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Columbia Theological Seminary, a seminary of the Presbyterian Church,
U.S., is operated and controlled by the Synods of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Mississippi and South Carolina through a Board of Directors. It is an accredit-
ed member of the American Association of Theological Schools.
INFORM
Volume 66 February, 1972 No. 2
Published 7 times a year (Jan., Feb., April, May, July, Oct., Nov.) by
Columbia Theological Seminary, Box 520, Decatur, Georgia 30031. Second-
class postage paid at Decatur, Georgia 30030.
The scholar-teachers of a seminary's
faculty embody the reason for the institu-
tion's existence: to share with men and
women the task of preparing for the ser-
vice of Jesus Christ in his Church.
Columbia Theological Seminary's
teachers include full-time, resident pro-
fessors, visiting instructors, guest instruc-
tors on the Visiting Instructor in Pro-
fessional Ministry Program, the staffs of
the Georgia Association of Pastoral Care
and the Urban Training Organization of
Atlanta, and of the other three seminaries
of the Atlanta Theological Association.
These resources give Columbia's stu-
dents solid Biblical study, fresh vision
about Christian truth, valuable insights
into the concerns of the Church today,
and incisive leadership in the Church's
response to the needs of God's world.
Columbia's teachers are firmly
grounded in Biblical scholarship and Re-
formed theology, experienced in minis-
try, and equipped with recognized aca-
demic credentials. They give generously
of themselves in service to the Church
and the community, and share with their
students their continuing experience in
ministry.
Meet these men and women through
the brief glimpses of their work and ideas
in the following pages. Get to know them
better when they come to your area and
continue your acquaintance when you
visit our campus. We think you, too, will
find exciting their contributions to theo-
logical education.
JOHN RICHARD BASS
Associate Professor of Missions and Evangelism
Director of Field Education
A. B., Presbyterian College, 1953
M. Div., Columbia Theological Seminary, 1956
Graduate study, University of Edinburgh
Founded theological journal of the Presbyterian
Seminary in Mexico City, Nacaoyoc
"A Commitment that Costs", Columbia Theological
Seminary Bulletin
Previously: President, Camden County (Georgia)
Ministerial Alliance; Moderator of Presbytery of
Savannah; Chairman, Committee on World Mis-
sions, Presbytery of Savannah; Advisor to Youth,
Presbytery of Savannah
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, St. Marys, Georgia,
1958-61
Educational Missionary of Presbyterian Church in
the U. S., Presbyterian Seminary in Mexico City
(Professor of New Testament), 1962-67
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1967-
Member, Presbytery of Savannah
Enabling people to be involved with Christ's ministry in today's world
through the Church is the most exciting work I know. The local church is
where the good news of God's love for us can be expressed in concrete
actions. Here is where the Gospel is personalized - in dealing with the real
throbbing, hurting world where people live. Human needs at home and
abroad provide the challenge for participation in ministry by God's people.
This is the task to which we are committed at Columbia Theological Semi-
nary in preparing men and women for the ministry.
SAMUEL ANTOINE CARTLEDGE
Professor of New Testament Language, Literature,
and Exegesis
B. A., University of Georgia, 1924
M. A., University of Georgia, 1 925
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary,
Ph. D., University of Chicago, 1930
1929
A Conservative Introduction to the New Testament
A Conservative Introduction to the Old Testament
Fact and Fancy About the Future Life
A Basic Grammar of the Greek New Testament
The Bible - God's Word to Man
Jesus of Fact and Faith
Weekly Sunday School lessons, Christian Observer
Contributor to The Interpreter's Dictionary of the
Bible, and Dictionary of Theology
Previously: Chairman, Synod's Work Committee,
Synod of Georgia; Moderator, Presbytery of
Athens
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1930-
Member, Presbytery of Athens
Theological education has changed in many ways in the past forty years at
Columbia.
But there are certain things that have not changed at Columbia - and I
trust will never change.
We still believe in the Bible as God's word and make it absolutely central
in our curriculm - and we have more faculty members in the Biblical area
now than we had on the whole faculty forty years ago.
We still believe in the theology of the Bible as developed by the Reformed
theologians and seek to make it relevant to the needs of the modern world.
We still recognize ourselves as being the servant of the Presbyterian
Church, U.S., and we are striving to be loyal to our obligations to train
ministers for service in that church - and in other branches of the Church of
Jesus Christ.
