Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 86, number 1, Spring 1994

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Vantage

SPRING 1994

New curriculum faces
challenges of the church

Four years after beginning a major
review of Columbia Seminary's
mission and program, faculty mem-
bers recently approved what they
hope will be a more user-friendly
curriculum to prepare students as
"practical theologians."

The changes will go into effect in
September, allowing Master of
Divinity students more freedom in
deciding their own coursework while
maintaining requirements in biblical
studies, theology, church history, and
practical ministry. Opportunities for
learning outside the classroom will be
expanded, along with "integrative
seminar" offerings to bridge the
traditional disciplines.

Incoming students will experience
the difference immediately in a fall
course, "Baptism and Evangelical
Identity," where the teaching will be
shared by faculty from different
departments, asking, "What does it
mean to be a Christian?" The course is
followed in the spring by another
interdisciplinary course, "Eucharist
and the Church's Mission," in which

students will visit area congregations
to study church practice.

Together these courses help form
the common core of the new curricu-
lum along with existing requirements
in Greek, Hebrew, Old and New
Testament exegesis, preaching, church
history, theology, pastoral care, and
Christian education.

Throughout the three-year
curriculum students will have more
flexibility than in the past to pursue
interests in greater depth. Brian H.
Childs, professor of pastoral theology
and counseling and a Curriculum
Committee member, said this change
is the greatest relief in the new
program. "Students before got a taste
of important things, but they didn't
get to go into depth," he said.

The move toward change began
early in 1990 with a $137,900 grant
from the Lilly Endowment, among the
first major grants given to freestand-
ing denominational schools for
curriculum study. This was followed a
year later by a $104,000 Lilly grant, as
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The Ri*i'. George R. McMa>ter '53 ami Belle Miller McMaster met recently with
President Douglas W. Oldenburg to discuss the estiihlishment of the Patrick D. Miller
and Lila Bontier Miller Scholarship Fund. Dr. Patrick Miller sensed as chairman of
Columbia's Board of Directors in the 1950s and 1960s.

Interdisciplinary seminars are a ke}/ component of the neiv M.Div. curriculum.

Campaign exceeds
$29 million

In October 1990, Columbia Seminary
announced one of the most ambitious
capital funds campaigns in the history
of theological education. As of March
1, 1994, gifts and commitments to
Columbia's capital funds campaign,
"Rooted in Tradition, Growing with
Vision/' totaled $29,015,075. The
objectives of the campaign have been
to:

1. Increase endowment for scholar-
ships.

2. Build a major addition to the
seminary library.

3. Fund new academic chairs in ethics,
pastoral care, and worship and sacred
music.

5. Improve and enrich academic
programming and faculty develop-
ment.

4. Renovate the Richards Center, a
multi-purpose building on the
quadrangle.

5. Remodel and upgrade student and
faculty housing.

6. Add a Center for New Church
Development to the W. Frank
Harrington Center for Continuing
Education and Church Growth.

7. Fund the Florida Center for Theo-
logical Studies in Florida.

"Throughout the planning and
execution of the campaign our single-
minded purpose has been to raise the
support necessary to keep Columbia
Seminary on the cutting edge of
theological education in the world
today," said Frank VVilley, vice
president for development and
seminary relations and director of the
campaign. "When some people saw
the resources it would take to accom-
plish this vision, they said it couldn't
be done, and at times I've wondered if
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Columbia 's new venture

Douglas W. Oldenburg, President

Columbia Theolcx.ical Shminakv is
about to embark on an exciting new
venture!

For the past four years, the faculty
of Columbia Seminary has spent
many hours designing a new curricu-
lum. We have asked ourselves, "How
can we best prepare men and women
for leadership in the church in the
twenty-first century?" To answer that
question, we have read the current
literature about theological education,
studied the rapidly changing cultural
and religious context for ministry, and

written a new "Statement of Mission."
On the basis of our study, we have
designed a challenging and exciting
new curriculum which will equip
faithful church leaders for ministry in
the new century, (Please see the
article on page 1.)

The new curriculum will build
upon our present strengths. Our
historic emphasis on biblical, theologi-
cal, and pastoral studies will continue
as the strong foundation for effective
ministry. Our pioneering interna-
tional program and Alternative
Context for Ministry course will
remain among Columbia's hallmarks,
and our concentration on preparing
women and men for pastoral ministry
in local congregations will continue to
be a primary focus.

The new curriculum, however,
will involve some important changes:

1) More integrative learning:
Several studies of theological educa-
tion have criticized the fragmentation
of seminary education. Students take
courses in various disciplines but
often fail to make the connections
among them. Our curriculum will
include more interdisciplinary teach-
ing and learning in order to show how
the various disciplines relate. We
want to focus not only on students'

passing the required number of
courses but on the total formation of
whole persons for leadership in the
church.

For instance, during the first year
at Columbia, students will be required
to take two major interdisciplinary
courses. The fall semester course.
Baptism and Evangelical Identity, will
focus on the question, "Who are we as
Christians?" and the spring semester
course, Eucharist and the Church's
Mission, will focus on the question,
"What is the mission of the church?"
Each course will be taught by a team
of professors from various disciplines.

2) More congregation-based
learning: Columbia Seminary has
always recognized that many impor-
tant things cannot be learned in the
classroom and that experience in local
congregations is often the best teacher.
Our supervised ministry program,
which requires every student to spend
a summer or another extended time in
a local congregation with an experi-
enced pastor, will continue to be part
of our curriculum.

Increasingly, however, we will
teach other elements of theological
education in the context of the congre-
gation. Topics such as how to lead
vital worship, teach an adult educa-
tion class on a sensitive ethical issue,
and conduct a stewardship campaign
based on a sound theological founda-
tion will be addressed by our profes-
sors and students as they participate

in a congregational ministry with
laypersons.

3) More elective courses: Not all
students come to seminary with the
same goals for their ministries. Many
persons also bring a wealth of experi-
ence to seminary with them. While
the new curriculum ensures that our
students will share a body of knowl-
edge and experiences, we have greatly
expanded the proportion of a
student's time in the Master of Divin-
ity program so that he or she will be
able to pursue specialized ministry
interests such as Christian education
and pastoral counseling. Our combi-
nation of required and elective
courses provides foundation for a life
in the ministry and flexibility to adapt
the educational program to recognize
an individual's gifts and needs.

These are a few features of our
new curriculum. We believe it builds
upon our strengths and adds new
dimensions which will enhance
preparation for ministry. Of course,
the heart of any curriculum is the
faculty, and we are proud that Colum-
bia has a strong heart!

With warmest regards.

Sarah Speed McTyre '8S

McTyre joins
dean's staff

Sarah Speed McTyre has been named
assistant to the dean of faculty, a
position she began in February. As
assistant to the dean, Ms. McTyre will
work in areas of faculty development,
assisting faculty members in obtaining
grants, staffing committees, and
administering the lecture and seminar
program.

She will assist academic depart-

ments in evaluation and planning and
will implement policies and arrange-
ments for student transfer credit
policies. Ms. McTyre will also assist
the dean and registrar with the catalog
and faculty manual.

A 1^88 Master of Divinity degree
graduate, Ms. McTyre has served as
interim pastor of Silver Creek Presby-
terian Church, Silver Creek, Georgia,
and as associate pastor of First Presby-
terian Church, Selma, Alabama. She
is an alumna of Davidson College and
has done graduate work in theology
and personality at Emory University.

Executive Vice President and
Dean of Faculty James Hudnut-
Beumler said, "Sarah's fine mind and
capacity to hear what people are
trying to say will serve Columbia
well. She brings us a great many gifts,
and we are very happy to have her on
the academic team at the seminary. "

Professor Manford George Gutzke

Dr. M.G. Gutzke

1896-1993

Manfokd George Gutzke, professor
emeritus, died Sunday, December 19,
1993, in Decatur, Georgia. He was 97.

Dr. Gutzke, who grew up in
Canada, was professor of biblical
exposition and Christian education at
Columbia from 1939 until 1966. He
was a graduate of the Bible Institute of
Los Angeles, Southern Methodist
University, and Columbia University,

where he earned a Ph.D. He was
awarded honorary doctorates from
Austin and King colleges.

Before joining the Columbia
faculty. Dr. Gutzke taught at Austin
College and was minister of a church
in Dallas.

