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COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL

SEMINARY

701 Columbia Drive

Box 520

Decatur, Georgia 30031

Nonprofit Organization

U.S. postage paid

at Decatur, Georgia 30031-0520

Columbia Theological Seminary is accredited by the Association of Theological Schools in the United
States and Canada and the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
to award Master of Divinity, Master of Arts, Master of Theology, Doctor of Ministry, and Doctor of
Theology degrees.

The regulations, requirements, and general information included in this catalog are official for the 1995-
96 academic year but are subject to revision at any time.

Contents

Welcome 1

Statement of Mission 2

History of the Seminary 4

Degree Programs 5

Master of Divinity 5

Master of Arts in Theological Studies 11

Master of Theology 13

Doctor of Ministry 14

Doctor of Theology 18

Distinctive Academic Programs 20

Center for Theological Studies in Florida 20

Center for Asian Ministries 20

International Program 20

Theology, Media, and the Church Program 21

Related Academic Programs and Resources 23

John Bulow Campbell Library 23

Columbia Bookstore 23

Related Academic Programs 24

Programs in Other Locations 25

Admissions Information 27

Admissions Procedures for Basic Degree Students 27

Admissions Procedures for Advanced Degree Students 29

Application Information for International Students 31

Non-Degree Enrollment and Auditors 32

Housing 32

Insurance 33

Financial Aid 33

Scholarships 35

Tuition and Fees 37

Refund Policies 39

Columbia in Service to the Larger Church 41

Continuing Education 41

Lay Institute of Faith and Life 41

Evangelism Emphasis 42

Christian Spirituality Emphasis 42

Columbia Colloquium 43

Smyth Lectures 43

Community Life 44

Yearly Schedule 44

Orientation 44

Student Handbooks 44

Student Organizations and Activities 44

Community Worship and Convocations 46

Awards and Prizes 46

Graduate Fellowships 48

Curriculum and Courses 51

Biblical 53

Historical-Doctrinal 60

Practical Theology 69

Interdisciplinary Courses 79

Supervised Ministry 83

Th.D. and D.Min. Courses 87

Academic Notes and Policies 91

Faculty 95

Staff 106

Support of Columbia Seminary 111

Students 114

Calendar 153

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Welcome

People often ask me to describe what we are doing at Columbia. What an
exciting and nearly impossible challenge! We are a community of people
joined in the common work of theological education, but the ways we con-
tribute to that work are as various as the people who come on campus each
day.

Our professors form a lively faculty with a diversity of research interests,
backgrounds, and approaches to education. They spend time with students
in and out of the classroom and are creative in their efforts to meet the needs
of students, pastors, and lay people in many settings throughout the church.

Our students come to the seminary with a variety of goals for their edu-
cation. Many enter degree programs to prepare for service in the church.
Others come to explore issues of faith or to continue their theological educa-
tion after a period of service. Some come for short term events and classes to
renew their faith or increase their knowledge in a particular area. Students
come from every area of the nation and from many countries around the
world. The mix of their gifts and experiences creates rich possibilities for
learning in Columbia's academic programs.

Our staff members provide ongoing daily support with a wide range of
talents and skills. From producing computer graphics, to counseling students,
to initiating new programs, the staff members at Columbia create an atmos-
phere in which education can flourish.

Together the people of Columbia create a place with a myriad of oppor-
tunities for learning and growing in faith. Together we seek to serve the
Church of Jesus Christ. We invite you to join us. A warm welcome and a
stimulating challenge await you.

Douglas W. Oldenburg
President

Statement of Mission

Columbia Theological Seminary is
an educational institution of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and a
community of theological inquiry
and formation for ministry
in the service of the Church
of Jesus Christ.

At Columbia, people of faith seek to witness
to God's creative power,
redemptive action,
transforming justice,
and reconciling love,
in a pluralistic society and
interdependent world.

We understand Christian faith to include
worship of God,
faithfulness to Jesus Christ,
cultivation of the mind,
disciplines of the Christian life,
ministries of proclamation, nurture,

compassion, and justice,
expression of faith through the arts,
and participation in the life of the Church.

Our special mission in the service of the Church,
and especially the Presbyterian Church (USA), is
to educate women and men for leadership

in ordained and lay ministries;
to offer first degree, graduate degree,

and continuing education programs;
and to provide theological resources
for the denomination,
for the ecumenical church,
and for persons with a variety of
theological concerns.

Because we are an education institution,
our calling is
to prepare persons to lead congregations

in worship, witness, mission, and service;
to pursue learning that joins

mind and heart;
to develop personal and professional skills

for leadership in the church;
to learn

from the world-wide Church,
from education, the arts, politics,

economics, and science,
and from those outside the centers
of power and influence;
to consider critically from the perspective
of the Christian faith,

ideological, technical, and scientific assumptions

- including our own -
about the human situation.

Because we are a confessional community of the Church, we
live under the authority of Jesus Christ
as witnessed to

in the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments,
in the Church throughout the ages,
and in the Reformed tradition and
its confessions;
affirm the worship of God as a vital and
central feature of our life together
and celebrate the goodness of God
in all creation;
believe in Christ's lordship over the

whole world;
articulate an evangelical understanding
of life rooted in the rule
of God's justice and love;
listen with openness

to voices of hopelessness and hope
around and within us;
acknowledge our own brokenness

and need for redemption;
commit ourselves

to diversity and inclusivity,
to ecumenicity,

and to discerning the ongoing manifestations of
God's presence in human affairs;
nurture a personal and corporate faith
which takes responsibility
for our choices

amid the political realities,
the social institutions,
and the global context
in which we live.

In carrying out our mission,
we seek to be faithful to the gospel,
and to become a living expression of
the Body of Christ in the world.

A Brief History of the Seminary

From its earliest days, Columbia Theological Seminary has nurtured, and
has been nurtured by, the Presbyterian Church in the South. This connection
has existed throughout its history and remains a cherished tradition. While
Columbia now enjoys an outstanding national and international reputation,
it also faithfully upholds its historic covenants with the Synods of Living
Waters and South Atlantic.

The first permanent location of the seminary was Columbia, South Caro-
lina, in 1830. The school became popularly known as Columbia Theological
Seminary, and the name was accepted as permanent in 1925.

The decade of the 1920's saw a shift in population throughout the South-
east. Atlanta was becoming a commercial and industrial center and growing
rapidly in its cultural and educational opportunities. Between 1925 and 1930,
President Richard T. Gillespie provided the leadership which led to the de-
velopment of the present facilities on a 57-acre tract in Decatur, Georgia.

The early years in Decatur were difficult. The future of the institution was
uncertain. However, in 1932, Dr. J. McDowell Richards was elected president;
under his leadership the seminary experienced substantial growth.

Dr. C. Benton Kline served five years as president following Dr. Richards'
retirement in 1971. On January 1, 1976, Dr. }. Davison Philips assumed the
presidency. He retired 11 years later, passing the mantle of leadership to Dr.
Douglas W. Oldenburg who, on January 1, 1987, became the seminary's sev-
enth president.

Degree Programs

Columbia offers courses of study leading to both basic and advanced
degrees. The Master of Divinity is the basic professional degree. The Master
of Arts in Theological Studies is also a basic theological degree, but academic
rather than professional in orientation. The advanced degrees are the Master
of Theology, the Doctor of Ministry, and the Doctor of Theology. Men and
women from all denominations are eligible to apply for any of these degrees.

Master of Divinity

Introduction

Columbia Theological Seminary's seal carries the motto, TToi|xeva k<xi
8i8ao-Ka\ov, the Greek words for preachers and teachers. They are taken
from the Letter to the Ephesians in which it is written, "The gifts he gave were
that some would be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, some pastors
and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the
body of Christ." (Ephesians 4:11-12 NRSV) Since its inception in 1828, Colum-
bia has seen its role as training persons for leadership in the church. The
Master of Divinity degree is offered as a basic theological degree for those
who seek to serve as the pastors, prophets, evangelists, and teachers and other
leaders of the church of Jesus Christ in this day and age.

The curriculum offered to M.Div. students emerges from the seminary's
identity as a community of memory and hope. The seminary finds its identity
as part of the people of God stretching back thousands of years. It thus aims
to lead students to a fresh critical appropriation of the Christian tradition for
themselves and for the sake of the church they serve. The seminary is also a
community that finds its identity in hope, in the promises of God, in the world
that God will bring about, and in the opportunities still ahead for the work
of the church in the Misseo Dei. The curriculum thus also aims at nurturing
students' hope and engaging their imaginations for mission in a church and
world in crisis.

The Christian ministry needs persons who are possessed with a deep,
informed, and personal faith and who are equipped with skills and imagi-
nation to lead the people of God in acts of compassion, proclamation, praise,
confession, celebration, justice, reconciliation, and healing. Teaching and
learning at Columbia exist for the purpose of equipping and forming the
people who equip the saints and engage in the work of ministry.

The Common Core

Students in the M.Div. program take 21 prescribed course units of the total
30 units required to complete the degree. The required elements of the cur-
riculum, called the common core, form the basis for a shared vocabulary and
set of experiences for all students as they progress through the programs and

into their ministries. These elements include foundational courses in the con-
tent and interpretation of the Bible, biblical languages, church history, theol-
ogy and ethics, and the practices of the church and its ministry. In order to
assist in the task of integrating the knowledge learned in seminary with one's
own life in the Christian faith and one's understanding of the church as the
community of faith, the curriculum also incorporates integrative seminars
and experiential learning into the common core and electives and seeks to
put to good use the rich resources of learning environments - such as the
congregation and the hospital - beyond the traditional academy.

A student's time on the Columbia campus begins with "Baptism and
Evangelical Identity," an integrative seminar which poses the questions,
"What does it mean to be a Christian?" and "How is one incorporated into
the church, the body of Christ?" The next semester features "The Eucharist
and the Church's Mission," which examines the nature of the church and its
practices and makes extensive use of field experiences in actual congregations.
In these seminars, students are guided by faculty from a variety of disciplines
to look at their own identities, experiences, and traditions and those of others
through a range of perspectives. Students also are enabled to reflect on the
experience of the people of God in diverse settings in the required units of
Alternative Context, Supervised Ministry, and Pastoral Care.

Integrative Seminars

Integrative seminars are offered both as required and elective course units
in the curriculum. They are called integrative because they are structured to
bridge disciplines and gaps between theory and practice. They take three
basic forms. Some integrative seminars approach a single subject, such as
sexuality or suffering, from a variety of perspectives - biblical, ethical, pastoral
- with the aim of understanding the subject from a more fully informed
theological viewpoint. Other integrative seminars take on a specific task that
requires students and faculty alike to bridge disciplines to answer the task.
One such task might be to produce a supplemental worship resource for a
multicultural congregation, wherein all seminar members would need to
draw on all aspects of theological and ministerial education to complete the
task. Finally, some integrative seminars are organized around the principle
of learning by doing specific acts of ministry and then engaging in disciplined
reflection on the practices as a group. For example, a group of students and
professors might engage in church-based work with mentally ill persons, meet
to read, compare their experiences, support and challenge one another, and
reflect theologically on their findings.

The Elective System

The elective portion of the M.Div. curriculum is important, for it is here
that persons preparing for the ministry take responsibility for their vocations
as practical theologians. The elective elements of the curriculum are offered
to allow students to prepare for specialized vocations, to adapt the Columbia
education to the needs of service in a particular denomination, to follow

interests created by prior coursework or life experience, and to work through
the meaning of the Christian faith in specific contexts. Columbia takes the
interests and experiences of its students, and the diversity of ministries in
which they will serve, seriously by making room for a large number of elec-
tives in its curriculum. Students are required to take at least 9 elective units
composed of courses and integrative seminars.

Elective courses and integrative seminars are the place in the curriculum
where students carefully exercise choice in order to prepare for a lifetime of
ministry. A wholistic ministry necessitates that ministers be people of per-
sonal integrity and faith, be well equipped in a variety of disciplines, ap-
proaches, and skills, and be able to relate them to social and church contexts.
Different electives make different contributions to the formation of students
as ministers. In addition to a title, each of the elective units in the curriculum
carries a designation of which dominant pedagogical objectives are met by
the course. These objectives and their respective designations are as follows:

Knowledge of Tradition {K}

Electives with this designation aim at increasing the student's knowl-
edge of the Christian tradition and its significant conversation part-
ners by means of their texts, patterns of thought, and /or practices.

Experiencing God's People in Context {C}

Electives with this designation place a student in a community of

God's people in order to study how it celebrates and lives its faith.

Spiritual Formation (SF)

Electives with this designation provide a context within which a
student may grow in Christian faith, discipline, and leadership to
equip others in ecclesial piety.

Clarifying Personal Beliefs (CB|

Electives with this designation enable a student to examine, articulate,

and profess his or her faith.

Theological Reflection {T(

Electives with this designation equip a student to interpret contem-
porary life in light of the gospel.

Missional Leadership [ML]

Electives with this designation prepare students to guide Christian
communities in worship, ministry, and mission and develop the stu-
dents' ability to reflect critically on their work.

The aim of a ministry equipped for Christian leadership, whose members
possess ethical and religious integrity and the intellectual skills for critical
and constructive leadership in both the church and social contexts, requires
that persons studying to be ministers attend to all the aspects of learning and
formation that aim entails. The pedagogical objectives and their designations
serve as a guide to students in the process of seeking balance in their prepa-
ration as leaders in the church. As a further discipline of balance, each M.Div.

student must take among his or her elective units at least 3 integrative semi-
nars, and the total number of a student's elective units (seminars, courses,
and practicums) should include selections from each of the six pedagogical
objectives for ministry. Students should note, however, that this requirement
does not impose unrealistic limits on their choice of electives since many
offerings will meet multiple objectives.

Advising

A theologically educated person is more than a person who has had a
series of courses in theologically related subjects. An important part of the
curriculum is what students do to integrate their studies and experiences in
their own lives. Faculty members assist in this process of integration and
formation by serving as advisers to students. Faculty advisers participate in
the selection of courses each semester a student is at Columbia. Course selec-
tion is made as the result of conversation between the student and adviser
that takes into account areas of past experience, identified weaknesses, and
the assessments of teachers and ministry supervisors. Early in the first year
of studies, students undergo an individual supervised ministry assessment
with the Director of Supervised Ministry. The director makes a joint recom-
mendation to the student and adviser about the shape the student's contextual
learning about ministry should take. Approximately two-thirds of the way
through the program, another occasion allows students and faculty to reflect
upon the individual's gifts and preparation for ministry. This time is called
the mid-course assessment and is described below.

Further Theological Study beyond the Basic Degree

Three years in any seminary does not equip students with everything they
will need to know for effective and faithful ministry. Students are equipped
with initial, essential tools to enable them to begin the practice of ministry.
The search for faithful answers to the challenges of the Christian life today
requires an ethic of learning for the faith, which creates the expectation that
graduates will return to this and other places of group learning for regular
additional study. Further knowledge, additional insight into the life of faith,
and strengthened practice for faithful leadership will require of graduates
that they engage in regular, disciplined theological study at various stages in
their ministries.

Length of Program

The Master of Divinity curriculum is designed so that a full-time student
can complete the requirements for the degree in three years. The program
may be lengthened by a variety of factors, including internships done during
seminary and a student's family responsibilities.

Requirements for the Master of Divinity Degree

1. There must be on file with the seminary a complete and official transcript
of credits showing graduation with a bachelor's degree from an accredited
university or college of liberal arts and sciences or its equivalent as well as a
completed health form and standardized test results.

2. The student will be tested for and must achieve competency in English
writing and speech. Test fees, where applicable, are the responsibility of the
student.

3. The student must be admitted to degree candidacy through the suc-
cessful completion of the mid-course assessment.

4. The candidate must satisfactorily complete all the requirements of the
degree with a total of 30 units.

5. The overall grade point average must be 2.3 or better.

6. The student must pass an approved Bible content exam.

7. The student must be in residence for at least six long semesters on the
Decatur campus (excluding transfer and Florida Center students). Exception
to this policy can be granted only by faculty vote on a written request made
to the Dean of Faculty.

8. The faculty must be satisfied that the candidate shall have sustained a
sound moral and religious character in seminary life and gives promise of
useful service in the ministry or other church vocations.

9. All bills to the seminary must be paid and assurance given that all open
accounts in the community and elsewhere have been satisfied. Students with
education loans must agree to make prompt and regular payments.

Mid-Course Assessment

Admission to the candidacy for the degree emerges from the mid-course
assessment and must be approved by the faculty. The mid-course assessment
is a major review of the student's potential for ministry that occurs after the
completion of the majority of the common core coursework and the super-
vised ministry experience. This assessment is usually scheduled in the spring
term of the second year for full-time students. Detailed guidelines for the
assessment process are given to the student well in advance, including criteria,
data to be considered, composition of the assessment committee, intent of the
interview, and possible recommendations to the faculty which might ensue.

Every M.Div. degree student must meet the mid-course assessment re-
quirement. A student seeking ordination shall have established a working
relationship with the appropriate ecclesiastical body in order to be eligible
for an assessment.

At the mid-course assessment, among other issues, questions of personal
and professional growth shall be addressed, and any recommendations or
stipulations arising from this will be reviewed by the faculty prior to awarding
the M.Div. degree.

Awarding The Master of Divinity Degree

The seminary's Plan of Government requires that students whom the
faculty recommends to the Board of Trustees for the M.Div. degree "shall
have sustained a sound moral and religious character in their seminary life."

The recommendation of students to the Board implies that, to the best of its
knowledge, the faculty considers them to be such persons.

The permanent file of an M.Div. candidate who is not seeking ordination
at the time of graduation shall contain a statement to that effect.

Certified Minister of Christian Education

A student in the M.Div. program can take Christian education courses
which will lead to certification as a minister of Christian education. Students
interested in this specialty should see the Dean of Faculty.

The Master of Divinity Degree and Graduate Study for Teaching

Students who are committed to the ministry of teaching at the college or
graduate level may find the M.Div. program suitable to their preparation for
that ministry. Students considering further graduate study are encouraged to
explore, with the Dean of Faculty, the ways in which their programs can meet
the dual demands of education for service in the church and academy.

The Columbia Calendar and Unit System

Academic work for the M.Div. is offered in two long semesters in the fall
and spring, in a January intensive term, and - for Greek language school and
supervised ministry experiences - during the summer. Each long semester is
constituted of six weeks of classes, followed by a reading and exam week at
midterm, followed by another six weeks of classes and a reading and exam
period. The reading/exam weeks enable students to complete the work for
half term courses before beginning another such course and to catch up on
reading for courses which continue through the semester. These periods are
not a time for vacation, and students are expected to devote these weeks to
their studies.

Courses, practicums, and seminars which meet all semester for three hours
a week are assigned one unit of credit. Those which meet for three hours a
week for half the term are given one half unit of credit. The half term courses
allow students to take more subjects in a given term, without increasing the
number of classes a student will carry simultaneously. Because of the time
commitment involved, Greek School, Supervised Ministry 210, and Clinical
Pastoral Education each earn 2 units of credit. Students are allowed to take
only four subjects at any given time.

Visual Representation of the Curriculum

This representation is a calendar of courses for students who are able to
complete the M.Div. in three years. Specific course prerequisites are listed
with the course descriptions. Students are required to take 21 required course
units and nine elective course units. The elective designations in the chart
below indicate times when electives may be taken.

