Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 83, number 1, Spring 1991

COLUMBIA
THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY

Vantage

SPRING 1991

Tutu preaches
at Columbia

K mi Febri \iv'i 8 chapel and com-
munion service at Columbia Semi-
nar) , Anglican Archbishop Desmond
Tutu lamented "the rat race mental-
it) which undercuts the Gospel by
implying love is a reward tor achie\ e-
ment.

Addressing 70(1 people at the
adjacent Columbia Presbyterian
(. hurch, the Archbishop of Cape
Town, South Africa, drew his text
from Romans 5:1-1 1 and emphasized
that "while we were yet sinners,
(. In ist died for us."

"In the cross of our Lord and
Savior fesus Christ/' Tutu said, "God
sa) s. 1 love you . . . And when you go
wrong, 1 still love you. I have ;j,iven
the most precious thing, my Son, to
die tor you precisely at a time when
you sinned. I did not wait until a time
w hen you deserved to be died tor.'"

Tutu punctuated his remarks by
citing Ephesians 1, which asserts that
(. .od's fa\ or was given from before the
foundation of the world, long before
i iod's children could have done
anything to earn or deserve the
privilege

"It's not a matter of goodness or
virtue or achievement," the 59-year-
old Archbishop said. "It is all "I grace
of a gift freely bestowed, unearned

and undesen ed ."

"The Good News," he added, "is
that ( !od < reated us because God
loved us. And so we don't need to
work ourselves into a frazzle trying to
impress c Jod ( <od does not love us
because we are lovable. We are
lovable precisel) and only because
God loves us freely, gratuitousl)

Tutu said his belief in the intrinsic
worth of humanity is a foundation for
his opposition to apartheid, an
opposition which earned him the 1984
Nobel Peace Prize.

"One of the most awful things
about the system of apartheid is not so
much the pain it causes its victims,
though that, for sure, is one of the
awful things about it," Tutu said.
"And it's not just that it's evil, though
surely it is. It is that it ultimately
makes a child of God doubt he or she
is a child of God. And to that extent,
the system is blasphemous."

The Friday morning service began
with a faculty procession and prayer
of corporate confession. After Vice
President tor Academic Affairs Glenn
Bucher welcomed guests, S.T.D.
student Maake MasangO, Tutu's
longtime acquaintance who helped
arrange the campus visit, introduced
the Archbishop, Students Willie

\ii hbishop Desmond Tutu and Columbia President Douglas Oldenburg

lackson (M.Div. '93) and Scott Opsahl
(Th.M. '92) and Dr. Barry Davies also
served as worship leaders. After the
sermon, President Douglas Oldenburg
assisted the Archbishop in the sacra-
ment of Holy Communion.

For an hour following commun-
ion, the Archbishop answered ques-
tions from the community.

He called the American church
both "rich" and "generous" when
Scott Lawson (M.Div. '92) asked him
to describe it, imagining Tutu's

participation in a program like
Columbia's alternative context. Since
1986 Columbia has required students
to participate in a three-week alterna-
tive context experience, visiting
various cultural settings in this
country or abroad to observe the role
and function o<i the church.

Richard Diebert '89 praised the
Archbishop for proclaiming the
Gospel "with a clarity 1 find unparal-
leled today" and asked him to de-

Continued on page 4

Board takes
significant actions

Di Beverly Gaventa, right Professoi oj Now Testament, visits with students Andy

Walton ami Ann Kelly. .

Tin Board of Dink roRS of Columbia
Seminary approved tour faculty and
staff appointments, passed a proposal
tor an extension program in Florida
and approved the 1 w 1 - c >2 budget
during its spring board meeting April
16-17 on campus

Personnel decisions added
Charles Campbell, Ronald Cram, and
Marcia Riggs to the Columbia faculty,
and Victor Yoon will join the staff as
director of the Asian Ministry Pro-
gram.

Mr. Campbell, a Ph.D. candidate
and teaching assistant at Duke Uni-
versit) . will teach homiletics, )oining
the faculty as instructor in homiletics.
A graduate of Hendrix College, Union
Seminary in Richmond and Yale
University, Mr. Campbell served as a
pastor for six years in Arkansas.

Dr. Cram, an associate professor
oi Christian education and tenured

faculty member at Presbyterian School
of Christian Education, will join the
faculty with tenure as associate
professor of Christian education. A
graduate of California State Univer-
sity, Long Beach and Princeton
Theological Seminary, Dr. Cram has
taught at Villanova University, and
I ouisville and Princeton seminaries.

Professor Riggs will receive her
Ph.D. in June from Vanderbilt Univer-
sity and will be associate professor of
Christian ethics. A graduate of
Randolph Macon Woman's Colle
and Yale University, Professor Riggs
served as assistant pastor of Thomp-
kin Chapel AME Zion Church in
Chattanooga while pursuing doctoral
studies and is currently on the Drew
Seminary faculty.

Dr. Yoon, pastor of Independent
Presbyterian Church in Artesia,

Continual on page 4

From the President

Douglas W. Oldenburg

Amu rwoYi vrs of study, and with the

urrenceoi the faculty, I have
recommended to the Board oi I Hi
tors thai we begin a ( entei foi Theo
logical Studies in I lorida

In thewintei ol 1989, two Presby-
terian c olumbia giaduates ministei
ing in Roiida requested thai we
consider offering M Div. extension
courses m theiistate Vfter receiving
encouiagemenl from the presbytery
executives in Roiida, l proposed u>
the facult) and boaid thai we estab-
lish a Fa< ulty rask Force to study that
possibilit) Piofessoi fames Newsome
has chaired the Florida Task For

\n,i confening with a group ol
Presbyterians in the central I lorida
area, the Task Force began a pilol
program in Septembei 1990 in
Oilando offering one i ouiseon Satur-
days tor three semesters The firsl
< ourse, Survey ol the Old Testament,
was enrolled with 2^ students I he
se< ond couise, Surve) ol the New
testament, had aboul the same
enrollment and the thiid coui
I ormation foi Ministry, began in late
April.

