FALL 1983 Columbia 5eminory VontQQ COLUMBIA BEGINS ITS 152ND YEAR Five hundred and four students officially began Columbia Seminary this fall with the Opening Convoca- tion on Sept. 7th. The colorful worship service fea- turing faculty in academic regalia was held in the Sanctuary of Colum- bia Presbyterian Church with Dr. J. Davison Philips giving the convoca- tion address on "Reunion & Re- newal." In-coming Board President William A. Adams inducted 59 first Professional degree students into the seminary program by administering the traditional pledge. Several Faculty members partici- pated in the leadership of the eve- ning's worship. The Rev. Emmie C. Young, Associate Dean of Students, gave the opening prayer, with Profes- sors Jasper N. Keith and Charles B. Cousar giving the Scripture readings. Dean of Academic Affairs, Oscar Hussel, introduced the faculty after KOREAN PASTORS ON CAMPUS This August Columbia had the honor of hosting jointly with the Gen- eral Assembly Mission Board & The Continuing Education Institute for Ministers of the Presbyterian Church of Korea, 15 Presbyterian Pastors from Korea. The group, which in- cluded presidents of two Korean re- gional seminaries and a professor at the primary seminary in Seoul, spent three weeks at Columbia completing a credit course in continuing educa- tion required of them by the Presby- terian Church of Korea. The pastors' course of study included Missions and Eccumenics, American Church His- tory, and Evangelism and Social Ac- "Faculty Members and Board President, William A. Adams, lead the opening Convocation. which Dean of Students, Peter C. Carruthers, welcomed the students. Following the convocation the en- tire seminary community, old and new students alike, attended open houses held in the homes of faculty members. The new academic year was officially opened therefore, with a real spirit of excitement and anticipation. "Korean Pastors visit Columbia for Continu- ing Education." tion. Accompanying the group was Dr. Chung Bok Chung, a graduate of Columbia Seminary and of the Em- ory graduate school. Dr. Chung is Professor of Homiletics at the Presby- terian Theological Seminary in Seoul and was here to assist the group with translation and generally to make their experience in Atlanta more meaningful. The pastors did not spend their entire time in the classroom to be sure. They were greeted by the Ko- rean community here in Atlanta at a Sunday worship service in the Korean Community Presbyterian Church. The pastors were guests of honor at a luncheon following the service. Afternoon and weekend activities for the pastors included sight-seeing and the visitation of local churches. Field trips to such places as the Mar- tin Luther King Center and the Eto- wah Indian Mounds gave the pastors continued on page 6 HIGHLIGHTS . . . FROM THE BOARD MEETING A dinner consultation with students included talks by representatives of students: Ray Jones, Marc Sherrod and Kim Clayton for first degree students, the Reverend James Speed, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Mari- etta for Doctor of Ministry (in-Ministry) degree, and the Reverend Howard Gregory, Professor of Pastoral Care at United Theological College, for Internationals in gradu- ate work at Columbia. "1983-84 Board of Directors' Other highlights include : 1 . Approval of a computer system for the seminary. 2. Approval of the audit for the academic year 1982- 83. Again, the seminary finished the year with a balanced budget. 3. A review of enrollment figures which show in- creased participation in all degree programs. 4. A meeting with new faculty members: Lucy A. Rose and Edward Trimmer. 5. The acceptance with regret of the resignations of Dr. and Mrs. Richard A. Dodds effective December 31, 1983. The Dodds have accepted positions with The Texas Presbyterian Foundation. The new members of the CTS Board of Directors - (L to R) William A. Adams, current President of the Board, John A. Conant (Synod of the Southeast), Robert N. Wat kins (Mid-South), T. Fleetwood Hassell (Southeast), McCoy Franklin (MidSouth), President Philips. Not pic- tured: Robert P. Douglass (Florida) Columbia Theological Seminary, Box 520, Decatur. Ga. 30031. Vantage. Vol 75 No. 3. Emmie C Young. Editor Published Quarterly. Second Class Postage Paid at Decatur, Ga., Publication No. 124160. FROM the PRE6IDENT Students are a varied and vital part of Columbia's mission and work! They range in age from 22 to 62. They come from 31 Presbyteries, though the majority are from the Southeastern United States. There are 19 students from overseas, who are citizens of such countries as Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Ja- maica, Japan, Korea, Malawi, Scot- land, Sweden