Dr. Gutzke was a highly ac-
claimed preacher and teacher, who
spoke to many lay groups and
churches. After his retirement at 70,
he spent the next 21 years in his radio
ministry, "The Bible for You," which
produced 15-minute daily tape-
recorded Bible-study programs for
about 100 stations. He was the author
of numerous pamphlets and booklets
and 70 books in his "Plain Talk About
the Bible" series.

J. Davison Philips, president
emeritus of Columbia Seminary and a
student during Dr. Gutzke's tenure,
said, "Dr. Gutzke was absolutely
unique. He was very popular with
the students, and he was also well-
known and loved throughout the
church."

He is survived by his second wife,
Lillian Buck Gutzke; four children; 11
grandchildren; and 12 great-grand-
children. D

VANTAGE

Brad Smith '89

Alum kicks off
Souper Bowl

The idea was sparked by a pun in a
pastoral prayer. This year, the annual
"Souper Bowl" raised more than
$228,000 from 1,500 congregations to
combat poverty.

On the eve of Super Bowl Sunday,
the Rev. Brad Smith '90 was planning
worship for his congregation. Spring
Valley Presbyterian Church of Colum-
bus, South Carolina. He jotted down
a prayer: "Lord, help us be mindful,
as we watch the Super Bowl, of those
who do not even have a bowl of soup
to eat."

"That idea began to crystallize,"
recalled Smith. He devised a plan to
use the Super Bowl as an occasion of
Christian caring and witness. "I
shared the idea with my senior high
youth group, and they were inter-
ested."

The plan was simple. After
church, on Super Bowl Sunday, youth
group members would stand at the
exits holding large soup pots. Parish-
ioners would be asked to drop one
dollar in the pots as they left worship
that morning. Funds from the
"Souper Bowl" would then be col-
lected and sent directly to the ministry
of the church's choosing. Recipients
ranged from soup kitchens and food
banks to international missions and
Habitat for Humanity affiliates.

Smith's youth group "took the
ball and ran," he said. In 1990, the
Souper Bowl's first year. Smith's
youth group recruited 22 congrega-
tions in Columbia, South Carolina,
and raised a total of $5,700. This year
more than 1,600 congregations
participated, representing 49 states,
the District of Columbia, and Canada,
and more than 30 Christian denomi-
nations, including Catholic and
evangelical and mainline Protestant
groups.

Advocates include such national
Christian leaders as Columbia's
Professor of Old Testament Walter
Brueggemann, Tony Campolo, and
retired football coach Tom Landry.
Columbia President Douglas
Oldenburg recruited supporters
among Atlanta's Christian leaders this
year; participation in Georgia in-
creased from 37 congregations last

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SPRING 1994

Graduation

set for

May 22, 1994

Columbia Seminary will conduct its
1994 commencement exercises May 22
at Peachtree Presbyterian Church in
Atlanta at 4 p.m. Degrees will be
conferred on 100 students in
Columbia's five degree programs;
Master of Divinity, Master of Arts in
Theological Studies, Master of Theol-
ogy, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of
Theology-

Harold Clarke, chief justice of
Georgia's Supreme Court, will be the
commencement speaker, justice
Clarke came to the Supreme Court in
1979 and was elected chief justice in
1990. From 1961 to 1971 Justice Clark
was a member of the Georgia General
Assembly. He is an elder in the
Forsyth, Georgia, Presbyterian Church
and served on the former Atlanta
Presbytery Council. He also served in
the U.S. Army, where he was manag-
ing editor of Pacific Stars aiid Stripes.
He is past president of the State Bar of
Georgia and past chair of the Board of
Visitors of the University of Georgia
Law School; he currently chairs the
Judicial Council of Georgia. Justice
Clarke is a fellow of the American Bar
Foundation and the American College
of Trial Lawyers.

Franklin D. Colclough, associate
executive presbyter/ treasurer of the
Presbytery of New Harmony, South
Carolina, will preach the baccalaure-
ate sermon at Memorial Drive Presby-
terian Church, Stone Mountain, on
May 22 at 1 1 a.m. Dr. Colclough is a
member of Columbia's Board of
Directors. He has been pastor of the
Carmel, Mt. Tabor, and Goodwill
Presbyterian churches in South
Carolina. He was vice president of
the South Carolina Christian Action
Council and is currently a member of
the General Assembly Task Force on
Membership Growth and the Presby-
terian Delegation for the Consultation
on Church Union. Dr. Colclough is a
member of the Florence County Infant
MortaUty Task Force and the Southern
Ecumenical Council on Maternal and
Infant Health. He is a chaplain in the
U.S. Army Reserve.

On Saturday, May 21, President
and Mrs. Oldenburg will host a
reception for graduates and guests in
the president's home. Afterward, the
Columbia Seminary Choir will present
"Working," based on Studs Turkel's
book, at Columbia Presbyterian
Church. On Saturday night, a picnic
for graduates, their families and
friends, and faculty will be held on
campus. D

Piirtuipiints in the faculty foruvi were (front row. Ir) Catherine Gonzah'z, Stiwle\j
Saunders: (back roio, l-r)WiU Coleman. Charks Cousar. and Victor Yoon.

Faculty forum focuses on future

When Christians AiTKOAt hhh the year
1000 A.D., they expected the world to
end. What can today's American
church expect as we approach our
second millennial milestone?

At the 1994 Alumni Forum,
January 24 - 26, a five-member faculty
panel discussed the challenges and
opportunities that await the church in
the twenty-first century. Three panel
discussions explored "The Traditional
Church in a Changing Society,"
"Ministry in the Year 2020," and "The
Future of Theological Education."
One major societal change has
been the disestablishment of the
church. Since the Roman Emperor
Constantine first chose Christianity as
the state religion, the church has
wielded considerable social and
political influence. That era, the panel
agreed, is passing.

This trend is reflected in diminish-
ing respect for ordained ministers.
Charles Cousar, professor of New
Testament, recalled the days when
ministers enjoyed a status on par with

assistant professor of New I estament.
"It's no longer clear lo some people
whether it is the church or the prod-
ucts advertised that can bring the
world together."

Today's church also ministers to a
changing population. Victor Yoon,
director of Ci>Iumbia's Center for
Asian Ministries, noted that in the
twenty-first century, minority racial
groups in the United States will
outnumber whites for the first time.

Dr. Yoon noted the growth of
Korean IVesbyterian congregatitms.
"When they need a church building,
they often buy one from a dying Anglo
church," he said. "Maybe it is time for
the Anglo church to wake up and learn
from racial-ethnic Christians."

"Anglo congregations have not
learned how to deal with the church's
increasing multiculturalism," said Dr.
Gonzalez, "Dying Anglo congrega-
tions sometimes decide to make room
fur a racial-ethnic congregation that
needs a space, but the motivation is
more to pay the utility bills than it is to

Strengthening the church's credibility begins
with clarifying the church's message.

doctors and lawyers. "A recent

survey ranked the respectability of
various professions," Dr. Cousar said.
"Ordained ministry placed next to
last on the list, just above used car
salesmen."

Catherine G. Gonzalez, professor
of church history, noticed similar
trends in the media. "I've seen a
biblical quotation used to advertise
sneakers and monks depicted in a
television ad for duplicating ma-
chines." Through such messages, the
media is not merely marginalizing the
church, but trivializing it, she added.

"The advertising community has
discovered that there is enormous
potential for shaping people's buying
habits by dipping into spiritual
language," said Stanley Saunders,

show the effects of Pentecost."

The median age of America is also
changing. Today the U.S. has more
than 40 million people over 60. In the
twenty-first century that figure is
likely to double, noted one participant.

"Our church and culture need to
celebrate aging and learn from the
wisdom of our elders," said Will
Coleman, assistant professor of
theology and hermeneutics,

Strengthening the church's
credibility begins with clarifying the
church's message. Dr. Saunders said.
He recently taught an adult Sunday
school class on salvation in an Atlanta-
area Presbyterian congregation. "Most
of the class said that they couldn't
remember the last time they had

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Continuing

Education

Calendar

For further information or to register for courses, call or write:
Director of Continuing Education, or

Richard S. Dietrich, Director of the Lay Institute of Faith and Life
Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA 30031; 404/378-8821.

July 11-15

Morning classes:

1. PRESBYTERrAN Women Bible Study: Who Is rm Chkist? As Answirfd in the
Epistles by R. David Kaylor, author of the 1994-95 Women's study book. Cost:

$45.

2. The Old with the New: Preaching the Old Testament Texts for Adveni and
Christmas, Year C by Paul Hooker, pastor of Rock Spring Presbyterian Church,
Cost: $90.