I he rask i orce also engaged in a
majoi feasibility study, contracting
with an independent research firm to
< onducl interviews v\ ith more than
200 pastors and lay people in i lorida
The results oi the resean h indicated
considerable suppoil foi such a
program. Although the primary locus

will be on \1 Di\ And M A I s

, ouises, the program will eventuall)

nn ludeoui D.Min , ( ontinuing

I ducation,and La> Institute offerings

ell

I he faculty And boaid have nov>
approved the following proposal

I I I hat a program be instituted foi
the three yeai period, 1991-94;

2) I hat two courses pei term foi
thiee terms ,i war i fall, spring, and
summer) be ottered, the courses to be
determined b\ the Dean of the I a< lilt)
iii consultation with the Areas of
Study, the I lorida task I orce oi the
facult) . and the Rorida C oordinating
i ommittee;

;i i hat during each yeai of the
program, An average enrollment ol 20
students pei i ouise registered tor
< redit be maintained,

I, rhat a goal of $2,000,000 be
raised in the state ol I lorida from
majoi donors foi the Columbia
Seminary C ampaign, "Rooted in
i radition, Growing with \ ision,
from which al least $300,000 will be
used to underw rite the Rorida
I xtension Program tor three yeais;

i) rhal failure to raise $100,000
each yeai oi the program oi failure to
achieve An average oi 20 "tor-credit"
students in each COUIse could result in

the termination of the program.
Pending a favorable re\ iew ol the
program in the fall ol 1993, it is

anticipated that the program will

continue indefinitel)

I hal i ourses in the program be
offered both b\ regulai ( olumbia
facult) And b) adjunct faculty, that no
( olumbia fa< ulty member be required
to teach a course, and that no more
than one course taught by Columbia
faculty (excluding the director) be
offered in a term,

7) That C olumbia hire a lull-time
dir toi who will live in Florida,
w hose duties w ill include administra-
tion, planning, marketing, fund-
raising, Student recruitment, student
sen ices (including academic and non-
academi< counseling), and part-time
teaching responsibilities;

S) That secretarial assistance to the
dire< tor on at least a halt-time basis be
provided through the assistance of a
local PC (USA) church and underwrit-
ten by church support,

9) That during the three-year
period 1991-94, the possibility tor a
combined program with one or more
theological institutions (PC(USA)
and /or others) be explored seiiousl)

10) That all M.Div. degree stu-
dents be required to spend at least
three long semesters full-time (regular
load) on the Decatur campus;

1 1 ) That special efforts be made to
enlist ethnic-minority students;

12) That a Florida Coordinating
Committee, consisting of representa-
tives from each presbytery in Florida
and one or more ecumenical represen-
tative be established tor purposes of
coordination, advice, and support

I he primary purpose of the
program is to enable second career
persons to experience theological
education at a seminary level in order

to clarify whether God is calling them
to ordained ministry It is the
seminary's response to the large
number of persons alread) estab-
lished in careers who feel some sense
that God is calling them to ordained
ministry but are not confident enough
Of that call to leave their careers, sell
their homes, and move their families
to Decatur. 1 am told that six persons
in the first class received such clarity
and are now making plans to move to
our campus.

We are currently invoked in
organizing a Coordinating Committee
in Florida and will soon begin the
search for a full-time director. We are
grateful for the encouragement we
ha\ e recei\ ed from our friends m
Florida and look forward to working
with them toward the fulfillment of
this dream.

We are all committed to maintain-
ing the same high academic standards
and quality in the Florida courses that
we have on our campus. We have
also made it dear that we cannot fund
the Honda program out of our
Decatur operating budget. New
resources must be generated among
Florida Presbyterians. Bob Smith,
Director of our Lay Institute, will
serve as our campus liaison for the
program in Florida

Whenever new ventures like this
are undertaken, there are always risks
and uncertainties in\ oh ed We do
not have all the answers to the many
obvious questions, but we believe
God is calling us to venture in faith in
this new endeavor to serve the
Presbyterian Church (USA). We ask
for your prayers and support.

Profi^s ( i) Samuel A Cartledge

S.A. Cartledge
1903-1991

Dr. Sami i i Antoini Cartledge, Pro-

i] ol New testament at Columbia
Theological Seminary tor 43 years and
an ordained Presbyterian minister for
hi vears, died April 5 in Decatur ol
failure He was 87.
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the
University of Georgia, he received the
A.B. degree in 1^24 and an M.A. in
1925. He was a 1929 graduate nt
Columbia Seminary, and in 1930 he
earned the Ph.D. from the University
of Chicago.

Dr. c artledge was licensed and
ordained as a minister ol the Presbyte-
rian ( hurch in the United States in
l l )2 c > ^nd was Professoi of New Testa-
ment Literature and Exegesis at
c olumbia from 1930 until his retire-
ment m 1973, During those yeais he
was also a v isiting professor at Agnes
Scotl C ollege. I mor\ University,

\ssembK 's I raining S< hool in

Richmond, Virginia, and the Winona
Lake School ofTheolo

A distinguished New Testament
scholar, Dr. C artledge was the author
ol a number oi books and articles,
including A Bash Grammar oj the Greek
Nrw Testament The Bible: Cod- Word to
Wan. A Conservative Introduction to the
Nrw Testament; and Jesus o) Fat t and
I aith. 1 le contributed articles to
Baker's Dictionary of Theology and the
Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible. For
some 40 \ ears, Dr. Cartledge wrote
the weekh commentary on the
International Sunday School lessons
tor the Christian Observer, Louisville,
Kentuck\

Dr. Cartledge was listed in Who's
Who in the Clergy, the Directory of
American Scholars, and Leaders in
Education. In 1989, he was one of the
first two recipients ol C olumbia s Dis-
tinguished Alumni /ae Awards

In a memorial service on April 8
at Columbia Presbyterian Church, he

was remembered as "a SCholai and a

title man." Dr. Cartledge is sur-
\ ived b\ his w ite ol 60 years, Mary
Grace, three children, and seven
grandchildren. D

Faculty and staff give
"generously and sacrificially"
to capital campaign

Faculty and si \ii members of Colum-
bia Seminars responded enthusiasti-
call) to the first-ever in-house capital
fund drive by more than doubling the
contribution goal of $100,000 and
achieving 100 percent participation

The faculty/staff effort is part of
Columbia's $31,450,000 "Rooted in
Tradition, Growing with Vision"
capital campaign The faculty commit-
tee was chaired by Wade Huie,
( olumbia alumnus and Professor of
I [omiletics who is scheduled to retire
this spring.

1 attribute the success of the
campaign to Wade I line's leadership
And the leadership of those faculty
and staff members who assisted him,"
campaign director Frank Willey said.

solicited privately and corpo-
ratelv. the 66 actw e staff members
made contributions and commitments
totaling $175,090. Faculty emeriti, who
were solicited separately, gave
$26,800, bringing the campaign total
to $201,890. '

Peggy Rowland, administratis e
assistant to President Oldenburg, and
Shellee Fezatte, secretary for super-
\ ised ministry, co-chaired the support
staff subcommittee, which was first to
achieve 100 percent participation.

"Every person on the support
staff was more than willing to make a
pledge for our campaign/' Ms.
Rowland said. "We were all anxious
to have 100 percent participation. Our
goal was achieved with enthusiasm."

One staff member kicked off the
February drive with an anonymous
lead commitment of $25,000 and other
faculty/staff members joined the
effort'

"I am extremely proud and
gratified that the entire faculty and
staff have contributed to the cam-
paign," President Douglas Oldenburg
said "It reflects their love and com-
mitment to Columbia and their
awareness that we cannot ask others
to give unless we have given first. It is
obvious that many faculty and staff
members have given generously and
sacrificially to this campaign."

After the total commitments were
announced, Dr. Huie said, "It's great
to be on a team where everyone plays
the game!" D

VANTAGE

Q&A with Shirley Guthrie

Editor's note: Following arc excerpts of

an interview with Dr Shirley Guthrie,
Professor of Systematic rheolog) at
Columbia, conducted by the Rev
Gerald Stephen and the Re\ Rick
Dietrich tor the tall 1990 issue of the
new -letter, &straightaway: Sheppards &
I apsley Underground.