and Switzerland. They enroll in 7 different degree programs. Half of our 504 degree candidates are already ordained and are pursuing graduate work such as the Doctor of Ministry Degree in Ministry. Need- less to say, our facilities, faculty, and resources are fully utilized! We began this year with unusual spirit and enthusiasm. We want to maintain that level of morale throughout the year, but it is not easy! Hard work, many pressures, and much activity tend to drain us all. We are, therefore, devoting care- ful attention to the "whole person." We look beyond the basic and essen- tial academic requirements to such things as "spiritual formation," "the minister as a person," and the "Com- munity life" on campus. I am deeply grateful for our part- nership with the Presbyterian Church in the calling, and the care of candi- dates for ministry. We also work closely with presbyteries and their committees on Continuing Education. Let me appeal to you to do these things for our students: 1 . Express your interest and sup- port to them. 2. Pray for God's grace and guidance for them. 3. Include their families in your prayers, also! 4. Provide scholarship aid for them where it is needed. (60% of our students require financial support.) 5. Finally, help in the placement of our graduates so that they may be fully utilized. Above all, as we work together in the reunited Church, we seek renewal in worship and work. Faithfully yours, HONORS DAY CITES EXCEPTIONAL WORK Awards & Prizes were given re- cently to four outstanding students at Columbia's fifth annual Honors Day ceremony. Dean of Academic Affairs, Oscar Hussel, made the presentations dur- ing a service held in the Seminary Chapel on Sept. 26. Butch Miranda was presented the Paul T. Fuhrmann Book Prize in Church History for the most outstanding work in Church History during the 1982-83 academic year. The Florrie Wilkes Sanders Prize in Theology went to third year stu- dent, Mark Montfort, for presenting the best paper showing sound theo- logical scholarship and relevance to needs of Christian people in the con- temporary world. December '83 graduate, Tyler Downing, received the Indiantown Country Church Award for the most significant summer Supervised Minis- try in a rural church. M.A.T.S. stu- dent, Peggy Lowe, prepared the best New Testament Exegesis paper dur- ing the last academic year and was awarded The Samuel A. Cartledge and American Bible Society Biblical Studies Award for her efforts. In addition to the presentation of these awards, Dean Hussel also rec- ognized this year's various Scholar- ship winners. 1983-84 "Columbia Scholars" include Leeann Rogers, Lee Holliday, Stephen Nickle, and Jeri L. Parris. The three scholarships awarded by the John L. Newton Scholarship Fund went this year to David Weitnauer, Robert A. Mc- Cully, Jr. and Walter M. Jones. Mary Beth Lawrence was awarded the Dr. Vernon S. Broyles Scholar- ship with Sid D. Harmon taking the Blue Scholarship. The evening's program was high- lighted by the installation of Peter C. Carruthers as Columbia's new Dean of Students. Following the program and installation service, a reception was held in the Student Center to honor the award and scholarship win- ners and the new Dean of Students. (L to R) Butch Miranda, Peggy Lowe, Dean Carruthers, Mark Montfort, Tyler Downing. 1983-84 Scholarship winners: (L to R) Dean Hussel, Sid Harmon, Mary Beth Lawrence, Stephen Nickle, Jeri Parris, David Weitnauer, Bobby McCully, Lee Holliday, President Philips. ATLANTA AREA APPRECIATION DINNER HELD Atlanta Area friends of the Seminary fill the Refectory for the Atlanta Area Appreciation Dinner. On October 6, 1983 several hun- dred friends of Columbia Seminary from the Atlanta area were invited to the Seminary for dinner in apprecia- tion for their generous and continuing support of the seminary. President Philips presided and issued a warm welcome to these special friends of Columbia. A program of music for the occa- sion was presented by soloist Jim Wooten. Mary Beth Lawrence and Ray Jones, two of Columbia's outstanding students, spoke of their call to ministry and how they felt Columbia Seminary was helping them prepare to carry out their ministry in the church. The principal address for the oc- cassion, however, was given by J. Er- skine Love of Atlanta. Mr. Love is president of Printpak, Inc., and a long- time friend and supporter of the Semi- nary. He is a layman, a member of the Trinity Presbyterian Church in north- west Atlanta, a member of the Board of Directors of the Seminary, and for- mer Chairman of the Board. Mr. Love's address was entitled "NUR- TURING AND NEEDLING" and challenged the Seminary to carry out both these functions in order to pro- vide an institution that will better pre- pare young men and women to do ministry. The occasion was certainly an in- spiring one with the feeling of good- will, support and mutual understand- ing abounding on all sides. 