CHARLES BLANTON COUSAR
Professor of New Testament
Dean of Academic Affairs
B. A., Davidson College, 1955
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary, 1958
Ph. D., University of Aberdeen, 1960
Special study, University of Tubingen
"Eschatology and Mark's Theologia Cruris",
Interpretation
"The Sacrament of the Poor: Some Reflections on
Matthew 25:31-46", Columbia Theological Semi-
nary Bulletin
Member, Candidates and Examination Committee,
Presbytery of Congaree
Previously: Delegate, 19th General Council, World
Presbyterian Alliance, Frankfurt, Germany; mem-
ber, General Assembly's Ad Interim Committee
on Glossolalia
Minister to Youth, Decatur Presbyterian Church,
Decatur, Georgia, 1956-58
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1960-
Member, Presbytery of Congaree
The more creative teachers I have known have always carried on, in
addition to their teaching, projects of academic research. It has been their
particular way of keeping intellectually alert, of staying on the growing edge.
Invariably, it has brought to their teaching, if not new answers, then at least
fresh ways of putting the questions. The very nature of theology demands a
disciplined program of scholarly inquiry.
LUDWIG RICHARD MAX DEWITZ
Professor of Old Testament Language,
Literature, and Exegesis
B. D., University of London, 1945
Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, 1960
What Makes a Jew? (Covenant Life Curriculum)
Chairman, Committee on Candidates, Presbytery of
Atlanta
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1959-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
Luther felt that music stood next to theology. And, indeed, lots of
analogies can be drawn. How new, how revealing the old score will sound
under the right conductor.
Teaching the Bible presents one with that wonderful opportunity of
making the Bible come alive. Humming a tune may give some satisfaction, but
recognizing it within a given composition is a never-ending joy. Biblical
illiterates abound; they try to exist on a few scratches of Biblical truth. It is
our privilege to sound forth the dynamic of the Bible in multidimensional
variety, in its spiritual, ethical, historical, communal, personal, intellectual,
and emotional thrust. A live Bible and a live Church go together.
JAMES HERBERT GAILEY, JR.
Professor of Old Testament Language,
Literature, and Exegesis
B. A., Davison College, 1937
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary, 1941
Th. M., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1942
Th. D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1945
"Jerome's Latin Version of Job from the Greek,
chapters 1-26, its Text, Character, and Prove-
nance", Princeton Seminary Pamphlet Series
"The Sword and the Heart, Evil from the North -
and Within", Interpretation
"The Beginning of Wisdom", Bulletin of Columbia
Theological Seminary
"Christ the Center", circle Bible studies for the
Board of Women's Work
Previously: Stated Clerk and Central Treasurer, Pres-
bytery of Mobile
Pastorates: First and Rock Hill Presbyterian Churches,
Brewton, Alabama; Presbyterian Church, Ever-
green, Alabama; Spring Hill Presbyterian Church,
Mobile, Alabama
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1 955-
Member, Presbytery of Mobile
Situations in which the students meet the problems of real people will be
the setting for a new style of theological education now being developed by
the faculty of Columbia Seminary to help the graduate become more profes-
sional in his ministry. In planning to offer both the Doctor of Ministry and
the Master of Divinity as first professional degrees, the faculty aims at
excellence in every area of ministerial competence, and plans to link tradi-
tional classroom disciplines with a series of pastoral experiences so that, at
every point in his program, the student will have opportunity to develop both
skill and perspective in ministry.
SHIRLEY CAPERTON GUTHRIE, JR.
Professor of Systematic Theology
A. B., Austin College, 1949
B. D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1952
Th. D., University of Basel, 1956
The Theological Character of Reinhold Niebuhr's
Social Ethic
Priest Without Robes, the Priesthood of Believers
(Covenant Life Curriculum)
Freedom to be Human
Christian Doctrine (Covenant Life Curriculum)
Translator, Cullman, The Christology of the New
Testament, and Barth, The Heidelberg Catechism
for Today
Member, General Assembly's Ad Interim Committee
on a New Confession and Book of Confessions
Member, General Assembly's Council on Church
and Society
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Rusk, Texas,
1956-57
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1958-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
My task as a theologian is to participate in the church's work of seeking to
discern and obediently respond to what the living God is saying and doing in
our time and place. For me, this means that Christian theology and Christian
ethics can never be separated, and that a theologian can do his work
responsibly only in the context of the political, psychological, and sociolog-
ical realities of the modern world. For this reason, I am an enthusiastic
member of our General Assembly's committee to write a new confession of
faith for our Church in the latter part of the twentieth century.
