Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 73, number 1, Winter-Spring 1981

WINTER -SPRING 1981

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COLUMBIA HOSTS W.O.C INTERPRETERS

In the mission and ministry of the
Church, one gift often works many
wonders. And so it is as the Women
of the Church plan their 1981 Birth-
day Offering which will be given to
the four PCUS seminaries. Lead
by Mrs. Lois Stover, Director of
Women's Work, over sixty of the
churches top leadership were in at-
tendance on Columbia's campus to
share ideas on the offering and learn
how they can effectively "interpret"
this vital program to their respective
presbyteries.

During the two-day conference,
each of the Seminaries had the op-
portunity to "interpret" how the of-
fering would impact their campus. It
was agreed by all four institutions
that this year's Birthday Offering will
indeed boost the educational efforts
in the area of Missions and Student/
Faculty involvement.

How will this effect Columbia?
Here are some basic elements:

1. The development of a jointly
planned and monitored program of
the exchange of students and faculty
with Overseas Churches and Semi-
naries. The program will include,
where feasible, the countries having
strong ties with the PCUS, but it
will likely begin with the Churches
of the Caribbean in Jamaica, Bar-
bados and Trinidad.

2. The placement of interns with
PCUS missionaries for an intern year.

3. The bringing to CTS profes-
sors from Overseas Seminaries to
serve as visiting instructors for a
term.

4. The offering of six to ten schol-
arships each year to international

students and pastors recommended
to us after careful screening by
Church agencies throughout the
world.

5. The provision of sabbatical
leave for CTS faculty to live and
serve in overseas theological Semi-
naries where their teaching would
be welcomed.

6. The creation of one to eight
week terms of overseas study for
graduate students and pastors. Ini-
tially in the Caribbean, these courses
will also be in Seminaries and
Churches where Presbyterian mis-
sionaries serve today.

We have a dream that a wise and
(See Interpreters, p. 3)

NEW PROFESSOR OF EVANGELISM APPOINTED

By action of the Board of Direc-
tors at the Fall Meeting, Dr. Ben C.
Johnson, 48, was elected as Associ-
ate Professor of Evangelism at Col-
umbia Seminary. Dr. Johnson states,
"In my 28 years of ministry, the
call to serve ... at CTS is the most
challenging of my career. In the
training of ministers, I will be able to
help them engage in holistic evan-
gelism."

Dr. Johnson has a diverse aca-
demic background and received his
Ph.D. in Evangelism from Emory
University, Atlanta. Dr. Johnson has
been a pastor for twelve years and an
administrator for seventeen years,
and, as a member of Atlanta Pres-
bytery, has served on the PATH and
Media Campaign Committees.

President J. Davison Philips stated,
"Columbia Seminary is pleased to
welcome to the Faculty a teacher
who, academically and personally, is
prepared to provide instruction in
evangelism to our students, and also
to offer workshops and seminars to
the church at large. These programs
will be both theologically sound and

relevant to the needs of congrega-
tions and pastors. We are grateful to
the Outreach Foundation for a grant
to underwrite this program for three
years."

The Seminary Search Committee,
composed of Dr. Robert Ramey,
chairperson, President Philips, Dean
Oscar Hussel, Dr. Shirley C. Guth-
rie, Jr., Dr. Tom Malone, and Dr. J.
Will Ormond, was unanimous in its
selection. "Dr. Johnson's competence
and commitment to such a program
(See Evangelism, p. 5)

CAPITAL FUNDS CAMPAIGNS INCREASING ENDOWMENT

MID-SOUTH CAMPAIGN

FOR THEOLOGICAL

EDUCATION

Churches in the Synod of Ihe
Mid-South (Mississippi, Alabama,
Tennessee, and Kentucky) have now
pledged $2,221,192 to the Campaign
for Theological Education. The Cam-
paign goal is $2,500,000.