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Summer

Fall

Tanuarv

Spring

Essentials of

Old Testament

Elective

New Testament

Greek

(2 units)

Survey
New Testament

Exegesis
Baptism &

Survey
Worship and

Preaching
The Eucharist &

Evangelical
Identity
Elective

the Church's
Mission
Church Historv

Supervised

Essentials of

Alternative

Old Testament

Ministry:
Congregation
(2 units)

Hebrew
Practice of

Theology I
Elective

Context

Exegesis
Practice of

Theology II
Elective

Hospital
Practicum or

Hospital
Practicum or

Elective

Elective

Optional: Clinical

Christian

Elective

American

Pastoral
Education

Education
Ethics

Religion &
Cultural

(2 units) or
Advanced

Elective
Elective

History
(1/2 unit)

Supervised
Ministry

World

Christianity
(1/2 unit)

Final Things

Elective

Elective

Master of Arts in Theological Studies

The purpose of this two year flexible degree program is to provide theo-
logical studies for those exploring career options, preparing for doctoral stud-
ies, church leadership positions, or specialized forms of lay ministry, or for
those investigating the relationships between a profession and theological
issues or faith and the modern world. This program is not designed to prepare
persons for the practice of ordained ministry. However, it may be useful for
practicing ministers in traditions that do not require a degree in divinity for
ordination, who nevertheless wish to develop their formal knowledge of
theology.

Students, after consultation with the director of the M.A.(T.S.) program
and after earning approximately half of the degree units with a 2.5 GPA, select
one of the following five fields of specialization: Old Testament, New Testa-
ment, Theology, Church History, Ethics. A faculty adviser from the area of
specialization is assigned by the director for consultation in the selection of
courses and the required Independent Study in the specialization, which

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includes a major paper. Proficiency in Hebrew or Greek is a requirement for
the Old Testament or New Testament specialization.

General Requirements for The Master of Arts in Theological Studies Degree

1. Students must earn a total of 16 units with a 2.5 GPA, including a 1 unit
research /constructive Independent Study in the major. Students must enroll
in the M.A.(T.S.) Seminar in the first year of studies, take at least one basic
course in three of the five fields of specialization, take an additional course in
two of the five fields, and take a minimum of five courses in the chosen field
of specialization and three courses in a cognate field. Other course require-
ments may be established by the area in which the specialization falls. No
more than three Practical Theology Area courses may be counted as electives
in the degree program.

2. Students must successfully complete a 1 unit independent study in the
field of specialization. The purpose of the required Independent Study and
the research paper is to provide students with the opportunity to explore in
depth a critical issue in the field and to bring analytical and constructive skills
to bear on the issue. Following the reading of the paper, the student and the
adviser will discuss the paper.

3. If a student's GPA is below 2.5 upon completion of 5 units, the student
will be placed on academic probation. If the student has not raised the cu-
mulative GPA to 2.5 or above after 8 units, he/she will be dropped from the
program. At least 3 of the 5 basic courses must be completed within those
first 8 units.

4. All work must be completed within five years from the date of admis-
sion.

Details of the program are available from the Director of the Master of
Arts in Theological Studies Program.

Advanced Degrees Introduction

Columbia offers three programs leading to advanced degrees. Each builds
on the M.Div. degree and, in the case of the D.Min. and Th.D. programs, also
on necessary ministry experience which has ensued since the reception of the
M.Div. degree.

In addition to the resources of the faculty and library on Columbia's
campus, graduate students are expected to draw upon the resources of the
Atlanta area. The Th.D. and D.Min. programs are administered by the Grad-
uate Professional Studies Committee of the Atlanta Theological Association,
which coordinates and augments the resources of Candler School of Theology
of Emory University, the Interdenominational Theological Center, Columbia,
Erskine Theological Seminary in Due West, South Carolina, and Lutheran
Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, South Carolina. Th.M. degree
students may also include in their program studies at these other seminaries.

The resources of the Atlanta community are also available to Columbia
graduate students. Accredited programs of clinical pastoral education and

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pastoral counseling are available in many settings. The Urban Training Or-
ganization of Atlanta provides resources in the area of urban problems and
urban ministries. Numerous national and regional offices of denominational
and interdenominational agencies are located in Atlanta. Other educational
opportunities are available at Emory University, Georgia State University,
and colleges in the area.

Students must submit to the Advanced Degrees Committee for approval
a written statement of the topic and proposal for research, together with the
names of the faculty members serving on the dissertation /thesis committee.
This must be submitted no later than the November meeting of the Advanced
Degrees Committee in the academic year in which the student anticipates
graduation. The topic and proposal must be previously approved by the
dissertation/thesis committee.

For students desiring to graduate in any advanced degree program at the
spring commencement, February 1 is the deadline for provisional approval
of the thesis or dissertation by the project committee, and April 1 is the
deadline for final completion of the project.

Master of Theology

The Master of Theology (Th.M.) degree program has three purposes: for
advanced study in an area of ministry, especially by persons in pastoral
ministry; as preparation for entering teaching or as a step toward a Ph.D.; and
as preparation for a specialization in ministry.

Requirements for the Degree

In order to qualify for the Th.M. degree, a student must complete the
following within five years:

1. at least 24 semester credits of academic work at the advanced level
(courses numbered in the 600's) with grades that average not less than B. This
academic work shall involve at least 15 hours taken through regular residen-
tial courses at Columbia Seminary.

2. one of the following options: 1) an acceptable thesis which shall consti-
tute six additional credits, and an oral examination which shall be given after
the thesis has been completed, or 2) two courses (three credits each) which
require a major research paper. To select this option, a student must file a
Th.M. Research Course Option Form with the registrar by November 1.

Any student enrolled in the Master of Theology degree program will be
assessed an administrative fee of $50.00 for each half of the year in which that
student does not register for credit hours through course work or thesis
research.

Concentration

Each student will concentrate in one of the following areas: biblical studies,
historical-doctrinal studies, practical theology studies. At least 12 course cred-
its must be taken in the area of concentration. Within that area at least nine

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credits, in addition to the six credits for the thesis or research courses, must
be taken in a chosen field (i.e., Old Testament or theology or evangelism). At
least six course credits must be taken outside the area of concentration in one
or both of the other areas.

All course credit must be in 600 or 700 level courses. However, up to three
credits of lower level course work may be counted if there is prior approval
by the thesis committee (if appointed) or the Director of Advanced Studies
and the Dean of Faculty.

Doctor of Ministry

Aims of the Program

The Doctor of Ministry is designed for persons now engaged in ministry
in the North American setting, who have completed basic theological studies
(usually the Master of Divinity degree) and at least three years of full-time
service in the practice of ministry. Qualified students from other countries
may, in certain instances, be admitted under special arrangements with offi-
cials of their church.

The program cultivates "doctors'' in the sense of teachers of ministry to
others. It provides an advanced, yet flexible, course of graduate study for
those whose vocation as ministers of the people of God in the church of Jesus
Christ implies their further disciplined reflection upon, and possibly their
further specialization within, their own ministry. By helping people integrate
ministerial theory and practice with basic faith commitments, the program
strengthens ministers to exercise a critical kind of teaching role in the church
and to increase their competency and faithfulness in practice.

The program focuses on the critical engagement between the biblical,
historical, theological, and pastoral disciplines of ministry together with the
societal and personality sciences and their attendant practices.

Because the program seeks to help the student strengthen a holistic min-
istry in community, the program is largely generalist in character, involving
questions of personal ministerial identity and of the nature of the church and
its mission in a postmodern world. A doctoral project requires students to
focus this integrated approach in a particular context.

There are, in addition to the regular generalist program, possibilities for
specializations in 1) Pastoral Counseling, 2) Christian Spirituality, and 3)
Gospel and Culture as well as 4) a bilingual program for Korean- American
ministers.

Administration

The program operates under the supervision of the Advanced Degrees
Committee of the seminary and is administered by a faculty member serving
as Director of Advanced Studies. The program cooperates with the other
member schools of the Atlanta Theological Association.

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Students enter the program either through an Atlanta based Core Seminar
or through a Core Seminar offered in a location outside the Atlanta area
selected in response to the needs of ministers. Students may also take courses
in other schools of the Atlanta Theological Association.

Degree Requirements

The program requires thirty-six semester hours in which a student must
maintain a B average. Students normally complete the program within four
years. Extensions require the permission of the director and the Advanced
Degrees Committee. All work must be completed within six years of entrance.
Any student enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry degree program will be as-
sessed an administrative fee of $50.00 for each half of the year in which that
student does not register for credit hours through course work, supervised
ministry, or doctoral project research work.

The thirty-six-hour program comprises:

An Introductory Core Seminar (6 semester hours), required at the outset
of the program. Students take part in an intensive seminar to explore inter-
disciplinary perspectives around contemporary issues of ministry and profes-
sional development. In this seminar students begin interdisciplinary integra-
tion and clarify an operative theory of ministry to guide each student in
developing his or her study plan.

A Doctoral Practicum (6 semester hours), a supervised activity in ministry.
This practicum, often done in clinical pastoral education or preaching, can
also take place in settings as diverse as businesses, governmental, community,
or church agencies where appropriate supervision and learning opportunities
with peers are available. In any case, the practicum takes place outside the
student's ordinary work situation, providing new perspectives on self, the-
ology, profession, and the needs and challenges of other persons and insti-
tutions.

Elective Courses (18 semester hours). The program requires an interdis-
ciplinary plan of study involving the integration of three dimensions: 1) the
biblical and theological norms of Christian faith, 2) perspectives on the con-
temporary human situation, and 3) the practices of ministry and church mis-
sion. In consultation with an adviser, each student draws up a course of study
to achieve the aims of both the student and the doctoral program.

A Doctoral Project Development and Design Workshop (non-credit).
Toward the end of the program coursework, each student participates in a
doctoral project development and design seminar to foster integration and to
prepare for qualifying examinations and subsequent project proposal devel-
opment and writing.

A Doctoral Project (6 semester hours). Elements of the course of study
converge in the doctoral project. The student must complete a written doctoral
level project and a written project report /dissertation which interprets this
project to a wider audience in the church as well as in the seminary. The

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student should start thinking about the proposal for the project early in the
program, so the project can be an integrating focus for the student's entire
course of study. Proposals must be approved by the Advanced Degrees Com-
mittee. The successful completion of a Qualifying Examination will enable
the student to proceed in the doctoral level project. Ordinarily, the doctoral
project is conducted in the student's usual ministerial setting.

Gospel and Culture Specialization

A student may choose to undertake a specialization through interdisci-
plinary studies centered upon the relationship between the Gospel and cul-
ture. This program, which has the same general aims and degree requirements
listed previously for the more general program, has been designed by a group
of Columbia faculty who have identified a number of critical issues and
questions in this area which require serious reflection and action. Through
the Core Seminar, the various elective classes, the doctoral practicum, and the
doctoral project, students will work with a faculty group representing a rich
blend of diverse theological and cultural perspectives. Students will be chal-
lenged to develop their own analyses and directions for the faithful ministry
of the church in a context variously described as post-enlightenment, post-
modern, post-Christian.

In the initial Core Seminar, and then in subsequent studies, students and
faculty will be engaged with the writings and the analyses of sociologists,
philosophers, cultural anthropologists, and historians. Participants will re-
flect in some depth upon the concrete manifestations of culture - the art and
artifacts, the products, technologies, entertainments, institutions, and move-
ments that characterize daily life. They will examine the major fault lines
within the church about the meaning of Christian faith and the ways Chris-
tians are reading the signs of the time theologically. Finally, students will be
asked to think through their practice of ministry in the light of their studies
and to develop a doctoral project which will both strengthen their own min-
istry and make a critical and constructive contribution to the faith and practice
of the church.

All classes will be taught in intensive two-week courses at the seminary
over a three to four year period, but students will do most of their studies,
their doctoral practicum, and doctoral project in their own ministry setting in
consultation with the faculty.

Christian Spirituality Specialization

A student may choose to undertake a specialization through interdisci-
plinary studies centered upon the church's theology and practice of Christian
spirituality. This program, which has the same general aims and degree re-
quirements listed previously for the more general program, is designed to
explore God's relationship to persons, the community of faith, and the world,
including the ethical and social dimensions of spirituality. Through the initial
Core Seminar, the various elective classes, the doctoral practicum, and the
doctoral project, students will be enabled to bring their minds to bear more

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effectively on matters of the heart and to gain resources to foster spiritual
renewal not only in the lives of individuals, but also in the life of congrega-
tions. Studies and doctoral projects will be rooted in congregational life.

Students will undertake studies of the history of spirituality, the biblical
resources in Israel's prayers, and the practices of the New Testament com-
munity. Issues for spirituality in a post-enlightenment, post-modern culture,
discoveries of issues of spirituality for children, and resources for the practices
of retreats and small groups for spiritual direction will be among the other
explorations and research undertaken. Time for worship, community build-
ing, and spiritual retreats will be an integral part of the program itself.

The Core Seminar, by which students enter the program, and most of the
classes will be taught at the seminary over a three to four year period, but
students will do most of their further studies, their doctoral practicum, and
doctoral project in their own ministry setting in consultation with the faculty.

Pastoral Counseling Specialization

A student concentrating in pastoral studies may elect the field of pastoral
care or a specialization in pastoral counseling. The beginning of the latter
program requires the successful completion of a non-credit year in an insti-
tution accredited by the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

The normal curriculum for students in the pastoral counseling speciali-
zation involves two years of participation in a pastoral counseling practicum
at an Atlanta area training center accredited by the American Association of
Pastoral Counselors. During the time in the practicum, the student will also
take three of the four courses in the Th.D. core curriculum and the D.Min.
core seminar on ministry. The supervision provided by the practicum allows
the student to apply for membership in the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors. The six credits from the practicum may be applied to the required
credits for academic work.

Advising

Each student is guided by an advisory committee of two faculty members.
The primary adviser helps the student develop a plan of study. The primary
and secondary advisers comprise the doctoral committee which administers
the qualifying examination, assists the student in developing a project pro-
posal, and evaluates the written project /dissertation report.

Financial Aid

Appropriately, Columbia sets aside most of its scholarship funds for stu-
dents in the M.Div. degree program. It assumes ministers in the D.Min. pro-
gram can pay for the costs of their study from their salary, study leave funds,
scholarships from their employers, or a loan for which the seminary will assist
the student in making application. Some very limited financial aid is available
in special circumstances.

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For application forms and further information, contact the Office of Ad-
vanced Studies.

Doctor of Theology in Pastoral Counseling

This degree is offered through the Atlanta Theological Association by
Columbia Theological Seminary, the Candler School of Theology, and the
Interdenominational Theological Center. The program of study is conducted
under the direction of the Th.D. Committee of the Atlanta Theological Asso-
ciation. The Th.D. Committee has responsibility for approving admission to
the program, establishing curriculum offerings, and certifying candidates for
the awarding of the degree. Students may register for courses at any of the
ATA seminaries.

Aims of the Program

The purpose of the Doctor of Theology in pastoral counseling is to prepare
clergy to serve as pastoral counselors in a local church or on the staff of a
community counseling center, to serve as consultants to other clergy, and to
offer training in pastoral care and counseling. The program is designed to
prepare persons for the specialized ministry of pastoral counseling at a doc-
toral level of competence and for membership at the Fellow level in the
American Association of Pastoral Counselors. The degree is intended to be
an equivalent of the Ph.D., but it is designed for those whose interest in
pastoral counseling is primarily professional and theological.

Program of Study

The studies included within the program will help the student gain an
advanced understanding of appropriate theological and theoretical concepts;
learn under qualified supervision the application of these concepts in pastoral
counseling and how to promote professional integration of theory and skills
in both pastoral counseling and pastoral guidance; and design and execute a
research project appropriate to the student's professional practice which will
give evidence of creative ability to contribute to this aspect of pastoral coun-
seling.

Course Work and Practicum

In carrying out this program, which should not exceed six years, the
student must enroll for a minimum of 36 semester hours of academic course
work and 18 semester hours of clinical supervision through the Pastoral
Counseling Practicum. Any student enrolled in the Doctor of Theology degree
program will be assessed an administrative fee of $50.00 for each semester in
which that student does not register for credit hours through course work,
clinical work, or doctoral project supervision.

Core Seminars (three credits per semester: ATA463; ATA471; ATA473;
ATA475) are required in the first four semesters of studies. The student or-
dinarily enters the pastoral counseling practicum when entering the program

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of studies and continues in the practicum for four consecutive semesters. One
of the student's Qualifying Examinations, the Performance Exam in the prac-
tice of pastoral counseling, is taken after the student's four semesters in the
practicum. The clinical setting for supervision is the Pastoral Counseling
Service of the Georgia Association for Pastoral Care.

Each student admitted to the program shall have one member of the
pastoral counseling faculty as adviser.

Qualifying Examinations

Upon completion of 54 credits with a B average, the student may apply to
take the Comprehensive Examination, which tests the student's competence
in both the content and performance of pastoral counseling. The content areas
in which the student will be examined include:

1. Theology, with the foci upon theological method and pastoral the-
ology;

2. Psychology, including theories of personality and development, psy-
chodynamics of behavior and religious experience, and theories of
counseling and psychotherapy;

3. Pastoral care, including the history of pastoral care, ministerial role,
guidance at the passage points of life, ministry in crisis situations,
and referrals;

4. social and cultural studies which pertain to pastoral counseling;

5. an area of the student's choice usually related to the dissertation. The
student will prepare a paper for an oral exam by members of the
pastoral counseling faculty.

Dissertation

Following satisfactory performance in the Qualifying Examination, the
student will then engage in an approved research project and write a disser-
tation.

Application forms and further general information about the Th.D. in
pastoral counseling program may be obtained from the Director of the Th.D.
Program or the Director of Advanced Studies.

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Distinctive Academic
Programs

Center for Theological Studies in Florida

Established in 1990 as an extension program of the seminary, the center
offers courses that can be used to fulfill requirements leading to the Master
of Divinity degree. Students at the center earn credits as Occasional students
which may then be transferred to a degree program in Decatur or elsewhere.
Persons may also enroll as auditors.

Currently the center is jointly sponsored by Columbia Theological Semi-
nary and Eden Theological Seminary, a seminary of the United Church of
Christ, in St. Louis. Four courses are offered each fall and spring semester in
the Orlando and Tampa-St. Petersburg areas. Classes are ordinarily offered
on evenings and weekends.

In order to complete degree requirements, an M.Div. student must com-
plete a minimum of four long semesters in residence on the Decatur campus;
an M.A.(T.S.) student a minimum of two.

For further information, write or call the Director of the Center for Theo-
logical Studies in Florida, 400 South Lakemont Avenue, Winter Park, Florida
32792, 407/647-1947.

Center for Asian Ministries

The Center for Asian Ministries at Columbia Seminary, in cooperation
with the Presbyterian Church (USA) Synods of South Atlantic and Living
Waters, serves as liaison to Korean- American churches and their presbyteries
within the bounds of the synods.

The center provides and exchanges both academic and practical theolog-
ical education with the churches of the Pacific Rim. The center provides
valuable educational opportunities: continuing education, leadership train-
ing, church school teachers' training, Asian Christian spirituality and evan-
gelism, Asian theologians' seminar, ministry in multicultural contexts, and a
bilingual D.Min. program for Korean- Americans. For more information, write
to the Center for Asian Ministries.

