Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 79, number 3, Winter 1988

COLU M B I A
THEOLOGICAL

SEMI NARY

Vantage

WINTER 19 88

Douglas W. Oldenburg
inaugurated as president

Dr Douglas W Oldenburg was
inaugurated as the seventh president
in Columbia Theological Seminary's
160-year history on Sunday, October
11. 1987.

The inaugural events began
Sunday at 4:30 with a festive
gathering and buffet supper on the
seminary's lawn. Bunches of colorful
balloons swayed above the crowd, and
a brass quintet entertained during the
dinner.

A service of worship celebrating
Dr. Oldenburg's inauguration began
at Decatur Presbyterian Church at
7:30 p.m. Greetings were brought to
the president and seminary from
several groups during the service. Dr.
J. Randolph Taylor, president of San
Francisco Theological Seminary and
first moderator of the reunited
Presbyterian Church, brought greetings
from the Presbyterian Church (USA)
and its Committee on Theological
Education. Dr. Ruth Schmidt,
president of Agnes Scott College,
brought greetings from Presbyterian
colleges and the University Center in
Georgia.

Dr. James Costen, president of
the Interdenominational Theological
Center, greeted the president from the
Association of Theological Schools and
the Atlanta Theological Association.
Finally, BE. Pettit, president of
Columbia's Alumni/ae Association,
brought greetings from Columbia's
graduates.

The 65-member choir of
Covenant Presbyterian Church in
Charlotte, North Carolina, where Dr.
Oldenburg was pastor for 15 years,
sang the inaugural anthem. This
special piece, "Thus Says the Lord,"
from Jeremiah 9:23-24, was written
for the inauguration by choirmaster
Richard Peek.

In Dr Oldenburg's keynote
inaugural address, "To Serve the
World,'" he posed the question,
"What is the distinctive vocation, the
distinctive calling, of theological
institutions in the Reformed
tradition'"

Dr Oldenburg mentioned the
emphasis which the Reformed
tradition has given to an educated
ministry, the authority of scripture,
and biblical preaching. However, he
chose to underline the Reformed
emphasis on the glory of God through
faithful service to the world.

Dr. Oldenburg affirmed, "In the
Reformed faith, our chief end is to
glorify God, and that places the
emphasis not on ourselves, not on our
feelings or our needs, but solely on
God." He asserted that we are to
glorify God in all that we do in
faithful service. In the Reformed
tradition, this means engagement,
involvement, serving the needs of the
world to the greater glory of God.

Dr. Oldenburg said, "The mission
of a seminary in the Reformed
tradition is to serve the church so that

The Oldenburg family celebrated the new president's inauguration. (L-r) Sons Scott
and Todd, wife Claudia, President Oldenburg, son Mark.

the church can more effectively serve
the world."

President Oldenburg outlined six
suggestions for implementing the
seminary's mission, gleaned from his
perspective of 25 years in the parish.
His suggestions were to cultivate
students' vision of God's intention for
each of us and for our world; helping
students enlarge their understanding of
the world; nurturing within students

an inner disposition that is cultivated
through Biblical study, personal
devotion, and theological reflection;
helping students develop a Biblical/
theological perspective, training
ministers to empower their churches
to embody and serve God's purposes
in the world; and germinating within
students a tenacious hope, an ultimate
confidence, and the awareness that

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Plan to attend' 8 8 Forum

President Oldenburg, Dr. Joseph Roberts, and Gail Perkins '87 led one of the worship
services during last year's Forum.

Three outstanding church people
highlight the 1988 Columbia Forum.
Forum, which is built around a guest
preacher and two lecturers, will be
held February 1-4, Monday through
Thursday. In addition to the lectures
and worship services. Forum is also
the time for alumni/ae reunions and
activities.

This year's worship services will
be led by Dr. J. Will Ormond. Well
known to many Columbia alums, Dr.
Ormond has just retired after teaching
21 years at the seminary. The titles of
his sermons are "Face to Face with
the Past," "Face to Face with the
Future," and "A Sermon in Clay."
Worship services will be held at
Columbia Presbyterian Church on
February 1, 2, and 3 at 7:30 p.m.

The 1988 Smyth Lecturer is Dr.

Phyllis Tnble, Baldwin Professor of
Sacred Literature at Union Theological
Seminary in New York. The overall
title for her lectures is "Scriptural
Subversion," and individual lectures
will be "Miriam and Moses," "Sarah
and Issac," and "Qohelet and John."
Dr. Trible's lectures will take place
February 2 at 1 1 a.m. and February 3
and 4 at 11:30 a.m. at the Columbia
Church.

James A. Sanders, Professor of
Intertestamental and Biblical Studies
at the School of Theology at
Claremont, Professor of Religion at
Claremont Graduate School, and
president of the Ancient Biblical
Manuscript Center for Preservation
and Research in Claremont, California,
is the Alumni/ae Lecturer. His Forum
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From the President

Douglas W. Oldenburg

Forum '88
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topics will be "Fundamentalism and
the Church, and "Reading the Bible
on Its Own Terms," parts I and II
Dr Sanders will speak at the
Columbia Church at 9 a.m. on
February 2, 3, and 4.

Alumni/ae activities will run
throughout Forum. On Tuesday,
February 2, Dr. Neely McCarcer,
Columbia alumnus and president ol
Pacific School of Religion , wiJJ speak
on "The Seminary in the Life of the
Church" at the Alumni/ae Luncheon
and Association Meeting at 12 JO

Alumni/ae and their spouses in
reunion classes will hold their
luncheon on Wednesday, February S,
at 12:30. The following serve as
reunion chairs:

1933 and earlier - Bonneau
Dickson

1938 - Marion Bradwell

1943 - Davison Philips

1948 - Roy Coker

1953 - Doug Hix

1958 - Harry Beverly

1963 - Martin Harkey

1968 - Lee Carroll

1973 - Bill Holmes

1978 - Ben Bishop

1983 - Sara Juengst

1987 -Gail Perkins

Women students and alumnae
will enjoy a supper together on
Wednesday evening at 6 p.m.

In addition, three times have been
set aside for informal questions and
conversation with the two lecturers
and the preacher

All alumni/ae and all friends of
the seminar)', both lay and clergy, are
invited to the campus for this full
week of lectures, worship, and
reunions. For more information, please
call the seminary at 404/378-882 l.D

Will Ormond retires
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Its HARD FOR Ml to believe that a
year has already passed since 1 as-
sumed the Office of President of
Columbia Seminary! The time has
flown by, and it has been a most
invigorating and gratifying twelve
months.

It's been a time of learning . . .
about Columbia,
about my job,
about theological education,
about the challenges before us.