Dr. Paul Tudor Jones, Chairman
of the Campaign Committee, has
commended the churches that have
participated in the Campaign. He
has also urged the churches which
have not made a commitment to the
Campaign to do so this Spring so
that we can announce that the goal
of $2,500,000 has been reached
when the Synod meets in September.
Of the $2,221,192 pledged to the
Campaign, $1,091,599 or 49% of
the total has been paid as of January
31, 1981. The distribution of the
funds received is as follows:
Columbia Seminary $451,710
Louisville Seminary $639,819
President J. Davison Philips states,
"It has been gratifying to see the
support that has been generated for
theological education throughout the
Synod of the Mid-South through this
Campaign. Louisville and Columbia
Seminaries are going to be greatly

strengthened in the endowment of
vital programs through the interest,
prayers, and gifts of many dedicated
Presbyterians over a four-state area."

THE MARGIN OF

EXCELLENCE

CAMPAIGN

The second major campaign em-
phasis in the three synods that make
up Columbia Seminary's constituen-
cy was conducted in the 1979-80
time frame in the Synod of Florida.
Designated "The Margin of Excel-
lence Campaign," it has actively en-
gaged over 60% of the churches in
the fund raising effort throughout
the Synod. With 150 of the 235
churches having a share in the Cam-
paign, gifts and pledges have ex-
ceeded $1,300,000.

W. Sloan McCrea and Dr. Har-
vard A. Anderson, provided able
leadership during the initial year of
"The Margin of Excellence Cam-
paign." They were instrumental in
enlisting leadership in the five Pres-
byteries of the Synod. Dr. Anderson
stated, "Because of the interest and
dedication of these leaders to theo-
logical education in the life of the
Church, Presbyterians in Florida are
meeting the challenge to strengthen

our Seminary."

Several key churches in the Synod
deferred taking action on the Cam-
paign because of particular circum-
stances that dictated against partici-
pation. Dr. Richard A. Dodds,
Director of Development at the Semi-
nary, states, "Pastors and Sessions of
significant churches throughout the
Synod have been in touch with us to
underscore the fact that although they
did not actively campaign for Colum-
bia during 1979-80, they plan to
demonstrate their support through
special efforts in the months to
come."

THE COMMITMENT

OF EXCELLENCE

CAMPAIGN

Nearly 1,700 persons attended 21
Columbia Seminary Informational
Dinners during January, 1981. This
has set the stage for the visits of over
150 trained Cluster Workers in over
300 churches in the Synod of the
Southeast where "The Commitment
to Excellence Campaign" is in prog-
ress. All 13 presbyteries have ap-
proved the Campaign and 9 of the
presbyteries are actively engaged in

(See Campaigns, p. 3)

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FROM the PPE6IDENT

Predicting the future for Columbia
Seminary is a bit risky, given the
record of many of today's "pro-
phets." We are always seeking to
plan for the future, but we do so
with a certain degree of humility.
Who really knows what the next day
will bring forth, let alone the next
decade?

However, we must keep on, or the
work of Columbia Seminary will
move in erratic, unplanned paths, and
our great mission will be thwarted.

I believe we can face the future
with both faith and hope, for it be-
longs to God! He who has led this
Seminary through 153 years of his-
tory, has called us to ministry in
these days of need and opportunity.

All around us there are "experts"
on economics and sociology predict-
ing doom at every level of life. His-
tory has seldom confirmed such ca-
tastrophes in other times. In 1492,
the Nuremburg Chroniclers in Ba-

varia, Germany, predicted the end of
the world, with the collapse of the
seventh and last age of the human
race. At that moment, Christopher
Columbus was discovering America.

In the Biblical and Reformed Faith
which forms and sustains us, we
serve a God who reigns over chaos,
and who is "working His purpose
out."

Our graduates face many chal-
lenges in this global village, and in
our Church which so often seems to
be "a sleeping giant." Thank you for
being a part of the process which
calls, prepares, and nurtures them
as they serve as ministers of Christ
in these days.

,\ Faithfully yours,

J. Davison Philips
President

INTERPRETERS, Continued

careful investment of these generous
gifts will create more effective mis-
sion and ministry in the real world
in Christ's name, and thus lead the
community of faith into greater faith-
fulness today and tomorrow.

