary on the campus to In ai

news oi alumni ae actn ii i< i an, I mak<
plans loi next \ear. This group eli cted
the follow ing officers tor 1985-86:

. Ii ni , f larnson Taylor, Hunt, I
president-elect, Hugh Hamilton III,
( OVingtOn, Tennessee, vice p" si.l, in , S

I .nil, i in, Mason, Tallahasset . I ion, la,
secretary-treasurer, John Hunter,
Bradenton/Sarasota, Florida

In in w I usiness the Association's
( ouncil discussed setting up alumni ai

awards The grOUp decided tO ''"Ii' h
suggestions (or structuring I hi W ards
program

The Department of Development
and Seminar] Relations reported a
significani in, rease m alumni/ae gi\

tins fisi a! ,, ar, A year end report with the

turaging news will be issued during

iiu lummer.

Speakers for the 1986 Forum will

Hendrickus Berkof Smyth Lecturer

Will D, Campbell Alumni/ae

Lecturer

Joan Salmon < ampbell Forum
Preacher.D

Summer Greek School

i i hi MBIATHEOLOGH m s i Mi'sARY will
offer its summer Greek school from July
1 -August 23, 1985, Oscar J. Hussel.
Vice President tor Academic Affairs, has
announced. The eight-week course is a
study of the essential elements of Koine
Greek grammar, syntax, and vocabulary .
preparatory to reading the Greek New
Testament.

Dr. Charles B. Cousar, Professor of
New Testament Language, Literature,
and Exegesis, will teach the course, which
meets each weekday morning. A
voluntary tutoring session will be
available each afternoon

Mosi oi tin I" or so students
, moiled in this course are entering
Columbia in the fall for the M Div
degree, but a lew are students at other
seminaries This year the course has been
s, lu dialed .1 week earlier than usual 111
order to give the Columbia students a
week's resi b< foM the beginning of fall
ter in September.

Dean Hussel says, "This course
great bond among the students,
who experience what former students
here called a fellowship of suffering' '
during the intensive courselD

Continuing

Education

Calendar

For further information or to register for courses, call or write:
Douglas W. Hix, Director of Advanced Studies, or
Sara C. Juengst, Associate Director of Advanced Studies
Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA 30031 / 404-378-8821.

June 12-24 In the Si i PS I >i JOHN KNOX A pilgrimage into our Presbyterian
heritage. A trip to Edinburgh, London, and Geneva with Davison and Kay
Philips, Stuart and Margot Mc William, and Doug and Pat Hix ( ost: S 1,894.

June 13 -July 1 Bach Fist and German Delight A travel seminar which
explores music, art, theology, and culture of central Europe. Leader: Frederick

0. Bonkovsky, CTS Professor.

June 17-28 at Montreat, NC, Two Week Credit Courses* (8:30 - 1 1:40 a.m.)

1. Contemporary Approac hesto Christian Edu< ation Taught by Sara P
Little, Union Theological Seminary Professor. Tuition $300 - 3 semester hours.
2 The Theology and Practice of Evangelism Taught by Ben C. Johnson,
CTS Professor. Tuition $300 - 3 semester hours.

July 8-12 Two Morning ( ourses (9-1 1:30)

1. How to Teach "Weaving mi Fabrk of Faith" by Johanna Bos. Taught

by Sara C. Juengst, CTS Staff. Tuition $25.

2. Faith in the Tradition OF Isaiah Taught by Walter Brueggemann, Profes-
sor, Eden Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO. Tuition $50.

Two Afternoon Courses ( 1:30-4:00)

1 . How a Minister Relates to the Doctor and How a Doctor Relates to
THE Minister. Taught by Marilyn Washburn, M.Div. and M.D., Grady Hospi-
tal Clinic, Atlanta, GA. Tuition $50.

2. A SEMINAR FOR Writi ks Taught by Cecil Murphey, writer and minister, De-
catur, GA. Tuition $50.

All Day (9-1 1:30 and 1 30-4:00)
Fifth Annual SCHOOL OF EVANGELISM Coordinated by Ben C. Johnson and Joe
Donaho. Leadership provided by Don Buteyn, Professor of Evangelism, San
Francisco Theological Seminary, and Grady Allison, Program Director of Evan-
gelism, PC (USA). Instructors and courses are:
Dr. Ernest T. Thompson, Jr. - preaching and worship evangelism.
Dr. Arnold Lovell - organizing the local church for evangelistic outreach.
Dr. James Cushman - evangelism in the small church of 1 20 members or less.
Tuition $50. Scholarships are available. Contact Ben C.Johnson at Columbia.