1983-84 STUDENT BODY FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE PROGRAM First Year(A) 59 Second Year(B) 54 Interns 4 Third Year (C-M.Div.) 46 D.Min. Interns (D) 8 Fourth Year (E-D.Min.) 9 M.A. in Youth Ministry 12 M.A. in Theological Studies 14 Th. M. Program 48 D. Min. (In Ministry) 164 S.T.D. Program 7 Special and International 27 Unclassified 52 TOTAL ENROLLMENT 504 Outreach Foundation Strengthens Evangelism The Outreach Foundation has greatly strengthened the cause of Evangelism in the Presbyterian Church, at home and abroad, in many significant ways. During a recent visit to the campus of Columbia Seminary, Dr. Howard Chadwick, President and Executive Di- rector of the Outreach Foundation, re- viewed how Columbia Seminary and the Foundation joined hands in an ex- citing partnership. He said, "Columbia Theological Seminary responded to an overture of the Outreach Foundation in the fall of 1980 for an initial grant of $150,000.00, over a three year period, to call a full time Professor of Evangel- ism. This led Columbia's Board of Di- rectors to extend a call to Dr. Ben Johnson to become Associate Professor of Evangelism in January, 1981." Commenting upon this, Dr. Chadwick said, "The impact we have witnessed at Columbia Seminary and over the Presbyterian Church has far exceeded even our fondest dreams." Thanks to the impetous given by the Outreach Foundation, Columbia Seminary has involved scores of minis- ters and lay persons in the primary task of evangelism. Evangelism Work- shops, Conferences, and Seminars led by Professor Johnson, on and off the Seminary's campus, have caused a new awareness of the importance of evan- gelism in the Presbyterian Church. "Partners in Evangelism: (L to R) President Philips, Professor Johnson and President & Executive Director of the Outreach Foundation, Dr. Howard Chadwick. " In the fall of 1981, the Peachtree Presbyterian Church of Atlanta, under the leadership of its minister, Dr. W. Frank Harrington, made a commit- ment of $500,000.00 to establish a per- manent chair of evangelism to be called the Peachtree Presbyterian Church Chair of Evangelism and Church Growth. An amount of $258,800.00 has already been paid on this commitment. As the endowment for this Chair grows it will provide the financial support that was initiated by the Outreach Foundation. Columbia Seminary is greatly ap- preciative of the support it has received from the Outreach Foundation. In ad- dition to providing the initial grant in evangelism at Columbia Seminary, the Foundation has also made additional gifts to underwrite specific programs of mission and outreach. During 1981-82 an amount of $10,000.00 was provided while the Outreach Foundation made an addi- tional grant of $25,000.00 to Columbia Seminary during the 1982-83 aca- demic year. These funds have enabled Professor Johnson to set up Schools of Evangelism, Evangelism Conferences, Leadership Schools for Spiritual For- mation and Monthly Retreats for Min- isters. These special grants have also been used to provide training books and audiovisual resources. JANUARY SEMINARS FOR MINISTERS January 3-5, 1984, Tuesday through Thursday Jointly Sponsored by the Presbyteries of Athens, Atlanta, Augusta- Macon, and Cherokee and Columbia Theological Seminary Courses will be offered according to the schedule in the chart below. Classes - John F. Anderson - Preparing to Preach for Lent and Easter William H. Willimon - Worship as Pastoral Care Robert Short - Communicating Christianity Through Cur- rent Concerns - and Cartoons Frederick O. Bonkovsky and Marilyn Washburn - The Pastor's Role in Par- ishioners' Medical Decisions Mary V. Atkinson and Team - How to Move Worship - at noon each day Tuesday - Robert Short, Author of Gospel According to Peanuts Wednesday - Moderator J. Ran- dolph Taylor, Pas- tor, Myers Park Presbyterian Church, Charlotte, N.C. Thursday - John F. Anderson, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas For more information, call or write Douglas W. Hix, Columbia Semi- nary, Decatur. GA 30031. 