3. God and Human Suffering by Ronald C. Crossley, director, Center for
Theological Studies in Florida. Cost: $90.

Afternoon classes (July 11-14):

1. Conveying the Messac;e with Impact and Accuracy: A Workshop for Pastors
by Marc Howard Wilson, ordained rabbi and syndicated op-ed columnist.
Cost: $90.

2. Preaching from Luke by Frances Taylor Gench, associate professor of biblical
studies, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary. Cost: $90.

July 11-22 Credit courses.*

1. DivEKsm and Disagreement in the Church: A Theoiogicai. Descriition and
Assessment by John Burgess, associate for theology. Congregational Ministries
Division

2. Performing the Scripturf^s: Thf Worshiping Community Between the Times by
Charles Campbell, instructor in homiletics, and Stanley Saunders, assistant
professor of New Testament.

July 18-22 and August 1-4 Doctor of Ministry Project Design Workshop
Taught by Oscar Hussel.

July 18-22
Morning classes:

1. Presbyterian Women BiHi F Study: Who I^Tiir Christ? As Answered in the
Epistles by Rebecca Skillern Parker, director of admissions. Cost: $45.

2. Preaching for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany: The Year C Lectionary
Texts by F. Harry Daniel, pastor, Decatur Presbyterian Church. Cost: $90.

3. Theological Issued for Todai 's World by Jacquelyn Grant, associate profes-
sor of systematic theology. Interdenominational Theological Center. Cost: $90.
Afternoon classes (July 18-21):

1. Transforming Congregations to Emtower the Laitv by Edward A. White,
senior consultant, the Alban Institute. Cost: $90.

2. Counseling Older Persons and Their Families by Albert E. Dimmock, Ed.D.,
professor. Cost: $90.

July 25-August 5 Credit courses. *

1. Theology of Culture by George Stroup, professor of theology.

2. Old Dangerous Texts for New Dangerous Times by Walter Brueggemann,
professor of Old Testament.

August 7-13 Summer Lay Scholars Week See article on this page.

September 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and October 6 Basic Readings Course See article on

page 8.

September 19, 26, October 3, 10 Fall Lav School of Bible and Theology See
article on page 8.

September 22-24 Writing for Publication See article on this page.

Two-week credit courses: Prerequisite M.Div. or equivalent degree. You may take
one of the credit offerings in each two-week period and thus earn three semester hours
credit in each two-week period. Cost per course is $720.

Art and

Spirituality'

scheduled

In coniunction wini the High Mu-
seum, the Lay Institute will offer three
sessions on "Art and Spirituality."
The course, which is centered around
the High's exhibit. Metaphysics and
Metaphor, will be led by art educator
Janet James, Rick Dietrich of the Lay
Institute, and Carrie Przybilla, associ-
ate curator of modern and contempo-
rary art at the High.

Students will learn of connections
between the religious and creative
spirits and ask, "What makes Chris-
tian spirituality distinctive?" The
conference will include a private,
guided tour of exhibition.

Classes meet April 28, May 5, and
May 12 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Cost for
the event is $35 and registration is
limited. For further information,
please contact the Lay Institute at the
seminary. D

Lay Scholars
Week looks at
faith, culture

The Lay Institute of Faith and Life,
Columbia Seminary's lay education
arm, will host its Summer Lay Schol-
ars Week August 7-13. The event
gives interested lay people the oppor-
tunity to use the seminary's facilities
and study with its faculty.

This summer's course of study
focuses on issues in faith and culture,
using contemporary films to discuss
important themes of the Christian life.
Among the films to be seen will be
Crimes ami Misdemeanors. The Fisher
Kin<^. The Year of Living Dangerously,
and Mateican. Discussions will probe
issues such as sin and guilt, reconcilia-
tion, and vocation and call.

Dr. Edward McNulty, editor of
Visual Parables, a Christian guide to
film and video, will lead the discus-
sions. Dr. McNulty will be assisted by
Dr. Richard Dietrich, director of the
Lay Institute. Other Columbia faculty
members will also be available to
students during the week.

The comprehensive fee for the
Summer Lay Scholars Week is $300.
This includes instruction, room, and
board. Cost for classes only is $150.
Limited scholarship aid is available.

More information about the week,
including a complete list of the films
and suggested readings, is available
from the Lay Institute. D

'Seasons' series
continues

How CAN YOU remain alive, growing,
and vital in ministry when you have
been at it "thirty-something" years?
This is the question to be addressed
May 11-13 in "The Seasons of Minis-
try: The Last Ten Years," part of an
ongoing series of continuing educa-
tion seminars for ministers.

The focus for this seminar is the
final years of active ministry, which
may be the most challenging of all.
The questions facing clergy over 55
will be addressed in an atmosphere of
dialogue with Columbia faculty
members and sharing with other
ministers. The seminar will be a time
of refreshment, renewal, and energiz-
ing for new perspectives and vision.

The seminar begins Wednesday,
May 11< at 10:00 a.m. and concludes
Friday at 12:30 p.m. Faculty members
participating are Ronald Crossley,
Jasper Keith, C. Benton KHne, Lee
Carroll, Douglas Oldenburg, Lucy
Rose, and Iwan Russell-Jones. Robert
B. Smith from the Board of Pensions
will conduct a session on financial
planning. Cost is $75. For more
information or to register, contact the
Office of Continuing Education. D

Workshop on
writing offered

Columbia Seminary is offering Roland
Tapp's workshop on "Writing for
Publication," September 22-24. Dr.
Tapp is an editorial and publishing
consultant for authors and publishers,
having served as editor of Church
Teachers, director of Ghost Ranch
Writers' Institute, and president of
Omega Books.

Seasoned and aspiring writers
will have the chance to explore the
"nuts and bolts" of getting published.
You will learn how to submit for
publication, author's responsibiHties,
manuscript preparation, current
market conditions, writing style and
organization, contracts, agreements,
royalties, editor's responsibilities, how
to interest the editor, writing a letter
to the editor, and securing and
dealing with criticism.

Dr. Tapp is willing to critique
participants' manuscripts sent to him
by August 1. You may also bring
manuscripts with you.

Cost of the seminar is $75, plus
room and board. For more informa-
tion, contact the Office of Continuing
Education. D

Minister-in-mailing program suspended

The John Bulow Campbell Library's minister-in-mailing program has been
temporarily suspended for 1994. When the new library director is named, he or
she will reevaluate the program in order to provide the best possible service. D

VANTAGE

Professor Ben C. Johnson

Spiritual
formation to be
focus of School
of Evangelism

Columbia's fourteenth annual School
of Evangelism, July 6-8, offers insight
for pastors and lay people seeking
new avenues for spiritual formation
and new ways to proclaim ancient
truths.

The school's leadership will teach
small group development as a vehicle
for spiritual growth and outreach, as
well as ideas for church revitalization
and innovative worship.

Leaders include pastors E. Stanley
Ott, Richard Meyer, and Mark Toone.
Dr. Ott, senior pastor of Pleasant Hills
Community Presbyterian Church, a
growing congregation of 1,600 in
Pittsburgh, also founded The Vital
Churches Institute. His books include
The Vibrant Church, The joy of
Discipling, and Vision for a Vital
Church.

Richard Meyer is senior pastor of
First Presbyterian Church in Maitland,
Florida, and author of One Atwtherin^.
The "Ideas for Groups" columnist for
Faith at Work, he is a spokesman for
the small group movement, having
pioneered its introduction in mainline
congregations.

Mark Toone is pastor of Chapel
Hill Community Presbyterian Church
in Gig Harbor, Washington. His
congregation's membership has
tripled over the last five years and
now has an average attendance of
more than 800. He offers creativity in
worship, outreach, and renewal.

Don't miss these three days of
dynamic instruction at Columbia
Seminary. Pastors, elders, evangelism
committees in local churches,
presbytery committees on evangelism,
and all persons interested in evange-
lism, spirituality, and spiritual forma-
tion are encouraged to attend.

For more information, phone Ben
C. Johnson, director of the School of
Evangelism, at 404/378-8821. D

/P~a resource
for preaching

"Every issue/' wrote Will Willimon ot
Duke University, "offers great ideas
for sermons and for the improvement
of our preaching."

"Where have vou been all my
life?" asked a preacher from Mary-
land. "I have found more food for
thought, more stimulation, more real
help in this journal than I ever have
found in any other similar publica-
tion."

These and other expressions of
appreciation come regularly to the
journa} for Preachers, published with a
Columbia Seminary address.