During the recent January term,
six Columbia students and Professor
Wade Huie began a cooperative semi-
nar with United Theological College
of the West Indies and it is hoped
that through this Birthday Offering,
this program will continue to grow.
(See accompanying article "Ja-
maica . . .")

CLARKE IS CHOSEN
AUTHOR OF THE YEAR

JAMAICA SEMINAR BRIDGES GAP

Dean of Students Erskine Clarke receives
the DIXIE COUXC1L AWARD from
Richard A. Ray, Editor of John Knox
Press, Atlanta.

Erskine Clarke, author of
WRESTLIN' JACOB: A Portrait of
Religion in the Old South (John
Knox Press, $4.95 pb) was presented
with an Author of the Year award,
by the Dixie Council of Writers and
Journalists, Inc.

Frances Stetham, Chair of the
Board of Trustees of the Dixie
Council, said that WRESTLIN'
JACOB was chosen by the panel of
judges in the Inspirational category
because the book tells a fascinating
historical southern narrative about a
subject that has been "swept under
the rug." The panel felt that the
telling of this story about slave
religion in the antebellum South
offered inspiration as well as fact.

During the January term, Profes-
sor Wade Huie and six Columbia
students studied in and about King-
ston, Jamaica. The student group,
consisting of Ed Bernard (and his
wife, Pat), Craig Childs, Barry Da-
vies, Jonathan Masango, Alan Pur-
die, and .Steve Vance, prior to going,
studied for a week in International-
izing Ministry, spent two weeks in
the Kingston area, and then returned
for one week of reflection and evalu-
ation.

While in Kingston, the CTS group
stayed at the United Theological Col-
lege of the West Indies. They par-
ticipated in daily worship (both at
6:30 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.), lectures,
and other activities on that campus.
There also were some opportunities
to visit city and urban church settings
and observe the Jamaican ministry

to the destitute.

As expressed by Senior, Steve
Vance, "The seminary provides us
with intellectual challenge, but the
learning experienced through person-
al contact opens your eyes and
bridges the gap between academics
and life itself. In my two-and-one-
half years of seminary preparation,
this one event focused many issues
that I had avoided and it forced me
to struggle and deal with them face
to face." This trip brought about in
many of those who attended an 'in-
ternationalization' of their view of
the Church and Christ. It even pro-
vided students with another view of
the USA as viewed from that of a
less powerful nation. As one student
so aptly put it, "The important thing
is that this be done again that in-
volvement in missions be increased!"

WELCOME TO THE BOARD

NEW MEMBERS ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FROM THE SYXOD
OF FLORIDA. They are: Dr. J. Wayte Fulton, Jr.. West Palm Beach: Dr. John S. Lyles,
Tampa: and Dr. Albert N. Wells. Jacksonville. The Board of Directors meet along with
the President's Advisory Council in their Spring Meeting, April 21-22. 1981.

CAMPAIGNS, Continued
receiving commitments on a goal of
$4,500,000.

Most of the visits with Church Of-
ficers in local churches have been
arranged for February and March.
Staff support in the 9 presbyteries is
being provided by E. C. Marotte,
Richard A. Dodds, Bonneau H.
Dickson, and Donald B. Bailey. The
Campaign Office reports that Decla-
ration of Commitment forms are al-
ready being received. As of March
1, 1981, an amount of $1,080,798

has been received in gifts and pledges
in the Synod.

One of the most encouraging as-
pects of our capital funds efforts is
the fact that gifts to our Current
Operating Budget continue to in-
crease. During the first seven months
of the 1980-81 Fiscal Year, an
amount of $325,473 was given for
our Living Endowment Program
while an amount of $893,503 was
received for Campaign Objectives
and Endowment. This is a real cause
for rejoicing.

COLUMBIA FORUM '81 - Highlight of Year

Senior Sieve Vance confers with Alumna
Leslie Young ('76) at Council Meeting.

Alum Luncheon is one of the focal points
during FORUM week. More than 259
were in attendance for Annual Association
Luncheon.

A warm atmosphere for visiting and meet-
ing old friends.

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Alums Joe Harvard, Tom Malone, and
Harry Barrow pick up on old friendships.