It's been a time of adjusting
to a new organization,
to a new work pattern,
to preaching in a different church
every Sunday,

Professor Wade Huie called "From
Text to Sermon." The title could well
be expanded to add "to life." A
common thread running through Dr.
Ormonds teaching was the
interpretation of scripture in authentic

and relevant ways.

In 1974, upon the recommen-
dation of President C. Benton Kline,
Jr., Dr, Ormond was promoted to a
full professorship and installed in the
J. McDowell Richards Chair of
Biblical Exposition.

Looking back over these years,
Professor Ormond says, "My greatest
satisfaction has come in seeing
students go on into useful service as
ministers." With characteristic humor,
he adds, "This is especially true of
some of those I wondered about when
they were students." One remarkable
tribute to him is the flood of
invitations he receives to participate in
ordination services for former students.

President Emeritus J. Davison
Philips, seminary classmate to
Professor Ormond, praised his work.
"The Class of 1943 was the first to
know Will Ormonds wisdom and
wit. 1 still remember the miraculous
way he, as class secretary, could turn
the dull, routine actions of class
meetings into hilarious minutes. Since
then, he has had a wonderful ministry
which has influenced a wide range of
persons."

Two former students expressed
their appreciation for him recently.
Harry Barrow '74 said, "Will
Ormond s dedication, creativity, and
sense of humor have combined to
make him an excellent preacher,
teacher, and pastor. Will's experience
in the pastorate and his love for the
church greatly influenced his teaching.
I consider myself fortunate to have
had Will Ormond as a teacher and
today to count him as a friend." Gail
Perkins '87 agreed, saying, "I was in
his first Communicant's Class at
Covenant in Tuscaloosa. He has been
both a pastor and a teacher to me in
Tuscaloosa and at the seminary. While
he was at Columbia, the students
were his pastorate."

How did it all begin.-' Professor
Ormond describes an early struggle
with a call to the ministry as being
"very private." By his senior year at
the University of Alabama, however,
it had become irresistible. That call
has been validated by years of useful
service, and by a host of persons

to all the travel,

to the Atlanta traffic!

It's been a time of celebrating .
the rich heritage of Columbia,
the strengths we currently enjoy,
the potential we have,
the glorious inauguration!

But most of all, it's been a year of
gratitude . . .

for the privilege of working with

such great people in such a great

cause,
for the way every member of our

faculty and staff carry a heavy

work load,
for our outstanding students who

have responded to God's call,
for the ministers I've come to

know who faithfully lead

their congregations,
for the Board of Directors,

influenced by his teaching, preaching,
and caring.

In retirement, Dr. Ormond lives
in a home recently purchased at 33
Hampshire Court, Avondale Estates,
Georgia, near the seminary. He will
teach occasional courses in programs of
continuing education and lay
education at Columbia. He is in great
demand for supply preaching and may
well accept interim pastor
appointments.

The administration and faculty
paid tribute to their colleague at a
dinner on December 17. The alumni/
ae will feature him at a luncheon
February 2 during Columbia Forum.
He will be the preacher at Forum,
February 1-4. The seminary secretarial
staff hosted a luncheon for their
"favorite professor."

Will Ormond is beginning the
next chapter of his life with the
appreciation of a host of friends
throughout the church, and indeed,
the world.

This tribute to Professor Ormond was
unit en by President Emeritus J.
Davison Philips.

Sidney Anderson retires

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careful and faithful stewardship of the
seminary's financial well-being. He did
serve until the end of Dr. Richards'
time, and then he took on Ben Kline
as president in 1971, and in 1976
Davison Philips. And now he will
have served one year to break in the
fourth of "his" presidents, Douglas
Oldenburg. The Board recognized his
commitment and his value by the
unique action of voting him tenure in
1969, putting him in a class with the
permanent professors of the seminary.
Sidney Anderson has watched the
budget grow from about $500,000 to
over $4 million. He has seen the
endowment grow (with some
shrinkage in down markets!) from just
under $4 million to about $30
million He has overseen construction
of apartments and the renovation of
all the buildings on the campus in
some cases, as in Campbell Hall, the
renovation of renovations. He has

the Alumni/ae Association,

the President's Advisory Council,

the Columbia Friendship Circle,

for the unknown and unsung folk
who send us unexpected gifts
because they believe in what
we are doing,

for your warm support, your
patience,
and your prayers,

for . . and and . .

and my list goes on, and
"My cup runneth over!"

With warmest regards,

dealt with all forms of management of
the food services, and sometimes put
on the meals himself. He's signed the
paychecks of faculty and staff,
arranged for their housing, and
counselled about their personal
finances.

Sidney has heard the pleas about
housing from countless students and
watched the needs change with the
changing character of student
enrollments. He has struggled with
refrigerators in Simons-Law Dormitory
and the lack of same in the Village
apartments, with the leaky plumbing
in Florida Hall and the stopped up
plumbing in campus houses, with
converting double rooms to singles
when the stereo equipment got so big
there wasn't room for two people and
all their possessions in one room. And
through it all, he has been guided by
an unshaken integrity and a loyalty to
Columbia Seminary and to the
Presbyterian Church.

Sidney has had another life than
that at the seminary. He has
cultivated that separate life. It has
revolved around his family, the
church, and his garden. His wife of
43 years, Sexton, has been a teacher
and counselor at Westminster Schools.
His three daughters have had fine
academic careers in school and college,
and Sidney speaks with pride of their
accomplishments and those of his
granddaughter. In Atlanta Presbytery,
Sidney has served as interim or stated
supply of many of the smaller
churches of the presbytery. And all
through the seasonable months, Sidney
heads out the Covington Highway to
the land he gardens on, to tend his
orchard and his vegetables.

Some folks wonder if Sidney
Anderson really walked out of the
office on December 31, 1987. When
he did, he left behind many telling
evidences of his good stewardship at
Columbia Seminary. And he went
with the gratitude of administrative
colleagues, of Board members, of
faculty, and of students.
C. Benton Kline, President Emeritus
and Adjunct Professor of Theology, is
the writer.

VANTAGE

LilIKH

F. Sidney Anderson

J. Will Orrnond

Sidney Anderson and Will Ormond retire after
5 1 years of combined service to Columbia

On December 31, 1987. F. Sidney
Anderson came to the end of his long
service to Columbia Seminary when
he retired from his position as vice
president for business affairs and
treasurer. He concluded 30 years of
full-time service to Columbia in a
variety of capacities as well as several
years as a part-time instructor and
three years as a student.