International Theological Education

Columbia Seminary is committed to the task of preparing students for
ministry in a world that is shrinking rapidly and where preoccupation with
parochial concerns is no longer an option. A varied program of international
education has emerged from serious, cross-cultural dialogue with church
leaders in other parts of the world. During the 1994-95 academic year, over
70 percent of the second year M.Div. students participated in one of Colum-
bia's international programs. These include:

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1. an international component for the second year course, " Alternative
Context For Ministry." Students may choose to take this course in an
international setting. During the 1994-95 academic year three differ-
ent international alternative contexts for ministry were offered: Cen-
tral America, the Caribbean (Jamaica), and Eastern Europe (Hun-
gary).

2. a three-week Mideast Seminar.

3. supervised ministry placements for Columbia students in Caribbean
churches under the supervision of experienced Caribbean pastors.

4. Columbia students studying or working in England, Germany, Ja-
maica, Kenya, Korea, Scotland, and Switzerland.

5. a joint Doctor of Ministry program with the United Theological Col-
lege of the West Indies. Many of the classes are held in Kingston,
Jamaica.

6. international students, faculty, and pastors from four continents
working and studying on the Columbia campus.

7. a week-long continuing education event in the spring for pastors held
on the campus of the United Theological College of the West Indies,
Kingston, Jamaica.

8. a three-week seminar held each year on the Columbia campus for
Korean pastors. This seminar is sponsored jointly by Columbia, the
Presbyterian Church of Korea, and the Division of Worldwide Min-
istries, Presbyterian Church (USA).

9. a developing program on the church in China that sends members of
the Columbia community to China, brings Chinese church leaders to
Columbia, and organizes international conferences on the church in
China.

Some of these programs are part of a program coordinated by the Atlanta
Theological Association. Others reflect cooperative efforts with the Presby-
terian Church (USA) or with an overseas denomination or theological insti-
tution. For further information, write to the Director of International Theo-
logical Education.

Theology, Media, and the Church Program

Established in 1991, the program encourages creative theological reflection
on the media's role in the church and in society. A number of courses and
seminars are offered which examine the theological and cultural impact of
the media.

In addition, Columbia has added new production facilities which allow
for training in basic production skills. For more information, contact the
Director of the Theology, Media, and the Church Program.

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Related Academic Programs
and Resources

The John Bulow Campbell Library

The library, named for John Bulow Campbell, an Atlanta benefactor and
member of Columbia's Board of Trustees during the 1930s, is an integral part
of the educational program of the seminary. Through its collection and serv-
ices, the library supports the teaching and learning in the degree programs
of the seminary. The library offers resources to extend the work of the class-
room in breadth and depth, to provide for student and faculty research, and
to encourage reading beyond course assignments.

The library collection includes books, periodicals, church records, video
and audio cassettes, and microforms. It is a well balanced selection of older
and contemporary works in the field of theological studies. It is particularly
strong in biblical studies; patristics and Reformation sources; contemporary
theology, especially in the Reformed tradition; American Presbyterianism;
and practical theology.

This specialized theological collection is supplemented and enriched by
the collections in the libraries of the Atlanta Theological Association and the
University Center in Georgia, to which students and faculty have ready access.
The enhanced library holdings thus provide an outstanding resource for
Columbia students in the basic and advanced degree programs, for Columbia
faculty in their teaching and research, and for visiting scholars.

The library building, built in 1953, houses the collection and affords limited
spaces for consulting reference tools, for study and reading, and for the use
of copiers and microform readers. A computer center, located on the lower
level of the library, supplies word processing facilities which are open to all
students, faculty, and staff who are authorized users. A major addition to the
library building is planned for construction to provide more adequately for
the study and research activities of students, faculty, and visiting scholars as
well as to give space for the expanding collection.

Seminary Archives

Documents and memorabilia related to the history and development of
Columbia Theological Seminary are preserved in the seminary archives lo-
cated in the library. The archive collection is designated as the place of record
for all seminary publications.

The Columbia Bookstore

The seminary bookstore, located in the Richards Center, provides books
and supplies at a discount for basic degrees students who wish to begin
building their own theological libraries and for persons working toward

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advanced degrees who are continuing that process. The bookstore also serves
pastors, laypersons, and churches all over the Southeast. Its inventory in-
cludes a wide selection of standard and current books in the historical-doc-
trinal area, spirituality, practical theology, and in Bible and homiletics. In
addition, the bookstore offers commentaries on the Old and New Testaments
and books related to women's studies and African American studies. The
bookstore is ordinarily open from 10:30 to 2:30, Monday through Friday, with
special hours during campus events.

Related Academic Programs

In addition to the basic and advanced degree programs, Columbia Semi-
nary offers a wide variety of academic opportunities. Some of these are offered
in relationship with other educational institutions; others are special em-
phases of Columbia.

Atlanta Theological Association

Through the Atlanta Theological Association (ATA), Columbia enjoys
academic and professional affiliations with Candler School of Theology, Er-
skine Theological Seminary, Interdenominational Theological Center, Lu-
theran Theological Southern Seminary, Georgia Association for Pastoral Care,
and Urban Training Organization of Atlanta. The association develops and
coordinates educational programs and resources of these member institu-
tions, which include approximately 1,600 students, 200 faculty, and a com-
bined library collection of 600,000 volumes. Among significant and promising
cooperative endeavors, in addition to the Doctor of Theology and Doctor of
Ministry degree programs, are cross registration, sharing of faculty, library
and lectureship resources, interseminary courses, and experimental programs
in various academic disciplines and professional specializations.

University Center of Georgia

Columbia Seminary is a founding institution of the metropolitan Atlanta
consortium of institutions of higher education called the University Center of
Georgia (UCG). The institutions included are Agnes Scott College, Atlanta
College of Art, Clark Atlanta University, Emory University, Georgia Institute
of Technology, Georgia State University, Institute of Paper Science and Tech-
nology, Interdenominational Theological Center, Kennesaw State College,
Mercer University-Atlanta, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medi-
cine, Morris Brown College, Oglethorpe University, Southern College of Tech-
nology, Spelman College, and the University of Georgia.

The areas of cooperation are broad and provide the student with excep-
tional opportunities across a spectrum of disciplines from science to art.

Cross-Registration at Area Schools

Columbia students may cross-register for courses at schools which belong
to either the Atlanta Theological Association or the University Center of
Georgia. Forms for cross-registration are available in the Registrar's office at
each school.

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Students may cross-register for a course on a space-available basis. A
student may cross-register for a maximum of two courses per term, and the
combined load may not exceed the full-time allowable load on the home
campus. Students register and pay regular tuition and fees to the home insti-
tution.

Cross-Registration at Theological Institutions of The Presbyterian Church
(USA)

A policy of reciprocal cross-registration at the 11 theological institutions of
the Presbyterian Church (USA) is designed to strengthen the theological ed-
ucation of persons preparing for ministry in the denomination. This policy
permits Presbyterian students registered in master's degree programs to take
courses at any of the other institutions without payment of additional tuition.
Tuition for a course is charged at the home school. Additional information is
available in the Registrar's Office.

Clinical Pastoral Education

Clinical pastoral education is a first-hand learning experience under cer-
tified supervision which provides theological students and pastors with op-
portunities for intensive study of pastoral relationships and which seeks to
make clear in understanding and practice the resources, methods, and mean-
ings of the Christian faith as expressed through pastoral care. Columbia's
membership in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education means that its
students will be given priority of choice in institutions elected, especially
those listed within the Southeast.

Programs in Other Locations

Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center

Columbia Seminary is a member of AMERC, a seminary consortium which
provides specialized theological education for students interested in the Ap-
palachian region. Through its educational programs, normally offered in the
summer and January terms, students have the opportunity to learn about
Appalachia, its people and history, its values and religion, and its needs and
issues for ministry. Classroom and field experiences are both integral to the
AMERC educational process. Information about AMERC courses is available
through the Office of Supervised Ministry.

The Mid-East Seminar

A summer travel seminar is sponsored jointly by Columbia Theological
Seminary, Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, consisting of a three-
week study trip to Israel, Jordan, and Greece. The program, subsidized by a
private foundation, is directed by Dr. Max Miller, Professor of Old Testament
Studies at Candler. It is limited to 20 participants - five students from each of

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the schools plus five lay persons selected from positions of leadership in the
Southeast.

The program has two purposes: to provide an in-depth study tour of the
area which stands at the center of our biblical heritage and which plays such
a crucial role in current international affairs and to provide a situation in
which the leaders of tomorrow's church can get to know each other today
and develop close bonds of understanding and friendship. At the same time
there is opportunity for extended interchange between the students preparing
for professional careers in the church and lay persons who are already playing
key roles in business and community affairs.

National Capital Semester for Seminarians

Columbia Seminary is a participating institution in the National Capital
Semester for Seminarians, organized by Wesley Theological Seminary, Wash-
ington, DC. The program provides an opportunity for seminary students to
spend a semester in Washington for study and involvement in the processes
of government and the concerns of the churches. The design includes an
interaction /reflection seminar, supervised study, and the opportunity to elect
other courses in Washington institutions. For detailed information, contact
the Dean of Faculty's Office.

Urban Training Organization of Atlanta

UTOA participates in the theological education of students from Columbia
Seminary and other Atlanta seminaries by providing opportunities for stu-
dents to be involved with community organizers, social ministry agencies,
and congregations involved in social ministry in Atlanta. Urban clinicals,
including field experiences and peer reflection groups, are available for aca-
demic credit. UTOA is also significantly involved with M.Div. students in the
Alternative Context for Ministry course for those in the Atlanta placement.
For more information, contact the Office of Supervised Ministry.

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Admissions Information

Admissions Procedures for Basic Degree Students
Admission to the Master of Divinity Program

Students desiring admission to the Master of Divinity program should
request an application from the Office of Admissions. Students must meet the
following requirements for admission:

1. A student must furnish: a) a completed application form, b) supple-
mental forms, c) transcripts, d) references, and e) a letter of endorse-
ment from one's home church. Test scores from the Graduate Record
Examinations General Test are not required but may be requested in
some circumstances.

2. An interview with a member of the Admissions Committee is re-
quired. This interview is best done on campus.

3. Admission to the M.Div. program at Columbia Seminary ordinarily
requires a four-year degree from an accredited university or college
of arts and sciences or its equivalent. Students without a bachelor's
degree are not eligible to earn degrees at the seminary except by
special action of the faculty. When requested to do so by presbyteries
of the Presbyterian Church (USA) or other denominations, Columbia
may accept students without a university or college degree for a
special course of study.

4. Students in the Master of Divinity program are required to have a
reading knowledge of Greek prior to matriculation. A Greek course
is offered in the summer before the fall semester begins. Students
who request permission to begin without the Greek requirement
fulfilled can only be admitted by action of the faculty or by the Ad-
missions Committee in consultation with the Dean of Faculty.

Students admitted to the seminary will be given an application for semi-
nary housing and a health form to be filled out by a physician.

Students in good standing in other accredited seminaries may be admitted
after transcripts have been evaluated and their applications approved by the
Admissions Committee. These students must secure a letter from the dean
indicating that they are students in good standing. Transfer students into the
M.Div. program are required to spend a minimum of three 14-week regular
load semesters in residence.

All U.S. students (citizens or with permanent resident visas) for whom
English is a second language must take the TOEFL exam before admission
and enrollment for credit. Those seeking admission must score at least 540.
Students who score close to this level may take courses for credit for one
semester but must retake and meet the required level before further work
will be allowed.

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Admission to the Master of Arts in Theological Studies Program

Students desiring admission to the Master of Arts in Theological Studies
program should request an application from the Office of Admissions. Ad-
mission is through the seminary admissions committee with the director of
the program present and voting. Students must meet the following require-
ments for admission:

1. Students must have a degree from a regionally accredited college or
university.

2. Students must submit two academic recommendations in addition to
the usual character and personality references.

3. Students must furnish satisfactory academic transcripts.

A student may transfer no more than 5 units in the five fields of the
program from institutions outside the Atlanta Theological Association or
from work completed prior to admission to the program. No transfer credit
may be obtained for work done more than 36 months before admission.
Occasional students at Columbia admitted to the program may negotiate for
up to 5 units of credit for previous work taken in the past 36 months.

All U.S. students (citizens or with permanent resident visas) for whom
English is a second language must take the TOEFL exam before admission
and enrollment for credit. Those seeking admission must score at least 540.
Students who score close to this level may take courses for credit for one
semester but must retake and meet the required level before further work
will be allowed.

Visiting Columbia Seminary

Those who are interested in applying for admission to a basic degree
program are strongly encouraged to visit the seminary before or during the
application process. Prospective students and their spouses may arrange vis-
its which include a tour of the campus, appointments with admissions and
financial aid staff, conversations with faculty and students, and attendance
at classes. Housing and meals at the seminary are provided during the visit.
Arrangements for visiting can be made through the Admissions office.

Conferences for Prospective Students

Columbia Seminary sponsors two conferences on ministry each spring
and fall. During these conferences, men and women from any denomination
who are exploring their call to ministry are invited to attend classes, meet in
faculty homes, talk with students, staff, and faculty, and worship with the
seminary community. The conferences are designed to provide a retreat at-
mosphere where participants can reflect upon questions of call and vocation
in addition to gathering specific information about the seminary. All persons
who are considering the possibility of a church vocation, whether college
students or those currently engaged in other careers, are invited to participate
in the conference of their choice. The dates for this year's conferences are

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November 3-5, 1995 and February 23-25, 1996. For further information, write
to the Director of Admissions.

Admissions Procedures for Advanced Degree Students

Admission to the Master of Theology Program

Application for admission to the Master of Theology program is made
through the Office of Advanced Studies. Students must meet the following
requirements for admission:

1. The M.Div. degree from an accredited seminary or divinity school,
or its academic equivalent, is required. In certain cases a Master of
Arts or a Master of Theological Studies degree in the appropriate area
may be accepted as a prerequisite, and additional preparatory work
may be required.

2. Ordinarily, a B average in an applicant's college and seminary pro-
gram is considered a minimum standard for admission. Applicants
should have official transcripts of all work since high school sent
directly from the institution.

3. A knowledge of both the Hebrew and Greek languages is a prereq-
uisite for the program. If an applicant's M.Div. course required less
than these two languages, the student may substitute an approved
language for one of the biblical languages.

4. Students must submit three letters of recommendation (on forms
provided by Columbia Theological Seminary): one academic refer-
ence from a seminary or other graduate school professor and two
character references from persons who are familiar with the appli-
cant's ministry.

All U.S. students (citizens or with permanent resident visas) for whom
English is a second language must take the TOEFL exam before admission
and enrollment for credit. Those seeking admission must score at least 540.
Students who score close to this level may take courses for credit for one
semester but must retake and meet the required level before further work
will be allowed.

International students applying to the Master of Theology Program must
follow the guidelines given under Application Information for International
Students.

Admission to the Doctor of Ministry Program

Admission to the Doctor of Ministry degree program requires a Master of
Divinity or equivalent degree with a superior academic record (a B average
or higher) from a school of theology accredited by the Association of Theo-
logical Schools (or an equivalent accrediting body outside the United States
and Canada) and at least three years of full-time work with demonstrated
superior professional performance.

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To be considered for the Doctor of Ministry degree program, applicants
must supply the Office of Advanced Studies with the following:

1. Application for admission, including a personal statement.

2. Official transcripts of all work since high school sent directly from
the institution.

3. Three letters of recommendation (on forms provided by Columbia
Theological Seminary): one academic reference from a seminary or
other graduate school professor and two character references from
persons who are familiar with the applicant's ministry.

4. A personal interview with the Director of Advanced Studies may be
requested.

All U.S. students (citizens or with permanent resident visas) for whom
English is a second language must take the TOEFL exam before admission
and enrollment for credit. Those seeking admission must score at least 540.
Students who score close to this level may take courses for credit for one
semester but must retake and meet the required level before further work
will be allowed.

International students applying to the Doctor of Ministry Program must
follow the guidelines given under Application Information for International
Students.

With prior approval of the student's adviser and the Dean of Faculty, a
student may receive up to six semester hours of transfer credit from another
accredited, degree granting institution. An official transcript of this course
work must be forwarded to the Office of Advanced Studies. Each course must
be at the graduate level and the grade must be at least a B (3.0 on a scale of
4.0).

Students may receive advanced standing credit of up to six semester hours
(with the Dean of Faculty's approval) for clinical or academic work taken
before admission into the program, provided the above policies for transfer
credit are observed. A course submitted for advanced standing must have
been taken no more than five years before entrance into the program. Students
may not receive credit for academic work applied toward another degree.

For application forms and further information, contact the Office of Ad-
vanced Studies.

Admission to the Doctor of Theology in Pastoral Counseling Program

Applicants must hold the Master of Divinity or equivalent degree with a
superior academic record from an accredited institution and must have had
post-seminary professional experience in which significant learning and
professional promise were evident. In addition, applicants must have signif-
icant experience in ministry (usually three years of full-time employment
after completion of the first theological degree) and in clinical pastoral edu-
cation (usually four consecutive units).

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The admission process includes:

1. an assessment of the applicant's academic record and professional
experience.

2. a statement of purpose.

3. references and other materials supplied with the application.

4. an interview with the interseminary admissions committee.

The deadline for receipt of all application materials is February 15 of the
year for which fall semester admission is requested.

A student who, though otherwise acceptable, has not had courses in per-
sonality development and pastoral care equivalent to those taught in the
participating seminaries of the ATA must take these courses without credit
during the first year of residence.

Application forms and further general information about the Th.D. in
Pastoral Counseling program may be obtained from the Director of Th.D.
Program or the Director of Advanced Studies.

Application Information for International Students

Normally, international students (persons who are not U.S. citizens or
permanent residents) are accepted only for graduate work beyond the M.Div.
level. All international students are expected to have the written recommen-
dation of their denomination. A statement of the student's plans for future
work in the student's home country is also required.

Persons from non-English-speaking countries must furnish with the ap-
plication recent evidence of the TOEFL with a score of 540 or higher. Persons
with little or no experience in an English-speaking culture should plan to
come to Atlanta at least two months prior to beginning class work. At regis-
tration, international students must also furnish proof of health insurance
coverage.

Upon admission, and before the visa process can begin, persons must
show proof of full financial resources to cover tuition, travel, and living
expenses for the entire period of study in the United States (1-20 and visa
documents will not be processed until this completed certificate has been
approved). No applicant should come to Atlanta until he/she has received a
formal letter from the Admissions Committee informing the applicant of
admission to the program.

In addition to the above, international students applying to the Doctor of
Ministry Program must meet certain additional regulations. These regulations
are available upon request. They include the following among others:

1. A minimum of sixteen months in the Atlanta area (beginning in fall
semester) is required to complete program components through the
qualifying examinations and approval of project proposal.

2. Letters of approval, with detailed plans for a specific project in min-
istry, from the student's church authorities.

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3. The minister must identify two persons holding doctoral degrees,
resident in the country serviced by the church, who are familiar with
the ministry of the applicant and are willing to serve as members of
his/her doctoral committee. This committee advises the applicant
regarding a course of study and supervises and evaluates his/her
doctoral project.

Those internationals coming on special scholarships for a non-degree
course of study at Columbia will be evaluated by the International Theological
Education Committee for English proficiency to match the nature of their
study at Columbia. Students needing additional proficiency in English will
be encouraged to take courses in English as a second language in the Atlanta
area.

All applications for international students should be sent to the Director
of International Theological Education.