July 8-19 at Columbia Seminary, Two Week Credit Courses*, 8:30-1 1:40 a.m.

1 Contemporary Approac his to Prea( hing Taught by Thomas G. Long,
Professor, Princeton Theological Seminary. Tuition $300 - 3 semester hours.

2. Sociological Study of the Church and the Community Taught by Har-
vey K. Newman, Professor, Georgia State University.

Tuition $300 - 3 semester hours.

July 15-19 Three Morning Courses (9-11: 30)

1 . How to Teach "Weaving The Fabric of Faith" by Johanna Bos Taught
by Johanna Bos, Professor, Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louis-
ville, KY. Tuition $25

2 Learning to Use the Computer in the Administration of the Local Con-
gregation Without Being Ripped Off Taught by William W. Rolland, Tui-
tion $50.

3. What Does It Mean To Be a Christian' Taught by Shirley Guthrie, CTS
Professor. Tuition $50.

An All-Day Course (9-11: 30 and 1 :30-4:00)
School of Christian Spirituality Directed by Ben C. Johnson, Robert H.
Ramey, assisted by Spiritual Formation Associates. Tuition $50, Scholarships are
available. Contact Ben C. Johnson at Columbia.

All Afternoon (1:30-4:00)
Urban Ministry Seminar The Challenge of Ministry in the Urban South
Co-sponsored by the Division of Corporate and Social Mission, G AMB. Directed
by P. C. Ennis and Joanna M. Adams, Pastors, Central Presbyterian Church, At-
lanta, GA.

July 22 - August 2 at Columbia Seminary, Two Week Credit Courses* (8: 50-
1 1:40 a.m.)

1 . Building Christian Community through Small Groups. Taught by Rob-
ert Ramey, CTS Professor. Tuition $300 - 3 semester hours.

2. On Prophets and Preac hers Reading the Acts of the Apostles. Taught
by David Moessner, CTS Professor. Tuition $300 - 3 semester hours.

July 22-26

D.Min. Project Workshop during the afternoons, CTS Campus, no tuition.

Two Week Credit Courses Prerequisite - M.Div. or equivalent. You may take
ONE of the credit offerings in each two-week period and thus earn 3 semester
hours in each two- week period.

Sara Covin Juengst

Philip R. Gehman

Juengst called
as associate
director

Columbia Seminary welcomes the Rev.
Sara Covin Juengst to its staff as
Associate Director for Advanced Studies.
A 1984 graduate of Columbia, Ms.
Juengst, who joined the staff in February,
is planning and conducting non-credit
continuing education for ministers and
lay people. She will also share
responsibility for the entire Advanced
Studies program.

Before joining the seminary staff,
Sara was the staff associate for mutual
mission coordination in the Division of
International Mission of the General
Assembly Mission Board of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She has
served as a Presbyterian missionary in
Zaire for eleven years, a Christian
educator with Presbyterian and Episcopal
churches in Virginia, South Carolina,
and Georgia, and a campus minister at
the University of Florida and West
Georgia College.

A graduate of Erskine College, the
Rev. Juengst has done graduate work at
the Presbyterian School of Christian
Education and at West Georgia College.
She is married to Dr. Daniel P. Juengst.
They have four children and one
grandchild. D

Gehman

named

director

When Phil Gehman was a student at
Columbia in the sixties, he had no
thoughts of returning to the campus to
work. But, this winter, he was named
Director of Admissions and Vocations.

He, wife Kay, and sons Randy, 17, and
Russ, 15, have returned to Atlanta from
Greensboro, N.C., where he was pastor
of Faith Presbyterian Church.

A 1968 magna cum laude M.Div.
graduate of Columbia, Philip Gehman
received his D.Min. degree from Union
Theological Seminary in Virginia in
1979. He did graduate work at the
University of Chicago. Dr. Gehman has
held assistant pastorates at the First
Presbyterian Church in Greensboro and
at the First Presbyterian Church in
Waynesboro, Va.