Probably no one else in the
seminarys history has filled as many
different roles as Sidney has at
least in this century: teacher in several
fields, registrar, director of field work,
dean of students, and for the last 24
years, treasurer and business manager.
Recent graduates think of him only in
connection with the Business Office
and remember him as the one who
settled all issues about housing and
with whom they worked out the
payment of bills and the crediting of
scholarships. Those from the late 50s
and early 60s remember him as the
one who arranged their field
placements for the summer of the
academic year and who would turn up

Probably no one else has
filled as many roles at
Columbia.

of a Sunday to see how they were
doing. Those from still earlier in the
50s may remember him as the one
who taught them Greek (!) or courses
about the church in industrial towns
in the South.

Sidney came to the seminary from
Hampden-Sydney College in the fall
of 1941. He graduated in May of
1944 and was ordained by Atlanta
Presbytery. He was pastor of the

Barnett Church in Atlanta for a year
after graduation, and then he and his
wife of a year sailed for Brazil and
service as missionaries there They
returned after three years ot teaching,
and Sidney began a fruitful pastorate
in Porterdale, Georgia, a textile mill
town. He worked on a Th.M. degree,
and President J. McDowell Richards
enlisted him to teach at the seminary
in the "new field of the industrial
church" beginning in 1952. There
was a three-way division of what
today we would call practical theology
or church administration: rural church
with Cecil Thompson, urban church
with visiting professor Stuart Oglesby,
pastor of Central Church in Atlanta,
and industrial church with young
Sidney Anderson from Porterdale.

In 1957 Dr. Richards prevailed
on Sidney to come full-time to the
seminary and put him in charge of
field work. To keep him busy enough,
he was also given the )ob of registrar
and a lot of tasks of a dean of
students, along with teaching whatever
courses might be assigned, including
beginning Greek. Miss Virginia
Harrison, the doughty secretary' to the
president and business manager of the
seminary, retired in 1961, and a new,
young layman came in to run the
finances and business of the seminary.
He left after a brief tenure, and Dr.
James Ross McCain, the canny
president emeritus of Agnes Scott
College and long-time chairman or
vice chairman of the Board of the
seminary, came to Sidney Anderson in
1963 and asked him to take the |ob
of treasurer and to agree to stay at it
until President Richards retired.

So Sidney moved across the hall
into the business office and began his
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Professor J Will Ormond. who
retired December 31, 1987, as
Professor of Biblical Exposition at
Columbia, can look back on 44 years
of exceptional service as a Presbyterian
minister In both parish and seminary
settings, he has made significant
contributions in his preaching,
teaching, and pastoral care. His well
prepared, carefully delivered lectures,
his imaginative Biblical preaching, and
his counseling with students in both
office and home have made him an
exceptionally valuable member of the
seminary community.

Born in Texas, he grew up in
Alabama. When his father died in
1929, his mother, Mrs. Mary B.
Ormond, went back to college to
renew her teaching certificate. Between
the ages of 10 and 18, he remembers
moving frequently to relatives homes
where his mother taught in public
schools. Wherever he went in
ministry, he and his mother made a
home together until her death in
1974.

Dr. Ormond's adult life contains
at least three significant chapters.
Chapter One is made up of important
educational achievements. A Phi Beta
Kappa A.B. from the University of
Alabama, an honors B.D from
Columbia Seminary, an M.Th. from
Princeton Seminary, a Ph.D. from the
University of Glasgow, and an
honorary Doctor of Divinity degree
from Southwestern at Memphis
indicate that he is certainly well
educated!

Chapter Two was a time of two
pastorates. Dr. Ormond began in
Marion, Alabama In 1949 his
presbytery called him to begin a new
congregation, Covenant Presbyterian
Church, in Tuscaloosa, near the

University of Alabama. For 1 5 years
he led thai congregation to positions
dI strength in worship, program, and
mission While there. Dr. Oimnn.l

asked to lead youth work as an

advisor in both presbytery and synod

He was elected moderatoi ol the the
Synod of Alabama in I960 During a
1 1 i.i. in ra< i relations i n ati d by the
Autherine Lucy cas< ai the University

of Alabama, he provided a faithful
witness in sermons and in anions to
that community

"At Columbia, the
students were his
pastorate ."

Chapter Three includes teaching
at Columbia Seminary. In 1964
President J. McDowell Richards asked
him to consider a position in Bible at
Columbia. With typical modesty, Dr.
Ormond says, "I was shocked to
death. Such a thing had never crossed
my mind." Those who knew him
were not surprised, however Although
committed to his pastorate, he says he
accepted because "the voice of Dr.
Richards was the voice of God as far
as I was concerned.'

Dr. Ormond spent two years
studying for a Ph.D. at Trinity
College, Glasgow, Scotland. His
supervisor, Dr. William Barclay, was
well known for his work in
interpreting the Bible for the laity.

In 1966 Dr. Ormond began his
work at Columbia, which has been
intense and effective. His research in
the synoptics served as the basis of
courses in the Gospel of Mark and in
a very popular elective taught with

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WINTER 1988

Continuing

Education

Calendar

Lay Institute offerings

For further information or to register for courses, call or write;
Douglas W. Hix, Director of Advanced Studies, or
c,.,f luencst Associate Director of Advanced Studies
ColumbraTheologlal Seminary, Decatur, GA 3003 1^4^378 -882L

January 24-29 WEEK IN THE WINTER WOODS H.k.ng in the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park A group experience of sharing
interdependent), leadership, self-cxummanon, and reflection. Leader Doug
H.x Cost; $100

February 1-4 COLUMBIA FORUM Guest preacher, J. Will Ormond,
Alumn./ae Lecturer. James A Sanders. Smyth Lecturer, Phyllis Tnble. See
article on page 1 for more information

February' 21-26 A CONTEMPLATE Ritkiat FOR WOMEN Led by the
Dominican sisters in a beautiful retreat setting at Spnngbank Christian
Center. Kingstree. SC. A time to get apart, to pray, to worship, and to
meditate Leader; Sara Juengst. Cost: $150.

March 17-18 Small Church Seminar This seminar will focus on
urda.ned and lay leadership in small congregations. Insights about small
Presbyterian churches will be drawn from a recent national study of
Presbytenan congregations. Leader Jackson W. Carroll, Director of
Research, Hartford Seminary. Cost $50.

April 3-11 Jamaka TRAVil./STUm Trip A pilgrimage following Lent
and Easter in a Third World country where the church is strong and
vibrant A week spent studying Jamaica at United Theological College in
Kingston and seeing urban and rural parish work in Ocho R.os For lay
persons and clergy. Leader: Sara Juengst. Cost: $700 (includes travel,
room, board).

April 21-22 RELIGION AND THE ARTS #2 VISUAL ARTS IN EDUCATION
AND WORSHIP This seminar will focus on the role the visual arts play in
communicating the faith. Workshops will include iconography,
interpreting religious art, stained glass, textile art, using art in teaching,
calligraphy, etc. Cost: $50.