Non-Degree Enrollment and Auditors

Students meeting requirements for admission to a basic degree program
but not wishing to work toward a degree may be admitted as Special students
to take courses for credit. Their program of study must be approved by the
Dean of Faculty.

Students who do not meet admissions requirements may be admitted for
a period of up to one academic year as Unclassified students.

Occasional students may be admitted by the Dean of Faculty to take
courses of particular interest if prerequisites for each course are satisfied.
Course selection must be approved by the Dean of Faculty, and their status
must be renewed each academic year. Students for whom English is a second
language and who wish to take courses as Occasional students for credit must
score at least 540 on the TOEFL exam. Students may audit courses as Occa-
sional students without taking the TOEFL.

Regular students, spouses of students, and other members of the com-
munity are invited to audit courses with the permission of the instructor and
as space is available. Registration as an auditor must be made through the
Office of the Registrar.

Housing

Seminary housing is reserved for basic degree students. Application for
housing should be made as early as possible following acceptance. All in-
quiries about housing should be directed to the Business Office.

Single Students

Dormitory housing is available for single students. Both single rooms and
suites are found in the dorms. All single rooms are fully furnished with the
exception of linens, and most have connecting baths. Suites of two rooms

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with private bath are usually furnished, but a limited number of unfurnished
units exist.

Students who live in dormitory rooms participate in the seminary's
standard board plan. Laundry facilities are provided to dormitory residents.

Single students also have access to efficiency apartments (mentioned be-
low) to the extent that they are not assigned to married students.

Manied Students Without Children

While married students without children are welcome to live in suites,
most prefer to reside in dormitory efficiency apartments which include cook-
ing facilities. Students living in efficiencies need not participate in the stand-
ard board. Laundry facilities are provided to dormitory residents.

Students With Children

One, two, three and four bedroom apartments are available to students
with children. Most of these apartments are equipped with washer /dryer
hook ups.

Hospitalization Insurance

Each basic degree student is required to have some form of hospitalization
insurance acceptable to the seminary. Students may purchase group insurance
which is offered to the student body, or they may purchase insurance through
other sources. Presbyterian students who are inquirers or candidates of their
presbyteries' Committees on Preparation for Ministry are eligible to partici-
pate in the major medical plan of the Board of Pensions of the Presbyterian
Church (USA).

Financial Aid

Columbia Seminary grants financial aid to eligible full-time basic degree
students and a limited number of advanced degree students. Eligibility is
based upon need as determined by the seminary's financial aid policies.

Students applying for financial aid complete a Columbia Seminary finan-
cial aid application that provides an estimate of their income and expenses
and a Free Application for Student Aid (FAFSA) form. The difference between
a student's income and expenses, as calculated from the established expense
norms, constitutes the financial need of the student. After financial need is
calculated, financial aid is awarded in the form of work-study and a grant.

Students who withdraw from the seminary or become part-time students
during a term forfeit their right to financial aid for the term in which such
action is taken.

New students planning to attend Greek School must submit the seminary's
financial aid application form and mail the FAFSA by June 1, 1995. New
students entering in the fall must submit the financial aid application forms

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and mail the FAFSA by August 1, 1995. Students entering in the winter term
or spring semester should apply for financial aid no later than four weeks
prior to the first day of classes. All entering students should submit applica-
tions as early as possible since awards are made as applications are received
and are contingent upon the availability of funds.

Returning students are required to complete and mail the FAFSA by April
21, 1995 and return the seminary's financial aid application by April 28, 1995.

Persons interested in more detailed information about the financial aid
program offered by Columbia Seminary should contact the Financial Aid
Office.

Federal Stafford Loan Program

The Federal Stafford Loan (formerly Guaranteed Student Loan) Program
is made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 and regulated
through federal and state agencies of Departments of Education so as to
comply with subsequent amendments governing Title IV monies. This pro-
gram is designed to provide loans to students enrolled in education beyond
high school. Institutions such as Columbia Seminary assist students with the
application process by determining the student's eligibility and need for the
loan and by certifying the student's satisfactory participation in the course of
education for which the monies are borrowed. The loans to students are made
primarily by commercial lending institutions. The Stafford Loan Program
provides preferable interest rates and delays repayment of loans until after
the student graduates or terminates from the course of studies. An eligible
student enrolled at Columbia may seek a loan within the state of Georgia or
from a lending institution within his/her legal state of residence. Information
pertaining to application procedures and policy regulations for a Stafford
Loan at Columbia may be obtained from the Financial Aid Office.

If a recipient of Title IV funds does not complete the period of enrollment
for which a loan application was certified and a portion of the loan funds was
applied to seminary fees, the seminary must refund to the Title IV programs
the amount determined by using appropriate state law or the pro rata refund
calculation (if applicable) defined by the Higher Education Amendments of
1992, whichever is greater. The pro rata refund calculation applies to a recip-
ient who withdraws on or before 60% of his/her initial academic term at the
seminary has been completed. This refund policy is in accordance with federal
regulations.

Veterans Administration Benefits

Certification for V.A. benefits is handled through the Office of Student
Life.

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Scholarships

Columbia Scholarships

Qualified men and women planning to attend seminary or seeking to
explore the possibility of entering the ministry may apply for a Columbia
Scholarship for study at Columbia Theological Seminary. These one-year
scholarships are for persons in the M.Div. program who have exhibited sig-
nificant academic and leadership abilities during their undergraduate studies
and in community involvements and church commitments.

The Admissions Committee may award up to eight Columbia Scholar-
ships for Greek school and the following academic year. The scholarship
covers tuition, room, and board at the single student rate, assuming that the
recipient lives on campus. The award for a student choosing to live off-campus
is reduced by $1,000.

Columbia Scholarship recipients who show financial need over and above
the Columbia Scholarship award may be granted financial aid up to $2,500
for the academic year. Such financial aid will include a work-study assign-
ment.

To be eligible for a Columbia Scholarship, applicants must be citizens of
the United States or Canada. A scholarship application and a personal inter-
view are required. All recipients are required to enroll full-time for one aca-
demic year at the seminary.

Application for a Columbia Scholarship is made through the Office of
Admissions. Applications must be received no later than March 15. An-
nouncement of the awards will normally be made by the middle of April.

All those applying for a Columbia Scholarship will automatically be con-
sidered for regular admission and financial aid if they are not awarded a
scholarship.

Honor Scholarships

A number of Honor Scholarships have been established at Columbia The-
ological Seminary for full-time M.Div. students. Some are awarded annually
by the Admissions Committee to entering students on the basis of their aca-
demic achievement, leadership in the church and on campus, and demon-
stration of exceptional promise for the ordained ministry. These scholarships
are not automatically renewed each year.

Honor Scholarships are awarded each spring to returning M.Div. students.
They are selected by the Basic Degrees Committee.

Honor Scholarships may be used only for tuition at the seminary. Recip-
ients who show need over and above the Honor Scholarship award (which
may cover tuition for up to nine months) may be granted financial aid. Such
financial aid will include a work-study assignment. The Honor Scholarships

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are: the Rev. Vernon S. Broyles, Jr. Scholarship; the Rev. George Henry Cor-
nelson Scholarship; the Rev. Harry Keller Holland Scholarship; the J. Erskine
Love, Jr. Merit Scholarship; the Rev. John L. Newton Scholarship; the Smith-
Thompson Scholarship; and the J. M. Tull Scholarship.

Columbia Friendship Circle Scholarships

A number of scholarships are funded annually by the Columbia Friend-
ship Circle. These scholarships are awarded to M.Div. degree students by the
Basic Degrees Committee upon nomination by the President and Dean of
Students with consultation from the Development Office.

The following criteria will be used in making nominations:

1. The student will be a second or third year student (fourth year if the
student has been involved in a year-long internship).

2. The student will have demonstrated both a strong commitment to
God's call and diligence in studies at Columbia Seminary.

3. The student will be a parent with family responsibilities.

4. The student will have demonstrated financial need.

Recipients who show need over and above the Columbia Friendship Circle
Scholarship may be eligible for additional financial aid. Such financial aid
will include a work-study assignment.

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Tuition and Fees
Effective June 1, 1995

For all Students except those in the New Master of Divinity Curriculum

Tuition

$ 240 Per credit hour

2,500 Eleven credits or more (per semester)

120 Audit fee per credit hour

1,280 Essentials of Greek (Summer Greek School)

100 D.Min. and Th.M. extension fee (first time)

200 D.Min. and Th.M. extension fee (second time)

Supervised Ministry Fees

$ 600 SM210

1,504 SM414 (including 5 credits of coursework)

600 SM610, SM615

1,880 SM61 1-614

600 SM620, SM660

600 SM680, SM681, SM682, SM683, SM684, SM685

Other Fees

800 ATA401 Seminar on Ministry

700 ATA496 Doctoral Project

170 P232 Ministry to Persons (with praxis)

125 1241 Alternative Context, Atlanta (plus 4 credit course fee)

250 1241 Alternative Context, other U.S. (plus 4 credit course fee)

450-550 1241 Alternative Context, International (plus 4 credit course
fee)

15 Thesis binding (per copy)

30 Application fee

20 Occasional student application fee

50 Administrative fee

100 Commencement fee

For Master of Divinity Students in the New Curriculum

Tuition

640 Per unit

320 Audit fee per unit

1,280 Summer Greek School

Supervised Ministry Fees

$ 640 Per unit

As billed Supervisor's fee paid by seminary

to seminary

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Other Fees

$ 125 1241 Alternative Context, Atlanta (plus 1 unit course fee)

250 1241 Alternative Context, other U.S. (plus 1 unit course fee)

450-550 1241 Alternative Context, International (plus 1 unit course fee)

30 Application fee

20 Occasional student application fee

100 Commencement fee

For All Students

Board

$ 515 Essentials of Greek (Summer Greek School)

1,055 Fall or Spring Term

285 Winter Term

Room

$ 320 Single Room, Summer Greek School

670 Single Room, Fall or Spring Term

185 Single Room, Winter Term

460 Suite, Summer Greek School

931 Suite, Fall or Spring Term

255 Suite, Winter Term

Other Housing - Monthly Rates

$ 293 Dormitory efficiency units

Village apartments:

4 Bedrooms
472 Units 3-6

451 Units 15-16

3 Bedrooms
451 Units 35-42

412 Units 9, 25-26

428 Unit 1

2 Bedrooms
412 Units 31-34

373 Units 2, 10-14

349 Units 19-22, 27-30

311 1 Bedroom

Payment of Fees

Tuition, fees, room, and board must be paid to the Business Office by the
deadline set at the beginning of each term.

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Refund Policies

Tuition

Students are entitled to refunds upon dropping a course or withdrawing
with approval from the seminary subject to the following schedule:

A. Fall and spring term classes (full-term)

by the end of the:

First week 100%

Second week 80%

Fourth week 50%

Sixth week 25%

After sixth week 0%

B. Classes less than nine weeks and greater than five weeks in duration

by the end of the:

Third day of class 100%

Second week 50%

Third week 25%

After third week 0%

C. Winter term classes and other classes three to five weeks in duration

by the end of the:

Second day of class 100%

Fifth day of class 50%

After fifth day of class 0%

D. Two week classes

by the end of the:

First day of class 100%

Third day of class 50%

After third day of class 0%

No refund of course supervision fees or of clinical pastoral education fees
will be made.

A course is considered dropped or a student is considered to have with-
drawn from the seminary at the time the Registrar receives written notice to
that effect.

Room

A student who has entered into a lease agreement for a seminary housing
unit for a term or semester is responsible for payment in full unless a written
request is made to the Vice President for Business and Finance at least one
week before the first day of classes. In that case, a 100 percent refund will be
made. In other cases a refund amount may be given upon the initiative of
Columbia.

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Board

A student who has applied for board and has a sufficient medical reason
for withdrawing from board status will be granted a full refund if a written
request is made to the Vice President for Business and Finance at least one
week before the first day of classes.

Financial Assistance

A student who withdraws from the seminary or becomes a part-time
student forfeits any financial assistance (scholarships and financial aid) pre-
viously awarded for the term in which such action occurs.

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Columbia in Service
to the Larger Church

Columbia's mission is to serve as a theological resource not only to stu-
dents within its degree programs, but also to pastors, lay people, and the
church itself. Through its ongoing programs and special events, the seminary
offers opportunities for people throughout the church to grow in faith and
service.

Continuing Education

Continuing education opportunities for ministers and church profession-
als are a vital part of Columbia Seminary. These non-credit events are essential
to spiritual, academic, and professional growth. Several different types of
opportunities are offered.

Large, established, on-campus events offer a variety of courses. The major
events are the Summer Session in July and the Columbia Colloquium held in
January. Throughout the year, small events, centered around one activity or
subject, are held both on and off campus. Examples are contemplative weeks
at retreat centers for men and women, a seminar on religion and the arts, and
retreat style "conversations" with outstanding religious leaders in the new
continuing education center on campus. Overseas travel/study trips are also
a regular part of the continuing education program.

Individual study is available to ministers who wish to spend time on the
campus, working in the library and consulting with a faculty member. The
Director of Continuing Education will make arrangements for this kind of
on-campus directed study. Directed readings on particular subjects provide
"at-home" continuing education. A list of subjects is available from the con-
tinuing education office. Once the subject is selected, books will be sent on
that subject from the seminary library. The reading lists are designed by
faculty members from Columbia, Union Theological Seminary in Virginia,
and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

The Accomplishment in Continuing Education program (ACE), a struc-
tured program of continuing education, offers a special certificate marking
the completion of 32 hours of continuing education with readings and papers.

A calendar of events for 1995-96 is available upon request. For more
information on continuing education opportunities, write the Director of Con-
tinuing Education.

Lay Institute of Faith and Life

Columbia Seminary established the Lay Institute of Faith and Life in 1987
to equip laity for ministry in the church and in the world. The institute offers
a variety of courses, seminars, retreats, and workshops. All are designed to

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help Christian lay people become better theologians and more faithful follow-
ers of Christ in all of life - home, work place, church, community, world.

Among the programs at the Lay Institute are Lay Schools of Bible and
Theology offered at the seminary in the fall and winter and the Summer Lay
Scholars Week each August. Courses offered include biblical studies, theol-
ogy, church history, ethics, and spiritual formation. Students may earn cer-
tificates in the areas of spiritual formation and practical Christianity. The
Institute also offers courses taught in Weekend Lay Schools and other formats
to presbyteries and local churches throughout the United States. Its staff is
available to consult with presbyteries and congregations in all areas of lay
education. For more information about the institute and its programs, write
to the Lay Institute of Faith and Life.

Evangelism Emphasis

In 1981, Columbia Seminary initiated a program in evangelism. Through
the seminary, courses are offered to basic degree and advanced degree stu-
dents. The director of the program provides consultation for local congrega-
tions, presbyteries, and other governing bodies.

Each year Columbia sponsors a School of Evangelism for both clergy and
laity during the first week of July. Information on the school is available by
February 1st.

Through the program on evangelism, new initiatives have been developed
for local congregations, including emphases on training, visitation, congre-
gational renewal, and pastoral spirituality.

The Thompson Scholar Program, a part of the evangelism program, brings
to the campus 15-20 key pastors from across the denomination each year for
a 10-day study experience. The purpose is to train leaders for the future.

Through the agency of CTS Press, numerous programs, resources, and
books are produced to assist in the work of evangelism. For a list of available
resources, contact CTS Press, Box 520, Decatur, Georgia 30031-0520, (404/
289-8952).

Christian Spirituality Emphasis

Columbia is offering study and growth opportunities in the spiritual life.
Christian spirituality explores the relationship with God - how it is initiated,
affirmed, and nurtured. Spiritual development demands that we ask hard,
ethical questions about the living of faith in a changing world.

The interest in Christian spirituality has exploded in the last decade. To
respond to this growing demand, Columbia now offers a special certificate
program for laity. Courses may be taken on the Columbia campus and in
local settings by special arrangement.

Columbia's Doctor of Ministry degree offers a focus in Christian Spiritu-
ality. Those enrolled in the program will explore their own journeys of faith

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and also the relation between spirituality, ministerial identity, and the
church's life and mission in the world. This degree offers opportunities for
personal spiritual growth and the development of leadership skills for di-
recting retreats, workshops, and schools of prayer.

The ]ourneyers newsletter provides information on the spirituality empha-
sis and includes book suggestions, continuing education events, and renewal
opportunities. A subscription is free.

The Spiritual Enrichment Week offers both clergy and laity an opportunity
for nurture, Bible study, worship, and the practice of corporate spiritual
disciplines. Costs are reasonable and these events are scheduled several times
each year.

Columbia Colloquium

Columbia has inaugurated a new event for church leaders which combines
its Forum and January Seminars for Ministers. The seminary is scheduling
these four days in January each year as a time to examine the life of the church.
The activities of the week include special worship services, lectures, and a
variety of formal and informal occasions for visiting with guest speakers and
friends. The Seminary Women's Dinner, Alumni /ae Association Luncheon,
and the Alumni /ae Reunion Luncheon all occur during this time. The theme
for Colloquium '95 was "Doing Pastoral Theology in a Pluralistic World."

Smyth Lectures

The Smyth Lectures at Columbia were begun in 1911 by the bequest of the
Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D., pastor of Second Presbyterian Church in Charles-
ton, South Carolina. The aim was to establish "a course of lectures on the
fundamental principles of the Christian faith."

E. Brooks Holifield, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of American
Church History at Emory University, delivered the lectures in March 1995.
His lectures focused on American religious history as viewed from the per-
spective of congregations.

The Smyth Lectures are presented to the seminary community and are
open to all ministers and lay people who wish to attend. The lecture dates for
1996 are March 5-7.

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Community Life

Many networks of relationships and organizations, both formal and in-
formal, shape the community at Columbia. The life of the seminary is as easily
celebrated over a cup of coffee as it is in the ceremony of graduation. The
following paragraphs briefly describe some of the structured events and or-
ganizations in which students participate during the academic year. We invite
you to come and discover for yourself what it is like to take part in the life of
this community.

Yearly Schedule

The academic year is composed of two long semesters of 14 weeks each
and a short January term. During the summer the seminary offers a full
program of supervised ministry, an eight week course in beginning Greek,
and a four week summer session designed primarily for D.Min. students and
ministers interested in continuing education.

Orientation

An orientation program which is required of all entering basic degree
students and international students is held during the days preceding the
regular opening of the seminary in the fall. It offers an opportunity for new
students to get acquainted with one another and with student body leaders
and members of the faculty. Assessment tests are administered to help new
and transfer students understand how their particular educational back-
grounds and experiences have prepared them for theological education.

Returning basic degree students are also required to participate in the
orientation days which include activities such as a debriefing of the summer
supervised ministry or intern program, a discussion of procedures for receiv-
ing a call from a congregation, preparation for ordination examinations, and
consultation with faculty advisers.

Student Handbooks

Complete information for basic degree students on matters such as hous-
ing, student services, and seminary policies and procedures can be found in
the Student Handbook which is published each year. More detailed infor-
mation for D.Min. and Th.D. students can be found in the handbooks for those
particular programs.

Student Organizations and Activities

Student Coordinating Council

The Student Coordinating Council is the student government association
of the seminary. It was established to initiate discussion and decisions within
the student body, to respond to the needs of the student community, to

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coordinate student and community activities, and to oversee the work of the
various student organizations. It represents the interests of the entire semi-
nary community, e.g., students on and off campus, international students,
and student families.