&straightaway: How Ji> you
answer theologian fohn Lcith's
question, "What does the church have
to sa) that no one else has to sa) ?"

Shirley Guthrie: I think the
danger in the church now, from the
General Assembls down, is tor people
to decide what they think and what
they want to say on the basis ol one
ideology or another and simple drag
the Bible or the theology of the chur< h
in to support what they already think.

I think that's a problem o^ both
the liberal and conservative sides
Some people want to identify the
c. hristian faith and the Bible with
capitalism and some with socialism,
or with some other particular view

When we do that, there is really
no point in fooling around with
scripture or the tradition of the churc h
at all. Why don't we just get rid of
that and just tight it out o\) ideological
grounds 1 1 think that would be
disastrous.

Part of the problem in the church,
I think, is that the top level people
tend to identify the gospel with the
liberal/ Democratic agenda and .it the
grass roots with the Republican
agenda. We think we're having a
theological debate, but we're having a
debate that could be had in I ongress
or anvwhere else.

I believe what the church has to
sav is different from what either side
of the polarities in our society has to
sa) I do not mean we simply with-
draw from the fight and stand abo\ e
cv erything and analyze and criticize
Individuals at least, and maybe some-
times the church, ha\ e to take sides.
But always only tentatively, so that
we may switch sides it the gospel calls
us to do it. Somebody said that the
church or good theologians are alwa\ s
sort of subversives in whatever party
they belong to, because their ultimate
loyalty is never to that party

&s: But given our sinful nature,
how do we go about laying aside our
own agendas to hear and speak the
gospel's agenda 1

SG: First of all, there's got to be a
willingness to do that. We have to ask
ourselves, What is mv real agenda,
and am I willing to let what 1 think' I
know be corrected and changed V Or
am 1 sure I already "know/' and do 1
just hunt around for scripture to find
w hat 1 want 1 So do I really want to
speak the gospel's agenda 1

Number two, none oi us can help
being influenced by our ow n race,
class, sex, nationality and so on
That s our fallibility and limitation as
human beings. Not just sinfulness, we
can't help it. That's the importance of
dialogue with people who are differ-
ent from me. Other people can help
me see my own biases and prejudices
in a way that 1 can't. I think it's \erv
important in the church to talk to
people who are different from us and

SPRING 1991

not associate v\ ith people who are like
us and agree with us, and talk about
the other people

&s: Do v i ui see dialogue like that
happening' Often when we read
about what s happening in thechurch

w e see mik h more the confrontation
ot tw o sides on an issue We don't see

genuine dialogue taking placi

SG: 1 think in terms ot appoint

ment ot committees, tor instance, to

(.\k^ a particular task. People are
careful to be sure they appoint
women and men and clerg) and lait)
and evangelicals and so on. I think
this is .i mm e m the right direction
The problem, ol course is that it can
be paralyzing sometimes all the) di^
is sit and tight about their different
agendas Ihatverv nearlv happened
with the Brief Statement >>i I .nth.
1 hey had trouble saying am thing
because ev erv body had a different
agenda.

It's not very effk ienl to do it that
w av to set ourselves up for the kind
ot conflict that goes with that but 1
don't see any other way it we're not
simply going to be a male--, white-,
middle class-dominated church But
the question becomes whether there
really is good will enough not just t>>
tight battles to be won, but to seek the
truth

1 don't think the church has to
tome up with the one right answei to
every problem: the Middle I asl
Nicaragua, hi Salvador, homosexual-
it) . et< I hese are complex issues, and
good Christians, faithful Christians,
will come up with different answers
to them. I think the task ot the church
is to give guidelines and, by and large,
not to give "right" answers.

&s: So you would hope for some
kind ot change in the way the church
speaks about these social and political
issues 1

SG: ies. 1 think, as a mallei ol
fact, we used to do this (. ommittees
used to write study papers m which
they would raise the issues and talk
about strengths and weaknesses on
each side without entering slug-tests
to see who's going to win the battle
and the position statement

&s: > OU mentioned the Brief
statement of Faith. Do you think the
trainers ot that managed to break
through the paralv sis or not 1 What
do you think about the new Brief
statement 1

SG:Thev broke through the
paralv sis in one area especially, I
think. That's m the matter of male
female language and inclusiveness I
think they did that very well and
finally did it in a right kind ot wa\
The statement that C ,iK\ is "like the
father ot the prodigal and "like a
mother..." and so on, seems to me to
be a neat way to do that Otherwise, I
don't think there's much new in it
They ended with a kind ot lowest
common denominator that doesn't
have much punch to it

&s: It sounds like a statement ot
faith drawn up by a committee

SG: Well. SO was the Declaration
ot Faith, but 1 thought that committee
did a pretty ^ H '^ job, since I was on
it'

Professot Shirley Guthrie

&s: It we are not only going to

simpK baptize a segmenl ol the world

ii we are going to be true to our calling

to be members ot ( hrisfs ^ hurch, then

oin iousl) we ha\ e to be a > hur< h that

understands what it means to be
members ot Q hnsfs bodv . and foi US

as Presbyterians, we have to have an
understanding ol v\ hat it means to be
I mi i of this Reformed branch of
e hnst's body I low do you see that
happening? Is it going to happen at
the ''mm. w\ level? At the courl level '
At the local church level '

SG: It's got to happen al ei er)
level

lor one thing, the . Inn. h ha-, gol

n> take i. n more serious!) than it has

the image o! the ( hur< h as ,i s, hool

This was one ot John c alvin's favorite

images 1 le said we ne\ er graduate
from that school as long as w e h\ e
And I don't thmk we \ e tal en thai
seriousl) enough

The seminaries have properly
emphasized the importance of preach

mg and sac laments and pastoral i are

But we haven't paid enough attention

to the minister as educator. I thmk

seminaries have gol t" emphasize that
tar more We have .i i hur< Ii lull "I

people w ho don't know w hat 's m the
Bible or about what our tradition
teaches And you i an'l blame the
people for that You've gol to blame

the ministers

That does not mean the minister is

the onK teai her, bul the minisrei does
have to be the numbei one tea* hei in
the ( hun h I very minister ought to bi
teaching, whethei inSunda) School oi

Some Othei time But the minister can't
di^ it all The minister has got to I" I
her ol teachers I he minister has

to equip other people to be competent

teachers m the diurth It we don I do

that, thechurch is going to die

I was impressed w itli a recent
survey from the I ill) I ndow nient that

asks people whv the) chose theii
church and win the) Stuck with theii
church. They didn't sa) it was the

qualit) ol the preai hing; the) didn I
saj ii was the Liturgy I he) -^d it

the quality ol the ( hristian
education, l hat's very importanl to
i iei iple People w anl foi themselves,
and the) want foi theii > hildren
m itrui tion in the I hristian faith

&s: What are seminai ies d< >ing i >i
what can seminai ies do to help
'teai hing <\d<-\-. teai h others to
teai h ' In the past. t hristian edu< a
tion has been pari ol the ui ri< ulum
bul nol .i lai ge pai I

SG: I he ( hristian edui ation
departmenl in seminaries i an I do the
job by itself. When I teai h theology, l
need to make this < lear: we're nol
doing this just so thai \ ou i an an
your ov\ n questions, oi so thai you
i ,in find the "right answers." You're
doing this to prepare yourseh es to be
instriH tors in the I hri itian faith
Bul in I hristian edui ation deparl
ments it's important to mn\ e beyond
simpl) tall ing aboul mi thods or
theoi ies oi the proi ess ol ( hi istiar
edui ation All thai has to be done
Bul we need to li arn thai the edui a
tion is there foi the sakeol teai hing
the gospel and nol foi the sake of just
teai lung.