WADE PRICHARD HUIE, JR.
Peter Marshall Professor of Ho mile tics
B. A., Emory University, 1943
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary, 1946
Ph. D., New College, University of Edinburgh, 1949
Special study, Princeton Theological Seminary, Union
Theological Seminary (NYC), and Graduate Theo-
logical Union (Berkeley)
"From Text to Sermon
dance", Interpretation
the Poverty of Abun-
Chairman, General Assembly's Permanent Theologi-
cal Committee
Previously: member, General Assembly's Board of
Christian Education; member, General Assembly's
General Council; Campus Christian Life Council,
Synod of Georgia; moderator, Presbytery of
Augusta-Macon; preacher, Protestant Hour, 1970
Assistant pastor, Peachtree Presbyterian Church,
1946-47
Assistant pastor, Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Scot-
land, 1948-49
Pastor, Vineville Presbyterian Church, Macon, Geor-
gia, 1949-57
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1957-
Member, Presbytery of Augusta-Macon
Ministry is reaching out to others. Ministry is reaching out with others.
Ministry is reaching out to give and to get. Ministry is reaching out with what
I have received. Ministry is reaching out in words and actions to help others
reach out. Ministry is reaching out as a reflection and an extension of God's
reaching out. So preparation for ministry takes place where teachers and
students and their families reach out to each other. Columbia is committed to
this ministry of reaching out.
C. BENTON KLINE, JR.
Professor of Theology
President
B. A., College of Wooster, 1944
B. D., Princeton Theological Semi-
nary, 1948
Th. M., Princeton Theological Semi-
nary, 1949
Ph. D., Yale University, 1961
Member, General Assembly's Perma-
nent Theological Committee
Chairman, Sub-committee on Urban
and Special Ministries of the
Church Extension Committee,
Presbytery of Atlanta
Previously: member, Presbytery of
Atlanta's Commission on the
Minister and His Work; chairman,
Synod of Georgia's Presbyterian
Guidance Council and Campus
Christian Life Council, and Pres-
bytery of Atlanta's Campus
Christian Life; moderator, Pres-
bytery of Atlanta
Member, Decatur Board of Education
Agnes Scott College, 1951-1968
Columbia Theological Seminary,
1969-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
The theologian has as his task the expression and criticism of the reflective
response of the Christian community to the revelation of God. His norm, and
the norm of all Christian theology, is Biblical revelation. But his material is
the response of the community to that revelation in history and today.
The Christian community is both shaped by culture and creates culture.
Christians are people whose lives and thought show the impact of the social,
political, and economic institutions and movements of their world as well as
its literature, art, and music. In addition, they express themselves in literary
and artistic forms as well as social institutions.
So the theologian must be sensitively dealing with the rich variety of
human cultural creativity.
EDUARD NUESSNER LORING
Assistant Professor of American Christianity
A. B., Presbyterian College, 1963
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary,
1966
M. A., Vanderbilt University, 1971
Graduate study, Tubingen University, Drew
University, and Vanderbilt University
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1971-
Member, Presbytery of Florida
We, as Americans, are children of the American Dream. In broad terms,
the American Dream is a symbol for that larger set of symbols that has
shaped our past, our traditions, institutions, and ourselves.
In an attempt to understand ourselves as creature and creators, we must
interpret our locus - that place and its history - which has shaped our
tradition and identity, our past and present. Thus, we must attempt to define
the American Dream, particularly in its religious dimension, lifting out certain
themes, motifs, and symbols of shaping significance with the hope that our
effort will aid us in the possibilities of approximating more faithfully God's
Good News and actualizing more fully human freedom - so that we will share
a new past and a new theology.
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OLOF HALVARD LYON
Associate Professor of Historical Theology
Dean of Students
A. B., Georgia State College, 1961
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary,
1961
Th. M., Columbia Theological Seminary,
1968
Trustee, Synod of Georgia
Member, Clarification of Legal Titles and
Relationships with Institutions Com-
mittee, Synod G Convention
Pastor, Montgomery Presbyterian Church,
Montgomery, West Virginia, 1962-64
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1964-
Member, Presbytery of Savannah
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Sensitivity to people, personal maturity in Christ, competence to lead in
ministry within the Christian community - these are the goals and values I see
in theological students today. And, yet, there is a great variety among them.