Fellowship for Theological Dialogue

This society was established for the purpose of encouraging every student
to the highest possible scholarship. Membership is open to all students and
faculty on a voluntary basis. Lectures, informal discussions with visiting
lecturers, symposia by members of the faculty, and other meetings are spon-
sored in the interest of theological scholarship.

Korean-American Student Association

This association seeks to address the needs and concerns of Korean- Amer-
ican students and to serve as a voice and channel of communication on their
behalf within the larger seminary community.

Peace Source

The Peace Source is a campus organization concerned with issues of peace,
justice, and freedom. It explores these concerns through study and involve-
ment within the community and world.

Society for Missionary Inquiry

This society was founded in 1832 and has been an instrument through the
years to promote an active interest in missions among the students and
throughout the church. This group provides hospitality for international stu-
dents and visitors on the Columbia campus. Through the work of the society
a number of students have responded to the challenge of international mis-
sions.

Spouses of Seminarians

This is an organization primarily for the spouses of regularly enrolled
students. Spouses of students, spouses of faculty and staff, and other invited
persons meet together for study and for the sharing of mutual concerns and
interests. The Spouses of Seminarians organization also sponsors a number
of events for the entire Columbia community.

Women's Issues in Ministry

This organization offers support for women students as well as opportun-
ities for dialogue about issues which are of particular concern for women in
ministry. Activities include annual retreats, sponsorship of a women's caucus
during Columbia Colloquium, and opportunities to attend conferences and
workshops which focus on women's issues for ministry.

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Student Athletic Program

Athletic activities are available and open to all students and their families.
These activities include volleyball, football, basketball, soccer, softball, tennis,
aerobics, ping pong, and golf.

Student Supply Preaching

Columbia Seminary works with local congregations in making arrange-
ments for student supply preaching. Students are generally assigned on a
rotating basis to churches that have requested supply ministers.

Community Worship and Convocations

The seminary community gathers for worship each regular class day to
express its thanksgiving for and need of God's grace, to hear God's word, and
to pray for the church and the world. Students in their final year of the Master
of Divinity program, faculty, staff, and others from the seminary community
as well as invited guests lead worship for the community.

The sacrament of the Lord's Supper is celebrated each Friday. Included in
worship each Wednesday is a forum which leads the Columbia community
into consideration of significant issues for the church in the world, exposes it
to persons from other denominations and parts of the earth, or directs it in
spiritual formation. A majority of the forums are designed and led by student
organizations.

In addition to regular worship services, the seminary community gathers
for convocations and other special services several times during the year. At
opening convocation in the fall and at graduation each spring, students are
recognized for outstanding academic work and for service to the church
through the presentation of awards, prizes, and fellowships. The descriptions
of these awards are given below along with a listing of recent recipients.

Awards and Prizes

Through the gifts of alumni and friends of the seminary, several prizes
and awards have been established to recognize outstanding academic
achievements by basic degree students.

The Wilds Book Prize was established by Louis T. Wilds of Columbia,
South Carolina, in 1917. In 1992, an addition to the fund was made by Mary
Scott Wilds Hill, Annie Edmunds Wilds McLeod, Murphey Candler Wilds,
and their children in memory of their parents and grandparents, Laura Can-
dler Wilds and Louis T. Wilds, Jr. '11. The fund provides a cash award to the
graduating M.Div. student selected by the faculty for the highest distinction
in his or her academic work over the entire seminary program.

The Lyman and Myki Mobley Prize in Biblical Scholarship has been
established in memory of Donald Lyman Mobley (Columbia class of 1977)
and Myki Powell Mobley (Candler School of Theology, class of 1977). It is
given each year to the student or faculty member doing exemplary work in

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the field of biblical scholarship as it relates to the worship and work of the
church.

The Paul T. Fuhrmann Book Prize in Church History was established in
1962 by an alumnus of the seminary to honor the late Dr. Paul T. Fuhrmann,
former Professor of Church History. The award is made annually to the
student who has shown the most outstanding achievement in church history.

The Florrie Wilkes Sanders Prize in Theology is given by the family of
Florrie Wilkes Sanders of Atlanta, Georgia. It is awarded each year to the
student presenting the best paper showing sound theological scholarship and
relevance to the needs of Christian people in the contemporary world. Special
attention is given to papers relating theology to the education, professions,
and avocations of lay people.

The Emma Gaillard Boyce Memorial Award is made annually by the Rev.
David Boyce, an alumnus of the seminary, in honor of his mother, a devoted
music teacher, choir director, church musician, and minister's wife. It is
awarded to the student writing the best paper on the creative use of music in
worship.

Abdullah Awards of two types are available each year by the Rev. Gabriel
Abdullah, an alumnus of the seminary. One is given for the best paper setting
forth a plan for the teaching of Bible in the public schools; the second for the
best paper designing a program for the development of moral and spiritual
values in the public schools.

The Indiantown Country Church Award was established by the family
of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Stuckey in their honor to highlight the work of ministry
in churches in rural areas. The prize is awarded annually to a student who
has done outstanding work in the summer in a rural ministry.

The Ludwig Richard Max Dewitz Biblical Studies Award is a cash award
given to the student who prepared the best Old Testament exegesis during
the academic year. A judging committee of professors of Old Testament nom-
inates a person to the faculty for election.

The Samuel A. Cartledge Biblical Studies Award is given to the student
who prepared the best New Testament exegesis during the academic year. A
cash award is given along with a copy of the Greek New Testament, the latter
provided by the American Bible Society. A judging committee of professors
of New Testament nominates a person to the faculty for election.

The Presbytery of St. Andrew Women of the Church Preaching Award is
given for the best sermon preached by a student during the academic year.

James T. and Celeste M. Boyd Book Fund Award is presented to a grad-
uating senior as a means of encouraging and helping establish a personal
theological library of books and resources.

The C. Virginia Harrison Memorial Fund Award is presented to a rising
senior who is conscientious, responsible, hard working, and in need of finan-
cial assistance. The president, in consultation with the secretary to the presi-
dent, selects the recipient of this award.

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The Columbia Leadership Award, approved by the faculty in 1992, is
given to a graduating senior who shows promise of providing outstanding
leadership to the church. The recipient will have demonstrated unusual lead-
ership qualities at Columbia as well as spiritual depth and integrity.

The William Dudley Fund Award is presented to two graduating Master
of Divinity seniors who have evidenced achievement, interest, and commit-
ment in evangelism and church growth to be used within a five year period
for continuing education or graduate study in evangelism and church growth
at Columbia Theological Seminary.

Graduate Fellowships

The Seminary awards each year one or more fellowships to outstanding
graduates completing the M.Div. degree. The purpose of these fellowships is
to recognize superior intellectual achievement demonstrated during the
course of the regular seminary program and to provide a modest support for
graduate work beyond the first professional degree. They must be used to-
ward an accredited master's degree or doctoral graduate degree program in
which the recipient engages in the scholarly pursuit of an academic theological
discipline.

The Fannie Jordan Bryan Fellowships were established through a gen-
erous legacy left to Columbia Theological Seminary by the late Mrs. Fannie
Jordan Bryan of Columbia, South Carolina.

The Columbia Graduate Fellowships were initiated by the Senior Class of
1941 and continue to be funded through the operating expense budget of the
seminary.

The Anna Church Whitner Memorial Fellowships are given periodically
from a legacy left to the seminary in 1928 by the late William C. Whitner of
Rock Hill, South Carolina, in memory of his mother.

The Harvard A. Anderson Fellowship was established in 1983 by the
Reverend and Mrs. Harvard A. Anderson of Orlando, Florida. This fellowship
is awarded to the graduate determined by the faculty to have the greatest
potential for future academic achievement.

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Prizes, Awards, and Fellowships for 1994

Wilds Book Prize
Rebecca Gaudino

Columbia Seminary Leadership

Award

Janet James

Florrie Wilkes Sanders Prize in

Theology

Martin Lifer

Presbyterian Women of the
Presbytery of St. Andrew
Preaching Award
Robert Googe

Abdullah Award
David Jones
Timothy Simpson

Ludwig Richard Max Dewitz
Old Testament Studies Award
Timothy Simpson

Emma Gaillard Boyce Award
Timothy Slemmons

Lyman and Myki Mobley Prize
in Biblical Scholarship
John Ragsdale

William Dudley Award
for Evangelism
Robert Googe

Paul T. Fuhrmann Book Prize
in Church History
Andi Goodrich
Mark Gray

Indiantown Country Church Award
Barbara Hamilton

Columbia Friendship Circle
Graduate Fellowship
Kathy Dawson

Columbia Graduate Fellowship
Barbara Douglass
Martin Lifer

Harvard A. Anderson Fellowship
Timothy Simpson

James T. and Celeste M. Boyd

Memorial Book Fund Award

Scott Anderson

Willie Brazil

Zoe Anne Henderson

The C. Virginia Harrison
Memorial Fund Award
Frank Blankinship

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Curriculum and Courses

The teaching program at Columbia is arranged in four areas: biblical,
historical-doctrinal, practical theology, and supervised ministry. Interdisci-
plinary courses, which combine studies in two or more of these areas, are also
taught in the degree programs. While classroom instruction is foundational
to all degree programs, the goal is to equip students to continue their educa-
tion independently. The resources of the library, the structure of course work,
and independent study courses encourage realization of that goal.

Biblical area studies seek to provide students with the necessary skills
and tools to interpret the Bible with faithfulness, integrity, and imagination
for a world that is much different from that in which the books of the Bible
were written. To this end, biblical area courses focus on the languages (He-
brew and Greek), history, cultures, and world views of the ancient Mediter-
ranean peoples, in order to clarify how the Bible spoke to those to whom it
was first addressed. At the same time, biblical area courses give students the
opportunity to practice appropriate and creative means of hearing Scripture
anew today, in our own cultural and historical contexts, so that it may con-
tinue to speak to us and to our world in fresh and powerful ways.

Historical-Doctrinal studies help students understand the past as a
means of comprehending the present. Students engaged in these studies also
struggle to form their own theology and to discover what it means to be
Christian in today's world. Since Columbia stands within the Reformed tra-
dition, historical-doctrinal studies are concerned not only with right thinking,
but also with the relation of Christian faith and doctrine to all arenas of life.
Therefore, studies in this area engage students in consideration of the social,
political, economic, and cultural life of today in the United States and across
the world. In historical-doctrinal studies students acquire the tools they will
need throughout their lives for dealing theologically with themselves and the
world around them, tools that will enable graduates to lead the church in a
prophetic and reconciling way as it works out its mission in the world.

Practical Theology area studies center on the functioning of the theologian
as a minister with a concern to train students to be ministers and to lead other
persons in ministering. Studies in this area consider the dynamics of the
minister's role as pastor, evangelist, leader of worship, preacher, teacher, and
administrator. Since the shape of the ministry of tomorrow is not fully known,
the concern of these studies is to train students to understand the issues
involved, to help them see their own strengths and weaknesses, and then to
develop a flexibility that will enable them to take their biblical and theological
understanding and deal with whatever issues they face during their ministry.

Supervised Ministry serves an integrative function for the curriculum.
Through its structure students are involved in the actual practice of ministry
under competent supervision. Through experiential, relational, and inductive
learning, students explore within a peer group the forms, styles, contents, and
concepts of ministry. Not only do the students put into practice what has been
learned through studies in the biblical, historical-doctrinal, and practical the-
ology areas, but these studies are integrated with the practice of ministry and
the personhood of each student.

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Courses of Instruction

Listed on the following pages are the courses taught by the faculty of
Columbia Theological Seminary in 1994-95 and 1995-96. Changes in faculty
situations and in student needs inevitably will necessitate modification of
course offerings from term to term.

The faculty reserves the right to modify individual course requirements
within a degree program. Such changes will be effective the next time such
courses are offered or at a later date as determined by the faculty. Degree
programs and their major requirements will remain unchanged for students
entering that program, but changes may be made at any time to be effective
for all entering students in the next academic year.

The faculty introduced a new curriculum in the Master of Divinity degree
program in the fall semester of 1994. The designation of units within the
course descriptions listed below applies to students within that curriculum
and to students entering the M.A.(T. S.) program. For further details on the
unit system, see The Columbia Calendar and Unit System on page 10. Students
in advanced degree programs and those who entered under the former Master
of Divinity curriculum will continue under the credit system.

Descriptions of courses which can be taken as electives within the new
M.Div. curriculum contain pedagogical objective designations within brack-
ets (e.g., {K, T, ML}). These letters correspond to the six pedagogical objectives
which are described on page 7.

The letter in the course designation is determined by the area in which it
is offered: B for Biblical; HD for Historical-Doctrinal; P for Practical Theology;
I for Interdisciplinary; and SM for Supervised Ministry. Courses whose num-
bers are prefaced by ATA are offered by the Atlanta Theological Association.
The hundred's digit refers to the level of the course and whether it is required
for the Master of Divinity degree program or elective:

100s are required courses ordinarily taken in the first year of study.

200s are required courses ordinarily taken in the second year of study.

300s are required courses ordinarily taken in the third year of study.

500s are elective courses designed primarily for first and second year
students but open to advanced students by permission of the instructor.

600s are elective courses designed for advanced students (third year and
graduate students) but open to others when prerequisites have been
met, space is available, and permission has been given by the instructor.

700s are off-campus electives at advanced level.

800s are honors courses.

The middle digit of a course number identifies the particular academic
discipline within the area, except in Interdisciplinary and Supervised
Ministry courses.

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Biblical Area

Faculty: Walter Brueggemann
(sabbatic leave, fall 1995), Charles
B. Cousar (sabbatic leave, fall 1995
and winter 1996), David P.
Moessner, James D. Newsome,
Kathleen O'Connor (sabbatic
leave, spring 1996), Stanley P.
Saunders (chairperson).

Required Courses for M.Div.
Degree

B021 Essentials of Greek

Staff

This course provides an intensive

study of the essential elements of

Koine Greek grammar, syntax, and

vocabulary preparatory to reading

the Greek New Testament. Required

of all students who have not taken

Greek in college or passed the Greek

qualifying exam.

Summer Session Only 6 credits/2 units

B141 Survey of the Old Testament
Newsome

This course provides a study of the
Old Testament with special attention
to its literary development and theo-
logical content as viewed against the
background of the history and reli-
gion of ancient Israel.
Fall 3 credits/1 unit

B153 Exegesis of the New

Testament
Cousar or Moessner or Saunders
The Greek text of a Pauline letter is
read and interpreted in the introduc-
tory course in New Testament exe-
gesis. Particular attention is given to
the methods and resources of exe-
gesis and to the letter's place in the
Pauline corpus.
Fall 3 or 4 credits/1 unit

B161 Survey of the New

Testament
Cousar

This course examines the various
types of literature in the New Testa-
ment, with special attention to the lit-
erary character and theological con-
tent of books. Documents are viewed
in light of first-century history and
culture.
Spring 3 credits/1 unit

B222 Essentials of Hebrew
Newsome

This course provides an intensive
study of the essential elements of He-
brew grammar, syntax, and vocabu-
lary preparatory to reading and
studying exegetically the Hebrew
Old Testament.
Fall 4 credits/1 unit

B223 Essentials of Hebrew
O'Connor

The goal of this course is to learn basic
elements of Hebrew grammar, syn-
tax, and vocabulary in order to pre-
pare for Old Testament exegesis.
Fall 4 credits/1 unit

*B231 Old Testament Exegesis:

Representative Texts
Newsome

The class will read and exegete se-
lected Old Testament passages which
are significant for an understanding
of the nature of ancient Hebrew lit-
erature and the faith of Israel. Special
attention will be given to the rele-
vance of these texts for Christian the-
ology and to their use in the preach-
ing and teaching ministry of the
church. Prerequisite: Hebrew lan-
guage course.
3 credits/1 unit

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*B232 Old Testament Exegesis:

Ruth and Jonah
O'Connor

This course studies the Hebrew texts
of the books of Ruth and Jonah, ex-
amines their narrative strategies, and
considers their possible contributions
to contemporary struggles regarding
exclusion and difference. Prerequi-
site: Hebrew language course.
3 credits/1 unit

*B233 Old Testament Exegesis:

Samuel
Brueggemann

This course is a close reading and ex-
egesis of selected passages from the
book of Samuel. Prerequisite: He-
brew language course.
3 credits/1 unit

*B234 Old Testament Exegesis:

Second Isaiah
Newsome

The Hebrew text of Isaiah 40-55 will
be investigated in order that the exe-
gete may identify there themes relat-
ing to the life of the people of God in
the sixth century B.C. and in our own
time. Particular attention will be de-
voted to the prophet's metaphors for
salvation and to the distinctive nature
of the Servant Songs in Isaiah 42:1-4
and elsewhere. Prerequisite: Hebrew
language course.
3 credits/1 unit

*B235 Old Testament Exegesis: The

Book of Job
O'Connor

This course engages in a close reading
of the book of Job; it provides oppor-
tunities for the study and practice of
exegetical and interpretive skills; and
it pays special attention to the "ap-
propriation" of Job for mission/min-
istry. Prerequisite: Hebrew language
course.

3 credits/1 unit

^Students in the second year are re-
quired to take one of these courses.
The others may be taken as elective
courses.