As director of admissions and
vocations, Phil's responsibilities begin
with the recruitment of students for the
first degree programs. Consequently, he
is involved with those people called
primarily to the pastoral ministry and
thus seeking the M.Div. degree. He also
counsels with students seeking the
Master of Arts in Theological Studies,
designed for students wanting to broaden
their understanding of the faith. This
degree does not prepare persons for
Presbyterian ordination. In addition, he
recruits students for the Master of Arts in
Youth Ministry degree.

Dr. Gehman helps first degree
students as they complete their seminary
education. He works with graduates of
these programs for their placements, his
office facilitates the interviewing process
by bringing together seniors and those
churches with openings.

Two admissions conferences come
under Phil's purview as well. These
winter conferences include a weekend of
classes, worship, interviews, campus
living, campus tours, and seeing Atlanta.
The earlier conference, called the College
Conference, brings college students to the
campus; the later conference, the
Conference on Ministry, is held for
persons interested in the ministry as a
second career

Phil sees Columbia's faculty and
location as important assets in the
recruiting of students and counts
Columbia's "unique perspective in its
care and concern for the individual
student'' as perhaps its most important
and distinguishing characteristic. D

A unique challenge:
the Church in Hungary

[S n POSSIBLE for a church to be faithful in
a society dominated by an atheist u
ideology? The first Protestant church to
be forced to face this difficult question
was the Reformed Church of Hungary.

In order to understand how the
Reformed Church of Hungary has
responded to living in a socialist state, it
is necessary to have some understanding
of the church's history and its
relationship to the Hungarian people and
culture. For much of its history, the
Reformed Church of Hungary has been
closely tied to a significant minority of
the Hungarian people Drawn primarily
from the peasant class and the lesser
nobility, the church members were
predominantly Magyar, not Austrian or
German. Under the Austrian emperors
and the influence of the Roman Catholic
Church, it experienced several centuries
of persecution and repression by the
state. During these years, the struggle for
religious freedom for Protestants w as
closely tied to the struggle for national
independence.

The Hungarian Reformed Church
was formed in 1 88 1 , composed of the
four Synods of Hungary and a fifth one in
Transylvania. Calvinistic in its theology,
it traces its roots back to Geneva
Hungarian theological students went to
study under John Calvin along with John
Knox and other reformers who are more
familiar in the West.

Unlike the Roman Catholic Church,
the Reformed Church was never a state
church It was, however, regarded as a
folk-church and was part of the official
religious system in Hungary before
World War II. One became a member
automatically, by being born into a
Reformed family. By 1945 the
Reformed Church represented about 20
percent of the Hungarian population,
with almost as many members as there
were Presbyterians in the U.S.

It was this church which, after
World War II, had to respond to the
challenge of living in a Socialist society
The official ideology of the postwar
government of Hungary claimed that
religion is only an opiate of the people,
that the church was a thing of the past
and would soon disappear.

Radical changes took place
throughout all of Hungarian society in
the late 1940s. Peasants were given land,
health-care and education became free.
The church's property and schools were
nationalized. In this situation the church
had two choices. It could declare, "We
are from Christ, and this ideology is from
Satan. There is nothing to do but
w ithclraw from this society and let
individual Christians struggle to do the
best they can. The alternative was to
accept the challenge to attempt to live
faithfully in the midst of the socialist
society.

The Reformed Church chose the
second way a way that has seen God
at work in history, calling us out of our
settled ways, that we might find a new
way. The Reformed Church of Hungary
is not a part of the power structure of the
state, but a servant-church As we look-
back on what has happened to us, we can

see both God's judgment and grace
God's judgment was on us because we

helped to maintain social injustice before
the war ( rod's grace was seen in the

revival that broke out after the war in the

most difficult of circumstances The

theology and support of Karl Barth, the
Swiss Reformed theologian, was very
important to the church during these
days.

In 1948 the state and the Reformed
church signed an agreement, assuring
freedom of conscience and worship The
state granted financial support until the
church became self-supporting, and
opportunities were provided tor religious
instruction in the schools. This
agreement meant that the church had
chosen a very narrow path to follow a
path between collaboration with an
athestic ideology on one side and
nostalgia for past power on the other
side. It was the difficult path of a servant-
church, involving constant struggle and
the search for new answers to the
relationship between church and state.

After the trying times of Stalinism in
the late forties and early fifties, a
normalization of relationships arose
between church and state. Under the
present political system there is practical
cooperation between church and state on
the issues of peace and social work. The
church is especially involved in working
with alcoholics, drug-addicted youth,
retarded children, and the elderly. We
can see God's liberating Word working
in the lives of alcoholics, who become
witnesses of God's power in our society.