404-378-8821. Tuesday Jan. 3 Wednesday Jan. 4 Thursday Jan. 5 Willimon 9-12 Short 9-12 Anderson 9-12 Short 9-12 Anderson 9-12 WORSHIP SERVICE 12 noon Short WORSHIP SERVICE 1 2 noon - Taylor LUNCHEON 12:30 WORSHIP SERVICE 12 noon Anderson Willimon 1:30- 4:30 Bonkovsky Washburn 1:30-4:30 Anderson 1:30- 4:30 Bonkovsky Washburn 1:30-4:30 Anderson 1:30- 4:30 Bonkovsky Washburn 1 :30-4:30 Atkinson & Team 7:00-9:30 Atkinson & Team 7:00-9:30 PRAISE GOD AND KICK UP YOUR HEELS" In a country that is infatuated with health and exercise, Columbia Seminary is no exception. The run- ning fever has infected CTS, where about a dozen students and several professors regularly compete in 10- kilometer runs. Most seminarians compete for exercise and t-shirts. But for one professor, the 10-k run is a sacrament in which he celebrates the holy gift of life. Theron Nease is learning to live with cancer. A pastoral care professor at CTS since 1966, Nease, or T, as he is known at the seminary was di- agnosed with stage 4 prostatic carci- noma in August 1982. "I was quite sure I was dying last fall," T said. "And I was." The cancer was treated with radi- ation therapy and briefly entered re- mission, but in the spring of 1983, the cancer reappeared. This time, it had spread to the bones. There was one last chance: sur- gery, followed by hormone therapy. If the surgery was successful, T had hope for the future; if not, he would be lucky to live six months. It worked. The cancer went into remission. "I felt like I got a new lease on life. I wanted to celebrate this," T said. The service of thanksgiving took form in Nease's participation in the Peachtree Road Race. According to the professor, "The Peachtree was al- most sacramental an outward cele- bration of that inward gift of grace, which was the gift of life" which the surgery afforded. With tongue-in-cheek amazement in his voice, T continued, "I finished the Peachtree before the bus service had resumed. There were people be- hind me. I thought, 'that's it.' That's when I realized I was hooked on run- ning. It's a way of celebrating every day." Since the Peachtree, Nease has run several road races, winning a one- mile run and placing fifth in a five- mile run. He recently beat CTS di- rector of admissions Harry Barrow by one step in a 10-k race at Emory University. Still, T claims he doesn't run for competition against other athletes as much as for competition against him- self. "I'm experiencing me my body when I run. It's a holistic approach." Nease added, "(Running) is a way of expressing and realizing a self discipline. It's coming right up to that barrier and staying right next to it without hitting it or falling back." The beauty of the road race, the 10-k run, in T's eyes, is that "a rank amateur like me can run in the same race with a world-class athlete. It's the ones in the wheelchairs, the one- legged runner with a cane, the ordi- nary people in the pack. They are the ones that make the Peachtree an in- credible event." In regard to the cancer's effect on his running, T said, "I don't know about tomorrow, or the next day, or 10 years down the pike, but today I'm in remission. I don't mount up like the wings of eagles, and I get weary when I run, but I don't faint when I walk." T added, "I think that's the celebration of life Isaiah was talking about." T said his cancer has made him realize the joy of life. He takes every- day and wrenches out everything it has to offer. "When I wake up in the morning and I realize my back isn't hurting, I know the cancer's quiet. I've got another day." He continued, "You can get the fullness of a day by breakfast, 10 years by lunch, and a whole lifetime by sundown, if you take everything the day has to offer." A larger part of Nease's life than running is his avocation and first love: the piano. He recently purchased a 6- foot-4-inch Steinway, making him, in his words, "a grand father." "All my life I've wanted an ebony Steinway piano," T said. So, in Sep- tember, he purchased one. "It's the most beautiful thing I've ever ,owned." The piano is a very personal, spir- itual experience for the professor. "Everyone ought to have one thing they do only unto God," he said. "I teach at Columbia because that's my calling. I preach at Forest Park Pres- byterian because I have a love affair with a congregation. I counsel people because that's part of my ministry. But I play piano only unto God. It serves no utilitarian purpose." In a way, playing the piano and running are similar exercises in faith for Nease. "You don't know where it's going. You just do it." "T. Nease and daughter, Susan, cross jinishtine at the 1983 Peachtree Road Race." The Columbia professor of pas- toral theology was hesitant about dis- cussing the future. "We're very early in the game," he explained, pro- nouncing each word deliberately. "This is a stage-4 tumor in the lymph glands and the bone. I don't know what's out there, but I intend for my future to be like I am now." And then he added with a grin, "I intend to praise God and kick up my heels." The