They have differing life styles. They represent differing points of view that
mirror much of the struggle within society and the Church. Sometimes their
vocational expectations are confused because they dream and hope for
greater change than probably will come. They are serious, but there can also
be signs in them of the apathy anci indecision of our times. Consequently,
most of them are finding seminary an intense process of personal change and
growth, something both painful and exciting.
11
THOMAS HALDANE McDILL
Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling
A. B., Erskine College, 1938
B. D., Erskine Theological Seminary, 1940
M. Div., Columbia Theological Seminary, 1946
A. M., University of Chicago Divinity School, 1957
Christ in Daily Life
Released Power for Today
Editorial Advisory Board, Pastoral Psychology
Member, Board of Governors, Georgia Association
for Pastoral Care, Inc.
Member of the staff, The Georgian Clinic, Atlanta,
Georgia
Member, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education
Member, American Association of Past oral Counselors
Previously: chairman, General Assembly's Permanent
Committee on Christianity and Health; chairman,
DeKalb County (Georgia) Mental Health Council;
moderator, Mississippi Valley Presbytery, Second
Presbytery, Associate Reformed Presbyterian
Church; member, Council on Christianity and
Health, former General Assembly Board of Church
Extension
Pastor, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Russellville, Arkansas, 1940-42
Chaplain, Army of the United States, 1942-46
Pastor, First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Atlanta, Georgia, 1946-51
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1951-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
Clinical pastoral education involves students in facilities (hence, clinical)
where the crises of human beings are paramount. The expectation of accredit-
ed supervisors, including faculty, is that the student will be enabled to
correlate this initial experience of Christian ministry with his Christian
affirmations. Theology in general, as a skeletal frame, takes on flesh, sinew,
muscle on the bones of that theology in the settings of crisis.
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DEAN GREER McKEE
Professor of Biblical Exposition
B. A., Parsons College, 1925
S. T. B., The Biblical Seminary in New York, 1928
S. T. M., The Biblical Seminary in New York, 1930
Th. D., The Biblical Seminary in New York, 1931
"Gospel of Matthew", Interpretation
"Gounod's Gallia", The Presbyterian
The Study of the Bible (translated into Chinese and
Spanish)
Professor of Church history, dean, president, The
Biblical Seminary in New York, 1931-60
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1961-
Member, Presbytery of Enoree
Thank God we don't have to "walk where Jesus walked" to know him -
but it helps! - even if only by reading and seeing pictures. It can stir an
interest in the background, geographical and historical, of Scripture that will
enhance the all-important foreground. When this is accomplished, along with
the attainment of a high degree of skill in first-hand study of the Word of
God, then there is almost a certainty that the understanding and enthusiasm
engendered will result in effective preaching and teaching whether as minister
or layman.
13
JACK BRAME McMICHAEL
Associate Professor of Christian Education
and Church Administration
A. A., Marion (Alabama) Institute,
1927
B. A., East Texas State Teachers
College, 1932
M. Div., Columbia Theological Semi-
nary, 1938
Ed. D., Columbia University, 1959
The New Superintendent
The School of the Church
Previously: chairman, Field Section
of the Division of Christian Edu-
cation, National Council of the
Churches of Christ in the U. S. A. ;
member, of the Commission on
Christian Education of the Gen-
eral Board, National Council of
the Churches of Christ in the
U. S. A.; moderator, Louisiana
and Paris Presbyteries
Executive Secretary, Presbytery of
of Paris, 1938-41
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church,
Lafayette, Louisiana, 1941-43
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church,
Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1943-46
Regional Director for the Synods of
Georgia(l 946-49), Oklahoma and
Texas (1949-56), and Texas
(1956-62) with Board of Chris-
tian Education
Production coordinator, Covenant
Life Curriculum, Board of Chris-
tian Education, 1963-64
Associate pastor and minister of edu-
cation, First Presbyterian Church,
Charleston, West Virginia, 1964-
68
Columbia Theological Seminary,
1968-
Member, Presbytery of Westminster
In the twentieth century ministers need - and are expected - to have both
knowledge and skills in church administration. For many years, the Church
has possessed great resources and manpower, far more than she has channell-
ed into mission. Many laymen are trained in the management skills of
goal-setting, planning, decision-making, organizing and controlling, but mini-
sters should lead in the use of these functions in church administration. Then
the Church can harness her resources to her mission, beginning in the local
congregation.