In a world of increasing economic
and military confrontation, Eastern
European Christians and Christians in
the West need to encourage each other's
faith. We need to accept each other as
sisters and brothers in Christ. And we
need to be in dialogue with each other to
witness to the unity we have in Jesus
Christ. D

Author Margit Balog, a minister in the RCH.
is the first woman from un eastern European
country to stud} >tt Columbia.

\t u CFC officers were e/ei ted by a ret Ord number n) members attending '

Columbia Day. President Philips inducted lut ih Adams, Betty Brantiy, and Mai

Thriller into o/fit e during thi d.i\ 'j ./< tit tin r,

CFC meets on campus for
Come See Columbia Day

Mimhiksoi mi Columbia Friendship
( irde met on the campus April 1 8 I
( ome See Columbia Hay a da) ol
worship, business, a panel dis< ussion,
and i ampus tours

During the business meeting, thi
CFC was challenged by President J.
Davison Philips to increase the L985-86
budget to $4 e >,()()() to meet Columbia's
grow ing need for scholarship aid. For the
past several years, the < F< has provided
scholarships for ( olumbia Scholars,

which are one-year, non-renewable- lull

scholarships awarded to young men and
women who show promise for the
ministry. The CFC lias also financed the
reclassification of the library's books.
This year, in addition to those proji
the CFC will fund a graduate fellow ship
to be awarded a Columbia student upon
completion of his or her first Ixish degree,

Lucile Adams of Granada, Miss ,
was elected* \< president for the 1985-
86 term. The other new officers .ire Betty
Brantli \ ol S.i\ annah, ( ra . vice
president, and Margaret Throw < r ol
Abbeville, S.C , secretary-historian. Ruth
Esche of Marietta, Ga , will com inn
parliamentarian and Seminary I
Davison Philips as treasurer.

This academic department
can help you

The Historical-Doctrinal Department

Frederick O. Bonkovsky
Professor of Christian
Ethics

G. Thompson Brown
Associate Professor of
World Christians

T. Erskine Clarke

Associate Professor of
American Religious
History in the
World Context

c atherineG. Gon/

Professor of
Church History

We hope you w ill not hesitate
administrative staff for help.

Shirley C. Guthrie, Jr.
Professor of
Systematic Theologj

C. Benton Kline, Jr.
Professor of
Theology

I. unes A Overbeck
Librarian and Adjuni I
Professor of
( hurch History

Paul Smith

Adjunct Professor
Ol Black History
and Identity

to write or call any of our faculty or

i in sj no. In al coordinators foi thi
new \( ,ii ,m Mildred M< ( rlami ry ol
I lialeah, Fla , fot the Synod ol I lorida;
( all) Matthews of Great Falls, S.C, for
i he Synod ol the Southeast; and Barbara
McDonald oi Enterprise, Ala , foi th<
Synod oi the Mid-South.

The following are CFC 's State

representatives tor the 198V 86 j
Alab.im.i I ',ii K.tgan from Birmmgh.
Mississippi Sarah Perritt from Meridian;

Tennessee Janet Salvei from Knoxville;

i gia Dons ( loopet from Alphan eta;

lloi ida ( In i.i hi' ( lark from Ala. liu.i,

South < arolina; Purnell Mori is from
rtanburg home Williams is the new

CFC representative for Atlanta

Presbytery.

I i S thanks outgoing < I ( Pr< sident

Gena i aj loi ol fa< ksom ille, Fla., for her

outstanding leadership of flic ( l< , Pepc

Blake, CFC's Atlanta Pn sbytery
representai ive, for her excellent work in
i oordinating all the local plannin
( ome See ( olumbia Day; and thi
women ol ( olumbia Presbyterian

Church, tor t lie ir pleasam hospitality

throughout the di

I i < $ iiu,( fold purpo
*topray for the faculty, staff, and student
body of the Seminary;
to < >/< outage young women and men
toconsidi r thi i all to a i hur< h vo< ation; and
to a'/" fm. nit ial support to iel ti d

projects that meet the needs of the

Seminary. D

Vantage

Vol. 77, No. I, Spring 1985
Published quarterly by
( olumbia Theological Semit
P.O Box 520
Decatur, GA J0031

The Department of Development/
Seminary Relations

Editor: Juliette Harper
Associate Director
minary Relations

For the Record

With this issue we begin a section on news from the Columbia community.
If you have recent news you would like to contribute, please send it to the
editor.