May 1-6 A Contemplative Retreat for Men At the Monastery of the
Holy Ghost, Conyers, GA, for reformation, relaxation, and spiritual
discipline. Leader: Doug Hix. Cost: $100.

May 30-June 15 Travel/Study Trip to USSR To become acquainted
with the people, culture, and religious life of the USSR by visiting
museums, churches, palaces, and other sites of interest. Leaders: Doug.as
and Claudia Oldenburg, Thomas Remington, Sara Juengst. Cost: $3,150.
See article on this page for more information ^^_____

Sign up for trip to USSR

AFTER 1.000 YEARS of Christianity in
Russia, what is the church Like? After
70 years of Communist rule, is the
church surviving in the USSR;* You
have an opportunity to get a first-
hand answer to this question next
June. Columbia Seminary is spon-
soring a trip to the Soviet Union from
May 31 through June 16, 1988.

Hosts for the trip will be Presi-
dent and Mrs. Douglas Oldenburg
and the Rev. Sara Covin Juengst.
Special resource leader will be Dr.
Thomas Remington, associate professor
in the Department of Political Science
at Emory University and the first
director of Emory's program in Soviet
and East European studies.

Although this trip will have as a
primary aim understanding the history
and life of the Soviet churches, there
will be ample opportunity for
sightseeing in such fascinating places

"It will BE encouraging to hear a
few of the many ways in which others
share the same struggles to live what
they believe.'' So writes a corporate
president coming to Columbia from
out of state to participate in the April
15 and 16 Lay Institute Seminar on
integrating one's faith and values into
business leadership and corporate life.
Women and men participants will
explore issues not often on their daily
agenda, such as the continuing tension
between external pressures and inner
renewal, principles and expediency,
competition and servanthood. They
will examine the role of faith in a
commitment to executive excellence.
The seminar design will draw on the
insights and contributions of each
participant.

In the Lay Institute Seminar
April 29 and 30, members of the
legal profession will deal with the
challenge of living out one's Christian
discipleship in a professional setting
Participants will explore issues familiar
to every person fractured by the pace
of professional life: How do I balance
the priorities of professional success
and personal growth.-' How does my
ongoing spiritual formation inform my
perspectives on my work-' How do I
bring moral and spiritual energy to
bear on my decision making-' How
can my Christian values, expressed
through my practice of law, lend
positive direction in our culture-'

This year the Lay Institute's LAY
Sc hool of Bible and Theology
becomes a semi-annual event. The
winter semester (January 5, 12, 19,
and 26) is presently in session. The
newly added fall semester (September
19,26, October 3, 10) will offer
courses in Old Testament (Dr. David

as Moscow, the Monastery of Zagorsk,
founded in 1340; the Monastery of
the Cave at Kiev; Yerevan in
Armenia, where the group will see
fourth- and fifth-century churches;
Leningrad. Peters summer palace; the
"old Russia" of Novgorod. The group
will visit museums, palaces, churches,
and have opportunities to sample a
diversity of evening cultural
entertainments.

The trip will end in Lucerne for a
debriefing and a day of relaxation
before returning home. The total cost
is $3,150, everything included.

The trip is a marvelous
opportunity to learn about this huge
and varied country and to celebrate
with fellow Christians the victories d(
God in that great land. For more
information or to register for the trip,
please write or call Ms. Juengst at the
seminary. D

Gunn), New Tesrament (Dr. Will
Ormond), Ethics in an Election Year
(Dr Frederick Bonkovsky), and
Christians in Family Relationships
(Dr. Brian Childs).

Off-Campus Education for
Laity led by Columbia faculty
members offers Biblical and theological
learning beyond the Atlanta area. In
January the Rev. Sara Juengst,
Associate Director of Advanced
Studies, will teach key leaders in
Savannah Presbytery In February Dr.
C. Benton Kline will teach Christology
at a lay school in Charleston
Presbytery. In March Professor Beverly
Gaventa will lecture for laity in Ohio.
And in April a lay school at First
Presbyterian Church in Cartersville,
Georgia, will provide courses for
persons in Cherokee Presbytery. The
faculty will include Professors Ramey,
Bonkovsky, and Gunn. In such
settings throughout the year, these
and other Columbia faculty members
will continue their significant
investment in education of the laity.

Last month the Lay Institute
participated in the training of officers
for several Atlanta area churches.

The Lay Institute offers assistance
with training of laity for church
leadership, coordination of renewal
events for congregations, and
leadership of retreats for church
officers. In March the Institute's
director, Dr Robert S. Smith, will
lead laity events in Florida and
Mississippi.

For information about the above
seminars, lay schools, and other
events, please write or call the Lay
Institute of Faith and Life, Columbia
Seminary, Box 520, Decatur, Georgia
30031; 404/378-882 l.D

Global church conference

One hundred people gathered at
Columbia in November for the fifth
annual conference on Understanding
the Global Church. After the
conference, one participant summed
up the weekend by saying, "The
forceful presentation of new
information, sights, sounds, and the
touched hearts' moved me in deep
levels and changed my awareness and
attitudes ."

This conference was begun in
1983 by Dr. G. Thompson Brown,
Associate Professor of World
Christianity at Columbia, under the
joint sponsorship of Columbia, Atlanta
Presbytery, the Synod of the
Southeast, and the Division of
International Mission of the General
Assembly Mission Board. Its purpose
was to provide help with mission
education in the local church. Since
then, it has been expanded to include
training for persons on the presbytery
and synod levels.

The intent of this conference is to
provide concise, information-packed,
inspirational updates on the issues
facing the church in various parts of
the world and on the denomination's
role in global mission. Each year, four

areas are highlighted, including the
area for the current mission emphasis.
Each area presentation is given by the
denominational staff person for the
area, a missionary and an international
visitor from that area. Evenings are
devoted to previewing audio-visuals
related to the mission theme and
receiving practical suggestions for
mission education in the local church.
Next year, the conference will provide
specific times for meeting with
missionaries and internationals
attending the conference. All of this is
presented in a compact time frame
from 2:30 Friday afternoon to 3:30
Saturday afternoon. Each participant
has the opportunity to attend all four
area meetings.

Columbia would like to invite
churches to consider sending to this
conference 10 to 20 persons who are
interested in having a deeper global
mission experience which includes
inspiration, stimulation, and, as
another participant this year said, "a
personalization of world Christianity!"