The COLUMBIA FORUM begins with
guest preacher, Dr. Ian Pitt-Watson, from
Fuller Theological Seminary, on Tuesday
evening, in Columbia Presbyterian Church.
Guest choirs enriched the three evening
worship services.

Smyth lecturer Frederick Buechner share:
one-on-one after lecture.

Mr. Buechner and Dr. Ian Pitt-Watsor
meet with gathered community .

njvnforc

President Philips and Forum Coordinatoi
Dan Nail express their thanks to tin
FORUM guests: Buechner, Pitt-Watson
and McCarter (Alum Lecturer).

SABBATICALS SPENT AT CTS

During the Fall semester, the Rev-
erend Stanford Webley, pastor of St.
Stephens Presbyterian Church in
Kingston, Jamaica, came to the CTS
campus as a research scholar. He
is the former General Secretary to
the Jamaica Council of Churches.
He has traveled extensively to con-
ferences in Africa. Europe, and Asia.

Dr. Stephen H. Mayor, Professor
of Pastoral Studies at Westminster
College, Cambridge, England, is on
sabbatical leave for four months and
will be observing the various styles
of theological education and church
life in Metropolitan Atlanta.

In addition, The Rev. William W
Watty, President of the United Theo-
logical College of the West Indies,
Kingston, Jamaica, joined the CTS
Community in February to spend si*
months sabbatic leave doing research
in Old Testament studies. President
Watty, along with the faculty and
students of U.T.C., were gracious
and helpful hosts to Professor Huie
and the CTS students who studied al
U.T.C. during the January term.

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EVANGELISM, Continued

was the deciding factor in his selec-
tion."

Dr. Johnson sees his task to be
three-fold: First, he will be the Pro-
fessor of Evangelism. The need for
this at the seminary and in the church
is vital. "I have deep concern for the
continuing loss of membership in the
PCUS. This trend can be reversed if
we take the mandate of Christ with
seriousness. There is no lack of per-
sons who need the Gospel nor lack
of facilities to train and nurture them
once committed to Christ."

Secondly, as a part of the Semi-
nary's Continuing Education Pro-
gram, he will develop a holistic
evangelism program for the church
in a variety of settings. "As a conse-
quence of the new concern for evan-
gelism at Columbia, we expect to de-
velop new models for evangelism, to
critique and refine existing models,
to promote conferences and work-
shops with an evangelistic aim, to
provide A/V and printed resources
for continued training of clergy and
laity, to develop a lay school of evan-
gelism, and to innovate in personal
renewal and faith development re-
treats. I have a dual concern for both
the personal as well as social aspects
of evangelism."

Thirdly, Dr. Johnson will work
with clergy and laity to develop a
strong evangelistic base in local
churches. "We can't neglect the
health, nurture, or the growth of the
local congregation. A lively body of
Christ is the center from which dy-
namic evangelism springs forth."

Recently Dr. Johnson led an Evan-
gelism Workshop at First Presby-
terian Church, Jacksonville, Florida,
and another for St. John's Presby-
tery, Daytona Beach, Florida. Future
Evangelism Workshops include an of-
ficers retreat for Westminster Pres-
byterian Church, Charlotte, North
Carolina on March 27-28, 1981, and
a Presbytery workshop for Pee Dee
Presbytery on May 1-2, 1981.

In addition to this triad of duties,
Dr. Johnson will edit and publish
evangelistic materials that will enable
effective evangelism to occur in local
churches and their communities.
Whether teacher, researcher, facilita-
tor, or writer, he holds firmly to the
principles of the Reformed Faith and
sees as our primary mission to spread
the good news of the Gospel.

Summer Sessions Planned

July 13-17 NON-CREDIT

9:00-

11:00 a.m. HOW TO TEACH "CALLED BY GRACE TO A LIFE OF
LOVE," by William H. Chalker, The Women's Study Book for
1981-82 by Professor Mary Boney Sheats, Agnes Scott.
Tuition $25.

BUILDING THE WORD: CREATIVE CRAFTING OF
SERMONS by CTS Professor Thomas Long. Tuition $50.