Cheryl Gosa "73 has been named to the
national communications planning
,ui\ isorj group for the
P< (l SA) Frank G.Colladay, Jr.
78 has been named to the Board of
Directors, Presbyterian Alcohol
Network Martin L. Harkey, Jr. '63
(Th.M. 69) is moderator of Southwesi

Florida Presbytery Catherine

Gonzalez, ( I S Professor of Church
History, was a speaker at Mo Ranch in
F( bruary on the topic of the church as

servant Shirley Guthrie, CTS

Professor of Systematic Theology,
delivered lectures at Austin Si minary
during the Mid-Winter Ministers
Conference in January In March he led a
ministers' retreat for Birmingham
Presbytery, and in April he led a two-day
retre.it for church members ol
Broadmoor Presbyterian ( hurch, Baton
Rouge John A. Kirstein '48 is
moderator of the Synod of the Mid-
South and of Central Mississippi

Presbytery Sid Leak '83 is moderator

of tin ( andidates Committee for South
Mississippi Presbytery Pete
Carruthers '73 (Th.M. '83), CTS Dean
ol Students, led the course,
"Communication - A Means toward
Family Health or a Cause tor Family
Sickness," at the Fifth Annual
Celebration of Faith in March at Norman
Park, Ga. This was an e \ eni i if the
Presbytery of Southwest
Georgia Frederick McDaniel '58
has been named Counselor of the Year in
Seaford, Del. He is president of" First
State Counseling Association

David Antonson '66 became
senior minister of Northmont United
Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh in
March and was awarded the Church
Merit Award by the Christum
Communication Council of Metropolitan
Detroit churches for 12 years service with
that ecumenical body, representing 1500

churches, in 1984 Wade Huie '46,

CTS Professor of Homilctics, was
keynote speaker at the Missions
Conference at First Presbyterian Church
in Thomasville, Ga., in February. He was
guest preacher for Holy Week services at
First Presbyterian Church in Pine Bluff,
Ark., March 31 -April 2. His sermon,
"The Pain and Hope of the Lonely," will
be rebroadcast for the fortieth
anniversary of the Presbyterian Series of
The Protestant Hour on October 1 3-
This program features some of the most
requested and historic sermons broadcast

on The Protestant Hour Sid

Macaulay (Th.M. '76) has been made
editor of the Journal of Christain Medical
Society HollisGause '71 recently
published a comprehensive survey of the
book of Revelation, Revelation: God's

Stamp of Sovereignty on History Will

Ormond '43, CTS Professor of Biblical
Exposition, gave a series of sermons on
"Encounters with the Christ" for the
First Presbyterian Church in Bay
Minette, Ala., in January. In February- he
spoke at the Missions Conference for
Trinity Presbyterian Church in
Pensacola. He delivered five Bible studies
on the Gospel of Luke for the First

Presbyterian (hurch in Marietta, Ga . in
February and March and a Lenten seru 5
March J 1 -April 2 for the First
Presbyterian ( him li of Baton Rouge.

Malcolm M. Bullock '55 has been
called as pastor oftheThyatira
Presbyterian Church in Salisbury,

N.C Ed Loring '66 was author of

The Open Door Community:
Presbyterians in Action" in the
December issue of The Presbyti nan
College Report. He is a founder and
partner of the Open Door ( immunity in
Atlanta and is known as "the father of
Atlanta's shelter

movement Lawton Daughtery

'56 has been called as pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Elberton,
Ga George R. Stuart '45 has been
named to the 1985 Who's Who in

Religion Norman Whitney '64 has

been named moderator of Orange
Presbytery and is serving as chairman of
Ala.: swell Area (N.C.) Mental

Health, Mental Retardation and

Substance Abuse Board Sheppard

Lawrence 74 has been called as pastor
of the Merritt Island, Fla., Presbyterian

Church Bill Mulcay '40 was recently

honored by the First Presbyterian Church
of Bartow, Fla., for his 40 years of service

in the ministry Murphy Davis '73

was the subject of an article, "In the
Valley of the Shadow of Death," in the
April 3 issue of Southline. The article
focused on her ministry to death row

inmates Fred Bonkovsky, CTS

Professor of Christian Ethics, spoke on
"The Wall: Symbol of East/ West
Relations" and was a co-leader in the
seminar, "Value Conflicts in Business
and Professions," at Trinity Presbyterian

Church in Atlanta in March In April

and May James Newsome '55, CTS
Professor of Old Testament Language,
Literature, and Exegesis, taught a series
based on his new book about Old
Testament prophets at Trinity

Presbyterian in Atlanta Ann

Cousins, CTS Board member, is
heading the Mission Continuation
Committee of the PC(USA).