While the }P has no official
connection with Columbia, it reflects
Columbia's commitment to the church
and the ministry of the local congrega-
tion. Erskine Clarke, professor of
American religious history, is pub-
lisher, and Walter Brueggemann,
professor of Old Testament, is editor.
Joe Harvard '66, pastor of First
Presbyterian Church, Durham, North
Carolina, is an associate editor with
Tom Long, former professor of
homiletics at Columbia, now at
Princeton. The Advisory Board
includes Columbia graduates Joanna
Adams, Bill Arnold, Coy Franklin,
and Jim Lowry. Betty Cousar, friend
of many Columbia graduates, is
editorial associate. Two Columbia
staff members have key roles for the
journal: Juliette Harper is production
manager, and Robin Dietrich is
subscriptions manager.

The }P is not for those who want
fluff sermon outlines, handy illustra-
tions, and amusing anecdotes. It is for
those who seek help for their preach-
ing insightful articles on the biblical,
theological, and social issues of our
time and of the church's year. The
journal, issued four times a year, is
particularly concerned about preach-
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Taylor, "The Language of Lent"; Iwan
Russell-Jones, "The Contemporary
Text: Media and Preaching"; Walter
Brueggemann, "Preaching to Exiles";
and Joanna Adams, "Preaching and
the Language of Young Profession-
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Di>tiu^^uisheii Senuce Award recipient Donv; Harper '52 and his wife Emnn/

1994 Distinguished Service Awards

Columbia Siminari's Ai,umni/ai Association presented its Distinguished Service
Award to Dr. Douglas I larper and the Rev. I lenry Mooney during the annual
alumni/ae meeting in January.

Dr. Harper has served pastorates in Macon County, Alabama; Pittsboro,
North Carolina; Huntsville, Texas; and for the last 32 years, St. Andrews Church
of Houston, Texas. He has served on a number of denominational boards and
committees, including the Covenant Fellowship of Presbyterians, of which he
was president; Presbyterians for Renewal, of which he is a board member; the
Committee on Theological Education; and the Board of Trustees for the Synod's
Children's I lome and Service Agency. I le was a member of the reunited
church's joint committee and of the special committee which completed the
PC{USA)'s most recent confession, "A Brief Statement of Faith." Dr. Harper
earned the Ph.D. from Duke University.

Mr. Mooney '38, who could not be present at the alumni/ae meeting, has
served as pastor of the same congregation. First Presbyterian Church of
DeFuniak Springs, Florida, for 27 years and is known by his associates as "the
consummate small town, effective pastor/' I le has also served pastorates in
Oconee County, South Carolina, and in Charlotte, North CaroHna. Shortly after
arriving in DeFuniak Springs, racial integration of the school system was
mandated, resulting in Mr. Henry's nomination as chairman of a biracial council
for peaceful integration, which helped facilitate integration and ease tensions in
the community. He has served on a number of presbytery committees and in
the community on various boards, agencies, and committees.

church-oriented, said Dr. Cousar.

"There will be more deliberate moves
to have input from the life of the
church. There are some things
ministers need to learn that can't be
taught in a seminary.

"Also 1 hope we're finding ways
to teach the Bible that emphasize the
theological pay-off for the life of the
church," he said. 'The church needs
to engage in Bible study, not just for
satisfying intellectual curiosity, but to
inform the living of the people."

"Powerful change in the church
starts from the involvement of the
laity," Dr. Saunders said. "How can
we begin to focus on equipping lay
people?"

Dr. Coleman suggested using
more case studies, role playing, and
imaginative learning methods in
theological education. "Seminary
courses should be more dialogical and
less lecture-based," he said.

"Columbia is already doing things
that are the groundwork for what we
will be doing 20 years from now,"
said Dr. Gonzalez. "The hiture has
already arrived/' D Greg Lund '95

Faculty panel
continued from page 3

engaged in any significant conversa-
tions about the content of salvation,"
he said. "We don't seem to know
what constitutes us as a people/'

Dr. Gonzalez agreed. Biblical and
theological illiteracy arc now common
among laity and clergy. "I've taught
in seminaries for 24 years. Incoming
seminarians used to arrive with an
understanding of basic biblical
doctrines. This can no longer be
assumed.

"We are facing an entire genera-
tion that has no basic knowledge of
the biblical story. The task of Chris-
tian education has historically been
shared by the family, the schools, and
the culture. But that support has
broken down," she said. "The church
is for the first time having to do all
Christian education. We must figure
out creative ways to help families
begin teaching the faith in the home."

To address such needs, theologi-
cal education must become more

SPRING 1994

ForJheRecord

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

Walter Bnieggemann, professor of
Old Testament, has been named one
of six Henry Luce III Fellows by the
Association of Theological Scht)ols in
the United States and Canada for his
project, "A Fresh Proposal in Old
Testament Theology." The group of
six scholars inaugurates this program
of research and publication. Dr.
Brueggemann has preached at the
building dedication of Immanuel
church, Montgomery, AL; Idlcwild
church, Memphis; and Calvary
Episcopal Church in Memphis. He
has lectured at Candler School of
Theology and Trmity Institute, New
York. Dr. Brueggemann was a
member of the Association of Theo-
logical Schools Accreditation Team at
Duke Divinity School. His articles
have appeared in Pulpit Digest,
Reformed WoraUip. Pastoral Psifchohgy,
and a FestscJirift for Norman
Whybray Doug Blair '68 is modera-
tor of the Presbytery of Western

Kentucky Janet Ann Briscoe '81

and Page Shelton (DMin '85) were
married in July. She is manager of
spiritual care for Hospice of Wmston-
Salem and Forsyth County (NO. He
is services coordinator for Yadkin

County Hospice Wendell Phillips

(DMin '89) is pastor of the Memorial
Drive church. Stone Mountain,

GA J. Knox Chamblin '60 (ThM '69)

has written Paul and the Self: Apostolic
Teaching for Persoiuil Wholeness.

Will Ormond '43, professor
emeritus, has taught at an Elderhostel
at Calvin Center, Hampton, GA, and
preached at Concord church, Sumter,
SC; Immanuel church, Montgomery,
AL; Gum Creek church, Oxford, GA;
Clairmont church, Decatur, GA; and
at the Palm City, FL, church, where he
also taught a two-week class on

Luke Charles Campbell, instructor

in homiletics, received his PhD from
Duke University. He has preached at
Central church, Atlanta; Clairmont
church, Decatur; and New Creation
Community church, Greensboro, NC.
Dr. Campbell led a session retreat and
preached at First church, Newton,

NC Karen Rice '87 is pastor of First

church, Cohutta, GA Raymon

White '63 is pastor of the Abbeville,

SC, church Tom Ulrich '85 is dean

of the chapel. University of the

Ozarks Howard Killingsworth '62

is stated supply of the Thyatira
church, Jefferson, GA, and the Lexing-
ton, GA, church. He is also parish
associate for First church, Athens,

GA David Gibbs '90 is pastor of the

Stanford, IL, church Sally-Lodge

Henderson Teel '78 is stated supply
of the Handsboro church, Gulfport,
MS.

John Bryan '67 is a partner with

The CORE Partners, an international
management and organization
development consultantcy group
based in Canada. 1 le has been elected
to a second term im the Board of
Trustees of the Toronto School of
Theology. Last spring, he guest
edited the Creative Clmn^ie issue on
'Trust," to which he also contributed
an article Tom Patete '67 is execu-
tive director of Great commission
Publications, a joint ministry of the
Presbyterian Church in America and
the Orthodox Presbyterian

Church David Boyce '60 was

honorably retired by Charlotte

Presbytery last year Steve Bacon '61

is an associate pastor at the Peachtree

(Atlanta) church George Telford

'58, director of advanced studies and
associate professor of theology and
the church, met in Chicago with the
National Council of Churches (NCC)
Ecclesiology Study Task Force to
explore new conversations between
mainline denominations, evangelicals,
Pentecostals, and Roman Catholics.
He has also met with the Executive
Coordinating Committee of the NCC
in New York and has hosted the Faith
and Order Commission of the NCC at
an Atlanta meeting.

Robert Cant '64 is associate
pastor of the Alamance church,

Greensboro, NC Joyce Tucker '75

and Gordon Clark were married Nov.
27 in Louisville, KY. Andrea Pfaff '76

officiated at the wedding C. Benton

Kline, president emeritus and acting
director of Columbia's library, taught
a certification course on Reformed
theology at the Association of Presby-

BIRTHS

To Merritt Nickinson Schatz '84 and
Robert, a son, Jacob Robert, Nov. 24,
1993.