The dates for next year's
conference are November 4 and 5,
and the special emphasis will be
South Africa. D

VANTAGE

Columbia strengthens
its Korean connections

Over the past several years,
Columbia Theological Seminary has
become increasingly involved with the
Korean Presbyterian Church and with
Korean-American Christians. The
relationships began with a few ties,
and these have developed into a
commitment to Asian ministry at
Columbia.

For some time Columbia has
provided leadership training for church
leaders in Asia. In Korea 11 Seung
Kay (Th.M. '49) has served as
president of the world's largest
Presbyterian seminary in Seoul.
Numerous college and theological
faculty members in Korea have been
educated at Columbia. Hyung Mo
Kim (Th.M. '50) has been moderator
of the Presbyterian Church of Korea.
In Japan, Shin Ishimaru (Th.M. "58)
is president of the Shikoku Christian
College and plays a prominent role in
the Reformed Church in Japan.
Another graduate is chaplain of
Yodogawa Christian Hospital in
Osaka. And Columbia graduates in
Taiwan teach in theological schools
and serve as church leaders in the
Presbyterian Church there.

In the early 80s, a representative
of the Korean Presbyterian Church
came to Columbia to propose a
continuing education conference for
Korean pastors on Columbia's campus.
Columbia agreed to sponsor the
conference, along with the Division of
International Mission, General
Assembly Mission Board, the Korean
Presbyterian Church, and the
Presbyterian College and Theological
Seminary in Seoul, Korea.

Highly successful, the conference
has been been held during the
summer for six years. Twenty to 30
Korean pastors are given the
opportunity to study at Columbia for
three weeks. The Korean Church asks
for particular subjects, and Columbia's
professors teach the courses. The 1987
courses included pastoral care, an
introduction to the social and religious
history of the American people,
church administration, and Christian
education.

Columbia began to strengthen its ties
with the Presbyterian College and
Theological Seminary in Seoul. A
result of this relationship has been an
exchange of professors between the
two institutions. Dr. Oscar Hussel,
Dean of the Faculty and Vice
President of Academic Affairs, spent
the fall of 1984 in Seoul teaching two
courses. Dr. Wade Huie, Professor of
Homiletics, taught in Seoul in the fall
of 1985.

This year Columbia invited Dr.
Chang Whan Park, former president
of the Presbyterian College and
Theological Seminary in Seoul and a
distinguished New Testament scholar,
to come to Columbia for the 1987-88
academic year. He is teaching New
Testament at Columbia, speaking in
Korean-American churches, and
working on a comprehensive Bible
study for Korean lay people.

Columbia is currently seeking to
implement an exchange program for
students with the seminary in Seoul.
There are already four Koreans and 15
Korean-Americans in Columbia's six
degree programs.

The ongoing relationships with
Korean Christians, both abroad and in
the U.S., have become increasingly
important to Columbia. Several years
ago, an Asian Ministry Committee
was formed to strengthen Columbia's
work with Koreans and other Asian
peoples. The committee is made up of
three members of the Columbia
community and three members of the
Korean community. Dean Oscar
Hussel, Dr. Erskine Clarke, Professor
of American Religious History and
director of Columbia's International
Program, and Dr. G. Thompson
Brown, Associate Professor of World
Christianity and former president of
Ho Nam Seminary in Kwangju,
Korea, are the members from
Columbia. Dr. C.W. Choi, staff
associate for Korean-American
Ministries of the PC(USA), Dr. Insik
Kim, Asian area representative for the
PC(USA), and the Rev. Sunbai Kim,
a Korean pastor in Tucker, Georgia,
represent the Korean community.

Mayor Dent of Cartersville proclaimed the day
"Korean Pastors Day."

The group also explores various
aspects of American culture during the
conference. The most recent group
toured Atlanta, visited several churches
and night shelters, and went to Stone
Mountain, Lenox Mall, the DeKalb
Farmer's Market, and an Atlanta
Braves baseball game. They made a
trip to Cartersville, Georgia, to get an
idea of life in a small town. There
they received a citation from Mayor
Alex Dent, who proclaimed the day
"Korean Pastors Day.'' While there,
they also visited a carpet mill, a dairy,
and the Etowah Indian Mounds.

As the summer conference
developed into a permanent program,

This committee develops programs
and raises funds for Asian ministry
with an emphasis on Korea. Their
first big venture was to host a
Korean-American Church Conference
on Columbia's campus in September.
The conference was sponsored jointly
by Columbia Seminary, the Division
of International Mission, GAMB, the
National Mission Board, and Atlanta
Presbytery.

Dr. Sang Hyun Lee, Director of
the Asian-American Studies Program
and Assistant Professor of Theology at
Princeton Theological Seminary,
delivered the keynote address, "The
Korean Immigrant Church in the

Columbia Professor Dr. G Thompson Brown, former president of Ho Nam Seminar}
in Korea, visited with three former student*., now Pmbyttrian ministers, during
Columbia's 1987 Korean Pastors Seminar.

USA." In addition, five workshops
were offered on various concerns of
the Korean-American Church. The
conference attracted 50 Korean pastors
and lay people.

Columbia already sponsors an
officer training course for Korean-
American churches. Thirty-eight
people come on campus every Tuesday
evening for three hours of study and
worship. Columbia provides the
setting and any specialized assistance
the class may need. The Asian
Ministry Committee is eager to
develop other programs and resources
for the Korean- American church

Looking to the future, Dr.
Tommy Brown says, The growing
number of Korean Christian churches
is phenomenal. Two thousand Korean
immigrants are now living in DeKalb
County around the seminary. Over
300 Korean churches are now
associated with our General
Assembly." Many of these churches
are small, but they are a growing and
important part of the Presbyterian
Church (USA).

The seminary is concerned about
providing a helpful educational
program for Korean-Americans.
Second-generation Korean- American
pastors face unique challenges as they
provide leadership for bilingual,
bicultural congregations. More Korean-
American students are expected to
become a part of the Columbia
community, and the seminary is
seeking to provide a comprehensive
program which will address their
concerns. The Asian Ministry
Committee hopes eventually to have
an Asian minister on campus full-time
to teach courses and to serve as an
advisor to Korean students.

Dr. Insik Kim says, "These new
dimensions at Columbia have helped
make it global in both mission and
practice. Columbia has already done
much in providing training for Asian
clergy and laity, but new challenges
are here, and the seminary must
continue to respond to those
challenges. "D

Sarah Speed, a senior from Marietta.
Georgia, is the writer.