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THERON STANFORD NEASE
Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology
and Counseling
B. A., Austin College, 1954
B. D., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
1958
Graduate study, Union Theological Seminary (NYC)
and Princeton Theological Seminary
Staff member, Pastoral Counseling and Referral Ser-
vice of the Georgia Association of Pastoral Care
Consultant, Georgia Mental Health Institute
Previously: chairman, Pastoral Counseling Sub-com-
mittee of the Graduate Professional Studies Com-
mittee, Atlanta Theological Association; secretary,
Cluster Council, Georgia Clinical Pastoral Edu-
cation Cluster
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Madill, Oklahoma,
1958-61
Protestant chaplain, Roosevelt Hospital, New York
City, 1962
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1966-
Member, Presbytery of Savannah
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I occasionally hear people refer to a minister by saying: "I don't recall all
of what he said, but I do remember what he was like. . ." Because "what he
was like" is a large part of ministry, much that we do at Columbia Seminary
attempts to help students develop their gifts for fulfilling God's call to them.
For some, relationships with other students and with faculty becomes the
way this happens. For others, it is when they stand face to face with human
situations calling for ministry: suddenly their theology bursts into life and
walks on two feet. In a variety of ways, students struggle with their own faith
and life, recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and realize creative and
relevant ways to minister in the name of Christ in today's world.
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JOHN WILLIAM ORMOND
Associate Professor of Biblical
Exposition
B. A., University of Alabama, 1940
B. D., Columbia Theological Semi-
nary, 1943
Th. M., Princeton Theological Semi-
nary, 1948
Graduate study, Trinity College,
University of Glasgow
Youth Entering Into C ov e nan t {Cow q-
nant Life Curriculum)
Several units, Uniform Lessons for
Youth
Previously: moderator, Presbytery
of Tuscaloosa; moderator, Synod
of Alabama
Pastor, Marion (Alabama) Presby-
terian Church, 1943-47
Organizing pastor, Covenant Presby-
terian Church, Tuscaloosa, Ala-
bama, 1949-64
Columbia Theological Seminary,
1966-
Member, Presbytery of Tuscaloosa
We take our stance in faith that the Bible is the word of God. And,
although our tools are books and lexicons, our object of direct study paper
and type, the Word is not confined to "words" printed, typed and analyzed.
Marks on a page, however venerable, however exquisitely arranged, cannot
capture the Word of God. That Word must be released from the page, break
the bonds of type, shatter the confinement of literary structure, breach the
walls of history, and be let loose in the world. This is the task of Biblical
exposition; this is the task of Biblical preaching.
B. A., University of Texas, 1 956
B. D.. Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
1958
Graduate study, University of Aberdeen, Uni-
versity of Basel
Member, Executive Committee, Atlanta Inter-
national Student Bureau
Previously: president, Religious Workers Associa-
tion, University of Texas; president. Campus
Ministers, Presbyterian Educational Associa-
tion of the South
Assistant minister to D. T. Niles, Jaffna, Ceylon,
1956-58
Traveling secretary, Student Christian Move-
ment in India, 1957-58
Presbyterian university pastor, University of
Texas, 1958-63
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1968-
Member, Presbytery del Salvador
RALPH ERB PERSON
Associate Professor of
Church History
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There is an old story that, in Jesus of Nazareth, God Himself dwelt among
men making all things new. Wherever the story has been retold, it has caused
men to say and do all kinds of outlandish things. They have died for it in
arenas, argued about it in councils, given up sex and wealth for it, forced
kings to kneel and beggars to be fed. They have built massive buildings in
which to tell it, written volumes of books about it, fought wars for it, divided
lands over it, and corners, too. They have made long journeys and loved and
hated for it, and done all manner of clownish things. Lord, what they have
done is almost enough to make one laugh or sing or do something outlandish.
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HAROLD BAILEY PRINCE
Professor of Bibliography
Librarian
B. A., University of South Carolina,
1939
M. A., University of South Carolina,
1941
M. L., Emory University, 1950
B. D., Columbia Theological Semi-
nary, 1960
Previously: member, Board of Di-
rectors, Presbyterian Survey;
member, Bills and Overtures Com-
mittee, Presbytery of Atlanta;
president, vice president, treasur-
er, American Theological Library
Association
Teacher, Sumter, South Carolina,
public schools, 1941-42
Manager, booking division, Eastin
Pictures, Inc., Chattanooga, Ten-
nessee, 1946-49
Columbia Theological Seminary,
1951-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
A theological library is an exciting place. Here are gathered a selection of
the voices of the past and present, ready to speak their wisdom (or their
foolishness) to anyone who will listen. Their word does not come unbidden;
it must be sought and discovered. So, readings, papers, sermons are prescribed
and the student begins his probe. Theological education - growth - comes in
the process. It continues as the student is infected with the joy of discovery
and moves beyond required projects to interesting roads and paths of his
own. It does not stop with graduation; it continues for life.