To Brett '87 and Kav Ellington, a
daughter, Mallory Ruth, Mar. 9, 1994.
To Holly '90 and Phil Tickle, a son.
Reed Scott. Oct, 3. 1993.
To Steve (DMin '92) and Patti Mont-
gomery, a daughter, Sumita Gray,
born Feb. U, 1993, adopted Oct. 15,
1993.

To Eric Schaefer '94 and Kim, a son
TylerWilliam,Jan. 26, 1994.
To Diana '96 and Blair Malcom, a son,
Wilson, Feb. 25, 1994.

DEATHS

Manford George Gutzke, professor
emeritus, December 20, 1993. See
article on page 2.
C. Rees Jenkins '23, June 21, 1993.
C. Walker Sessions '34, Nov. 12, 1993.
Stephen Sloop '35, Jan. 23, 1994.
EarlTilford'61,May 17, 1993.
Mille Mattison '76, Aug. 9, 1993.

terian Church Educators meeting in
Dallas/Ft. Worth, preached at the
Lake City (SC) church, led a Lenten
lunch service at Clairmont church,
Decatur, and a Lenten series at
Westminster church, Snellville,
GA Brian Childs, professor of
pastoral theology and counseling, led
two Sunday congregational programs
on "Reconciliation and Healing" for
the Morningside church in Atlanta
and taught a section of a course on
nursing ethics for the Georgia Baptist
Medical Center School of Nursing, He
has been named to the General
Assembly Task Force on Euthanasia

and Assisted Suicide Harold Fuller

'56 was honorably retired from the
parkway church, Winston-Salem, NC,

in August Charles Cousar '58,

professor of New Testament, led a
continuing education event on Lenten
texts at Princeton Semmary and
taught a series on Galatians at Inde-
pendent church, Birmingham. Dr.
Cousar preached and lectured at First
church, Durham, NC.

Lucy Rose, assistant professor of
preaching and worship, attended the
Academy of Homiletics in December,
of which she is the first vice-president
for 1994. She has preached at First
church. Lake Forest, IL, at Northwest
Unitarian Universalist congregation,
Atlanta, and conducted a workshop
on worship for the Rivermont church,

Chattanooga, TN Lawrence Cuthill

'72 (DMin '84) is pastor of the Winter

Park, FL, church Gloria Jennings

'90 (MATS '88), director of alumni/ae
relations and associate director of the
annual fund, has spoken at the
Tropical Florida, Cherokee, and New
Harmony presbytery meetings and
represented Columbia at the Associa-
tion of Presbyterian Church Educators

in Dallas Bob Early '89 is pastor of

the Minden, LA, church Luke

Harkey '74 has been called as associ-
ate pastor of First church, Charlotte,

NC Howard Smith '61 is organizmg

pastor of the LaGrange, KY, New

Church Barbara Yonteck '71 has

been honorably retired from West

Virginia Presbytery Lee Carroll '68.

director of supervised ministry and
associate professor of pastoral theol-
ogy, led an officer's planning retreat
for First church, Bradenton, FL,
participated in the PC(USA) Partners
Consultation convened to propose
strategies for the General Assembly's
"Ministry in the Cities Initiative," and
attended a meeting of Presbyterian
Theological Field Educators.

Ronald Crossley, director of
Columbia's Center for Theological
Studies in Florida, has conducted a
workshop at St. Augustine
Presbytery's "Leaderfest," taught at
Central Florida Presbytery's New
Leaders Workshop, served as theolo-
gian-in-residence for the annual
ministers' retreat of St. Augustine
Presbytery, addressed the Clergy
Association of St. Petersburg, spoken
at the Celebration Mission Conference
(United Church of Christ), made a

presentation for the Florida Council of
Churches, preached at Winter Park,
Tuscawilla, Oakland, Oviedo,
Markham Woods, Park Lake,
Bushnell and Crescent City churches,
and conducted Bible studies at
Markham Woods, Oviedo, and Winter

Park churches Jack Wolf '54 was

honorably retired as pastor from
Palma Sola church, Bradenton,
FL.... Ernestine Cole, associate dean of
students, attended the National Black
Women in the Academy Conference
in Boston and the National Black
Presbyterians Conference. She has
conducted a workshop at the
Shallowford church, Atlanta, and
preached at the Clairmont (Decatur,
GA) and New Life (Atlanta)

churches Wade Huie '46, professor

emeritus, has preached Lebanon
(Lafayette, AL); Gum Creek (Oxford,
GA); Covenant (Charlotte, NC); First
(Douglasville, GA); and Druid Hills
(Atlanta) churches. He has led
seminars and preached at the Buford,
GA, church; a missions conference at
First church, Tuscaloosa, AL; and a
Lenten preaching mission at Covenant
church, Augusta, GA. Dr. Huie
taught a two-week preaching seminar
at United Theological College of the
West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

Rebecca Parker, director of
admissions, led a weekend retreat for
the women of First church. Hickory,
NC, and a five-week Lenten series on
spirituality and prayer at Lutheran
Church of the Redeemer,

Atlanta Sam Cappel '51 is pastor of

Cedar Springs (PCA) church, Knox-

ville, TN Mary Jane Cornell '81 is

supply pastor of Fellowship church,

Tallahassee, FL Steve Mann '94 and

Barbara Scott were married Jan. 29 in

Atlanta Jan Blissit '86 (DMin '91) is

interim pastor of First church,
Cornelia, GA Ben Johnson, profes-
sor of evangelism and church growth,
led an officer's retreat for First church,
Gainesville, GA; a spiritual enrich-
ment retreat for First church, San
Antonio, TX; a pastor's retreat for

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Presbytery of Eastminster, Young-
stown, OH; and a prayer and Chris-
tian community seminar for Northern
Waters Presbvtery. Dr, Johnson was
speaker for the Large Church Confer-
ence in Orlando, FL, and for Central
Nebraska Presbytery. He has
preached at First church. Grand
Island, NE; Overbrook church,
Richmond, VA; First church, Arling-
ton Heights, IL; and Memorial church,

St. Augustine, FL Drew Tomberlin

'87 is chaplain at the Federal Correc-
tions Facility, Tallahassee, FL Yale

Gunn '54 was honorably retired from
the Amity church, Greeneville, TN.
James Newsome '55, professor of

Old Testament, was interviewed on

CNN Live in December about the
context of the time and place of
Christ's birth. He has taught an adult
Sunday school class series at Trinity

church, Atlanta Charles Evans '78

participated in the Penal Justice and
Prison Reform in Uganda Conference
in Mukono, Uganda, sponsored by the
Human Rights Initiative of Uganda
and Penal Reform International of
London, England. Mr. Evans has
recently been made an honorary
member of three Ugandan tribes: the
Baganda, the Bakonjo, and the

Banyankole Iwan Russell-Jones,

assticiate professor of theology, media,
and the church, led a training event
for the Southern Baptist Convention
in Columbia, SC. He has given

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At their muuinl wvelmg durn}g Foruin in innuorxf. the Alumnijiie As<iOcnition Council
approved projects for next i/ear totaling $45,000. Projects include the Forum lectures,
faculty publications, supennsed ministrif scholarships, videotape productions, and a
scholarship fund. Attending were (front row. l-r): Sara Coinn luengst '83, Angus
Shaw '58. H.G. Wardlaw '68. Jeff Aiken '69. Alice lohnson 77, Perkij Daniel '86:
(second rozv): Mary Amos '85. ljuire\/ Murphy '82. Code Estes '86. (llin \Nhitener
76, Jim Stanford 70. Elizabeth Deibert '90; (third row): Patrick Wdlson 71. Buddy
Ennis '58, Carson Salyer 'Sh Gloria Jennings '90 (MATS '88): (fourth row): Sid
Burgess '90. Neely McCarler '53, Charles Hollingsworlh '62, foan Cray 76.

lectures and presentations at
Rehoboth church, Decatur;
Westminster church, Snellville, GA;
First church, Cartersvllle, GA;
Clairmont church, Decatur; a minis-
ters' group in Huntsville, AL; and
InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at
Georgia Tech. He attended the
meeting of the Media Education
Committee of the National Council of

Churches in Chicago Steve Mays

(DMin '89) is pastor of the Fountain

Inn, SC, church Jane Bright '86 has

been designated minister-at-large for

Foothills Presbytery Phil Gehman

'68, vice president for student life and
dean of students, served as the
convenor of a meeting of the place-
ment directors of PC{USA/ theological
institutions in Louisville.