&s: Many ministi rs set ieminar-
ies in..-, ing in im reasingl) an ai a
demii direi tii in More and mi
si holarship or a< ademii i redentials
seems to be the i riterion foi hiring
t.i, nii\ ; fewei and fev ei fai ulty
in< mbi rs ei m to be people w ho ha' i
preai hed and taughl and served as
ministers ol word and sa< ramenl Is
that a valid pen eption and is this a
id oi bad thii

SG: I think thai there'sa danger
now in ii mi. seminai ies, ma) be
including this one, to be more i on-
i ned about how we're related to
what's called the ai adem) to a< a
demit dis( iplines, than to the church.
I do thmk that's a danger

(. >n the othei hand, seminary
students have always complained
i ontinued on pa

Continuing

Education

Calendar

For further information or to register for courses, call or write:
Sara Covin juengst, Director of Continuing Education, or
Robert S. Smith, Director of the Lay Institute of Faith and Life
Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA 30031/404-378-8821.

Mav31-Junel Trainii P bytew Li mi ^ conference to consider the
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"The best is
yet to be"

Hi iw i \\ MiNisn rs remain alive,
growing, and vital in ministry when
ti,, j have been at it ''thirty-some-
thing" years? Tins is the question to
be addressed on the Columbia cam-
pus May 13-15 in "The Best Is Yet To
Be," the first in an ongoing series of
continuing edu< ation seminars for
ministers called "The Seasons of Min-

istrj

I he seminar v\ ill focus on the
i losing five to ten years of ministry,
which may be the most challenging of
all. Questions facing clergy over 55
will be addressed in dialogue with
( olumbia fa< ulty members other
ministers. It will be a time of refresh-
ment, renewal, and energizing for
new perspectives and vision.

I he seminar begins Monday, May
it 9 am and concludes Wednes-
da) .a 12:45 p.m. Cost is $50 For
further information, contact Sara C.
fuengst, Off ice of Continuing Educa-
tion. D

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Tutu

continued from page 1

scribe factors that influenced his
understanding of the Good News.
Tutu summed up these influences b)
describing the church's role in sustain-
ing and encouraging him.

"In main ways," Tutu said, "it is
important to understand that for me
the doctrine of the church is real
that 1 belong to a body that upholds
us in love A\-\d prayer.'

President Oldenburg presented
the Archbishop a pewter plate,
engraved with the school's seal, and a

ilumbia sweatshirt, intended to
warm the human rights spokesman
during his morning jogs

While requesting continued
praver support tor the people of South
Africa, Tutu encouraged listeners to
"influence your own society with
increased compassion and attention to
local justice issues. 1 le also asserted
the vital and costly nature of reconcili-
ation. "In order tor us to be reconciled

California, will direct the Asian
Ministry Program, which focuses on
Korean-American ministry and is co-
sponsored by the Synods of Living
Waters and South Atlantic and
Columbia 1 le is a graduate of
I lankook University of Foreign
Studies (Seoul); Bethel Theological
Seminary; Union (New York); and
Graduate Theological Union and has
taught New Testament part-time at
several seminaries.

These new appointees join a
faculty which is losing a combined 50
years of service to Columbia with the
retirements of Wade Huie and Oscar
I [ussel. Dr. Huie, the Peter Marshall
Professor of Homiletics, joined the
faculty in 1957, and Dr. Hussel came
to Columbia in 1975. He served as
Vice President for Academic Affairs
and Professor of Christian Education.

In other business, the board
officially approved a three-year (1991-
94) Florida extension program,
offering two courses per term for
three terms a year (see "From the
President" on page 2). The board
stipulated that the program receive at
least $100,000 each year from Florida
donors and an average of 20 "for-
credit" students per course. A pilot
program began in September in
Orlando.

The board also approved a $5.7
million budget for 1991-92, announced
that the "Rooted in Tradition, Grow-
ing with Vision" capital campaign has
received $18,265,000 in commitments,
reviewed campus renovation plans,
and heard reports on the curriculum
review and the self-study for reac-
creditation.

Funded by two grants from the
Lilly Endowment, the curriculum
review is chaired by Professor Charles
Cousar. The multi-year review of
Columbia's mission and program is
beginning its second year. During
Phase I, the faculty discussed issues in
theological education at Columbia
and on the national scene.

As part of the capital campaign,
renovations on the Richards Center
have begun, while renovations to John
Bulow Campbell Library are in an
information-gathering, pre-design
phase Tippett & Associates, an
Atlanta architectural firm, will oversee
the program, with plans to complete
the pre-design phase with a proposal
bv September. Construction and
renovation will likely proceed in
stages during a three- or four-year
period

Columbia's self-study is prerequi-
site for the 1 0-year reaccreditation
with the Association of Theological
Schools and the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools. The self-
Study and reaccreditation will con-
clude bv 1993.

Tutu

with God and with one another, it cost
God the death of God's Son," he said.

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VANTAGE

Dr. Guthrie
continued from pa

about that. Many want neat little i
"how to do it" stuff But the seminary
has to do two things. It has to train
people, for the sake of the church, to
be pastors and ministers. But it needs
to train them also to be competent
pastors and ministers And we
Presbyterians have always felt that an
educated minister is important. It's
part of what Presbyterian tradition is
all about. Not just practitioners, but
knowledgeable practitioners It's
always a problem, how to keep those
two things in balance. There may be a
danger, now, that we are becoming
too "exclusive!) academic" M^d too
oriented toward the academy and not
enough toward the church. I worry
about that myself. On the other hand,
I would say that the remedy is not just
to get teachers who have had experi-
ence in the church. There are some
people who have had years of experi-
ence in the church and still don't
know anything. And there are some
people who haven't had a lot of
experience in the parish but have
lived in the church, are committed to
the church, and keep that church
reference going. I hope that I'm one
o\ them.