B373 Old Testament Theology
Brueggemann

This course is an investigation of ma-
jor theological themes within the tra-
ditions of the Old Testament. Special
attention will be devoted to fresh
methods of relating the biblical ma-
terial to contemporary understand-
ings of the nature of human life.
3 credits/1 unit

B374 New Testament Theology
Moessner

The nature of New Testament "the-
ology," the uses of texts in construc-
tive theology, and the unity and di-
versity of the New Testament will be
investigated in the light of the pri-
mary theological claims of the New
Testament writings. Prerequisites:
New Testament exegesis, New Tes-
tament survey.
3 credits/1 unit

Elective Courses
General and Background

B514 Intertestamental Period
Newsome

This seminar is devoted to the inves-
tigation of the history of the Jewish
people from the return from exile to
the birth of Christ. Emphasis will be
upon the literature (both canonical
and non-canonical) of this period
against the background of social, eco-
nomic, political, and cultural events.
Attention will also be given to the rise
of Jewish sects. Prerequisite: Old Tes-
tament Survey. {K, T}
2 or 3 credits/1 unit

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B614 Reading Biblical Narrative
O'Connor

The purpose of this course will be to
explore several short Old Testament
narratives while discussing and de-
veloping sensitivity to such storytell-
ing strategies as character develop-
ment, narrative voice, plot,
repetition, suspense, narrative gaps
and narrative timing, irony, and am-
biguity. Similarities to and differ-
ences from modern western stories
will also be explored. {K}
3 credits/1 unit

B615 New Testament Ethics
Saunders

This seminar explores the moral
world of the first Christians, focusing
on such issues as social power in com-
munity, sexuality, the relations be-
tween men and women, and the re-
lations between Christians and the
non-Christian world. Attention will
be directed to passages from the let-
ters of Paul and selected Gospel texts,
exploring ways these texts can help
shape a distinctively Christian ethos
in the modern world. Prerequisites:
New Testament exegesis and New
Testament survey. (K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

B616 Women and the Old

Testament
O'Connor

This course takes as its starting point
contemporary discussions about the
relationship of the Bible to the diverse
lives of women. It studies selected
Old Testament texts as well as inter-
national feminist scholarship to in-
vestigate the Old Testament as both
problem and resource for believing
women. It seeks ways of reclaiming
texts for mission /ministry. (K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

B617 Apocalyptic Literature
Newsome

This course is an exploration of an-
cient Jewish and Christian apocalyp-
tic literature, both canonical and ex-
tra-canonical, in an effort to
understand the world view and the-
ological outlook of those groups and
individuals responsible for this dis-
tinctive literature. Prerequisite: Old
Testament Survey. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B619 Old Dangerous Texts for

New Dangerous Times
Brueggemann

This study will be focused on ways in
which to respond to the new interpre-
tive situation in which the U.S.
Church finds itself. An historical ap-
proach will be taken to theological-
interpretive methods and models in
Old Testament Theology. Specific
texts will be studied with attention to
the capacity of the Church to re-dis-
cern and re-imagine the character of
the God of biblical texts. (K, T, ML}
Summer 3 credits/1 unit

B712 Mission and Ministry in the

Early Church
Saunders

This course provides a reorientation
to the eschatological character of
early Christian self-understanding
and explores the consequences of this
self-understanding for the mission
and practice of ministry among the
earliest generations of Christians (fo-
cusing particularly on Paul and Mat-
thew). The course will work toward
a renewal of eschatological practices
and thought in the life of worship-
ping communities today, as well as a
recovery of our missionary identity.
3 credits

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B713 Exploring the Historical Jesus
Daniel

This course presents a fresh look at
the results of contemporary scholar-
ship in the quest of the historical
Jesus, focusing on the work of Marcus
J. Borg, John Dominic Crossan, and
others. We will explore the implica-
tions of Jesus research for the life of
faith including our own images of
Jesus.
3 credits

B714 Biblical Hermeneutics in
Asian- American Context
Yoon

This course explores the relevance of
doing culturally contextual biblical
hermeneutics, particularly from an
Asian-American perspective. The
course's aim is to review Peter Stuhl-
macher's work, Vom verstehen des
Neuen testaments: Ein Hermeneutik, for
the eurocentric view of interpretation
of Scripture and to examine Robert
Jewitt's work, Paul: The Apostle to
America, for cultural trends of Scrip-
ture interpretation in the North
American context. In view of these
works the course is designed to ena-
ble students to discover the distinc-
tiveness of Asian- American biblical
hermeneutics, with the focus being
on the task of theological interpreta-
tion of the New Testament writings.
3 credits

Ancient Languages

B527 Greek Reading
Cousar or Moessner

This course is designed to build upon
elementary Greek grammar and
basic exegesis in preparation for ad-
ditional courses in exegesis, for bibl-
ical electives, and for ordination ex-
ams. Prerequisite: New Testament
Exegesis. {K)
3 credits/1 unit

B620 Hebrew Reading
Newsome

This course follows a rapid reading
of selections from the Hebrew Old
Testament with a view to increasing
facility in the use of the language.
Special emphasis is placed on gram-
matical structures and vocabulary.
Permission of the instructor is re-
quired. {K}
3 credits/1 unit

Old Testament Based on Hebrew
Text

B544 Psalms
Brueggemann

This course will explore the faith re-
sources offered in the book of the
Psalms, with special attention given
to the points of contact between the
poems and current life-situations.
This will be done by considering the
God who is addressed in the Psalms,
the difference these prayers make in
one's daily life, and the interrelated-
ness of the Psalms to daily pastoral
crises and to use in liturgical settings.
{K, SF, ML)
3 credits/1 unit

B545 Introduction to the Hebrew

Prophets
Newsome

The course provides an overview of
the prophetic tradition within ancient
Israel in which special attention is
given to the theological themes of the
several books of the prophetic corpus
of the Old Testament. The cultural
context in which the individual
prophetic personalities lived and
worked is also examined for insights
into the form and content of the
prophetic message. Prerequisite: Old
Testament Survey. {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

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B643 "If You Would Hear My

Voice:" Exegesis of

Deuteronomy
O'Connor

This course engages in exegesis and
close reading of the book of Deuter-
onomy. It attends to the book's rhe-
torical strategies and its political and
theological intentions. It asks how /if
the book is helpful in faith contexts
today. Prerequisite: Hebrew lan-
guage course. |K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B644 Jeremiah and the God Who

Weeps
O'Connor

This course offers a close reading of
the book of Jeremiah. It places the
book within the history and tradition
of Hebrew prophecy and analyzes
the book as theological and political
literature, centering on Israel's expe-
rience of exile. It seeks to find in the
book theological resources for local
faith communities. Prerequisite: He-
brew language course. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B645 Interpreting the Psalms
Newsome

This course is a study of the Psalms
from various perspectives: historical,
exegetical, and homiletical. It is de-
signed to make the literature avail-
able to the pastor as a worshiper,
scholar, and preacher. Prerequisite:
Old Testament Survey. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

B646 Pentateuch
Brueggemann

This course will review recent schol-
arship on the Pentateuch and con-
sider the Pentateuch as the founda-
tional document of Jewish and

Christian faith. Consideration of crit-
ical methods which serve the theolog-
ical-interpretive task will be consid-
ered. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B647 The Wisdom Literature
O'Connor

This course examines the books of
Proverbs, Job, and Qoheleth as theo-
logical resources for mission /minis-
try today. It places these books in the
context of other ancient Near Eastern
literature and briefly considers the
Song of Songs, Sirach, and Wisdom
of Solomon. The course pays special
attention to creation themes and to
the enigmatic character of female
wisdom. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B648 Lamentation and Weeping in

the Old Testament
O'Connor

This course studies Psalms of lament,
Jeremiah's confessions, and the book
of Lamentations as a resource for mis-
sion/ministry today. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

New Testament Based on Greek
Text

B551

Yoon

Readings in the Greek New
Testament

This course aims at developing skills
in the use of grammar, the lexicon,
and the text itself. Prerequisite: com-
petence in the essentials of Koine
Greek. Auditors excluded. {K}
3 credits/1 unit

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B552 Gospel of John
Cousar

The purpose of this course is to en-
gage in a literary and theological
study of the Gospel of John with an
eye toward its use in preaching and
ministry. The structure of the course
will allow students to work with
either the Greek or English text. Pre-
requisite: New Testament exegesis.
(K,T)
3 credits/1 unit

B553 Exegesis of the Gospel of

Luke
Moessner

This course is an introduction to the
interpretation of the four Gospels and
to the Greek text of the Gospel of
Luke in particular. Attention will be
directed to the exegesis of selected
passages and to a grasp of the overall
portrait of Jesus and the theological
emphases of Luke the evangelist. The
various methods developed espe-
cially for the illumination of the Gos-
pel literary form and content will be
analyzed and coordinated with the
student's own interpretive skills and
intuitive gifts. Prerequisite: compe-
tence in the essentials of Koine Greek.
{K,T}
3 credits/1 unit

B651 The Gospel According to

Matthew
Saunders

This course explores the peculiar
character of Matthew's telling of the
story of Jesus. Using historical-criti-
cal, literary, and sociological ap-
proaches, we will seek to clarify the
appeal of Matthew's Gospel to the
earliest Christians, as well as its use-
fulness to a Church in the midst of

cultural upheaval today. Prerequi-
sites: Greek, New Testament exe-
gesis. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

New Testament Based on English
Text

B662 The Gospel Parables
Yoon

The course will be concerned with the
following: the nature of the parable
form; the history of the interpretation
of the parables; the meaning of the
parables in the context of Jesus' min-
istry and in the theology of the indi-
vidual Evangelists; literary criticism
and the representation of the mean-
ing of the parables. Prerequisite: New
Testament Survey or its equivalent.
{K,T}
3 credits/1 unit

B665 Epistle to the Romans
Cousar

This course provides an occasion to
investigate the Letter to the Romans
in the context of Pauline theology.
Special attention is given to the rhe-
torical strategies employed in the let-
ter and to the critical theological is-
sues raised. While the class sessions
are primarily based on the English
text, students wishing to pursue the
Greek text are given a chance to do
so. Prerequisite: prior New Testa-
ment study. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B667 Acts of the Apostles
Moessner

This course provides a careful read-
ing in the English text (with optional
Greek track) of the fulfillment of Mes-
sianic salvation and the eschatologi-
cal split of Israel into the "church"
and the "hardened" people of God.

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Special attention will be devoted to
the relationship between Luke's
"narrative" and his "theology/' an-
cient story and contemporary preach-
ing from Acts, and Jews and Chris-
tians in conflict and dialogue.
Prerequisites: New Testament exe-
gesis and New Testament Survey. (K,
CB,T|
3 credits/1 unit

B677 Synoptic Gospels
Yoon

The purpose of this course is to study
the synoptic gospels and their mean-
ing with an emphasis on each gos-
pel's distinctive theological themes
and an attempt to locate the theology
of the gospel within the development
of early Christianity. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

B668 First Corinthians
Yoon

This course will combine a chapter by
chapter interpretation with a the-
matic treatment of such topics as un-
ity and division, sexual morality, the
Lord's Supper, the gift of the Spirit,
and death and resurrection. Atten-
tion will be given to Pauline perspec-
tives and doing culturally (e.g., Paul's
and North American culture) contex-
tual exegesis with a focus on contem-
porary issues such as pluralism, sex-
ual liberation, rivalism for control,
individualism versus communalism,
and problems of pastoral ministry.
|K,T,ML}
3 credits/1 unit

Biblical Theology

B676 Theology of Paul
Cousar

Among the many efforts to describe
Paul's "theology," this course wres-
tles with the definition of the topic
and investigates the key texts in
Paul's letters in and through which
his theology is encountered. Particu-
lar attention is given to the way the
texts intersect the life of the church in
North America. Prerequisite: New
Testament Survey or its equivalent.
{K,CB}
3 credits/1 unit

B678 Paul for the North American

Church
Cousar

This course looks at the major theo-
logical themes characteristic of the
undisputed letters of Paul, the liter-
ary contexts in which they arose, and
their possible significance for shap-
ing the life of the church today. The
course functions as a seminar and fo-
cuses on critical texts in the letters
and their interpretation. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

B679 Interpretation of the Gospel

of Mark
Saunders

This course will explore the nature of
Mark's parabolic presentation of the
story of Jesus, using some of the more
recent literary and sociological ap-
proaches. Students may expect to
pursue a reading of the Greek text
alongside critical engagement with
some of the more recent interpreta-
tions of Mark. Prerequisite: New Tes-
tament exegesis. {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

Independent Studies

The following courses provide an
opportunity to engage in individual-
ized work on various problems in the
Biblical Area under the supervision
of an instructor.

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B692 Exegetical Research in Old

Testament
Brueggemann or Newsome or
O'Connor
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

B693 Research in Old Testament

Criticism or Theology
Brueggemann or Newsome or
O'Connor
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

B695 Exegetical Research in New

Testament
Cousar or Moessner or Saunders
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

B696 Research in New Testament

Criticism or Theology
Cousar or Moessner or Saunders
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

Historical-Doctrinal Area

Faculty: Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi,
Robert Leon Carroll, T. Erskine
Clarke, Will E. Coleman,
Catherine G. Gonzalez (sabbatic
leave, fall 1995), Shirley C.
Guthrie, Jr., James Hudnut-
Beumler, Douglas W. Oldenburg,
Marcia Y. Riggs (Chairperson),
Iwan Russell-Jones, George W.
Stroup, George B. Telford, Jr.

Required Courses for M.Div.
Degree

HD120 Introduction to Church

History
Gonzalez

This course is an introduction to the
history of the Church, including its
doctrine, structure, and interaction
with the surrounding culture. We
will also deal with the understanding
of the life of faith in the different pe-
riods.
1 unit

HD320 American Religion and

Cultural History
Cardoza-Orlandi, Clarke
This course is a study of the history
of religion in the United States. Spe-
cial attention is given to the complex
relationship of religion to U.S. cul-
ture.
1/2 unit

HD360 Introduction to World

Christianity
Cardoza-Orlandi

This course presents a survey of the
expansion and transformation of
Christianity. Particular interest will
be given to situations where political
and social conflict have been evident.
1/2 unit

Elective Courses

General

HD272 Christian Ethics
Riggs

This course is a study of the biblical,
theological, and philosophical foun-
dations of Christian ethics for guid-
ance in Christian decision making.
Fall, Spring 3 credits/1 unit

HD51 1 History of the Devotional

Tradition of the Church
Gonzalez

This course considers the classic lit-
erature from various movements
within the church's history that have
stressed the devotional life, including

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forms of monasticism, certain of the
mystics, and later authors from both
Protestant and Roman Catholic cir-
cles. {K, SF}

2 credits/1/2 unit

HD610 Introduction to the
American Context
Cardoza-Orlandi, Clarke
This course is designed to provide in-
ternationals with a deeper under-
standing of American religious, so-
cial, and cultural traditions; to give
them a historical and social context
for their studies in the U.S.; to help
them place their theological studies
in the larger context of American so-
ciety; and to explore the complex re-
lationships between religion and cul-
ture in American life. Required for
International students. (K, T}

3 credits/1 unit

HD61 1 Reading the Bible, Reading

Culture
Coleman

This will be a course in the applica-
tion of contemporary interpretation
theory by juxtaposing biblical narra-
tives over against cultural configu-
rations. It will employ strategies for
reading texts, especially biblical nar-
ratives, in light of images and values
that inform a postmodern culture. It
will seek to discern how biblical lan-
guage can be recovered and ex-
pressed in the public marketplace of
ideas. {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

HD612 Reading African American

Slave Narratives
Coleman

This course will engage in a reading
of African American slave narratives
as a source for constructive theologi-
cal reflection. Several interpretive ap-
proaches will be utilized for discern-
ing and appropriating the religio-
mythic and theological worldview of
people of African descent. {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

HD613 Christ in a Pluralistic

World
Guthrie, Stroup

This is a seminar that explores var-
ious ways of relating Christian faith
in Jesus Christ to the faiths of other
religious communities. It is not a
course in comparative religions, but
one that examines the theological is-
sues raised for Christians as they en-
gage in interfaith dialogue. {CB, T)
3 credits/1 unit

HD618 Jesus In Celluloid

Dietrich, Russell- Jones, Stroup
This seminar studies some of the
ways in which Jesus has been de-
picted in film in the twentieth cen-
tury. Among the films to be studied
are: The Gospel According to St. Mat-
thew, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Last
Temptation of Christ, and Jesus of Mon-
treal. They will be discussed in con-
versation with scripture and with the
important images, concepts, and con-
victions that have shaped Christian
theology through the centuries. {K, C,
T(
3 credits/1 unit

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HD619 Black Women and Religion
Riggs

This seminar will examine the histor-
ical and sociological roots of black
women and their influence on reli-
gion in the United States. The aim of
the seminar is to explore the meaning
of the movement for the Church's
role in current struggles. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

Historical Studies

HD520 History of Christian Social

Thought
Hudnut-Beumler

This course traces the thinking of
Christians on enduring topics of so-
cial and ethical concern through
twenty centuries of history. These
topics include war and violence, civil
government, sexual behaviors, use
and ownership of property, individ-
ual vocation, and relations with non-
Christians. Class members will focus
their own work on three selected fig-
ures from different periods who rep-
resent different genders and theolog-
ical perspectives in the history of the
church. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD521 The United States as

Mission Field
Clarke, Cardoza-Orlandi
This course assumes that a major task
before the church in the U.S. is a re-
conceiving of the U.S. as a mission
field and the development of a spe-
cific missiology for this mission field.
Faculty and students will explore the
characteristics of contemporary U.S.
culture through reading, videos, and
other media and will utilize missio-
logical studies for reflection on the
tasks before the church in such a con-
text. (K, ML)
3 credits/1 unit

HD523 World Religions:

Neighbors of Other
Religions
Cardoza-Orlandi

This course explores the growing and
changing religious demography by
studying Hinduism, Buddhism, Is-
lam, Afro-Caribbean religions, and
New Age Movements. We will ex-
amine the presence of these religions
in the U.S. and their diverse percep-
tions of Christianity. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD524 Presbyterian History and

Polity
Clarke, Gonzalez, and staff
This course combines a study of Pres-
byterian history with a study of the
polity of the Presbyterian Church
(USA). Special attention will be given
to the history of polity and to the the-
ological debates and missiological
commitments that have influenced
the present polity of the Presbyterian
Church (USA). {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

HD527 Church in the Caribbean
Staff

This course is a study of the history
of the Church in the Caribbean, with
special attention given to the church's
relationship to the region's social and
cultural history. While the course is
designed specifically for those going
to Jamaica with the Alternative Con-
text for Ministry course, it is open to
all who have an interest in the Car-
ibbean and its religious and cultural
life.
3 credits/1 unit

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HD528 Church in Central Europe
Staff

This course will study the effect and
consequences of World War II on the
churches and the introduction of the
socialist system. Special attention
will be given to the events in Poland,
the Hungarian revolution in 1956,
and the events in Prague in 1968. The
course will examine the church's
moral and social witness in the new
society. (K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD622 Image and Word:

Theological Reflections on
TV, Culture, and Church
Russell-] ones

Television plays an important role in
contemporary society. But what ex-
actly is that role? What effect does the
medium really have on the shaping
of human behavior, aspirations, and
self-understanding? How does tele-
vision differ from other, more tradi-
tional, forms of communication?
What are its implications for the
Church's witness in the modern
world? The course will seek to de-
velop a theological critique of televi-
sion in its various forms, including
religious television. (CB, ML)
3 credits/1 unit

HD626 Irenaeus and His

Theological Descendants
Gonzalez

This seminar will study the writings
of Irenaeus and the influence of his
theology on later writers in the 20th
Century. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD724 Theology for Ministry with

Older Adults
Crossley

This course will begin the exploration
of a theology of aging in the Ameri-
can context, taking special note of the
implications for the ministry of the
church.
3 credits

HD727 Religion and

Contemporary American

Culture
Clarke

This seminar will focus on major de-
velopments in American religious
life since World War II with particu-
lar attention given to the interaction
between social forces and religious
belief. The seminar will include intro-
ductory lectures by the professor and
readings and class presentations by
the students.
3 credits

Doctrinal Studies

HD530 Christian Doctrine
Coleman, Guthrie, Stroup
This is a regularly offered course that
studies some particular doctrine of
the Christian faith from the perspec-
tive of classical and contemporary
Reformed theology in conversation
with other theological traditions. At-
tention is given both to the develop-
ment of the doctrine and to its inter-
pretation for the life and ministry of
the church in the modern world. {K,
T)
3 credits/1 unit

HD531 The Theology of Calvin
Gonzalez, Guthrie, Kline, or Stroup
This seminar is an in-depth study of
one or more books of the Institutes of
the Christian Religion in the context of
classical Christian theology, the de-
velopment of Reformed theology,

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and contemporary theological
thought. {K, T(
3 credits/1 unit

HD532 Reformed Theology: Its

Shape and Development
Stroup

This seminar will examine the devel-
opment of Reformed theology from
the early sixteenth century to the
present. Attention will be given to
major Reformed theologians (e.g.,
Calvin, Edwards, Schleiermacher,
Barth, and Moltmann) and to signif-
icant Reformed documents, such as
creeds and confessions. A central task
of the seminar will be the identifica-
tion of the continuities and enduring
convictions of Reformed theology on
the one hand and the changes and
developments on the other. {K, CB)
3 credits/1 unit