Jasper Keith (STD '79) professor
of pastoral care, led a two-day semi-
nar on pastoral supervision for
denominational leaders from Jamaica
and Guyana in January at the United
Theological College of the West

Indies David Moessner, associate

professor of New Testament, was
guest professor of New Testament at
the University of Tubingen, Germany,
last fall during his sabbatical. While
there, he co-led a doctoral seminar on
the relationship between the Pauline
epistles and Luke-Acts. He was a
guest lecturer at the University of
Aarhus, Denmark, and the University
of Lausanne, Switzerland. Dr.
MoessneKs articles have been pub-
lished in The Pseudepigrapha and Early
Biblical Interprefatum and in Good News
m History: Essays in Honor of Bo
Reicke Dan Antwi, visiting profes-
sor from Trinity College, Ghana,
preached at the Ghana Community
Church, Atlanta, and at New Life

church. College Park, GA, for its
annual African I leritage Day celebra-
tion. He has researched the Jamaican
Moravian involvement in missionary
efforts in West Africa Uir a book in
progress. Christian Mission in Horizon-
tal Perspective<i: Some New Testament
and African Models. Dr. Antwi partici-
pated in a consultation on Debt,
jubilee, and the Two-Thirds World,
sponsored by the Advisory Commit-
tee on Social Witness Policy, PC(USA).

Diane Bodnar, staff associate in
continuing education, was featured on
CNN in December in a series called
"The Fabric of Family". -Ray Jones
'84 is organizing pastor of West Cobb
New Church Development, Powder
Springs, GA Robert Ramey, profes-
sor of ministry, is on sabbatic leave,
working on two manuscripts. Dr.
Ramey taught a class for deacons of
the South Metro Cluster of Presbyte-
rian churches (Greater Atlanta
Presbytery), conducted a spiritual
growth retreat for officers and spouses
of First church, Knoxville, TN and
preached there. 1 le attended the
Epiphany Lay Formation Academy in
Pittsburgh, PA, and taught a class for

Tampa Day Presbytery John

Franklin '66 is pastor of Romney, WV,

church Robert Gamble (DMin '82)

is pastor of First church, Farmington,
NM- .Polly Deppen '93 is associate
pastor of the Hamilton church,

Pittsburgh, PA Sarah Speed '88 and

the Rev. Andrew McTyre were
married Mar. 5 in Marietta, GA. Q

SPRING 1994

Two groups
study literature,
tllm

Two ONGOING STUDY groups at the Lay
Institute offer students opportunities
to study the interaction of faith and

culture.

Theohgif and Literature provides an
opportunity for lay people to learn to
read theologically. The group has
focused on works of twentieth-
century fiction, including works by
such diverse writers as Nathanael
West, Flannery O'Connor, Chinua
Achebe, and Barbara Kingsolver.
Discussion raises questions about how
we meet and understand God in our,
own worlds.

Faith aud Film recognizes that
film-makers want to change the way
their viewers look at the world around
them. Studying films such as A River
Runs Through //, Bahih-tle's Feast, The
Piano, and Grand Canyon, the group
has been learning to watch films
mtelligently and faithfully.

Both study groups are ongoing.
Faith and Film meets the first Tuesday
evening of each month. Theology and
Literature meets the third Tuesday of
each month. New students are wel-
come at any time. There is a one-time
$15 registration fee. For more infor-
mation, contact the Lay I nstitute.

Souper Bowl
continued from page 3

Today's pastors serve as theologians. Inbhcal authorities, and counselors.

year to 153.

As significant as these facts is the
event's effect on the people who
participate. Organizing youth are
encouraged to serve at the ministry
the funds support.

"One youth group wrote us to say
that they had never before been
involved in community service," said
Smith. "This year, after raising money
for a soup kitchen, they decided to go
and serve there. It was their first
experience of identifying with the
homeless."

In a prison, a Bible study class
hosted a Souper Bowl and raised $85.
"Some of these men make only $15
every two weeks," said Smith.

Some of the first Souper Bowl
participants have remained involved.
One of the youth organizers from the
first year now attends Georgia South-
ern University. "He has contacted all
the campus ministry groups there
from different denominations, encour-
aging students to recruit their home
churches for the Souper Bowl," said
Smith. "This fellow is actually talking
about a future in youth ministry, and
I'd like to think that experiences like
the Souper Bowl contribute to that
decision."

For more information about the
Souper Bowl, call 1-800-358-SOUP.
Unlike the Super Bowl football game,
the Souper Bowl has only winners.

Greg Lund '95

Columbia's new curriculum
continued from page 1

faculty members considered ideas
from students, pastors, alumni /ae, lay
people, and other educators such as
noted sociologist Robert Bellah in
order to draft a new mission state-
ment and begm the curriculum work.

In trying to stay true to the
foundations of theological education
while encouraging students to make
connections among the disciplines,
committee members devised a more
streamlined program that reduces the
required courseload. Church history,
for example, will be required one
semester instead of two. Two courses
in theology will be required the
second year as before, but they will be
taught in the interdisciplinary style
with professors from pastoral care.
Students will be Hmited to four
courses per semester, a "more hu-
mane" arrangement that church
history professor Catherine G,
Gonzalez said would ease the burden
for students now taking five or six
courses to meet requirements.

Professor of New Testament
Charles B. Cousar, who with Gonzalez
took turns chairing the committee,
said the goal was to offer a "balanced
diet" for students whether headed for
parish ministry, chaplaincy, or further

same time.

"Other schools have focused on
transferable learning, but this is a
break for us," James Hudnut-Beumler,
executive vice president and dean of
faculty, said. "It is a break with the
traditional thinking that three years of
learning is enough to get through a
lifetime of ministry. Our world is not
so predictable."

The curriculum is designed to
foster the "total formation of whole
persons for leadership," President
Douglas W. Oldenburg wrote m a
letter to prospective students. (See
President Oldenburg's column on
page 2.) Elective courses will be
categorized according to how they
meet six "pedagogical Objectives,"
including knowledge of tradition,
learning in context, spiritual forma-
tion, clarification of belief, theological
reflection, and mission leadership.
Students will be required to take
courses that meet each objective.

Many electives will have congre-
gation-based and clinical components,
Cousar said, with a special emphasis
on urban contexts. Planning and
teaching teams will be set up during
the spring to work on new course
designs as well as the first integrative
seminars in the fall.

"The job is not over yet," said
Cousar, noting the lingering disagree-
ment over parts of the mission state-

Fall Lay School
planned

This fall's Ev enino Lay School will
offer courses in New Testament, Old
Testament, and theology. The courses
will be held 7:30-9:30 on Monday
evenings, September 19 and 26, and
October 3 and 10 on the Columbia
Seminary campus. The Evening Lay
School is sponsored by the Lay
Institute of Faith and Life.

Among those teaching will be Dr.
Walter Brueggemann, Professor of
Old Testament.

To register or receive more
mformation, please contact Rick
Dietrich at the Lay Institute. D

Parker Palmer
' to teach course
'' on caring
_ congregations

Parker Palmer, author of The Promise

of Paradox, The Company of Strangers

and To Knozo As We Are Kmmm. is
among those who will be on the
seminary campus to lead "Creating A
Caring Congregation," November 1-
2, 1994. Dr. Palmer is a writer,
teacher, and activist who works on
issues in education, community,
spirituality, and social change.

He will address the spirituality of
the congregation as community, the
importance of hospitality in the
Christian life, and caring's potential
and limits. He will also speak to
"functional atheism," and the sense
of poweriessness that we have from
being with people such as the men-
tally ill. He will weave through all of
this his own experience as a person
who has suffered clinical depression.

Cost is $75. For more informa-
tion, contact the Office of Continuing
Education. D

Review Committee.

Walter Brueggemann, professor of
Old Testament, said Columbia would
have to be careful that electives do not
intrude on the grounds of classical
learning, but he acknowledged the
need for instruction in relevant social
issues.

"There is a general awareness that
the church is in a time of profound
transition," he said. "We tried to look
at curriculum in terms of the rising

"It is a break with the traditional thinking that three years of learning is
enough to get through a lifetime of ministry."

graduate study.

But educating for parish ministry
will remain the primary emphasis,
Childs said, recognizing that pastors
often have to serve as theologian,
biblical authority, and counselor at the

ment and the desires among some
faculty to break down completely the
barriers between disciplines. He said
the changes have been "anxiety
producing" and would remain under
study by a newly formed Curriculum

expectations for ministry, the whole
notion of a pastor nurturing a faith
that no longer enjoys social prestige.
Churches need a new kind of leader-
ship. The ministry is no place for
timidity." D John TurnbuU'95

VANTAGE

This portrait of Peter Marshall '31 hangs lu 1 1 ic Uftia- of the President.