Professors' book

Two Columbia professors, John
Patton, Ph.D., executive director tor
the Georgia Association for Pastoral
Care and adjunct professor of pastoral
theology at Columbia, and Brian H.
Childs, Ph.D., associate professor of
pastoral theology and counseling at
Columbia, have co-authored a book
which will be published in February.
Christian Marriage and Pamilyi Caring
for Our Generations developed "'it of
the authors' clinical praam \utli
marriages and families and from their
common background with Seward
Hiltner, who was professor of theology
and personality at Princeton
Theological Seminary

Dr. Childs and Dr. Patton found
that the people they counseled were
very different from the ideal picture of
the family often presented in the
church. They concluded that the
normative understanding of families
was unrealistic and possibly not
Christian Working from their
common knowledge and experience,
the authors developed their book to
address the question: "Is there a way
to live as a Christian with respect to
families:'"

Their book is organized around
the concept of care This caring
includes the generation before us, our
own generation, and the one after us.
Their biblical understanding of care
emphasizes responsibility and
obligation, rather than domination
The authors discuss what caring is in
many different types of living/family
structures within our churches.

Intended for lay people, parish
clergy, and pastoral counseling
specialists, the book raises critical
questions for all Christians. How do
we fulfill the obligation to care for
those who come after US? How do we
care for kin and non-kin' How far do
we extend our care' How do we de-
fine marriage.' How do we balance our
responsibilities to love and to work'
The book is being published by
Abingdon Press. Sarah Speed '88

WINTER 1988

For the Record

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

William Boyle (Th.M. 75) is retired
from Atlanta Presbytery bur continues
to work at the Georgia Association for
Pastoral Care and at Wesley Woods,
where he supervises clinical pastor.il
education George Stroup, Professor
of Theology at Columbia, preached
twice a month at John Knox
Presbyterian Church in Marietta, GA,
from October through December He
gave an address, "Theological
Education and the Common Good,'*
at a seminar on The Church,
Theological Institutions, and Social
Policy, sponsored by the Advisory
Council on Church and Society and
the Committee on Theological
Education, held at Mo-Ranch, Hunt,
TX, in October. Dr. Stroup delivered
an address on narrative theology at
the meeting of the central region of
the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors in Madison, WI, and
lectured on narrative theology at a
continuing education event in
Memphis Presbytery. He gave a
lecture, "Current Issues in Theology
and the Life of the Presbyterian
Church," at a continuing education
event in Central Florida Presbytery in
November.

Cody Watson (D.Min. 76) is
laboring out of bounds of Pee Dee
Presbytery as director of the Presby-
terian Center for Mission Studies,

a Chapter IX organization Lucy

Rose, Assistant Professor of Preaching
and Worship at Columbia, was
preacher at the Wee Kirk Conference
at Montreat in October and leader of
the preaching section of Albemarle
Presbytery Training for Lay Preachers
in November. She attended the
Academy of Homiletics meeting in

December G. Thompson Brown,

Associate Professor of World
Christianity at Columbia, attended
mission conferences in California in
October. Last April he received the
Davidson College Distinguished
Alumnus Award. The award honors
"alumni who provided leadership or
attained recognition on a national level
within their profession or business, or
who have provided extraordinary
service to their community."

Joanna Adams 79 was awarded
The Emory Medal in September at
Emory University's Alumni Reunion
Weekend. Recipients are recognized
for distinctive service to Emory, their
communities, or to their professions.
Ms. Adams has been instrumental in
helping Atlanta's homeless population.
Pastor of North Decatur Presbyterian
Church, she is working with her
congregation and community leaders
to open a shelter at that church for
homeless mothers and their

children Gary CalifT (D.Min. 86)

has been commissioned Air Force
Reserve chaplain at Shaw AFB,

Sumter, SC Barry Davies '82

(D.Min. '87), Instructor in Church
Music at Columbia, led workshops in
specialized music at the Seventh
Annual Conference for Culturally

Plural Churches in Dayton, OH.
With a group of students from the
seminar}', he staged a special
Christmas program for the residents of
Philips Towers in Decatur and
performed in concert at the annual
Callanwolde Christmas Open House.

John Patton, Adjunct Professor
of Pastoral Theology at Columbia,
conducted a pastoral care seminar,
"Being and Caring as the Minister,"
at Brookwood Medical Center in
Birmingham, AL. He lectured at
Vanderbilt University Hospital on
"Estrangement and Forgiveness in the
Family" in November His Rail
Lecture, "Caring for Our
Generations," at Garrett Evangelical
Theological Seminary has been
published in their journal, explore.
Two of his articles were published in
the December issue of The Journal of
Pastoral Care. One is his final
editorial reflecting on his 16 years as
an editor of that journal, and the
other is "An Experiential Theory of
Selfhood and Relationality: Implica-
tions for Pastoral Care and Coun-
seling "... Harrison Taylor '54 has
left Mo-Ranch Conference, Center in
Hunt, TX, after seven years' service as
vice president for program. He was
also the first derector of Nicklos Place
adult retreat center. Dr. Taylor and
his wife, Ann, have bought a home in
Kerrville, TX.

Beverly Gaventa, Professor of
New Testament at Columbia,
responded to a paper by James O.
Duke on the history of the eucharist
among Disciples of Christ at the
annual meeting of the Association of
Disciples for Theological Discussion in
St. Louis and taught a continuing
education course, "Theology and
Narrative in the Acts of the
Apostles," at Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary in October. Dr.
Gaventa has been named managing
editor of Critical Review of Books in
Religion, a new joint venture of the
Society of Biblical Literature and the
American Academy of Religion. In
December she presented a paper,
"The Peril of Modernizing Henry Joel
Cadbury," at the national meeting of

BIRTHS

To Ray "84 and Sallie Roberts, a son,

Harrison McHaney, Oct. 22, 1987.

To Butch '85 and Nancy Miranda, a

son, Nathaniel Martin, Nov. 19,

1987.

To Gary (D.Min. '86) and Kathy

CalifT, a daughter, Michelle, Mar. 8,

1987.

To Scott '88 and Martha Armstrong,

a son, Jacob Arthur, Nov. 24, 1987.

To Jeff '89 and Jan Allen, a

daughter, Kathenne Lynn, Nov. 13,

1987.

DEATHS

Gordon MacPherson '49 (Th.M.
Aug. 16, 1987.

71),

the Society of Biblical Literature

Harry H. Bryan "29 is retracing his
missionary steps in Japan, paying
special attention to Hospice at
Yodogawa, Osaka, before returning
home to Montreat.