1:30-
3:30 p.m.

THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FACES THE SOCIAL AND
ETHICAL PROBLEMS OF THE 1980's by Dr. Belle M. Mc-
Master, Division of Corporate and Social Mission, PCUS. Tui-
tion $50.

THE THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL ISSUES OF
CHURCH UNION Dr. M. Douglas Harper, St. Andrews
Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas, member of the Com-
mittee on Church Union. Tuition $50.

July 20-24 NON-CREDIT

9:00-

11:00 a.m. HOW TO TEACH "CALLED BY GRACE TO A LIFE OF
LOVE," by William H. Chalker, The Women's Study Book for
1981-82 by Professor William H. Chalker, College of Idaho.
Tuition $25.

EFFECTIVE EVANGELISM TODAY
Ben C. Johnson. Tuition $50.

by CTS Professor

1:30-
3:30 p.m.

LIFE AFTER ORDINATION: COPING WITH THE CRISES
OF THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF MINISTRY by CTS

Professor Robert Ramey. Tuition $50.

THE PASTOR'S INVOLVEMENT IN MEDICAL CARE
by CTS Professor Douglas Hix. Tuition $50.

TWO-WEEK CREDIT EVENTS FOR D.MIN. AND OTHER GRADUATE
STUDENTS

(All credit courses will meet 8:30 - 1 1 :20 a.m., Monday through Friday.)

July 13-24 THE MESSAGE OF THE PSALMS by CTS Professor
James D. Newsome, Jr. Tuition $240.

THEOLOGY OF THE SACRAMENTS FOR TODAY by

CTS Professor Shirley C. Guthrie, Jr. Tuition $240.

SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE CHURCH AND THE
COMMUNITY by Professor Harvey K. Newman, College
of Urban Life, Georgia State University. Tuition $240.

July 27-

Aug. 7 PREACHING AND CONTEMPORARY COMMUNICA-
TION by CTS Professor Thomas G. Long. Tuition $240.

LEADERSHIP SKILLS FOR EFFECTIVE MINISTRY
by CTS Professor Robert Ramey. Tuition $240.

THEOLOGY AND PRACTICE OF EVANGELISM IN THE
LOCAL CHURCH by CTS Professor Ben C. Johnson.
Tuition $240.

For further information and brochure, please write:

Dr. Douglas W. Hix, Director of Advanced Studies

ALUM COUNCIL
TO ENLARGE

At the Annual Meeting of the CTS
Alum Association, on February 4,
1981, and on the recommendation of
the Council, Alums voted to enlarge
its representative council from the
present 30 members to 41 in 1981.
It is hoped that this will enable the
Alums in all the presbyteries to have
a voice in Alum activities as well as
represent the Seminary and its mis-
sion at the local presbytery level. In
addition, these local representatives
can help in the search, recruitment,
and nurture of future ministers from
their areas. Other items of noted in-
terest were:

new leadership elected (see pic-
ture and caption)

Class of 1983 Council elected:
Joanna Adams Atlanta

Presbytery
William V. Arnold Albemarle
Harry Chronis Greenbrier
John Kirstein Central

Mississippi
Ed Knox Memphis
Jack Morris Florida
Gudger Nichols Middle

Tennessee
John Pridgen Piedmont
Bryan Stamper St. Johns
Tom Walker Mobile

Alum Giving Projects for 1981-82:
1981-82:

a) $1000 for Alum Lecturer

b) $5000 for Program on Aging.

c) $500 Emergency Fund for re-

tired faculty and staff

d) remainder to Scholarship Fund

(est. $47,000)

Recognition of those that joined
the Church Triumphant in 1980
(see "In Memorium")

In the past years, the Alum Asso-
ciation's activities have continued
to grow and take an active part in
the direction of Columbia. This is
evidenced by comparing 1973 when
110 Alums gave $3,698 to 1980,
when 380 Alums gave $53,000! We
are grateful for this tremendous in-
volvement and vote of confidence.
As we complete the fiscal year in
June, we urge you to join us in our
efforts of service to the Lord through
the Annual Alum Giving Program.
With everyone doing their part, we
will all benefit! Send your gift today!