&s: We don't want to be paro-
chial, but we're talking about the
Presbyterian church. Should we
require of Presbyterian ministers
educations at Presbyterian seminar-
ies 1

SG: My own bias is that we ought
to encourage people to ^o to Presb\ te-
rian seminaries, but I would be
hesitant to "require" them to. I do
think we need to let it be clearly
understood that when it comes to

ten has that same problem Because
the seminary's here, we may have
presbyter} meeting aftei presbyto
meeting m which we've got three or
four or five candidates tor ordination
betore us And it the presbyter) . .is
such, dealt with that, it literally could
not do anything else

1 don't object to having presb) ter-

ies elect a competent committee to
examine candidates carefully, then
brmg their recommendation to the
presbyter) Presb) teries ought to be

able to trust committers 1 he whole

body doesn't have to do everything,

so long as the committer itself IS
competent. Then on the floor of
presbytery other people get a chant e
to ask questions. The whole presby-
tery has a chance to be in im that
com ersation without demanding that
the presbyter) do a very important job

in a tew minutes So the structure by
which we do this is not a bad struc-
ture. Whether we do it efficiently and
seriously enough is another question

&s: Arc there other wa) s that
presbyteries can get together, or bring
people together to talk about things
theologically?

SG: My presbytery periodically
will trv to do that. The) II havea
called meeting of presbytery to
discuss a General Assembh paper or
something of the kind. So there is a
whole meeting m order to do this one
thing And its set up so that it can be
done carefully ^> ou've got somebody
to lead you m that discussion, some-
body to make presentations, and so
on. The problem is when it's a called
meeting, not very man) people come,
only the few people who are inter-
ested. But I think that's one way to do
it. Even with the best of intentions,
with the work that presbvtenes have

The seminary has to train people, for the sake
of the church, to be competent pastors
and ministers.

ordination in the Presbyterian Church,
the church has a right to expect them
to say why they want to be Presbyte
mm ministers and not something else.
"Why do you want to be a Presbyte-
rian minister, a minister in this
church?" I have to say that, all too
often, I've gotten very fuzzy answers
to that question, generally not theo-
logical answers, but "1 like the form of
church government" or something
like that So I think people who ^o to
other seminaries need to know that
presbvtery has a right to ask them that
question and that they need to be
knowledgeable in what the Reformed
tradition is, why we do things and
think the way we do.

&s: One of &straightaway's
concerns is theological discussion at
the presbytery level. And one place
that has happened is in the examina-
tion of candidates tor ministry
Increasingly in our presbytery, that
examination has become almost
entirely a function of the Committee
on Ministry. At presbytery meetings
we seem pressed for time, so we really
don't examine candidates on the floor.
Do you have any thoughts cm that,
any helps?

' SG: Well, Greater Atlanta Presby-

SPRING 1991

to do. it's hard to have ^n extended,
careful theological conversation, 1
don't fault presb) teries tor not doing
that. 1 do think that it wouldn't hurt
occasionally, when someone makes
arguments tor or against an action, to
have some kind oi biblical theological
grounds for what he or she says,

&s: On a different subject alto-
gether, if you could take three books
to a desert island given that you
already have a Bible what would
those three be?

SG: I'd take a dictionar) I might
take Calvin's Institutes with me. It I
had to take any theology with me. I
suppose I'd take Calvin, but I'd really
want some kind of encyclopedic book
rather than any one person's theology
It depends on which \ear you ask me
as to which books I would take.

&s: Is there anything especially
exciting you're reading now that you
would recommend to ministers in the
parish" 1

SG: As far as 1 know, no great
books in theology are being written
now, but one of the books I've re. id
recently that's been very helpful to me
is Bill Plachar's book on post-modern
theology, Unapologetic Theology
Another one in the same area is by

Garrett ( 'lied Imagining God.

Those are books basi< ally about

theologi< al methodolog) , ^^^d the)
may be on a more academic le\ el than

some ministers would be an oh ed

with in their dail) work, but the) re
books th.it i ve read that ha> e been
espe< tally helpful to me

1 thmk, though, that what people

need to do is not look tor the latest
book but to re read tin' >. I.ismo ol the

Christian tradition, lor Instance, m\
colleague ( leorge Stroup is doing >
seminai in Augustine now, and a

surprising nunuxi ol students signed

up for that i hi' problem around here
generally, and probabl) ever) w here
is that we Americans are a non
historical people in the i hun h w e
tend to be that same v\ a\ believing
that anything written more than five
years ago is out ol date ^nd not worth
reading. 1 think that's a terrible
mistake

&s: So we can still engage in
theological conversation v\ ith Ku
gustine and Cah in and s hleiei ma
Jur and...

SG: >es You have to have
patience to do it You can't expect the
people who lived 400 years <\'.\^ to
deal with our issues. And it takes a
little intelligen e to make bridges.

I still do a Barth seminar ever)
year although Barth is now ancient

theology for most people I still do

Bonhoeffei ^\\d Niebuhr, and occa
sionall) ( alvin, We doa < alvin
sequence; somebod) 's always doin|
C alvin seminar at Columbia.

I )ietrich Ritschl speaks with greal
contempt of "paperback theology."
By and large it's a mistake, I thmk, to
read the latest "paperback" in theol-
ogy. You need to look around fol
things that look like they're going to
have some kind ot enduring signifi-
i am e, not just this year's newesl
sensational book

By the way, l would sa) thai

ministers also ought to be reading the
best novels that come out and nol
because one can get sermons out I il
novels, But it you want to understand
the world in whi< h we live, you get it

from there

&s: Do you have any novels to

rec< immend?

SG: I'd recommend anything ot
[ohn Updike I lis latest is out now , I

{Rabbil iii Rest, the fourth and last
ol the Rabbil series I I pdikeand

Walker Percy are, tor me, the two
most significant American novelists ol

toda

&s: When you consider the scope
ot your ministry, what do you lool al
as the high points 7

SG: Well, it I look at it academi-
cally, the most important thing that
I've done is to he Involved in the
writing of the Declaration o( Faith.
Thafsnot just my work We worked
on that for right years or so in a
committee that was diverse but
learned to trust each other It was a
kind of theological dialogue, even
apart from the Declaration itsell That
was a real learnr riem - lor me.

It (the Declaration) i omes vi

v lose to being, at least tor its tinv

faithful and relevant statement of the
( hristi.m laith So I think always that
will be a high point for me.