David Gunn, Professor of Old
Testament Language, Literature, and
Exegesis at Columbia, attended the
Society of Biblical Literature annual
meeting in Boston in December. He
met with directors of Sheffield
Academic Press, which publishes titles
from The Almond Press, which Dr.
Gunn directs from Columbia, the SBL
Program Unit Chairs, the Publications
Committee of the American Schools of
Oriental Research; the editoral boards
of Biblical Archaeologist, Journal for
the Study of the Old Testament; and
the Almond Press' Bible and
Literature series. He has edited the
first English translation of Hermann
Gunkel's classic study, The Folktale in
the Old Testament. Also recently
published, in Journal for the Study of
the Old Testmament 39 (1987), is his
paper, "New Directions in the Study
of Biblical Hebrew Narrative "

David Weitnauer '86 has been
called as associate pastor at South
Highland Presbyterian Church in

Birmingham Jeanne Stevenson-

Moessner, Ad)unct Professor of
Pastoral Theology, attended both the
Association of Professors and
Researchers in Religious Education
and the International Conference of
the Religious Education Association in
Toronto, Canada. She addressed the
elementary school teachers at First
Presbyterian Church in Atlanta in

September Mary Huie-Jolly '86

and family are moving to New-
Zealand, where she will be pastor of
Oreti Parish, two small country
churches.

Ben Kline, President Emeritus
and Adjunct Professor of Theology at
Columbia, continues his work with
the PC(USA) Task Forces on
Catholicity and on the New Directory

for Worship Ed Trimmer,

Associate Professor of Christian
Education at Columbia, attended the
trustees meeting of the Protestant
Radio and TV, a Lilly Foundation-
funded meeting at Union Seminary in
Richmond with professors who teach
youth ministry, a meeting with
United Church of Canada officials on
Youth! magazine in Toronto, a
meeting with the Association of
Professors and Researchers in Christian
Education, also in Toronto, in
October. In November he was the
main speaker for Crusade '87 for
Korean-American youths at the
Korean Community Presbyterian
Church in Tucker, GA, and he was
speaker at the United Methodist
North Georgia Conference Youth
RalJy.

Jacalyn Thomas 79 is interim
pastor of Parsons Memorial Church in

Yankeetown, FL James McNaulI

72 is stated supply of First Church,

Zephyrhills, FL Fred Bonkovsky,

Professor of Christian Ethics at
Columbia, co-chairs the Southeast
Task Force on Bio-medical Ethics. He
addressed and led a Middle Tennessee
Presbytery meeting and plenary
discussion of "Just War and Nuclear

Ethics: Deterrence, U.S. Policy" and
"Are We Now Called to Resistance?"
With a Lutheran bishop of the
German Democratic Republic and
president of the World Council of
Churches, he addressed classes and a
Trinity Presbyterian Church (Atlanta)
forum on Christianity and the Bible
in East and West. He chaired the
Society for the Study of Religion
group on Religious Belief and
American Politics.

Deedie Kelso (Th.M. '84) is
studying at the University of

Edinburgh, Scotland Virgil Bryant

'52 has retired from the First Church

in Sanford, FL Monroe Grant '61

has served churches in Florida and
Kentucky, returning to Georgia nine
years ago to be minister of the First
Christian Church in Griffin. He is
concluding his third consecutive term
as chairman of the Board of Trustees
of the Christian College of Georgia,
an undergraduate institution in Athens
related to the Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ) in

Georgia David Moessner,

Associate Professor of New Testament
at Columbia, was moderator for the
Acts Group at the national meeting of
the Society of Biblical Literature in
Boston in December.

Jesse Hegler '82 has been called
as associate pastor of First Church,

Dalton, GA Sara Covin Juengst

'83 spoke on "The Church in the
USSR" in Dalton, GA, Stone
Mountain, GA, at Mecklenburg
Presbytery's Mission Conference, and
at the Georgia Tech Presbyterian
Center in October and November. She
preached at First Church, Cartersville,
GA, and at Ray-Thomas Memorial in
Marietta, GA, and has led a retreat
for the women of St. Giles Church,

Greenville, SC Penny Hill '86 has

been called as associate pastor of the

Smyrna Church, Conyers, GA Ray

Jones '84 is pastor of the First

Church of Bay Minette, AL Barry

Lee Jenkins '84 has been called as
pastor of the First Church,
Orangeburg, SC.

Robert Ramey, Professor of
Ministry at Columbia, conducted an

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Columbia Friendship Circle officers for 1987 through 1989 art (l-r) Purnell Mom* oj

Spartanburg, SC, vice president; Christine Clark of Alachua, FL, secretary; and Betty
Brantley of Savannah, GA, president. Not pictured: President Douglas Oldenburg,
treasurer.

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officers' retreat and preached for First
Presbyterian Church, Charleston, WV,
and gave the stewardship address at
First Presbyterian Church in Fort

Payne, AL, in October Mark

Jumper '82 is a staff chaplain at the
Naval Hospital, Bethesda,

MD James Overbeck, Librarian

and Adjunct Professor of Church
History at Columbia, participated in a
three-day planning program at Union
Seminary in Virginia for the use of
computers in continuing education.
He has been elected stated clerk of
the session at Druid Hills Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta.

Wade Huie '46, Professor of
Homiletics at Columbia, has served as
interim supply at St. Andrews Church
in Tucker, GA, and was preacher at a
Proclamation Series at Central
Presbyterian Church in Athens, GA.
He participated in the annual meeting
of the Academy of Homiletics in San

Antonio in December Brian

Childs, Associate Professor of Pastoral
Theology and Counseling at
Columbia, led a chaplain's association

workshop on family systems theory at
the Gwinnett Medical Center and was
presenter and panel participant on
"Healing. A Gift of the Spirit"' at the
Medical Center of Central Georgia in
Macon in October. He led a church
officer retreat for Unity Presbyterian
Church of Fort Mill, SC, at Montreat
in November, and he and Professor
John Patton led a Sunday school class
at Central Church, Atlanta, on their
new book. Caring for Our Generations.

Jasper Keith (S.T.D. 79),
Professor of Pastoral Care and
Counseling at Columbia, led a retreat
on Christian caring for Eastminster
Church, Stone Mountain, GA. He
gave addresses on the Christian family
for Eastminster Church, Columbia,
SC. Dr. Keith presented addresses at
Wesley Woods Medical Center, the
Georgia Association of Chaplains, and
the Atlanta Council of the Boy Scouts
of America. He attended the regional
meeting of the American Association
of Pastoral Counselors, the national
meeting of the Association for Clinical
Pastoral Education, and a conference
on AIDS prevention at the University
of Alabama, Birmingham. D

Development J Seminary Relations

Bj lames F. Dickenson

Vice President, Development/Seminary Relations

We move on

Recently, Columbia Seminars ins

made much progress This has been
well documented in a number ol
areas.