50 YEARS
OF SERVICE!

On February 5, 1981, the Class
of 1931 celebrated their Fiftieth Re-
union on campus during the Annual
Reunion Activities. Pictured are (1.
to r.) Wallace M. Alston, Lithonia,
GA; Cecil A. Thompson, Jackson,
MS; Dwyn M. Mounger, Bay St.
Louis, MS; and Henry P.J. L'heu-
reux, Chattanooga, TN. In all, twelve
classes (those ending in a "1" or a
"6") celebrated at the Reunion
Luncheon. The Class of 1926 cele-
brated in spirit as those members
were unable to travel. The Class of

1980, celebrating their first year, had
the largest attendance with 29 mem-
bers making the trip. Next years re-
union classes will be those ending in
a "2" or a "7," plus the Class of

1981. Make your plans now to at-
tend!

IN MEMORIAM

The following graduates of
Columbia Theological Seminary
became a part of the Church

Triumphant during 1980:

Charles M. Gibbs

1918

Marshall S. Woodson

1923

William D. Mclnnis

1925

John Denson Sloan

1927

Malcolm A. McDonak

I 1928

Claude M. Mcintosh

1929

Ralph E. McCaskill

1930

William O. Nelson

1930

J. Russell Young

1930

Robert Y. Russell

1931

Charles M. Robinson,

Jr.

1942

Charles H. Brown

1946

Thurlow B. Weed

1962

Darrell A. Monroe, Jr.

1970

The following names

were not

available for the 1980 'In Memo-

riam' list:

Finley M. Grissett

1917

Henry E. Russell

1933

"Blessed are the dead who
Lord; yea, saith the Spirit,
may rest from their labors,
works do follow them."
14:13

die in the

that they

and their

Revelation

Newly elected Officers of the Alum Council for 1981-82 gather for picture after their
election at the Alum Association Luncheon: The Rev. Mary Leslie Young {'76), Vice
President, Hartselle, AL.; The Rev. James O. Speed ('57), President, Marietta, GA.; and
The Rev. Paul Ard ('78), Secretary I Treasurer, Athens, TX.

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HOW CAN YOU HELP COLUMBIA?

Time and time again, the question
is raised in the church, "How can I
help Columbia?," or "I would like
to help but I don't know where to
start." For 153 years, Columbia has
been blessed with many faithful sup-
porters both in prayer and giving.
And in that manner, you too can
support YOUR seminary and help
nurture CTS through your gifts.

Each year, approximately fifty en-
tering students embark on their train-
ing to be good ministers of Jesus
Christ. But that road is long, ex-
hausting, and not without the perils
of life itself. Our Presbyterian leaders
of tomorrow need your support.
Some vital areas for prayer are:

1 . Spiritual Growth of Students
Columbia has a tradition of provid-
ing the Church with outstanding pas-
tors and preachers through its aca-
demic process. However, the spiritual
nurture and development of our stu-
dents is essential if they are to func-
tion effectively in the parish. We
covet your prayers for our students
and hope that you will urge your
church family and pastor to offer
prayers during worship for the spirit
ual development of our students and
their families.

2. Spiritual Guidance of Faculty
The task of transforming persons
is accomplished through education.
God has certainly blessed Columbia
in the past with good teachers and
continues to pour out His blessing in
this area. But this is no simple task.
The grueling demands of the class-
room, research, and preparation,
coupled with the needs of their fami-

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lies, students, and churches, add an
ever increasing pressure on the facul-
ty. Pray for renewal and support.

3. Spiritual Courage for Adminis-
tration and Staff An institution
can rise no higher than the dreams
and energies of its leadership. Col-
umbia has had exceptional leader-
ship throughout its history and as we
approach the 21st Century, we will
continue to prepare ourselves to
meet the challenge. Dr. Philips and
all the staff are encouraged by the
reception and support found in the
churches. The need to share the mis-
sion and task of Columbia never
ends. Your prayers for strength and
encouragement are crucial in the life
of the Seminary.