grin slowly faded, replaced by a serious, intent stare. "Frankly, the future is bleak. We probably aren't talking about a ripe old age." The smile returned. "But that doesn't stop me from praising God and kick- ing up my heels.' " And once again, the intense eyes. "I've got a time bomb in my body. And you've got a time bomb in your body. The only difference is, I've heard mine tick. I'm alive now more than I've been in 51 years." And the smile returned. Dr. and Mrs. J. McDowell Rich- ards have recently moved to the Presbyterian Home in Sum- merville, S. C. 29483. They will appreciate letters and calls. Dr. Richards has been in declining health for sometime, but has com- pleted most of the work on Colum- bia's history. Dr. Richards was President of Columbia Seminary for 39 years. Please remember them in your prayers. Dr. Rich- ard's phone number is 803-873- 8421. In order to keep our readers in- formed on what our distinguished Faculty and Staff are doing in addi- tion to their regular duties, the fol- lowing is a brief summary of the ac- tivities of some. Director of Admissions, Harry Barrow has been helping supply a church in Atlanta Presbytery as well as teaching Senior High Sunday School at North Decatur Presbyte- rian Church. Harry also serves on the Board of Directors of the Metro Fair Housing Services. * * * * During the 1983 winter semester break, Dr. Frederick Bonkovsky, Professor of Ethics, served as key note speaker at the bi-annual Interna- tional Conference of the Kingdom of Sweden held at Hasselby Castle. "American Values and American Policies" was the overall title for his three lectures which were attended by education, church, and civic leaders from throughout the kingdom. Prof. Bonkovsky also delivered lectures at the universities of Stockholm and Lund. At the request of the United States Department of State, Prof. Bonkovsky subsequently journeyed to Germany to address audiences in Co- logne, Hannover, Bremen, and Berlin. Western policies and their ethical ba- ses are hotly debated in Europe, par- ticularly within the church, univer- sity, and civic groups with whom Dr. Bonkovsky met. In July, in co-operation with Trin- ity Presbyterian Church of Atlanta and such colleagues as Betty Sue Wright and Dr. Elizabeth Bonkovsky, Fred led a group of some 15 Presbyterians and others in a study tour of Martin Luther and the Prot- estant Reformation and then of US Atlantic relations, focussing on NATO & Germany. Part of the trip was behind the Iron Curtain. All of it went well. Lectures were well re- ceived and much learning occurred. * * * * Professor Tommy Brown has been very busy with a trip to Asia last summer. He was invited by his old seminary, Ho Nam Theological Seminary in Kwangju, Korea to re- turn and give some lectures on Chris- tianity in China. He also lectured at the Presbyterian Seminary in Seoul, and the Taejun Theological Semi- nary, and visited other areas of the FPCULTY PND 6TQFF NOTE6 church's mission work. In China he visited a number of cities but the highlight and main purpose of the trip was the delivery of $100,000 worth of ophthomology surgical and optical equipment to the Gulou Hos- pital in Nanjing as an expression of friendship with the Chinese people on behalf of our church and people. In Kobe, Japan, his group looked into possibilities for participating in a center for Chinese Seamen. Dr. Brown also presented some lectures for the new missionary ap- pointees in Montreat as part of their orientation, and with his wife Mardia, did a workshop on China at the Global Mission Conference. His book, Christianity in the People's Re- public of China was also published this year by John Knox Press. * * * * Professor Erskine Clarke con- cluded a nine year term as Dean of Students here at CTS and became Associate Professor of American Re- ligious History in the World Context. He remains Editor of The Journal for Preachers and chairs the Faculty Council of the University Center of Georgia, the consortium of institu- tions of higher education in the Ath- ens - Atlanta area. Dr. Clarke also delivered a paper on "The History of the Black Church in Charleston, South Carolina" at a recent confer- ence sponsored by the South Carolina Endowment for the Humanities. He continues to work on a book on the history of religion in the United States. * * * * Besides ending four years as Di- rector of Supervised Ministry and be- ginning a term as Dean of Students, Pete Carruthers has also completed his Th.M. in Pastoral Counseling with a dissertation entitled, "Profiles of a Difficult-to-Place Seminarian in Supervised Ministry: Indications For the Church." ministers in Mobile Presbytery in February, '83 and in the Presbytery