For those who ask, we pome to
growth in student body, budget,
endowment, the addition of faculty,
the excellent maintenance of buildil
(including renovations), and a number
of other indicators. We also highlight
the growth ot new programs, such as
evangelism, advanced degrees,
continuing education, internationalizing
theological education, and the new
Lay Institute of Faith and Life It is Q
rather full plate, in addition to the
regular M. Div. program. All of the
above places a great deal of stress and
strain on the budget

Which leads us into our next
thought. Undoubtedly, there are many
needs which the seminary could meet
if funds were available. We have been
fortunate in rinding and receiving
financial support in a significant way,
but the growing needs for the future
make it mandatory that we redouble
our efforts and plan on a larger scale
for the future.

Dr. Oldenburg has stated that we
need to solidify what we have for a
year or two, and then move on. It is
the "moving on'* which holds
excitement for the future.

For example, the new continuing
education building will be started in
1988. The need for additional span
on campus is great, and this building
will add immeasurably to our ability
to expand our programs and
opportunities for further service to the
_ church and our constituencies
Preliminary plans call for it to house
the areas of advanced degrees,
continuing education, the lay institute,
and evangelism. The presence of the
building will complete the quadrangle

Columbia Friendship Circle
and Columbia Theological Seminary

invite you to

COME SEE COLUMBIA DAY

Thursday, April 7, 1988

Share a day of inspiration and Christian fellowship while enjoying the springtime
beauty of the seminary campus. For more information, call or write the CFC Office
at the seminary.

for the campus

We are also in the beginn

ot establishing an Asian
Ministries Program. (See the article on

i fbi """> information about
thai effort.) ( olumbia has strong ties
w uii the i Inn. h in Kon a, < hina, and
Japan, and evi rj yeai then is .1
hi althj ex< hange ol persons goi

overseas on sahhatiial aiul Korean
pastors, professors, an, I stud, nt

i oming to cht > ampus tor stud)
Then, too, then an more than 500
Korean ministers who '- sidi in this
country permanently. The Asian
opportunities will continui to now,
and I olumbia wants to help
i ontribute to that growth.

On the drawing board and down
the road, the seminary will givi seri
ous attention and consideration to a
media center. We can no longer ignore
the electronic age. Churches are al-
ready into computers and videos; our
students, by anil lair unpun i

literate, and theologiial institutions
cannot leave the airwaves to th< kinds
of religious abuses we have been read
ing about lately. There is a definite
and growing need to understand h
media can be effectively utilized for

the genuine gospel ol fesus Christ.

Then an many other needs whit h

we shall leave until a later time.
Obviously, all of tins will (ost money,
but the value and quality ol what we
have in mind for the future will fai
outweigh the costs of providing h
( olumbia Seminary has many dreams
and plans for the future, and in the
Lord's good time, we believe the
wherewithal will be found to
accomplish these goals.

By, or before, thi v ar 2000,
Columbia should be well positioned as
a leader in the theological world. You
can help make this possible.

Frank Alexander

Alexander
called

Dr J Frank Alexander of
Birmingham, Alabama, has been
named a field representative of
Columbia Seminary. He is working

with the Office of Development and
Seminary Relations in the four an <
area of Alabama, Mississippi,
Tennessee, and Kentucky.

Dr. Alexander is pastor emeritus
of the South Highland Presbyterian
Church in Birmingham, having served
there from 1977 through 1986. He
has held other pastorates in Alabama,
South Carolina, Louisiana, and
< fi orgia.

Frank Alexander received the A.B.
from Mercer University, the B.D.
from Columbia Seminary, and the
Ph.D. from the University of
I dmburgh, Scotland.

Dr. Alexander is a member of the
Board of" Pensions of the Presbyterian
Church (USA). He has been a
commissioner to five General
Assembly meetings and was president
of Columbia's Alumni/ae Association
from 1978 to 1980

He and his wife, Grayson, have
five children. D

WINTER 198

Students ushers for Dr. Oldenburg's inauguration were (l-r) Pern Cooley '88, Martha
Harp '88. Lynette Solomon '90, Libby Smith '89. and Mike Murdoch '90-

Oldenburg inauguration
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they do not struggle alone.

A reception for President and
Mrs. Oldenburg was held after the
service at the Decatur church.

Inaugural events continued on
Monday, October 12, as guests
participated in lectures and discussions
on the inauguration's theme of the
church's service to the world. On
Monday morning at Columbia Presby-
terian Church, George Telford
"58, Director of Theology and
Worship of the General Assembly
Council, PC(USA), spoke on the local
church's service to the world. Dis-

cussion and responses followed, led
by the Rev. Warner Durnell 78,
member of the seminary's Board of
Directors, pastor of Brown Memorial
Presbyterian Church in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, and chaplain at Stillman
College; Dr. Douglas Harper '52,
pastor of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church in Houston, Texas; Ms.
Caroline Myers, director of Crisis
Assistance Ministry in Charlotte,
North Carolina; and the Rev. Arthur
Ross, pastor of First Presbyterian
Church in St. Petersburg, Florida

Following lunch in the seminary
refectory, Dr. Jose Miguez-Bonino
spoke on the church's impact on the
global community. Professor of Syste-

matic Theology and Ethics at the
Instituto Superior Evangelico de
Estudios Teologicos in Buenos Aires,
Dr. Miguez-Bonino is Robert W.
Woodruff Visiting Professor of Theo-
logy at Candler School of Theology,
Emory University. Responses to his
lecture were given by Dr. Chang
Whan Park, Professor of New
Testament and former president of the
Presbyterian College and Theological
Seminary in Seoul, Korea, and
Visiting Professor of Biblical Studies
at Columbia this year, and by Dr.
Janos Pasztor, Professor of Practical
Theology and Dean of Reformed
Theological Academy in Debrecen,
Hungary, and Visiting Professor of
Practical Theology at Columbia this
year. D

Oldenburg
awarded degree

President Douglas W Oldenburg
received an honorary degree from St.
Andrews Presbyterian College in
Laurinburg, North Carolina, at the
college's autumn convocation October
22. Dr. Oldenburg also holds an
honorary degree from Davis and
Elkins College in West Virginia.

President Oldenburg was a
member of the St. Andrews Board of
Trustees from 1972 to 1987 and
chaired its board from 1982 until
1987. He was recognized for his
service to the PC(USA) denomination,
to St. Andrews, and to the
community in Charlotte.

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CONTENTS

Oldenburg inauguration 1

1988 Forum 1

From the President 2

Sidney Anderson retires 3

Will Ormond retires 3

Continuing education calendar 4

Lay Institute offerings 4

Trip to USSR 4

Columbia's Korean connections 5

Professors' new book 5

For the Record 6

We move on 7

Alexander joins staff 7

Come See Columbia Day 7

Oldenburg receives degree 8

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Mr. Charles A. Hicks

717 Lake Drive 7 SW
Lilr.or.i37 GA 30053-0000