Sailing on sealed orders of faith,
Peter Marshall transported an era

When Scottish immigrant Peter
Marshall arrived on Columbia's
campus in 1928, there was little to
indicate that he would become one of
the most famous preachers ever to
graduate from the seminary. In his
pocket he carried only some sports
scores from his days as a soccer goalie,
a letter of recommendation from the
machine shop where he had worked
in Scotland, and almost no cash.
Marshall had not even completed the
required liberal arts education.

class at First Presbyterian Church of
Birmingham, Alabama. These men
committed to pay for his first year of
seminary up to $50 a month.

The Columbia faculty also saw his
potential. A professor gave Marshall
the basis upon which to build a
powerful preaching style: "Gentle-
men, in writing your sermons, I beg of
you, use a sanctified imagination."

Marshall began refinmg imagina-
tive, pictorial language that brought
biblical stories to life. A radio news-

tative for Columbia's development
office, attended Columbia with Peter
Marshall. He recalls a sermon Mr.
Marshall gave in 1930 as a student
supply preacher. "1 was takmg a
course in homiletics and knew Peter
was gifted, so I went to hear him.
When he started to preach, I glanced
down at my watch to time his sermon.
The title was 'Who touched me?' His
vivid word pictures kept me on the
edge of the pew. Peter ended the
sermon with a flourish, and I thought
to myself, 'That was a transporting
sermon, but it couldn't have been
more than 15 minutes.' 1 looked at my
watch. He had preached for 40
minutes."

Peter's gift was evident in his first
pastorates in Covington, Georgia, and
later at Westminster Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta. Within a few
weeks of his arrival at Westminster,
the once poorly attended services
became so overcrowded that a deacon
joked that the walls bulged and the
balcony sagged.

Local newspapers described
Marshall as "a charming young Scot
with a silver tongue." True, his accent
and poetic language were entertain-
ing, but that was not the primary
attraction. A clerk from a dry goods
store said, "He seems to know God,
and he helps me to know Him better."
In Decatur, Peter met and married
Catherine Wood, a student at Agnes
Scott College. She became his closest
confidante. A gifted writer, she
collected his sermons, stories, and
prayers, and, after his death, wrote the
successful biography, A Man CaiU'ii
Peter. Through this book, and the
movie based upon it, Marshall's
influence multiplied.

When Marshall was first called to
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church in Washington, D.C., he
confided to his wife that he "was
almost scared to death." Yet once
there, he preached boldly and was
later elected chaplain of the U.S.
Senate. His daily down-to-earth
prayers won the senators' respect and
friendship. Newspapers dubbed
Marshall "the conscience of the
Senate."

Harrington and
Yoon travel to
Korea

Dr. Frank Harrington '60 (Th.M. '61),
senior pastor of Atlanta's Peachtree
Presbyterian Church, will travel to
South Korea at the beginning of April
for a 15-day speaking tour with the
assistance of Columbia Seminary's
Center for Asian Ministries.

Accompanied by Dr. Victor Yoon,
director of Columbia's program,
I larrington will address three of
South Korea's largest Presbyterian
congregations, including Myung Sung
Presbyterian Church with more than
50,000 members. In addition,
1 larrington will lecture at the Presby-
terian College and Theological
Seminary in Seoul, and they will visit
General Assembly headquarters in
Seoul. Yoon will provide spontaneous
translation during the sermons and
lectures and also act as liaison during
the visit.

The trip has been scheduled at the
invitation of the seminary. While
seminary presidents, deans, and
pastors from across the U,S. have
visited South Korean churches in the
past, Yoon said parishioners and
denomination officials will be inter-
ested in hearing from ( larrington,
pastor of America's largest PC(USA)
congregation and a member of
Columbia's Board of Directors. Dr.
1 larrington also expects to learn from
the South Korean church, whose
numbers are growing rapidly, not
only in South Korea, but also in the
U.S. and other countries. Both parties
hope to benefit from the mutual
exchange of ideas about church
growth and evangelism.

In addition, Harrington and Yoon
will meet with Young Sam Kim,
president of South Korea, and U.S.
Ambassador James T. Laney, former
president of Emory University, and
travel to the de-militarized zone
marking the boundary with North
Korea. D

In his pocket he carried only some sports scores from his days as a soccer
Qoalie a letter of recommendation from the machine shop where he had
worked in Scotland, and almost no cash. Marshall had not even com-
pleted the required liberal arts education.

Yet Marshall also had a deep
confidence that God had called him to
preach and to study in America. He
later compared himself to the crew of
a navy destroyer he had seen during
World War I. "She had sailed under
sealed orders. Not even her officers
knew her destination or the point of
rendezvous....!, too, was going out in
faith, 'not knowing whither I went.'"

People began to recognize
Marshall's gifts for ministry. Before
seminary, he had taught the men's

SPRING 1994

caster later claimed that Marshall
"could describe Christ, the events and
persons around them as graphically as
a special events broadcaster on the
scene."

While Columbia faculty members
inspired Marshall, they left his
preaching style intact. He later wrote
a favorite professor, "You saw to it
that it was Peter Marshall that gradu-
ated and not a student trying to
imitate somebody else."

Bonneau Dickson, field represen-

Long after his death from a heart
condition in 1949, Peter Marshall's
words still speak to today's needs:
"Lord, we are ashamed that money
and position speak to us more loudly
than does the simple compassion of
the human heari. Help us to care, as
Thou dost care, for the little people
who have no lobbyists and for the
minority groups who sorely need
justice."' D Greg Lund '95

NOTICE to all former

Presbyterian missionaries to
China and their children

On October 14--16, 1994, you
and your children are invited
to attend a reunion at
Columbia. Bishop K.H. Ting,
president of the China
Christian Council will be the
keynote speaker and guest of
honor.

For more information, contact
Sarah S. McTyre at the seminary.

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7//f relocated main entrance to the library will face the ^eminan/ quadrangle.

Campaign exceeds $29 million
continued from page I

they might not be right. It has re-
quired maximum effort from Presi-
dent Oldenburg, our Board of Trust-
ees, and all our staff and volunteers."

Library funding nears
completion

The John Bulow Campbell Li-
brary, constructed m 1953, lacks space

and resources to serve Columbia's
growing student population and
faculty. Despite advances in the
organization and the acquisition of
library holdings including the
installation of an on-line catalogue
users face serious constraints.

The collection has increased to
1 10,000 volumes from 82,000 in 1982
a rate of 2,500 acquisitions per year
while shelving capacity has held
steady. To make space, back issues of

Generous contributions have come from Pn^hi/tctiau congregations throu^houl Ihc
Southeast. Robert E. Burkhardt. pastor of First Presbyerian Church in Tampa, Florida,
presents a check to President Oldenburg.

periodicals have been separated from
the current periodicals area, study
carrels have been displaced, and
approximately 5,000 volumes are
being put into storage.

Increased demands have created a
range of other problems:

Circulation area squeezed: Library
staff has been squeezed in a small
circulation area, 15 by 20 feet, without
adequate room to sort materials that
are ever on the increase. The strain has
come from the growing numbers of
students and a tripled demand in
mterlibrary loans (since 1982).

Studylmeeting space cramped: New
computer facilities, installed in 1992,
elimmated the only practical space for
^taff or student meetings. Study
groups must find space elsewhere on
campus, sacrificing access to reserved
library materials. In total, there are
only 91 seats in a library serving more
than 630 full- and part-time students.
The building suffers from poor
lighting and inadequate air circula-
tion, risking damage to the more
delicate books in the collection.

Special collections space needed:
Expanded holdings in audio-visual
and church-related curriculum
materials have created a need to store
and display adequately such re-
sources. A rare books collection
containing original documents dating
to the fifteenth century needs a
climate-controlled environment for
successful preservation.

Handicapped access limited: Patrons
in wheelchairs must wait for a staff
member to unlock a basement door in
order to enter the library. A narrow
elevator door makes wheelchair use
difficult, and the restrooms are not
accessible to the handicapped.

Computer use restricted: The
current library offers no permanent
computer lab. The present computers
for students have been loaned by the
Hispanic Theological Education
Association, which has its offices and
meetings on campus. Students are
denied access when the association is
using the equipment.