Erskine Clarke '66, CTS Associate
Professor of American Religious History
in the World Context, led a seminar on
the history of black and white relations in
the Low Country at the Charleston

BIRTHS

Mark '7 1 and Frances Verdery adopted

six-year-old Sok. a Cambodian, in

January 1985.

Derek and Rebekah Alexander Maul '82,

a daughter, Naomi Rebekah, August 22,

1984.

Philip '84 and Peggy Gold, a daughter,

Sarah Christine, March 18, 1985.

Steve '85 and Teresa Negley, a son,

Thomas Alan, January 30, 1985.

DEATHS

John Coffee Neville '24, March 7, 1984.
Dr. Marshall Coleman Dendy '26, May

984
Dr. George Aiken Taylor '43, March 6,
1984.

W>^

Barbara Cheney, secretary in the office of advanced Studies, was feted in February with a
n tin it ni party. Mrs. Cheney, who u orked at Columbia for 25 years, served under
Presidt nt 1 Rit bards, Klim . and Philips. She was given a silver bowl, and she and
hinband Cal were presented with fishermen t apsfor their retirement home in Cape Cod.
Pictured Doug Hix. director of advanced studies, Barbara and Cal Cheney, and
President Philips at her party.

Presbytery meeting in April Charles

Cousar '58, CTS Professor of New
Testament Language, Literature, and
Exegesis, was the Thomas J Staley
Lecturer at Presbyterian College in
January. His topic was "The Use of the
Bible in Moral Decisions." Dr. Cousar
did a Lenten series on "Thy Kingdom
Come: Biblical Studies in Prayer" for the
First Presbyterian Church in Dalton,
Ga., and taught a course on the Epistle of
James at the "Celebration of Faith" for
the Southwest Presbytery of Georgia's
March meeting of Norman Park,

Ga David Gunn, CTS Professor of

Old Testament Language, Literature,
and Exegesis, attended the annual
meeting of the Society of Biblical
Literature, the meetings of the
Publications Committee of the American
Schools of Oriental Research, and the
Editorial Board of Biblical Archaeologist.
In January Dr. Gunn taught the course,
"From Narrative to Theology: Some Old
Testament Stories," to the Kansas Area
Seminar on Professional Ministry of the
United Methodist Church. He gave a
lecture, "Samson and the Wife of
Manoah," sponsored by the Department
of Religion, at Amherst College in

March Charles Barnett '55, earned

the D.Min. degree in December.

Ben Johnson, CTS Associate
Professor of Evangelism, conducted a
workshop on "Renewing Our Outreach
Through a Renewed Congregation" at
the Presbyterian Congress on Renewal in
Dallas in January. In February he
addressed the North Alabama Union
Presbytery four times on the subject of
evangelism and church growth during
their stated winter meeting. He
conducted the first "Renewal Service and
Seminar" of the Jane Robbins Ramey
Memorial, which has been established at
Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian Church in
Charlotte. He also led the Mecklenburg
Presbytery on a two-day retreat for
pastors and educators at Bethelwoods in
March. March 1 5- 1 7 he conducted a
"Spiritual Awareness Weekend" at First
Presbyterian Church in Orlando, where
he was assisted by two CTS students,
Pam King and Martha Jane Petersen,

and by Dr. William Blair David P.

Moessner, CTS Associate Professor of
New Testament Language, Literature,
and Exegesis, gave an oral presentation of
the paper, "Paul in the Acts: Preacher of
Eschatological Repentance to Israel," at

the annual national meeting of the
American Academy of Religion and the
Society of Biblical Literature in Chicago
in December. He presented a revised
form of the paper, which will be
published in Festschrift for Prof. G.B.
Caird in 1986, at the New Testament
Graduation Seminar, under the direction
of Hendnkus Boers, at Emory University
on April 8. On April 10, Dr. Moessner
spoke on the New Testament section of
"Christians and Jews: A Unique
Relationship" for the Ministers
Conference at Columbia Presbyterian

Church in Decatur The Memorial

Drive Presbyterian Church in Stone
Mountain, Ga., dedicated its newly
completed library to the memory of
Darrell Monroe '70 on April 2 1
Darrell served Memorial Drive
Presbyterian Church as associate minister
from December 1977 until his death in
November 1980.