The Rev / mestineCole

Cole named
associate dean

i b ( ou has been named

i olumbia Seminary's first full-time

,i late i Jean ol Students She
began hei duties [anuary I

Ms. Cole has responsibilit) in the
,,,,, , i pastoral - are, where she gives
special attention to ba A degree
students and international students
and then families i ommunit) life lr
which she designs and implements
campus w ide programs ol general
Interest and three9tudenl organl a

i '. for ^\*^ h Bhe serve9as staff

liaisi >n

Ms ( ol rei entl) earned the
Mastei "i i Hi init) degree from
McCormi( kSeminar) She holds the
M Ed from i lePaul I nivei It) and the
B \ from ralladega < olli

Before i ntering seminary, Ms

< ole was an assoi iate professoi and
proje< I dire< toi al Miami I >ade

i ommunit) < ollegi She wasan
assistanl professoi and du<^ toi ol the
reading program al I lorida Memorial

< ollege Ms. C ole has taughl in the
publi( h hoolsol l hicagoand Ni
fori I it)

she is .i formei board membei ol
the< enter foi Child and Family
i nri, him nt of North I lade \< rive in
Presb) terian i hun h wort al both the
tional and ( leneral v s< mbl)
levels, she is< urrenl

io i i. mm on the i' 'i S K) s< om-
mittee on So< ial Witness Polii \

( omm< nting on hi i appointment,

Vice ['resident for Student I ifeand

i i e an ol Students Philip < iehmar said,
"We are delighted thai I rnestinel ole
has joined the< olumbia community!
Her broad experience in highei
education, hei theological training
and familiarity with thi governing
bodies ol the< turn h, and hei personal

armth all combine to make her a
natural for tins position." D

For the Record

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Wade Huie '46, Professor of I lomilet-
ics at Columbia, led a lay preachers'
training retreal foi C herokee Presb)
terj spoke at the annual meeting ol
the ^cadem) ol I lomileticsal Prince
ton, and has preached .it I he Re-
formed C hurch. Bronx\ ille, ISH , First
churches, Dalton, GA, Spartanburg,
SC, and Madison, GA; and Druid

Hills, hurch, Atlanta John Patton,

Professor of Pastoral Theolog) at
Columbia, addressed the Eastern
Regional Conference ot the Assoc ia
tion tore linical Pastoral Education on
'Theological Reflection on
Change/'... Scott Armstrong '88 has
been ordained as pastoi "i tin- Moun-
tain 1 lome, spina- Pine, ^no 1 Rock
Springs-Mit< hell Memorial ^ hurches,

in Mt I lope, Al Christine Wen-

deroth, Associate Librarian ^\^\
Assistant Professor oJ Practical
Theology at Columbia, attended the
mid-winter Hoard oi Directors mi
ing of the American Theological
Library Association ^\^ two meetings

of the boards strategic Planning
Committee Her review of Nel
Noddmgs' book, Women and I oil, was

published in the winter '91 issue,.!

Encountei

Libby Smith '89 is asso. iate
pastor oi Northminster chun h
Mai on GA Robert Catlin '66 is
interim associate pastor at Innilv
church, c learwatei I I Robert
Ramey, Professor oi Ministr) al
Columbia! has preached at Mt.
Vernon church, Dun woody, GA, and
Mi morial Drive church, stone Moun-
tain. Dr.Ramej preached and led an

mIIu ers retreat lor lust Hunches,
Greeneville, TN, and Darlington, SC.
He preached and led a workshop at
First church, Huntington, WV, and led
a spiritual growth retreat for adults ol
North Alabama Presbytery and an
officers' training seminar tor churches
of the southern part ot Greater Atlanta

Presbyterv Mary Jane Cornell '81

has been called as stated supply of the
Kelley church, McDonough,
GA... Beverly Gaventa, Professor of
New Testament at Columbia, pub-
lished an article, "Apostles as Babes
and Nurses in 1 Thessalonians 2.7," m
the book, Fait// and History in the New
Testament Essays m //cue; of Paul W.
Meyer She lectured on "The Place ol
the Bible in the Church: Beyond
Iconolatrv," at the annual leadership
event of the North Texas Area oi the
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Walter Brueggemann, Professoi
of Old Testament at Columbia, has
given lectures for the educators ot
Greater Atlanta Presbytery; the
Consortium of Endowed Episcopal
Parishes in Atlanta; the Institute of
Religion in Houston; the Conference
on Homelessnessat Kanuga, I lender-
son, NC; the Evangelism Institute of
the Southeastern Conference of the
UCC; the Evangelism Conference,
Great Lakes Region of the UCC; the
( 1 1 1 lege of Preachers in Washington,
DC; at Hiram College; and the Cun-

ningham I ecturesa! Austin College.
Dr. Brueggemann attended the
I Ii, (.logical c ommission >>t the UCC
in Cleveland and the regional meeting
oi the So< iety ot Biblical Literature in
Atlanta I le has preached at Calvary
1 piscopal C hurch in Memphis and St.
Philip's Cathedral in Atlanta His
book Interpretation and ( Obedience, has

been published by Fortress Tress, and
Ins. uti, les have appeared in Interpre
tation and Wordand World, annota-
tions m theM rd Annotated Bible
(NRSV), and book reviews in Interpre-
tation Theology Today Hebrew Studies,
i ritical Review and Theological

Studies Martha Harp '88 is associate

pastor ot Westminster < hurch, Lin-
coln, NE.

Ernestine Cole, Associate Dean of
Students at Columbia, preached at
New lite church m College Park, GA
and attended the winter meeting of
the Committee on social Witness
Policy of the General Assembly- She
also serves on its Search Committee

fo] a new director. As liaison tor the

c SWP, she attended a consultation oi-\

drugs in Washington, DC James

Newsome '55, Professor of Old
testament at Columbia, has taught
several classes tor adults and older
youth in local congregations, includ-
ing, I ii -st North Avenue, and Trinity
churches. 1 le has also written book
re\ lews tor Catholn Biblical Quarterly

BIRTHS

To David '83 and Kathy [anzen, a son,

David Bruce, [an 18, 1991.

To Steve '85 and Doris Shiver

daughter, Claire, and a son, lordan,

adopted Dec. 1990

fa Brent '89 and Cheryl Barton

Bissette, a daughter, Abigail Lee, Sept.

22, 1990.

To Jim '90 and Jenny Weldon, a

daughter, 1 lannah Jenae, Mar. b, 1991.

To Damn '91 ^no\ Barbara Klein, a

daughter, Lauren Danielle, Nov. 27,

1990.

To Paul '91 and Lauri Saleeb) a

daughter, Jordan Rebekah, Jan. IS,

1991.

To Dean '93 and Kristi Brown, a

daughter, Anna Marie, Jan. 18, 1991.

DEATHS

Louis C. LaMotte '25, author ol

wed I ighl the Story o) thelnfluence
Aumbia Theological Seminary, 1828-
.. Mar. 27,1941.
Samuel A. Cartledge '29, Apr. 5, 1991
C. Edward Davis '42. Feb 26, 1991.
E.P.Nichols '47, Apr. 13, 1991.
David Seabrook'51, Sept.. >, 1990
R. Neal Dean '54, Nov. 27, 1990.
J. Arthur Beard '58, Mar. 30, 1991
S. Michael O'Brien '62, Jan. 1991
Sidney Turner-Ayer '66, Nov. 24,

Kenneth R. Ford 73, Sept. 14, 1990
Harry Stiltz '77, Feb. 2, 1991.

and Interpretation. Dr. Newsome has
sen ed as coordinator for the first
volume (Year A) ol a planned three-
volume commentar) on the Common
let tionai u. whic h is being written by
Professors Brueggemann, Cousar,

( laventa, and Newsome Dewey

Bowen '73 is pastor of First church,
Lufkin, T\ Woody Brown '88 has
been called as pastor of the C om-
merce, GA, church. ...Tim Stewart '86
is pastor ol the Burnt Store church in
Punta Gorda, FL.