The plan for renovating
and expanding the library

An addition to the existing
building has been proposed based on
a 1990 assessment, which recom-
mended an expansion to 44,514 square
feet from the existing 16,754 square
feet. The construction will have an
optimum use range of 30 years.

A relocated main entrance would
open to the heart of the campus,
reflecting in architectural style the
arched doorways of the Richards
Center on the opposite side of the
main quadrangle. Practically, the
entrance would be wheelchair acces-
sible, as would elevators and
restrooms, and would lead to the large
vaulted reading room that distin-

Continued on page 71
VANTAGE

Campaign
conlinued from page 10

guishes the present building. The
existing entrance could be used in
emergencies.

Other improvements will include:

*an expansion in shelf capacity to
180,000 from 110,000 volumes.

*relocation of the technical
services department in order to pull
together the functions of the depart-
ment in one area.

*improvements to the on-line
catalogue system to automate order-
ing of books and periodicals and
facilitate check-out procedures, as
well as to update instantly the avail-
ability of circulating materials.

*new staff and public lounges for
study, lunch, or quiet conversation.

increase in seating to 258 from 91,
including seminar rooms, classroom,
public and private study carrels.

consolidation and cataloguing of
seminary's audio-visual holdings.

improvements to the rare books
room, allowing regulation of tempera-
ture, humidity, lighting and access, as
well as an expansion of the special
collections.

*new computer lab, with provi-

sions for expansion and fiber-optic
communications.

Library hindraising progress report

March 1, 1994

Projected Construction Cost:

$5,542,000

Commitments:

Individuals

Foundations:
Whitehead
Anonymous

$2,132,390

$ 750,000
500,000

Arthur Vinings Davis 125,000
Tull 75,000

Nationsbank 60,000

Trust Company of Georgia

60,000

PittuUoch
Woodward
Chipman Union

25,000

25,000

1.000

1,621,000

Bequests

582,808

Church Pledges

459.907

Total

$4,796,105

Remaining to be Raised: $ 745,895

Presbyterians across the country have noticed the quality of Columbia 's faculty and
facilities. "These days it seems that more congregations are feeling that this seminar]/ is
a cause worthy of their charitable and benei'olent support because they see so many
great things happening here." said Clark Sinvnons, director of church relations.
"Columbia 's dedication to the mitiistr]/ of congregations small and large is drawing an
amazing amount of good will and positive attention from the church. " Mr. Smmwns
and Linda Sabo. staff associate for the capital campaign, are currently working on the
campaign m the presbyteries of Foothills. Trinity, and Providence.

Florida Hall renovation
slated for $1.3 million

It is still not too late to make a
significant capital contribution to
Columbia Seminary.

During its meeting last October,
the seminary's Board of Trustees
moved the renovation of Florida Hall,
a student dormitory on campus, to a
priority in Columbia's fundraising
efforts.

SPRING 1994

"We are lacking in quality living
space for married couples with no
children," said Phil Gehman, vice
president for student life and dean of
students. "Young couples who are
otherwise interested in coming to
Columbia are going to go elsewhere if
they can't find the kind of
accomodations they need."

The greatest cost will be a new
heating and air conditioning system.
Walls will have to be torn open and

honneau Duk:>on '3.j and his wife Beltie visit with Gloria lennings '90. director of
Columbia 's alitmnilae relations program. " Wi* have been delighted for this opportunity
to do what we could for Columbia, said Dr. Dickson. "A s^ift annuity arrangement has
provided us ivith the double benefit of feelinii good about giving and receiving income
for life." Ms. Jennings said, "Columbia alums are sensing a momentum at their
seminary. Ultimately, the campaign benefits our students, altimnifae. and the
ministries where tlieif will sen>e."

pipes replaced to complete the job.

But heating and cooling are not
the only concerns necessitating the
renovation. Florida Hall was built
with young couples in mind. Today's
older students often desire larger
accommodations with cooking
facilities.

Gehman said, "These realities,
coupled with the fact that Florida Hall
has not had any significant remodel-
ing work done on it since it was built
over 30 years ago, mean that we are
looking at a major renovatitin project."

Fundraising for FU>rida I lall is
expected to continue after the close of
the "Rooted in Tradition, Growing
with Vision" campaign.

Presbyteries in Synod of
South Atlantic to drive the
campaign over the goal

When Columbia asked permission
from the Synod of South Atlantic to
approach presbyteries for support
from congregations, it was given
permission to begin in 1992. Thus far
the support has been encouraging:
Northeast Georgia $325,000
Savannah 100,000

Tampa Bay 950,000

In 1994, Providence, Foothills, and
Trinity presbyteries will sponsor a
campaign for Columbia. In 1995
Greater Atlanta, Florida, and New
Harmony presbyteries will join. Many
of the remaining presbyteries in the
Synod of Stiuth Atlantic have agreed
to host campaigns over the next
several years.

Florida Hall has not seen a major renovation since its construction in 1961

Christian spirituality focus to be
included in D.Min. program

Columbia Seminary announces a new
specialization in Christian spirituality
in its Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.)
program. The first students will
begin the program in May.

This focus further expands the
seminary's offerings in advanced and
continuing education for ministers.
Developed as a result of conversa-
tions with clergy, the new speciaHza-
tion responds to one of the most
pressing concerns expressed by
pastors that of the individual's and
the church's relationship to God.
This specialization is designed to
reaffirm the Reformed tradition of the
spiritual disciplines and their impli-
cations for the revitalization of the
church in our day.

The structure and requirements
for the Doctor of Ministry degree
remain. However, the new focus in
spirituality will be distinguished by
the elective courses offered to assist
ministers in their understanding and
practice of spirituality.

Executive Vice President and
Dean of Faculty James Hudnut-
Beumier said, "According to our

mission statement, part of our calling
at Columbia is 'to pursue learning
that joins mind and heart.' In this
track in spirituality we are doing just
that. We are bringing minds to bear
on matters of the heart and spirit, and
we are recognizing the importance of
the union of spirit and mind."

For more information, contact
George Telford, director of the Doctor
of Ministry Program. D

Viewbook
receives award

Columbia Seminary has received a
Special Merit award for its new
viewbook. The viewbook was
entered in the Council for the
Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) District III Ad-
vancement Awards Competition for
1993 and exhibited at the CASE
District III Conference in Nashville
in February.

It you would like a copy, please
contact the seminary. D

Time of Blessing, Time of Hope

Columbia Shminarv is pleased to an-
nounce the forthcoming publication of
Time of Blessing, Time of Hope: Colum-
bia Theological Seminary, 1976-1986 by
President Emeritus J. Davison Philips.
The book tells the story of a remarkable
period in Columbia's history when,
under Philips' leadership, the seminary
experienced growth in almost every
area of its life and service to the church.
"Under Davison's leadership," Presi-
dent Douglas W. Oldenburg wrote in a
review of the book, "the faculty was
strengthened, enrollment increased,
new programs were begun in response
to the needs of the church, the
seminary's relations with Presbyterian
congregations in the Southeast was
enhanced, and the endowment was
substantially enlarged."

In his "Preface" to the book. Philips
reveals the humor and humility that
marked his presidency. Reflecting on
the process of writing memoirs, he
remarked

Near the end of his life. Presi-
dent ]. McDowell Richards gave us
a concise summary of his recollec-
tions of thirty-nine years of history
at Columbia Theological Seminary.
The book had an appropriate title.

President Emeritus /. Davison Philips

As 1 Remember It. A more appro-
priate title for these memoirs may
be As I THINK I Remember II!
What I do remember with grati-
tude is that my years at Columbia
were a Time of Blessing, Time of
Hope.

A special celebration of the book's
publication is being planned when
Columbia's Board of Directors meets
in April. Free copies of the book are
available through the Office of Semi-
nary Relations. For mail orders,
please send $2.00 per book to cover
postage and handling. D

Vantage

P.O. Box 520

Decatur, Georgia 30031

CONTENTS

Columbia approves new curriculum 1

Capital campaign exceeds $29 million 1

Columbia's new venture 2

McTyre joins dean's staff 2

Manford George Gutzke, 1896-1993 2

Smith leads Souper Bowl 3

Commencement '94 3

Faculty forum focuses on future 3

Continuing Education Calendar 4

School of Evangelism 5

Journal for Preachers 5

Distinguished Service Awards 5

For the Record 6

From the Bookstore 7

Peter Marshall 9

Harrington, Yoon travel to Korea 9

Christian spirituality added to D.Min. program 12

Philips' book 12

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