J. Davison Philips, CTS President,
was guest minister of The Shadyside
Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh May
5. He attended the meeting of the
Committee on Theological Institutions in
Princeton April 12 and 13 Dr. Philips
serves as moderator of the PC (USA)
Committee on Theological Education
and in October will begin a term as
chairman of the University Center of

Georgia James F. Dickenson, CTS

Vice President for Development/
Seminary Relations, attended the
development officers meeting of the
Association of Theological Schools in

Toronto in April Tom Ellis '66 has

moved to Jacksonville as pastor of
Northshore Presbyterian

Church Jasper Keith, CTS Professor

of Pastoral Care and Counseling, led a
workshop for laity at Peachtree
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta January
12 The theme was "Home and Hospital
Visitation" by the laity as an expression
of the pastoral care ministry of the

church In January Bob Ramey, CTS

Professor of Ministry, led an officers'
retreat on the twin themes of spiritual
growth and the pastoral ministry of
church officers for First (Scots) Church,
Charleston, S.C. In February he led a
ministers' retreat for the Presbytery of the
Pines in El Dorado, Ark., on "How to
Train Church Officers." In April he
represented Columbia at a national
consultation held at Union Seminary in

Continued on page 8

Juliette Harper

Harper

joins

staff

Juliette Harper has been appointed
Associate Director of Seminary Relations,
filling the position vacated by the Rev.
Emmie Young earlier this year. Ms.
Harper, who works in the Office of
Development/Seminary Relations,
oversees Columbia's public relations,
publications and the drafting of fund-
raising proposals, among other duties.

Ms. Harper came to Columbia from
her alma mater, Agnes Scott College,
where she worked in the offices of
alumnae and public affairs and served as
managing editor of Agnes Scott's
alumnae magazine. She has also worked
in public relations for the Alliance
Theatre Company in Atlanta.

Before receiving her Bachelor of Arts
in English from Agnes Scott, Ms. Harper
studied in Marburg, West Germany, and
at Exeter University in Exeter, England.
Her hometown is Oak Hill, Ala.

Gifts Continue ige 1

These gifts will be used primarily in
three different areas They will be us.
endowment for much needed
scholarships Costs of educating a student
come to about $9,000, but a student
paying full tuition contributes only 25
percent of that amount Many .ire unable
to pay full tuition While money from
synods, churches, and endowment
income is used toward scholarship.,
Columbia nevertheless depends on the
largess of friends to supplement these
funds for scholarship aid Columbia's
scholarship aid assists approximately 1 60
students.

Another area these capital gifts will
benefit is supervised ministry. At
Columbia, supervised ministry enables
the student to put into practice what has
been learned through his or her courses,
thus helping in the development as a
competent, effectual minister. Each
D.Min. and M.Div. student is required
to take CTS's summer intern program in
the parish. Students may elect to take the
intern year in a parish or an agency.

The capital gifts will also help with
the immediate physical needs of the
campus its upkeep and maintenance.

These generous donors have been
impressed with the quality of
Columbia's education and services. The
Seminary's six degree programs the
M.Div., Master of Arts in Theological
Studies, the Master of Arts in Youth
Ministry, the Master of Theology, Doctor
of Ministry, and Doctor of Sacred
Theology in pastoral counseling will
also greatly benefit from these gifts. And
Columbia's graduates will continue to
provide outstanding potential for the
future leadership of the Church.

Columbia Seminary is greatly
appreciative of the support it has
received from each of these donors. The
generosity of these and other donors
enables Columbia to exceed the
$4,000,000 mark for its 1984-85 capital
gifts program, a record for Columbia.

The President's Advisory Council wet on campus in April. L-r: Out^nni^ President
Howard Ector, secretary Hayden S. Sams, President Joe Patrick, and Dr. Phtlips. Not
present Vice President J. Sidney Query.

By Jim Dickenson

Vice President, Development/Seminary Relations

Gift annuity:

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from your gift

ES i abi ishing A GUT annuity with

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the best methods tor you to receivi 8
multitude of bene tus I fnd the gift
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Seminary, receive an immediate income
tax deduction, and in addition, i< 1 1 ivi .i
life-time annual income from your gift,
ranging anywhere from >i\ to ten percent.
1 he percentage return on your gift
depends upon your age and the age of
your spouse.