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ADRIAN MILTON RIVIERE
Associate Professor of
Christian Education
Dean of Ministry Development
B. A., Wheaton College (Illinois), 1954
B. D., Princeton Theological Seminary, 1958
Graduate study at Columbia University
Chairman, General Assembly's Committee on
the Certification of Lay Workers
Member, Committee on a Common Educational
Ministry, Synod of Florida
Previously: moderator, Presbytery of Washburn
Pastor, All Souls Church, Scott, Arkansas, 1958-
60
Regional director, Synod of Arkansas, with the
Board of Christian Education, 1960-66
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1966-
Member, Presbytery of St. Johns
Church and seminary are partners in the enterprise of theological educa-
tion. The church, of course, has always served as a source of students for the
seminary and of jobs for its graduates. But the partnership promises more
than this. The seminary needs to increasingly see the parish church as a vital
source of the experience, ideas, and practice of ministry. For the church
provides the context in which the student may learn the profession of
ministry by doing it, by doing it under able supervision, and by being subject
to critical and reflective evaluation in the light of the theological disciplines.
The partnership could produce a theology instructed by the ministry of God's
people in the world, and a ministry nurtured by its deep roots in the life and
thought of the historic Church and corrected by its obedience to the word.
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HUBERT VANCE TAYLOR
Professor of Public Speech
and Music
A. B., Lafayette College, 1935
B. Mus., Westminster Choir College, 1938
B. D., Columbia Theological Seminary,
1947
Ph. D., Northwestern University, 1964
Special study, Union Theological Semi-
nary (NYC), University of Pennsylvania
"Preaching on Slavery", Preaching in
American History
"Preaching on Slavery", Sermons in Ameri-
can History
Editorial committee, Worshipbook with
Hymns
Content committee, Hymnbook
Chairman, General Assembly's Television,
Radio, and Audio-Visuals
Member, Board of Trustees, Episcopal
Radio and Television Foundation
Member, Board of Trustees, Protestant
Radio and Television Center
Previously: chairman, Advisory Council
on Church Music, Board of Christian
Education
Minister of Music, St. Paul Presbyterian
Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1938-41
Minister of Music and Education, Central
Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia,
1941-47
Assistant Minister, Central Presbyterian
Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1 947-64
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1947-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
In our unique American political milieu, sermons have reflected, rein-
forced, and challenged solutions offered for contemporary crises. Preachers
took opposing positions in the nineteenth century slavery controversy and in
the twentieth century civil rights struggle. The American pulpit has not been
silent about either eighteenth century revolutionary resistance against Britain
or twentieth century involvement in Viet Nam.
By exposition of the Biblical, theological, and political premises of the
preachers in their historical context, and by evaluation of these premises
along with the sermonic means employed to develop and advocate them, we
are prepared for a more responsible and effective approach to our pulpit
ministry.
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B. Sc, Edinburgh University, 1931
M. A., Edinburgh University, 1933
Ph. D., Edinburgh University, 1960
RONALD STEWART WALLACE
Professor of Biblical Theology
Calvin 's Doctrine of the Word and Sacrament
Calvin 's Doctrine of the Christian Life
Many Things in Parables
Elijah and Elisha
The Gospel Miracles
Words of Triumph
The Ten Commandments
Previously: member, Commission on Baptism,
Church of Scotland; director, Scottish Journal
of Theology
Pastor: Brora Church, Sutherland; Crosshill
Parish Church, Ayrshire; Pollok Church,
Glasgow; St. Kentigerns Church, Lanark;
Lothian Road Church, Edinburgh
Columbia Theological Seminary, 1964-
Member, Presbytery of Atlanta
I have always believed that the task of interpreting the message of the
Bible for today and of developing the theology of the Church should not be
left solely to the experts and the scholars, but should be the concern of the
parish minister. Therefore, in all my pastorates, I engaged in theological study
groups, and tried to write for publication both Biblical exposition and
theological works. I have found that modern Biblical scholarship has given us
a new opportunity of appreciating the place of baptism and the Lord's
Supper in the Church, and that Calvin is the most up-to-date and relevant of
all the great theological writers of the past.