of the Piedmont in September. He was lecturer in the Lay School of Theology at First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, West Virginia, in February and March. Charlie be- gan in October as interim supply at the Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Stone Mountain, Georgia. * * * * Professor Wade Huie and wife, Vee, along with Stuart and Margot McWilliam, led "The Pilgrimage into Our Presbyterian Heritage: In the Steps of John Knox." Twenty people participated in this pilgrimage through Edinburgh, London, and Ge- neva during the last two weeks of June. The Huies stayed in Europe af- ter the Pilgrimage and spent July in Yugoslavia and Greece. Dr. Huie also contributed worship materials to Peacemaking through Worship published and distributed by the Presbyterian Peacemaking Pro- gram. * * * * * * * * Professor Charles Cousar led Continuing Education Seminars for Congratulations to Dr. Jasper Keith who was installed October 1 2th as the ninth president of the Associa- tion for Clinical Pastoral Education at its annual conference held this year in Portland, Maine. He is the fourth presbyterian to hold this office and the third seminary professor. The ACPE is the standards setting, pro- fessional certifying and educational accrediting agency for programs of clinical pastoral education in the United States. This professional or- ganization of over three thousand seven hundred members will be relo- cating its national office in Atlanta in June of 1984. Dr. Keith also serves as Interim Regional Director for the Southeast Region Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. KOREAN PASTORS (continued from page I) a taste of our southern culture and tours of local churches gave added in- sights into the workings of American Church programs and facilities. Dr. G. Thompson Brown, long time missionary to Korea and past Director of the Division of Interna- tional Missions for the Presbyterian Church, is now serving as Adjunct Professor of World Christianity at Columbia and was instrumental in fa- cilitating this unique educational event for the second year in a row. EVANGELISM CONFERENCES 1983 More than 100 persons attended the week-long Conference on Evan- gelism and School of Evangelism. Participants came from all of Colum- bia's supporting synods, plus delega- tions from Arkansas, Greenbrier, Ab- ingdon, and Albemarle presbyteries. For several years, CTS has spon- sored a Conference on Evangelism. This 24-hour conference featured headline speakers, small-group en- counters and two-hour workshops. This brief conference stimulated in- terest but left participants eager for more in-depth training. In response to this need, CTS combined the Conference on Evangel- ism with a three-day School of Evan- gelism. The first two days were com- posed of lectures by Dr. Robert Henderson, pastor of First Presbyte- rian Church, Hendersonville, NC; Stan Van Putten, lay leader from the Presbytery of Denver; John Roark, associate pastor at Eastminster Pres- byterian Church, Stone Mountain, GA; and Dr. Albert Winn, pastor at North Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA. Many of the participants said that this year's School of Evangelism has genuinely equipped them for planning and reaching new persons through the total life of the church. To follow up the Evangelism con- ference, CTS hosted delegates from 10 presbyteries for specialized train- ing in evangelism. On Nov. 1-3, more than 50 ministers participated in this event, which prepared them to lead a faith discovery weekend in their home congregations. This pilot project, de- veloped by Dr. Johnson, consisted of programs on lay training, faith-shar- ing models and mobilizing the local congregation for intentional evangel- istic outreach. The evangelism programs initi- ated by CTS have been facilitated by several generous grants from the Out- reach Foundation, which in the future should help deepen our awareness of the evangelistic imperative and pro- vide training experiences for its accomplishment. The 1984 School of Evangelism is scheduled for July 9-13. The featured speaker is Keith Miller, author of The Taste of New Wine and other books on evangelism. Plan now to at- tend this conference. DICK AND BETTY DODDS LEAVE SEMINARY Dr. Richard A. Dodds, Director of Seminary Relations and Develop- ment at Columbia Seminary, has ac- cepted a call to become the Associate Director of the Texas Presbyterian Foundation in Dallas, Texas, begin- ning January 1, 1984. Dr. Dodds has served on the staff of the Seminary since 1976. Betty Dodds has worked as administrative secretary in the De- velopment Office since 1977. During the past seven years the Annual Budget