Chris Zorn (DMin '87) is pastor of
the John Calvin church in Salisbur)

NC Julie Cline (MA '85) and Tom

Frey were married in California on
Nov 18 Mary Charlotte McCall,
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty at
( olumbia, attended the winter
meeting ot the Committee on Social
Witness Policy (CSWP) of the General
Assembly. She was a leader for a
Synod of the South Atlantic retreat for
ministers and spouses. Ms. McCall
met with the Advice and Counsel

Group of the CSWP in March John

Leith '43 delivered the Lahm Lectures
at First church, Amarillo, TX, in

October Judith Fulp '92 and Aaron

Eickstaedt '92 were married Dec.

29 Kris Allison '89 is youth director

at Pasadena church, St. Petersburg,

FL Robert Reno '87 has been named

executive director of the Christian
Council of Metropolitan

Atlanta Brian Childs, Professor of

I 'astoral Theology and Counseling at
Columbia, has been named a Fellow
of the Institute for Humanities and
Medicine, 1991-92, through a grant
from the National Endowment for the
I [umanities, Along with 23 other
fellow s and faculty, he will investigate
"Literature in the Medical Setting."
Dr. Childs has had book reviews and
,n i u les published in Presbyterian
Outlook. Journal oj Supervision, and
Lectionary Homilects, He gave a
continuing education lecture on
'Interdisciplinary Health Care Ethics"
at Gwinnett Medical Center and
taught a continuing education pro-
gram at Princeton Theological Semi-
nary.

Thomas Flanagan '67 is pastor of
the Hopewell and Stones River
churches, Milton, TN, and the Woo-
dbury and Cripple Creek, TN,
churches.. Walter Coddington '68 is
honorably retired from the St. James

church, Tower, MN Sara Juengst

'83, Director of Continuing Education
at Columbia, was program chair of the
annual meeting of the Society for the
Advancement of Continuing Educa-
tion in Ministry in San Diego and
attended a board meeting in Chicago.
She \\ as speaker for the first Presbyte-
rian Women gathering of Peace River
Presbyter) in Cape Coral, FL, and
preached at St. Luke's church in
Dunwoody. Ms. Juengst led retreats
for the Koinonia Partners and the
staffs of Clairmont Oaks and Briarcliff
Oaks retirement homes. She taught a
workshop on "Education and Evan-
gelism" at the Southeastern Evangel-
ism Conference in Atlanta Richard

Hill '87 is associate pastor at First

church, Atlanta Marc Sherrod '84

has been called as pastor of the Buena

Vista, VA, church Charles

Campbell '72 is honorably retired
from the Neil Townsend church,

Anderson, SC Jong Kwan Ha (ThM

'61) is a professor at the Korean
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in
Los Angeles.

Richard Slyman '67 is pastor of

First church, Port Richev, FL Tod

Linafelt '91 read his paper, "The
Painful Truth of David and YHW1 i in
2 Samuel l-15a" at the Southeast
regional meeting of the Society of
Biblical Literature in Atlanta in
March W.F. Wadsworth '53 has
been honorably retired as executh e
presbyter of the Presbytery of East
Tennessee Tom Sizemore '68 is
stated supply of the Hapeville, GA,
church Harry Brazell '90 is pastor of
Hopewell and Concord United
Methodist churches that were named
1 990 charge of the year in the Amer-
icus, GA, District of 51 charges in the

South Georgia Conference Chuck

Hasty '89 and Sarah Thomas were
married Jan. 5 in Massachusetts. ...Carl
Crawford '83 is pastor of'Woodlaw n

church, St. Petersburg, FL Chip

Hatcher '88 has been called as pastor
of First church, Hernando, MS.

Shirley Guthrie, Professor of
Systematic Theology at Columbia, has
taught classes for adults and young
adults at North Avenue and
Morningside churches, Atlanta. He
has taught at Greater Atlanta
Presbytery's officers' training school,
at a presbytery lay academy in
Charlotte,' and at First church,
Orlando. Dr. Guthrie has preached
and lectured at First church, St.
Petersburg, and at Nassau church,
Princeton. Dr. Guthrie led lay schools
at the Merritt Island, FL, church and

for the Decatur church Liu \

Aldridge '90 is associate pastor of

Northwest church, Atlanta Ernie

Johnson '72 has been called as pastor
of the Highland church, Fayetteville,

NC Robert Gamble (DMin '82) is

stated supply at the Winter Park, FL,
church Paul Bayerl '88 was or-
dained at the Acworth, GA,

church Victor Makari (ThM '65) is

associate for Middle East and South
Asia, Global Mission Ministry Unit,

Louisville W.G. Hollyfield '62 is

designated pastor of First church,

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Zephyrhills, FL Alisun Ruff '89 is

interim associate at the Temple
Terrace, FL, church

G. Thompson Brown, Visiting

Professor at Columbia, attended a
conference for mission pastors
sponsored by the Global Mission
Unit. He has been at mission confer-
ences and made mission presenta-
tions in Memphis, Norfolk. Green-
ville, and Spartanburg and edits the
occasional newsletter. Association
Presbyterians in Cross-Cultural

Mission Willard Hurlburt 75 is

moderator oi the Presbytery of South
Alabama. 1 le is the presbytery's
representative for the \% Theological
Education Fund, the Committee on
Substance Abuse, and the Committee
on the Preparation for Ministry He
is pastor of the Evergreen
church. ...John N. Pope 79 is pastor
of the Whitfield Estates church in

Sarasota, FL Asa Meadows '67

(DMin '90) has been called as pastor
of the Pleasant Ridge church, Cincin-
nati, OH Rebecca Parker, Director

of Admissions and Financial Aid at
Columbia, preached at Westminster
church, Macon in January. William

Schotanus '53 is interim of the Mt.
Vernon church. Atlanta. Carlos
Clugy-Soto '82 is a PCCUSA) mission-

.u\ to Venezuela

Ernest Gilmore '53 was named
pastor emeritus by First chun h

Bradenton, FL, on Sept 22 ....w Qliam
Stephens '82 is pastor of the Madison
Cross Roads church, Tone)

AL Sherron George (DMin '86) 19

beginning a new assignment as
Professor oi Christian Education in the

Presbyterian Scmman ot the bra/ihan
Presb) terian Church in Campinas, sao
Paulo. Last year she published her
third programmed text in Portuguese.

The Missionary Chinch Carl

Crawford '83 is pastor of the Wood-
lawn church, St. Petersburg,

FL Frederick Bonkovsky, Professor

of Ethics at Columbia, gave two talks
on "The Ethics of War and Peace in the
Persian Cult" tor an interdenomina-
tional community forum in Conyers,
GA, and read and discussed his paper,
"Revolutions, Church and State,' tin
Eastern Europe) at the annual meeting
of the Society of Christian Ethics in Los
Angeles. He spoke on "Christian
Insights and the American Family in
Crisis" at Trinity church, Atlanta, and
Continued Mow

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By James F. Dickenson

Vice President, Development/Seminary Relations

The campaign continues

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Columbia faculty members

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No. of
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Bv Walter Brueggemann
Interpretation and Obedience:

From Faithful Reading to Faithful living

By Catherine and Justo Gonzalez:
Vision at Patmos (a new reprint ot their
commentary on Revelation for lay readers)

Bv John Patton:
From Ministry to Theology: Pastoral Action
and Reflection

Co-edited bv Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner:
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and addresses pastoral needs of women)

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in commitments from ( urrent fa< ulty/
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(See story o\\ page 2>.