4. Spiritual Direction for YOU in
Columbia's Support Programs We
humbly ask you to seek God's direc-
tion for you, your family, your
church, and Presbytery concerning
financial support of Columbia's mis-
sion. It has been said, "It's hard by
the yard, but it's a cinch by the inch."
If we will all contribute our "inch,"
the necessary "yards" will be real-
ized. "How are they to hear without a
preacher and how can they preach
unless they are sent?" (Romans
10:14, 15) We need your help in
completing our mission.

Your Staff in Seminary Relations . . .
Harry Barrow, Daniel Nail, and Richard
Dodds.

Four ways in which you can parti-
cipate are:

Plan One An Outright Gift

Plan Two An Annuity

Plan Three An Endowed
Scholarship

Plan Four A Bequest
"HOW CAN I HELP COLUMBIA
WHERE CAN WE START?" Be-
gin today by looking to God through
prayer. Seek His will in your support
of His church and Columbia Semi-
nary. "If a brother or sister says to
them, 'Go in peace, be warm and
filled,' without giving them the things
needed for the body, what does it
profit?" (James 2:15-17).

YOU CAN HELP

YOU CAN TAKE PART

YOU DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Become a partner in the mission of

Columbia Seminary TODAY!

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"COME SEE
COLUMBIA DAY"

Cars, vans and buses will be ar-
riving from all over the Southeast
on Columbia's campus, Thursday,
April 23, 1981, for COLUMBIA
FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE'S annual
"Come See Columbia Day." The
day's activities will begin with regis-
tration at 10:00 a.m., followed by
worship in Columbia Presbyterian
Church. Also on the agenda will be
a convocation, during which there
will be a report on the current 1980-
81 CFC Project.

Under the leadership of Mrs. Cora
Smith, Ocala, FL., CFC is currently
helping to sponsor seven Columbia
Scholars in their first year at Semi-
nary. Completing an excellent team
of leadership are: Mrs. Betsy Ham-
mett, Vice President, Columbia, S.C.;
Mrs. Betty McCallen, Secretary-His-
torian, Memphis, TN.; and Mrs.
Ruth Esche, Parliamentarian, Mariet-
ta, GA.

SEMINARY DAY
MARKED

The PCUS has designated Sunday,
April 26, 1981, as this year's Semi-
nary Day. Columbia Theological
Seminary will participate in this
special day in several ways.

First, churches in the three spon-
soring Synods will have an op-
portunity to receive specially desig-
nated bulletin inserts recognizing this
day in their churches.

Second, a specially prepared
"Minute for Mission" on the life
and work of Columbia Seminary will
be used during the worship services.

Third, a number of seminary
faculty members and students will be
leading worship services in churches
throughout the Synods. It is hoped
by these and other efforts that all
of the churches will become more
involved in the purpose and mission
of Columbia Seminary.

MAIL OPERATIONS ARE
NOW "IN HOUSE"

Since January 1, 1981, Columbia
Seminary has terminated services
with a local Mailing Service Com-
pany. According to Seminary Rela-
tions person Daniel A. Nail, there
were three basic considerations for
this move.

First, with the increased number
of Columbia Partners in Mission,
there has been a growing need to
have complete control over our
mailing lists and information.

Second, inflation has been crush-
ing not only to the operating
budget of the Seminary, but also in
the cost of communicating with our
constituency through large mailings.

Third, through research, it was
found that by purchasing our own
equipment, the monthly cost would
not be any greater, and in five years,
we would not only eliminate inflation
cost, but we would own our equip-
ment with the outside mailing costs
reverting to zero.

We hope that you will support
us in this venture. If you are aware
of those who have been accidently
lost from our mailing list, or know
of those that you would like to share
the news of Columbia, drop us a card
today. And as important, don't feel
that the bulk mail label is an imper-
sonal sign it is a sign of good
stewardship and trying to serve you
better!

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 701 COLUMBIA DRIVE, DECATUR, GEORGIA 30031
Vol. 73, No. 1, Winter-Spring 1981
Daniel A. Nail, Editor
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