of Columbia Semi- nary has increased from $1.1 million to $3. million. The endowment of the Seminary has also grown from $5 million to $13.5 million during the period of time in which Dick and Betty have served in the Seminary Relations and Development Office. There is no denying that the Dodds have done a splendid job help- ing with the raising of millions of dol- lars for CTS. But their work has gone far beyond this. They have done a great deal to strengthen Columbia's relationships with individual churches as well. It is with deepest thanks and good wishes that we say good-bye to Betty and Dick Dodds. As the Board of Di- Dick & Betty Dodds rectors summed it up in their recent "Resolutions of Appreciation", Dick and Betty "have endeared themselves to the entire Seminary Community as people who are easy to love" and they will be greatly missed. CONFERENCES ON MINISTRY PLANNED ON COLUMBIA'S CAMPUS In the past, Columbia's weekend conferences on ministry have helped men and women who are considering the ministry both to see a realistic view of Columbia Seminary and to explore in more depth their own sense of call to ministry. During this year, two special conferences have been planned on the campus of Columbia. The College Conference On Min- istry, which is geared primarily for men and women now in college or re- cently graduated, has been scheduled for the weekend of February 24-26, 1984. During this conference, Dr. Lucy Rose will preach and lead a worship service for the Columbia community and Dr. Doug Hix will teach a Bible study. In addition, the conferees will be able to attend sev- eral regularly scheduled classes and talk with Columbia students, faculty, and staff. Another conference, The Confer- ence On Ministry, has been scheduled for the weekend of March 16-18, 1984. This particular conference is structured especially for women and men who are thinking about a voca- tional change into the ministry. COME SEE COLUMBIA DAY The Columbia Friendship Circle (CFC) has announced that its annual "Come See Columbia Day" has been set for Thursday, April 5, 1984 on the campus of Columbia Seminary and at the Columbia Presbyterian Church. This special day will provide opportunities for you to tour Colum- bia's Campus, worship with the Semi- nary community, enjoy a buffet luncheon, and attend a panel discus- sion led by faculty, staff, and students. THE COLUMBIA FORUM January 31 - Feburary 3, 1984 SMYTH LECTURER - Carl S. Dudley Professor of Church and Community, McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, Illinois THEME: "The Power of the Small Church; The Congregation as Culture; The Pastor as Cultural- Spiritual Leader" ALUMNI/AE LECTURER - Donald P. Buteyn Professor of Evangelism and Mission and Interim Dean, SanFrancisco Theological Seminary, San Anselmo, CA THEME: "Servant Leadearship: An Ageless Strategy or Contemporary Disciples" GUEST PREACHER William Muehl Professor of Christian Methods, The Divinity School, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. SERMON TITLES: "A Moment of Time" "Bread and Dogs" "Now, I See" CONTINUING EDUCATION CENTER PROPOSED Dr. Cecil Asbury Thompson served as Professor of Missions, Evangelism and Rural Church Work at Columbia Seminary from 1946 to 1967. During his tenure on the faculty he trained hundreds of pro- spective ministers in practical areas of the Church's outreach. After serving pastorates at the J. J. White Memorial Presbyterian Church in McComb, Mississippi, and at Central Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Dr. Thompson was honora- bly retired in 1974. Since that time he has served as the Interim Minister of scores of churches and has contin- ued as a strong advocate for missions and evangelism. In an effort to honor Dr. Thomp- son for his years of dedicated service in the cause of Christ, many of his friends have expressed an interest in providing financial support for a "Cecil Thompson Continuing Educa- tion Center" on or near the campus of Columbia Seminary. Dr. Howard Chadwick, Executive Director and President of the Out- reach Foundation, has offered to co- ordinate this effort for Dr. Thompson and Columbia Seminary. Two gifts totalling $45,000.00 have been se- cured toward a goal of $200,000.00 for the Center. Friends of Dr. Thompson who wish to provide a gift for this worthy project may do so by earmarking it for the "Cecil Thompson Continuing Education Center" and sending it to: COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, BOX 520, DECATUR, GEORGIA 30031-0520 Vol. 75, No. 3/Fall 1983 Emmie C. Young, Editor Published Quarterly Columbb Theological 6eminary Vantage J Second Class Postage Paid at Decatur, Ga. Publication No. 124160