HD533 Introduction to Theology
Guthrie or Stroup

This course is a series of lectures on
the Apostles' Creed which attempts
to examine the central convictions of
Christian faith. Commentaries on the
Apostles' Creed by classical and con-
temporary theologians will also be
studied as examples of attempts to
make the Creed relevant to a different
age.{K,T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD630 Theology of Moltmann
Guthrie

This course will be a seminar to read,
discuss, and evaluate some of the
most important works of Jiirgen
Moltmann, including Theology of
Hope, Crucified God, and Trinity and
the Kingdom. (K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD631 Theology, Narrative, and

Community
Stroup

This seminar examines some of the
proposals concerning the relation be-
tween theology and the life and lan-
guage of the Christian community by
theologians such as H. Richard Nie-
buhr, James Gustafson, Dietrich
Ritschl, Hans Frei, and George Lind-
beck. Particular attention will be
given to the notion of theology as
"grammar," and to the role of narra-
tive in theological reflection and in
the worship and mission of the
church. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

HD632 Luther
Stroup

This course is a study of Luther in the
context of the sixteenth century and
his distinctive contributions to Chris-
tian theology along with a careful
reading of some of his most impor-
tant theological writings. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD633 The Theologies of
Schleiermacher and
Kierkegaard
Gonzalez

We will study some of the major writ-
ings of these two 19th century theo-
logians. Special attention will be
given to comparing the structure of
their theologies and to their influence
on 20th century thought. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD634 The Theology of Karl Barth
Guthrie

This seminar studies intensively a
section of the Church Dogmatics. Pre-
requisites: systematic theology se-
quence or Practice of Theology I & n.
IK,T}
lor 3 credits/1 unit

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HD636 Reading Paul Tillich
Coleman

This course will be an introduction to
the life and work of Paul Tillich as a
Neo-Reformed theologian. It will ex-
amine the significant theological,
philosophical, and cultural influ-
ences upon his life as well as his im-
pact as a "theologian of culture/' It
will also consider ways in which he
anticipated some of the transforma-
tions we now experience in a post-
Christian reality. {K, CB, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD637 The Theology of Paul

Tillich
Kline

This seminar is a study of one or more
sections of Systematic Theology in the
context of classical Christian theol-
ogy and contemporary theological
thought. It involves close reading of
the text and response both in brief
weekly papers and two or more
larger critical studies. Prerequisites:
systematic theology sequence or
Practice of Theology I & II or permis-
sion of the instructor. (K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

HD638 Christology
Stroup

This course undertakes an examina-
tion of the understanding of Jesus
Christ in Christian theology. Who is
Jesus of Nazareth in the faith of the
church, and what does the church
mean when it calls him "Lord and
savior?" Attention will be given to
the topics of incarnation, atonement,
and resurrection and to the implica-
tions of Christology for discipleship,
mission, and ecclesiology. {K, T, ML)
3 credits/1 unit

HD544 Basic Christian Beliefs
Crossley

This course provides an introduction
to the methods and content of Chris-
tian theology focusing on the Apos-
tles' Creed in view of true-to-life sit-
uations in the Church today. {K, T,
ML}
3 credits/1 unit

HD546 Theology of Liturgy
Gonzalez

This is a lecture and discussion course
on the history of liturgy as well as the
doctrinal significance of liturgical
practice: the liturgical year, the sac-
raments, parts of worship, etc. Spe-
cial attention will be given to the
interpretation of biblical texts within
the liturgical setting in which they are
to be employed. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

HD548 Reading the Signs of the

Times
Coleman, Russell-Jones
This course engages in a critical, in-
tensive analysis of the "texts" and im-
ages that surround us and define our
culture. Further, it examines their im-
pact on the formation of beliefs and
values. It highlights the importance
of the minister's role in reflecting the-
ologically upon "the signs of the
times." {K, CB, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD644 Caribbean Theology
Telford

This course is a study of the theolog-
ical work being done by Caribbean
Christians to interpret the revelations
and discern the purposes of God
within their particular historical, eth-
nic, political, and cultural context.

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The course includes an immersion ex-
perience in Jamaica, lectures by Car-
ibbean theologians and church lead-
ers, and reading of representative
texts in preparation for writing a pa-
per entitled "Caribbean Theology:
An Appreciation and Critique/' (K,
C,T}
3 credits

HD648 Theology of Culture
Stroup

Some of the most difficult issues fac-
ing the church and its ministry today
have to do with questions about the
meaning of the Gospel and the rela-
tion between the Gospel and contem-
porary culture. In the first week of
this seminar we will examine some
recent proposals concerning the re-
lation between Gospel and culture by
figures such as Barth, Tillich, Hauer-
was, Tracy, and Newbigin. In the sec-
ond week we will turn to several fig-
ures and movements and attempt to
assess their theological significance.
Possible figures to be examined are:
Camille Paglia, Madonna, Stephen
Hawking, and Malcolm X. {K, T, ML}
Summer 3 credits/1 unit

HD649 Theology of the Reformed

Confessions
Stroup

This seminar is a historical and theo-
logical study of some of the major
confessional documents in the tradi-
tion of Reformed theology. The doc-
uments will be examined from two
perspectives: historically, in order to
understand the context in which the
confessions were written and the is-
sues they addressed, and theologi-
cally, in order to understand both the
development of Reformed theology

through the centuries and the abiding
continuities and convictions of that
tradition. |K, CB, T}
3 credits/1 unit

Philosophical Studies

HD551 Philosophical Introduction
Kline

This course is an introduction to phi-
losophy through its history and an
exploration of the relation of philos-
ophy to theology. It is recommended
for first-year students who have not
had a course in introduction to phi-
losophy in college. {K, CB, T)
3 credits/1 unit

Mission and Ecumenics

HD561 "Partners in Mission:"

Introduction to Missiology
Cardoza-Orlandi

This course will explore basic issues
in the field of missiology such as: par-
adigms in missions, social sciences in
missiological studies, third-world
theologies of mission, and the glob-
alization of Christianity. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD562 Christianity in Latin

America and the

Caribbean
Cardoza-Orlandi

This course presents an historical and
contemporary survey of the presence
and development of Christianity in
the Latin American and Caribbean
context. It will also explore the chal-
lenges that the Latin American and
Caribbean situation poses to the the-
ological enterprise and the global
church. {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

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HD563 History of Missions:
Culture and the
Contextualization of the
Gospel
Cardoza-Orlandi

In this historical survey of the expan-
sion of Christianity, a comparative
approach of missionary methods and
the process of contextualization /in-
culturation will be emphasized. {K, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD661 The Church's Quest for

Unity
Cardoza-Orlandi

The course explores the birth and de-
velopment of the Ecumenical Move-
ment and the struggles of the Church
Catholic to witness its unity as a gift
from God. Particular attention will be
given to the responses of the Chris-
tian communities in the third-world
and their challenges to the Ecumeni-
cal Movement. {K, T(
3 credits/1 unit

HD662 The Study of Religion:
Theory, Traditions, and
Theology
Cardoza-Orlandi

This course provides an introduction
to different theoretical approaches in
the study of religion. Readings by
Weber, Durkheim, and Marx, com-
plemented by contemporary read-
ings by Peter Berger, Clifford Geertz,
Levi-Strauss, Mary Douglas, and Vic-
tor Turner will be discussed. Students
and faculty will engage in the impli-
cations that these readings and ap-
proaches have for theology, particu-
larly mission theology. {K, T)
3 credits/1 unit

Ethics and Society

HD576 Biblical Ethics
Riggs

In whatever activities persons are in-
volved, public or private (e.g., reli-
gion, politics, marriage, sex, econom-
ics, war), the commands of God reach
us. This study of biblical ethics cen-
ters on the authority these commands
bring to our lives and the directions
in which we are led. Prerequisites:
Previous work in Bible and in ethics.
{K,CB,T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD577 Theology, Technology, and
Media in the Writings of
Jacques Ellul
Russell-Jones

Computers and information technol-
ogies are changing our world in un-
precedented ways, transforming pat-
terns of human behavior in whole
areas of culture. The course explores
the work of French sociologist and
theologian Jacques Ellul, who wrote
extensively on the nature of technol-
ogy. We will use his ideas as a focus
for discussion and reflect theologi-
cally on what these changes mean for
human society. {K, CB, T(
3 credits/1 unit

HD671 Theories of Justice and

Social Policy
Riggs

The focus of this seminar is the critical
analysis of classical and contempo-
rary theories of justice and their im-
plications for social policy regarding
issues such as affirmative action,
AIDS and drug testing, affordable
housing, and comparable worth. {K,
CB,T|
3 credits/1 unit

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HD672 Figures and Themes in

Liberation Ethics
Riggs

This course examines the ethical con-
tent of the writings of various libera-
tion theologians and ethicists and /or
the ethical dimensions of topics rele-
vant to global struggles for liberation.
The topic for 1994-95 was The Moral-
ity of Revolution. {K, CB, T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD673 The Church as Community

of Moral Discourse
Riggs

This course explores questions of
how the church can engage purpose-
fully in ethical reflection upon con-
temporary social problems and is-
sues. The objective of the course is to
guide students in preparing models
of pastoral-prophetic ministry for the
local church. The seminar's format
will include lectures, discussion, and
group case analysis. {K, T ML)
3 credits/1 unit

HD 674 Christian Faith and

Economic Justice
Oldenburg

This course will explore economic is-
sues and systems from a theological
perspective. In response to lectures,
readings, and discussions, students
will formulate their own understand-
ings of the church's role in economic
justice and begin to address questions
of special interest regarding current
economic changes and proposals.
{K,T,ML)
3 credits/1 unit

HD677 Feminist/ Womanist Ethics
Riggs

This seminar examines historical, so-
ciological, and theological bases of
feminist and womanist ethics. The
course will explore questions which

compare and contrast feminist and
womanist understandings of the na-
ture of gender oppression, socio-re-
ligious ethical issues in the analysis
of sexism, and the purpose and tasks
of a movement against sexist oppres-
sion. {T, CB}
3 credits/1 unit

HD678 Readings in Contemporary

Christian Ethics
Riggs

This seminar studies the writings of
several recent ethicists with special
attention to their methods and
sources in "doing ethics." The semi-
nar will also examine, in the writings
of contemporary ethicists, perennial
themes, such as the relationship be-
tween love and justice, particularism
and universalism, religion and mo-
rality, and personal and social ethics.
{K,CB,T}
3 credits/1 unit

HD679 Ethics for Enemies:

Forgiveness in Politics
Shriver

This course will explore the place of
forgiveness in mending human rela-
tions destroyed by conflict, especially
political conflict. In the history of
Christian thought about secular so-
ciety, personal relations in the church
- rather than group relations in secu-
lar society - have been the proper
place for forgiveness. This study will
broaden the applicability of our ca-
pacity to forgive to human politics in
local, national, and international set-
tings. Through the use of biblical, his-
torical, and contemporary cases, for-
giveness will be explored as complex
human action linked to memory,
moral judgment, forbearance, and
empathy. (K, CB, T}
Summer 3 credits/1 unit

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Independent Studies

The following courses provide an
opportunity to engage in individual-
ized work on various topics in the
Historical-Doctrinal Area under the
supervision of an instructor.

HD691 Independent Study in

History
Clarke or Gonzalez or Hudnut-Beumler
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

HD693 Independent Study in

Theology
Coleman or Guthrie or Stroup
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

HD695 Independent Study in

Philosophy
Staff
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

HD696 Independent Study in

Mission and Ecumenics
Cardoza-Orlandi
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

HD697 Independent Study in
Ethics

Mggs

Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

HD698 Independent Study in

Media
Russell-Jones
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

Practical Theology Area

Faculty: Charles L. Campbell
(sabbatic leave, fall 1995 and
winter 1996), Robert Leon Carroll,
Brian H. Childs, Ronald H. Cram
(sabbatic leave, fall 1995 and
winter 1996), Philip R. Gehman,
Ben C. Johnson, Jasper N. Keith,
Jr., John H. Patton, Lucy A. Rose
(Chairperson), Jeanne Stevenson-
Moessner.

Required Courses for M.Div.
Degree

PI 51 The Ministry of Worship and

Preaching
Campbell, Rose

This course provides an introduction
to the preaching and worship minis-
try of the Church, focusing on the
preparation and delivery of sermons
within the context of Christian wor-
ship and on the history, theology, and

practice of worship in the Reformed

and other traditions. Prerequisites:

Greek, enrollment in New Testament

exegesis.

Spring 3 credits/1 unit

P222 Critical Pedagogy for the
Local Church: Theory and
Praxis
Cram

The church is called by God to be in
a constant process of reformation and
renewed mission. What are possible
relations between our understand-
ings of God, mission, and education
for social reconstruction in a post-
modern, post-Western, and post-
Christian era? Students will analyze
selected contemporary educational
theories and practices, become famil-
iar with basic educational concepts,

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and begin to develop their own prac-
tical approaches as practical theolo-
gians to Christian religious education
in the church.
3 credits/1 unit

P382 Church and Ministry - Part II
Staff

This course looks at the theory and
practice of ministry and conflict man-
agement skills as well as knowledge
of the various contexts of ministry.
Course content is designed to help
students deal with particular issues
in ministerial formation and acquire
the skills needed to serve faithfully
and effectively as pastors. Arrange-
ments are made for non-Presbyterian
students to study elsewhere, either in
another ATA school or with a local
pastor approved by Columbia. Pre-
requisites: supervised ministry, sys-
tematic theology sequence.
3 credits/1 unit

Elective Courses
General

P505 Writing Workshop
D. Campbell

This course is designed to help stu-
dents become more competent and
effective writers at Columbia Semi-
nary and in ministry. Students will
review basics of grammar and com-
position and practice writing and ed-
iting in a workshop format. The
power and function of written lan-
guage in ministry is a central theme
throughout the course.
non-credit

P605 E.S.L. Writing Class
Staff

This class is specifically designed for
students who have English as a sec-
ond language and aims to equip them
with the skills they need to study in

any of the programs at Columbia. The
class includes work on listening,
speaking, and reading, but the em-
phasis is on written work. All E.S.L.
students are strongly encouraged to
take this class.
non-credit

P618 Theological Reflection on

Life and Ministry
Patton

The course presents an experiential
method of theological reflection,
group leadership, community build-
ing, and pastoral consultation de-
signed to facilitate the work of min-
istry, lay and ordained. {T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

Christian Education

P521 Curriculum Planning and
Evaluation in the Local
Church
Cram

Instructional resources available
from denominational and non-de-
nominational publishers will be in-
troduced and analyzed. In addition,
the contexts of community, prayer,
teaching, proclamation, and service
will provide the focus for curriculum
analysis and formation. Opportunity
is provided for church-related proj-
ects. {C, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P522 Teaching With Imagination
Cram

This course will help students de-
velop a more imaginative approach
to teaching by experiencing a variety
of teaching methods. Attention will
be given to understanding how our
theology affects our methodology. {T,
ML}
2 or 3 credits/1 unit

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P523 Religious Pluralism and

Christian Religious

Education
Cram

How and why do the ways commu-
nities of persons live and understand
life shape the forms and tasks of re-
ligious education? This class will in-
troduce the student to various ap-
proaches to teaching and learning in
the Christian traditions, as well as se-
lected Jewish and Islamic "ways."
Readings, group discussions, re-
search, field trips, and lectures will
shape this course. {T, C, ML}

2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P525 Faith Development Across

the Life Cycle
Cram

Faith development throughout the
human life cycle will be explored us-
ing Fowler's schema as well as his
antecedents and critics. The class will
explore implications for pastoral
counseling and Christian nurture in
the congregation. Prerequisite: intro-
ductory Christian Education course.
{K,ML|

3 credits/1 unit

P527 The Church and The Adult
Cram

This course provides a study of the
adult and of adult education for par-
ticipation in the life and mission of
the church and for the Christian life.
Research on the older adult will be
stressed. Prerequisite: introductory
Christian Education course. (K, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P528 Growing in Faith and

Curriculum Formation
Cram

This seminar will focus on major re-
search trends related to human de-
velopment and growth in faith. Im-
plications for curriculum evaluation
and formation will be explored. (K,
SF, ML}
2 credits/1/2 unit

P529 Education for Peace and

Justice in the Congregation
Cram

This seminar will focus on two major
challenges to educational ministry in
the local congregation today: hatred
and prejudice. Effective models al-
ready used will be reviewed, and
new options will be explored. {K, ML}

2 credits/1/2 unit

P621 Western Classic Literature in
the Christian Education of
Adults
Cram

This seminar focuses on the impor-
tance of the study of Western classic
texts within the context of the local
congregation. By studying the Aeneid,
methods of textual analysis for use by
adults in the local congregation will
be introduced and practiced with stu-
dents. Approaches to such issues as
gender, race and ethnicity, political
ideology, and intertextuality will be
introduced. {CB, ML}

3 credits/1 unit

P622 Congregational Life and

Christian Education
Cram

This course will focus on practical
ways to explore and to analyze the
contextual curriculum ("story") of a
local congregation. Multidisciplinary

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in its scope, students will be intro-
duced to pertinent research in such
areas as the study of social behavior,
theology, sociology, anthropology,
and history. (K, C, ML)

2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P623 The Spiritual Lives of

Children
Cram

The child is actively making meaning
in a web of complex social relation-
ships among household membmrs,
in the band, in the school, on the play-
ground, among friends and foes, at
the doctor's office, in the grocery
store, and in front of the television.
This course will focus on contextual
constructive theological contribu-
tions of children, with an emphasis
on practical implications for the local
church. Human development, theo-
logical reflection, and learning theory
will be emphasized. {C, T}

3 credits/1 unit

P722 Education in the Local

Church
Cram

This course will introduce students to
essential readings related to the cur-
rent trends in Christian religious ed-
ucation. The relation of theology, ed-
ucation, and culture will be stressed.
{K,T,ML}
3 credits/1 unit

Pastoral Care and Counseling

P530 Addiction and Aids
Keith

This course provides information
about two major problems of contem-
porary society and explores ways in
which the Christian community can

participate in prevention, education,
and care relative to these issues. Pre-
requisite: Hospital practicum or CPE.