Then, at some point in the future,
when you no longer havi need ol chi
income, the Seminary will establish a
scholarship or an endowed fund myour
name or in a name of your own choosing
This insures your gift will be utilized in
perpetuity by rhe Seminary.

Here is an example of how a gift
annuity works. A donor, male, aged 60,
gives the Seminary $25,000 Because of
his age, the national gift annuity
committee has established a return of

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McDill

( ounselors, the certifying agency of
pastoral counselors. Forewent) years he
selected the best books of the year in the
field of pastoral counseling and reviewed
twenty-five of these tor the Journal oj
Pastoral Care. In 1982 the American
Association of Pastoral Counselors
honored him by presenting him their
Distinguished Service Award for his
work in pastoral counseling. On March
22, 1985, the Southeast Region of the
Association for Clinical Pastoral
Education, Inc , presented him
posthumously the J. Obert Kimpson
Distinguished Service Award. In his
tribute Dr. Kempson said: Tom was a
strong supporter for the rest of us in those
Ionelj . isolated da) S He alu a\ s had a

sympathetic car, an understanding
interest in what we were doing. He was a
pioneer in clinical pastoral education and
a stalwart leader in the pastoral care
movement In my book, Tom McDill
was the inspiration for the total
movement in the Southeast."

Dr. Jasper Keith, Professor of
Pastoral Care and Counseling at
Columbia, said at Dr. McDill's memorial
service: "I know the truth of Obert's
words. Daily I am reminded of those
facts, and I am everlastingly grateful to
God for Tom McDill. Tom was the
pioneer, we are the settlers. Tom plowed
new and hard ground, sowed and sowed
again until the plants of his labor grew.
We are reaping the bumper crop harvest
of his labor."

Dr. Keith continued, 1 don't know
what ii wasliki in those pioneering days

for loin and folk like him I suspect it

was a lonely, anxiety-laden pilgrimage.

But this I do knou Tom and his
colleagues made the wa\ l leal tor m< and

in\ colleagues They carved out

profi SSional associations, established
graduate degree programs, and enabled
institutions ol care and counseling And

we an indebted to them."D

U ritei Jasper Keith, Pro/essoi oj Pastoral Care
and Counseling at ( VS. u serving a two-year
u m as /'>< tident of tin American Assot iation
for Clinical Pastoral Education II- is also
nal director of tht Southeast Region,
\< RE.

Directors

Continued from page 2

students However, her primary
responsibility will be with the women of
Columbia both students and spouses.
Another important responsibility will be
strengthening the network of women role
models for women students.

In other actions pertaining to the
faculty, the Board reluctantly accepted
the resignation of Professor of Theology
C. Benton Kline, effective December 5 1 ,
piss He will continue to teach at
Columbia as an adjunct professor on a
two-year basis The rank of Director of
Advanced Studies Douglas W. Hix was
changed from Adjunct Professor of
Pastoral Studies to Associate Professor of
Advanced Studies

The Board also approved a faculty
position in World Christianity, and

CTS students Adrian McLean from
Jamaica and Taylor Phillips from Atlanta
congratulate each other after scoring a
goal. Columbia is a member of a
recrea tional soccer league.

Adjunct Professor George Thompson
Brown was appointed to that position as
Associate Professor of World Christianity
for a two-year term on a part-time basis.
The Rev. Stuart McWilliam of Scotland
was appointed a Visiting Professor of
Preaching for the next academic year
while Professor Wade P. Huie is on
sabbatic leave.

The Board re-elected Dr. William
Adams as chair and Ludwick Clymer as

hair and elected Dr. John S Lyles of
( )rlando as secretary, replacing the Rev
Gerald Voye, who is rotating off the
Board.

For the Record
Continued from pagt 6

Virginia on "A New Day in Candid,
Later in the month he preached a series of
special services at the Parkway

Presbyterian Church Ben Kline, CTS

Professor of Theology, serves as Director
of the Council on Theology and Culture
and on a Task Force on the Theology of
Compensation, which has prepared a
study now before the Church He also
serves on the Task Force on a New
Directory for Worship and on the three-
person Writing Team, which is drafting
the new Directory. He served on an
accrediting team of the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools to
the Institute of Christian Studies, Austin,
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