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command attention foi the next
several years ihisis,, majoi priorirj
ot the campaign ami although funds
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tions will begin b) earl) fall when
preliminary plans an i ompleted

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gave three lectureson "1 thi< i 1 "'
New World Order, and the U.S." at a
community forum in Huckhead, ( i \
Dr. Bonkovsky is co-chairing the
American ^cademj ol Religion's
i onsultation on Religion and conflii I
and is leading that consultation's
work on Religion in Eastern I urope
I [e is ir. turing at Eastrninster churi h
stone Mountain, CIA, and at I
church, Atlanta. ...James Marvin
Taylor '59 was honor.. his retired from
the fefferson and Rocky Creek
churches, |efferson,S< . on * >< I J1

James Grubb '56 is pastor ot the
Covenant church, Wendell,

NC Samuel Harris '48 is interim

pil st,a ..i ( hrist church, Largo,
II Joseph Wagner '52 was honora-
ble retired from the< latlinburg, TN,
church on Sept 30 John Bell'88 has
been called as associate pastor ot the
First church, Knowillc, TN James
Darnell '58 is interim at the

Southavcn, MS, church Michael

Bragan (DMin '86) i^ pastor of the
Providence church, We I < olumbia,

SC Fred Powell '59 was honorably

retired from the Cornwell and Black-
stock, SC, churches in February
Glen Nagel '63 is pastor ot First
Church, Inverness, Fl Richard
Dodds '54 (ThM'M), former I >.... lo.
of Seminary Relations and Develop-
ment at Columbia, was received by
the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta in
1990. The St. Andrews church,
Tucker, GA, announced on Oct. 28, at

its '.mil anniversary events, that the
church has established a $30,000
., holarship fund at< olumbia in

h ... mi i lit I. and Bett) Dodds Me is

a ,,,,, pastoi Monty Nelson '79
is stated supplj ol thet >ak Mountain
, i mi , i.. i arrollton, ( IA.

Hyung Park (ThM 77) is pastoi ot
ti nruK organized I orean I [ope
church, Atlanta loan Gray '7k is
moderator ol the Presbyter) ol
,,,.,!, i Atlanta Russell Strange'58
is stated suppl) foi thet ilen I layen
church, I tei atui Paul Aid 78 is
pastoi ol the i awren< e\ ille, 1 1 \
church, whi< h i elebrated its lOOth
ann on Api PaulSmHh

'47 was honorable retired from the
Beavei I reel and I irst - bun hes,
i , | !haw,St ,on [une 10 Bob Smith
'71 i (ir imi ol the I a) In ititute at
( olumbia, taughta workshop on
i nablingl a) Ministry at theSociety
f , Advancement ol ( ontinuing
I ducation for Ministry iii San I Hi
and taught at the Bethel Bible Na-
tional < Imi. to. reachersin Florida.
,,,. (ervedonthe planning team tor
mi) t au ghta workshop on lay minis-
try at Regional I vangelism Celebra-
tion in Atlanta William Nisbet 76
is an asso< iate pastor of the Peachtree

church, Atlanta George Waters '87

i S pastor of New Prospect church in
Kno ill. Anna Case-Winters 78
has a book, God's P iditional

Understandings and Contemporary

Challenges, published by Westminster
Press. U

SPRING 1991

Columbia Seminary holds
commencement exercises May 19

COLl MBI \ 1 i IE( 'i OGIC M SEMIN \R\ will

conduct its 1991 commencement
exercises at Peachtree Presbyterian
c hurch in Atlanta on Sunday/ Ma)
1 L ', at 4 p m Degrees u ill be conferred
to 87 students in five of Columbia's
degree programs: Master of Di\ inity,
Master ol Arts in I heological Studies/
Master ol Arts m Youth Ministry,
Master ol I heolog) , and Doctor ol
Mimstr\

Ruth \ Schmidt, president of
Agnes Scott C ollege in Decatur, will
be commencement speaker. Attn
serving as provost and professor ol
Spanish at Wheaton College in
Massachusetts. Dr. Schmidt assumed
the presidency of Agnes Scott in 1982
she has worked as an academician
and administrator since 1955 and has
w ritten two books and numerous
articles. Dr Schmidt is active in the
Presb) terian Church, sen ing .is an
elder at North Decatur Presbyterian
and chair-elect for the Committee on
I ligher Education of the Presbyterian
Church (USA) she graduated from
Augsburg C ollege/ earned an M.A. in
Spanish at the University of Missouri,
and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the
University of Illinois

Dr. Wade P, Mine, Peter Marshall

Professor of I lomilefh s at C olumbia,

\\ ill preach the baccalaureate sermon.
"Making a Name lor Ourseh es," on
Ma) 19 at Clairmont Presbyterian
C hurch, De< atur, at 1 1 a.m A gradu-
ate of Emorj Universit) and Colum-
bia Seminary/ Dr. Huie earned a Ph.D.
from the University of Edinburgh. He
served as pastor in Macon and
associate pastor in Atlanta and
Edinburgh, Scotland, before joining
the Columbia faculty. A former
president ol the Academy of I lomilet-
icS/ Dr. 1 hue was a visiting professor
and volunteer missionary in Ghana
from 1975-76 I le retires m May after
34 years on the Columbia faculty.

On Saturday, May 18, President
and Mrs. Oldenburg will host a
reception tor graduates and guests in
the president's home. Afterwards, the
Columbia Seminary Choir will present
Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and
the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
in the seminary chapel. Saturday eve-
ning, a dinner tor graduates, their
families and friends, and the faculty
will be held in the seminary refectory.

Columbia's Alumiji/ae Association presented its Distinguished Alumni/ae Azvards to I
Phillips Noble '45 andR Donnell McCall '52(STD 75) at its annual meeting on
January29. Dr. Noble retired in 1989 after a 45-yea) careet as a pastor and church
executive He has been co-president o) the PC(USA)'s Board o) Pensions and is serving
anothei term on Columbia's Board of Directors, Di S/lcCall has served for \9yearsas
a missionary in Japan and Taiwan He is known foi his human rights advocacy during
the imprisonment of the leadership oj the Presbyterian Chun h of Taiwan, He has
returned to Tahvan to continue his work,

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Tutu preaches at Columbia 1

Board takes significant actions 1

From the President: Florida Center 2

Samuel Cartledge tribute 2

Faculty staff campaign 2

Shirlej GuthrieQ& \ 3

( ontinuing Education Calendar 4

Associate dean appointed 5

For the Record b

The campaign continues 7

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