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DON MARK WARDLAW
Associate Professor of Homiletics
B. A., Columbia University, 1954
B. D., Union Theological Seminary
(Richmond), 1957
Ph. D., University of Aberdeen, 1959
"A Case for Sexual Morality", Presby-
terian Survey
"Pew, Creed, and Social Concern",
Presbyterian Outlook
"MLK's Delicious Chuckle", Presby-
terian Outlook
Chairman, Advisory Committee, Offices
of Worship and Music, Boards of
Christian Education, United Presby-
terian Church and Presbyterian
Church in the U. S.
Venture in Wonder (experimental wor-
ship program)
Worship seminars with local churches
Member, Citizens Advisory Committee,
Decatur
Chairman, Committee for Community
Service Center, Decatur
Previously: member, Adult Education
Committee, Youth Work Committee
Mental Health Committee, Presby-
tery of Memphis
Pastor, Germantown Presbyterian
Church, Germantown, Tennessee,
1960-62
Pastor, Shady Grove Presbyterian
Church, Memphis, Tennessee, 1962-
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Columbia Theological Seminary, 1966-
Member, Presbytery of East Alabama
We've got a grass-roots revolution in worship on our hands. A revolution
that sings happily, dances, even with a cup of tears in its hand. But what does
it mean? How can we ride the crest of this new joy and maintain our
theological, historical, and psychological integrity? I'm fascinated to try. I'm
enjoying working with many churchmen delighted and awed by the revolu-
tion. Come join us!
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The tension within the theological seminary between the concern for
academic excellence and professional competence is one that offers no
prospect of simple solution. The VIPM program was designed with this need
in mind. During an academic year, the program brings to the campus as
visiting instructors a staff specialist from a denominational board or agency, a
person in a specialized or experimental ministry, and a person in an office of
ministry in a typical congregational setting.
Each quarter, then, Columbia students are offered exposure to the special-
ized competence of various professionals in ministry, both in course work and
in the general life of the community, increasing his training opportunities for
professional competence.
VIPM
GAPC
Meeting people in the midst of human crises and reflecting on that meeting
with careful supervision are essential ingredients in the training for profession-
al ministry. Through such encounters theological students experience inten-
sive pastoral relationships, wrestle with their own self indentity as ministers,
study dimensions of the Christian faith as expressed through pastoral care.
Columbia's opportunity for clinical pastoral education comes through the
Georgia Association for Pastoral Care, Inc., a clinical training cluster accredit-
ed by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. GAPC provides
pastoral services and training in the major hospitals, penal institutions, mental
health centers, and senior citizens homes in the metropolitan area. The
executive director of the GAPC is Dr. John Patton, who also serves as a
visiting instructor of pastoral counseling at Columbia.
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VISITING INSTRUCTORS
Columbia Seminary regularly draws on the vast resources of both the
academic and Church life of Atlanta to provide students a wide variety of
course offerings. Each year visiting instructors with specialized interests and
competencies are brought to the campus to enrich the seminary's regular
program of studies. One such visiting instructor is Mrs. Marvin Sledd, director of
children's work, Decatur Presbyterian Church, who annually teaches a course
entitled, "Christian Education and the Child".
URBAN TRAINING ORGANIZATION
The tensions of the bank executive, the complexities of labor unions, the
problems of law enforcement, and the trauma of ghetto life are realities
which confront ministers in various situations. The metropolitan area of
Atlanta provides Columbia Seminary students with numerous possibilities for
understanding both the problems and opportunities of urban living.
The Urban Training Organization of Atlanta provides the context and the
supervision for students to encounter God's actions in His world, so as to
better understand the nature of their call, and to develop skills in
change-agentry which are essential to Christian ministry.
The director of UTOA is the Reverend Edgar Grider, and the associate
director is the Reverend Calvin Houston; both are visiting instructors of
Church and society at Columbia.
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COLUMBIA CATALOG SERIES
five separate booklets
1 . Calendar / Financial Information / Rosters of Faculty and Students
issued annually in November
2. Academic Information / Course Descriptions
issued annually in May
3. Introducing Columbia Theological Seminary
4. History / Memorials / Resources and Opportunities
5. Faculty / Pictures and Introductions
issued periodically
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