{T,ML(

3 credits/1 units

P531 Pastoral Care in Film and

Literature
Childs

Contemporary film and literature are
used as case studies for an under-
standing of "what it means to be a
child of God" as it relates to the min-
istry of care. {T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P532 The Ministry of Pastoral Care
Keith

This course presents pastoral care as
a ministry of the church expressed in
crisis intervention, in sustaining,
guiding, reconciling and healing en-
counters, and in ordinary conversa-
tions. {T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P534 Pastoral Care of Marriage

and Family Life
Childs or Patton

This course focuses on current devel-
opments and issues in marriage and
family life as these relate to ministry.
Various types of ministry to marriage
and family life will be explored. Par-
ticular attention will be given to the
relation of the student's own family
to his or her ministry to the families
of others and to a theological under-
standing of marriage and family life.
(T,ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P535 Marriage Enrichment

Keith

This course is a seminar for couples

in which issues in contemporary

Christian marriage are discussed and

couples are engaged in enrichment

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experiences. The two primary objec-
tives are to strengthen the partici-
pants' marriages and prepare them
for ministry to other marriages. By
permission of the professor. (ML)

2 credits/1/2 unit

P537 Ministry to Developmentally

Disabled Persons
Keith

In this seminar /practicum issues of
persons living with disabilities, their
personal and family dynamics, and
their treatment are experienced and
discussed. {T, ML}

3 credits/1 unit

P538 Ministry to Deeply Troubled

Persons
Keith

In this seminar/practicum the dy-
namics and behaviors of deeply trou-
bled persons, the treatment of serious
mental illness, and the pastoral care
to persons and their families are con-
sidered. {T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P539 Pastoral Care and the Aging

Process
Keith

This course explores a variety of is-
sues relating to the aging process and
older adults. Community resources
for the care of the aged are identified.
Specific proposals for parish pro-
grams are developed. Throughout
the course, theological dimensions of
the aging process are sought. The
course includes a clinical component.
{C, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P630 Pastoral Care of Women
Stevenson-Moessner
The goal of this seminar is to respond
more appropriately to the distinctive
physical and psychological pain of
women through the medium of pas-
toral care. Questions of personal
identity and intimacy as well as fe-
male cyclical theories will be exam-
ined. Concepts of "caring" and
"mothering," vocational motiva-
tions, therapeutic alignment with
dominant systems, a woman's role as
counselor /counselee, feminine pain
and stress, and disciplines of support
will be discussed. {SF, T, ML}

2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P633 The Development of Modern

Pastoral Care
Childs or Keith or Patton
This course will research the litera-
ture, study the personalities, and con-
sider the historical context of the pas-
toral care movement in the U.S. in the
20th century. For Th.M., Th.D., or
D.Min. students; others must secure
permission from the professor. {K, T}

3 credits/1 unit

P634 Systems of Family Pastoral

Counseling
Childs or Patton

This seminar surveys and explores
the various systems of family evalu-
ation and therapy. Special emphasis
will be placed upon the works of ma-
jor theorists and clinicians (Minu-
chin, Bo wen, Ackerman, and Haley).
The theological evaluation of family
life and dysfunction will explored.
For Th.M. and Th.D. students; others
must secure permission from the pro-
fessor. {K, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

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P635 Pastoral Care of Marriage

and Family
Childs or Patton

This course focuses on current devel-
opments and issues in marriage and
family life as these relate to ministry.
Various types of ministry to marriage
and family life will be explored. Par-
ticular attention will be given to a the-
ological understanding of marriage
and family life. Prerequisite: Hospital
practicum or CPE. {K r T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P636 Pastoral Counseling in the

Parish
Childs or Patton

This course will explore the theory
and practice of time-limited, individ-
ual pastoral counseling, including
basic principles of psychological and
theological diagnosis, treatment
planning, and treatment manage-
ment. Cases investigated will be
those typically encountered in the
parish. Case studies, lectures, role
playing, and verbal reports will be
used. The theological rationale of
pastoral counseling will be explored.
Prerequisite: Hospital practicum or
CPE. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P637 Pastoral Care and Grief
Keith

This course explores the pastoral care
response in situations of loss, the di-
mensions of the grief process, and the
dynamics of personality involved in
grief. Events of pastoral care in grief
will be shared by the participants. For
Th.M. and D.Min. students; others
must secure permission from the pro-
fessor. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P639a & b Principles of Pastoral

Supervision
Keith

This course will research philoso-
phies of education, theories of learn-
ing, and methods of supervision for
a ministry of pastoral supervision.
For advanced degree students by per-
mission of the professor.
3 credits/1 unit

Worship

P644 Renewing Worship Through

New Liturgical Resources
Staff

The focus of this class is on the four
liturgical resources recently pro-
duced by the Presbyterian Church
(USA) - the Sunday service with the
Lord's Supper, baptism, marriage,
and the funeral - evaluating them in
their ecumenical context from theo-
logical, historical, and pastoral per-
spectives and thus enriching our un-
derstanding of and leadership in
worship. Prerequisite: Worship and
Preaching or its equivalent. {SF, T,
ML}
3 credits/1 unit

Preaching

P652 Preaching and Christian

Character
Campbell

Drawing on materials from the fields
of ethics and homiletics, students will
examine the relationship between
preaching and Christian character.
The following topics will be explored:

1) conceptions of Christian character,

2) the significance of the preacher's
character for preaching, and 3) the
role of preaching in the character for-
mation of preacher and congregation.
{SF, T, ML}

3 credits/1 unit

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P653 Narrative and Preaching
Campbell

This seminar will examine practically
and theoretically the various ways in
which narrative has been appropri-
ated in contemporary homiletics. Stu-
dents will be encouraged to explore
ways that different approaches to
narrative may inform their own
preaching. {CB, ML)
3 credits/1 unit

P654 Preaching at the Intersection

of Life and Doctrine
Rose

This advanced seminar in preaching
focuses on: 1) methods, how we un-
derstand our theology in terms of life
experience and life experiences in
terms of theological concepts, 2) al-
lowing others to expand our under-
standing of life, theology, and
preaching, and 3) the preaching of
sermons that explicitly reflect doc-
trine and a variety of life experiences.
Prerequisites: Worship and Preach-
ing and at least one semester of sys-
tematic theology or Practice of The-
ology. {T, ML)

2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P655 Preaching and the Dance of

Spirituality
Rose

This seminar focuses on the intersec-
tion between spirituality and preach-
ing. An important aspect of this sem-
inar is the embodied nature of
spirituality. Class sessions will in-
clude movement as a way of under-
standing ourselves, texts, and ser-
mons and will draw on the expertise
of Kari Ward, a professional dancer.
Prerequisite: Worship and Preaching
or its equivalent. {SF, CB, ML(

3 credits/1 unit

P656 Preaching Through the

Christian Year
Campbell

This course will focus on the tem-
poral dimension of Christian wor-
ship and its implications for preach-
ing. Students will examine the
theological and liturgical significance
of the Christian year, explore the val-
ues and limitations of the lectionary,
and prepare sermons for several ma-
jor festivals and seasons. {K, T, ML}
2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P657 Twentieth-Century

Preaching: Theory and
Practice
Campbell

Students will examine the homiletical
theory and practice of several twen-
tieth-century preachers as well as
trends in contemporary homiletics.
Building on reading and class discus-
sion, students will develop their own
theology of preaching and preach
two sermons in class. (K, T, ML}
2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P658 Narrative Preaching
Rose

This seminar focuses on narrative
preaching, which includes both
story-sermons and non-story ser-
mons that are organized around a
plot. Students will evaluate narrative
sermons, read homiletical theory,
and prepare at least two narrative
sermons. Prerequisite: Worship and
Preaching or its equivalent. {CB, ML}
2 or 3 credits/1 unit

P659 Preaching in Solidarity with

the Margins
Rose

This seminar focuses on the intersec-
tion between the margins of our so-
ciety and preaching. The course as-
sumes a liberationist stance that our

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faith and our preaching change when
we find ourselves in solidarity with
persons on the edges of the power
structures in our society. Prerequi-
site: Worship and Preaching or its
equivalent. {C, CB, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

Communication

P560 The Minister as Speaker
Taylor

This course provides a study of the
principles of healthy and effective vo-
cal expression and the application of
these to speech in pulpit, committee
meeting, and conference. (ML)
3 credits/1 unit

P565 Columbia Choir
Staff

This course is for students who are
interested in learning about church
music through singing in a choir. A
variety of musical styles will be of-
fered each semester. The full choir
meets weekly for rehearsals, and sec-
tionals meet an additional 1/2 hour
per week. The choir gives two chapel
concerts per semester. There are no
written assignments or exams, but a
simple audition may be required
when taking the course for credit.
(ML}
1 credit/1/2 unit

Evangelism and Spirituality

P576 Spiritual Formation
Johnson

This course, based on Reformed spir-
ituality, seeks to ground students in
a vital spirituality that will lead to a
vital ministry. It provides opportun-
ities in and out of class for students
to practice the particular disciplines

that undergird the Reformed faith.
Offered on a pass-fail basis, the
course requires weekly reflection pa-
pers. {K, SF, CB}

2 credits/1 unit

P671 Spirituality and Ministries of

Compassion
Johnson

This course will build on foundations
of a biblical spirituality and how it
expresses itself in response to human
need in the world. The people of God
have always known that piety apart
from compassion was self-serving
and irrelevant, but a ministry of com-
passion and justice without a ground-
ing in a relationship with God tends
to lose its purpose and eventually ex-
hausts itself. This course will provide
both classroom experience and
hands-on compassion with critical re-
flection. {C, SF, ML}

3 credits/1 unit

P672 Spirituality for Ministry
Johnson

The purpose of this course will be to
examine the meaning of spirituality
as it relates to a ministry of compas-
sion and justice. In addition to ex-
ploring the biblical foundation for a
holistic spirituality, seminal texts will
be examined in the field of spiritual-
ity and social ministry. The course
will have a hands-on component
which will include visits to various
social ministries in the city. {C, SF,
ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P675 Evangelism and Church

Growth
Johnson

This course will examine crucial se-
lections from the literature in the
field. Each participant will learn to
analyze a congregation, develop a

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plan, train leadership, and give guid-
ance to effective growth. The class
sessions will exhibit a shared style of
learning and a high level of partici-
pation and student leadership. {K, T,
ML)

2 credits/1 unit

771 Spirituality Intensive
Johnson

This week-long course provides an
introduction to the spiritual life
through lecture, small group discus-
sion, and the practice of the classical
disciplines of the Christian life. The
course is primarily experiential in na-
ture but requires preparatory reading
and a reflective paper after the event.
This intensive is a foundational
course for lay persons seeking a cer-
tificate in spirituality and pastors
who are pursuing a D.Min. degree
with a focus on Christian spirituality.

3 credits

772 Evangelism Intensive
Johnson

The Evangelism Intensive gathers
pastors from across the denomina-
tion to engage in an 1 1 day immersion
in evangelism. The course aims to
help each participant identify a criti-
cal issue in evangelism, research that
issue, and propose a practical re-
sponse to it. This course consists of
lectures by the faculty, 25-30 hours of
research, and a paper.
3 credits

777 Contemporary Evangelism
Johnson

This course will explore crucial as-
pects of the contemporary context in
which evangelism is done in this clos-
ing decade of the 20th century. It will
also propose an alternative model of
evangelism from that of ' 'marketing

the church/' and it will identify stra-
tegic steps to be taken by a Constan-
tinian church. The course will com-
bine theory, praxis, and vision.
3 credits

778 Pastoral Spiritual Guidance
Johnson

A major portion of pastoral ministry
calls for guiding persons on their
journey of faith with God. This course
will examine resources in the Re-
formed tradition as well as other tra-
ditions that offer assistance for this
task. An integrative aspect of this
course will be the appropriation of
insights through personal and group
spiritual guidance.
3 credits

Ministry and Church
Administration

P583 Korean- American Ministry
Yoon

The course will examine the distinc-
tiveness of Korean- American minis-
try. The course will look at the accul-
turation of WASP and Korean
culture, thus preparing students bet-
ter to deal with the unique needs,
problems, and aspirations of the Ko-
rean-American community in the
United States. Students will become
cognizant of acculturation patterns
so that they can minister to Korean-
American immigrants effectively.
{ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P589 Beginning Your Ministry
Staff

This course is designed to enable stu-
dents to make the transition from
seminary to parish. Students will
study key issues related to the early
years of ministry, including entry

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into parish life, effecting change, and
managing time and stress. {C, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

P682 Managing Conflict in the

Local Church
Staff

This course relates biblical, theologi-
cal, and sociological understandings
of conflict to the various forms of con-
flict in the Church. Students will
study basic approaches to conflict
management and analyze their own
styles of management. Learning tech-
niques will include role plays of high
conflict meetings, simulation games,
and case studies of conflict situations.
{T,ML}
3 credits/1 unit

Independent Studies

The following courses are de-
signed for students who are inter-
ested in further study beyond the reg-
ular course offerings in the Practical
Theology Area. Permission of the in-
structor is required.

P690 Independent Study in

Stewardship
Johnson
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P691 Independent Study in

Ministry
Staff
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P692 Independent Study in

Christian Education
Cram
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P693 Independent Study in
Practical Theology and
Counseling

Childs or Keith or Patton or Stevenson-

Moessner

Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P694 Independent Study in

Worship
Campbell or Rose
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P695 Independent Study in

Preaching
Campbell or Rose
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P696 Independent Study in

Spiritual Formation
Johnson
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P697 Independent Study in

Evangelism and Church
Growth

Johnson

Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P698 Independent Study in Polity

and Administration
Staff
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

P699 Independent Study in New
or Small Church
Development

Staff

Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

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Interdisciplinary Courses

Required courses for M.Div.
or M.A.(T.S.) Degree

1100 M.A.(T.S.) Seminar
Gonzalez

This seminar is designed to assist en-
tering M.A.(T.S.) students to focus on
the vocational or personal goals they
have for the degree. The M.A.(T.S.)
Seminar is required for entering, full-
time M.A.(T.S.) students. Those who
are part-time are expected to enroll in
the seminar after they have taken at
least two courses, but before they
complete 5 courses.
1 unit

1110 Baptism and Evangelical
Identity

Staff

This interdisciplinary course will en-
able students to understand the
Christian identity of all those incor-
porated through baptism into Christ
and Christ's community in the world.
Specific attention will be given to dis-
cerning how God's grace has been at
work in a student's own baptism and
personal history and to discerning
the particular gifts of God given to
each of us for Christian life and min-
istry.
Fall 1 unit

1111 The Eucharist and the
Church's Mission

Staff

This interdisciplinary course seeks to
help students understand the calling
and task of the church grounded in
the Lord's Supper as they study and
are involved in the life and programs
of a particular congregation. From

this base the course seeks to learn
how the church may participate in the
Missio Dei in denominational and
ecumenical efforts to bear witness to
the reign of God in the world. Specific
areas to be addressed include ways
in which the Lord's Supper informs
and empowers evangelism, a minis-
try of compassion, and the church's
commitment to justice, peace, and
stewardship of creation and life.
Spring 1 unit

1210 & 1211 Practice of Theology I

&n

Staff

This two semester, integrative course
is an introduction to some of the basic
concepts and skills in two of the dis-
ciplines necessary for the practice of
ministry - systematic theology and
pastoral care. The course utilizes lec-
tures on themes in theology and pas-
toral care and seminars that focus on
texts read for the course and on the
student's experience of care in a va-
riety of human situations. In addi-
tion, each student with participate
either in the fall or the spring semes-
ter in a supervised setting in which
the student will practice and reflect
theologically on pastoral care.
Fall, Spring 1 unit each semester

1212 Practicum
1 unit

1241 Alternative Context for

Ministry
Carroll, Clarke, and Staff
This course is a combined academic
and experiential study which seeks to

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deepen experience and understand-
ing of a significantly different cul-
tural context and the mission of the
Church in that context. It also pro-
vides an opportunity for theological
reflection on the experience and its
implications for ministry. During the
1994-95 academic year, the contexts
were the inner city of Atlanta, Ap-
palachia, Central America, Hungary,
and Jamaica.
Winter 4 credits/1 unit

1373 Evangelism and Mission
Cardoza-Orlandi, Johnson
This course provides an introduction
to the understanding and practice of
evangelism and mission for those en-
gaged in ministry in local congrega-
tions. The course includes cross-cul-
tural evangelism, ecumenical and
international dimensions of mission,
strategies for communicating the gos-
pel, changing patterns of world mis-
sion, and a forward look at evangel-
ism and mission in the emerging
Church.
Fall 2 credits

1402 Evaluation and Projection of

Ministry Development
Carroll

At the conclusion of the intern year
students evaluate their intern expe-
rience in terms of personal growth,
professional behavior, and develop-
ment of skills; integrate emerging un-
derstandings of the form and nature
of ministry into a theory of ministry;
and prepare a plan for future devel-
opment in ministry. Required of all
year-long interns.
Summer See SM414

Elective Courses

1602 Preaching the Pauline Epistles
Cousar and Campbell

In this interdisciplinary seminar stu-
dents will examine Paul's under-
standing of preaching and explore
the challenges and possibilities of
preaching from the Pauline epistles.
In addition to readings and exegesis,
students will preach two sermons in
class. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1603 Theology of the Grotesque in
the Fiction of Flannery
O'Connor

Childs, Dietrich

Deformis Formositas, Formosa Deformi-
tas "Hideously beautiful, beautifully
hideous." This course investigates
the comic grotesque in Flannery
O'Connor's fiction and looks into the
expression of the repressed and the
possibility of rebirth and transfor-
mation. Special emphasis will be
placed on O'Connor's Christology.
{SF,T}
3 credits/1 unit

1604 Homosexuality: Pastoral and
Theological Perspectives

Childs, Stroup

This interdisciplinary seminar ex-
amines homosexuality in light of re-
cent psychobiological and clinical re-
search and biblical and theological
scholarship. Attention will be given
to the general nature of sexuality; the
various social interpretations of hom-
osexuality; and the assessment of dif-
ferent forms of homosexuality in the
Bible, Christian theology, and the his-
tory of the Church. Prerequisite: Prac-
tice of Theology I & II. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

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1605 Human Sexuality
Childs, Stroup

This seminar examines issues related
to human sexuality from the perspec-
tives offered by biblical theology,
Christian tradition, and contempo-
rary human sciences. Issues to be ad-
dressed will include the following:
human sexual development, gender
identification, marriage and family,
church statements regarding sexual-
ity, sexual abuse, sexual dysfunction,
and reproductive ethics. Presenta-
tions by selected authorities in the
field of sexology will be included. {K,
T,ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1606 Theology of Mission and the
Local Congregation

Cram, Saunders

This seminar explores the relations
among theology, biblical interpreta-
tion, communal formation, teaching,
and social action. Materials for this
course include analysis of non- West-
ern theological programs and schol-
arship. For D.Min. students; others
must secure permission from the pro-
fessors. {K, T, ML)
3 credits/1 unit

1607 Who Plagues Whom?
Childs, Dietrich

From accounts of plagues in the Bible
and in classical and modern litera-
ture, students will begin to address
theological and pastoral questions
about health and disease, with partic-
ular interest in how we approach the
AIDS pandemic. Readings may in-
clude sections of Exodus and Reve-
lation, Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, Daniel
Defoe's Journal of a Plague Year, Albert
Camus' The Plague, as well as a selec-
tion of contemporary plays, films,

poems, and short stories treating
AIDS. {CB, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1608 Faith and Money
Hudnut-Beumler

Money and its many substitutes often
serve as outwardly visible signs of the
interior and spiritual lives of human
beings and their communities. This
seminar will explore concepts and
practices employed by Jews and
Christians involving faith and money
from biblical times to the present. The
final goal of the course is for each par-
ticipant to arrive at an answer to the
question: "What is a spiritually
healthy way for me and other Chris-
tians to relate to matters of money?"
{T,SF,Q
3 credits/1 unit

1609 Introduction to Video
Production

Russell-Jones, Poetker
This course combines instruction and
application to teach the basics of
video production to students with
limited or no previous experience in
video. Students will be given ample
opportunity to put theory into prac-
tice through "hands-on" classroom
lab sessions and take home assign-
ments. {ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1610 Practical Interdisciplinary
Bioethics

Childs, Brescia

This course in practical bioethics
from an interdisciplinary perspective
will be taught at Georgia Baptist
Medical Center and will include sem-
inarians (all degree programs), resi-
dent physicians from the medical
center, and medical students. Actual
clinical case work will be included as

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part of the process with lectures and
short student papers. Prerequisites:
Christian Ethics, the Hospital Practi-
cum, and preferably a unit of CPE.
An interview with one of the profes-
sors is required. {C, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1611 C. S. Lewis: Christian
Apologist

Russell-Jones, Stroup
This seminar will examine Lewis' life,
his interpretation of Christian faith,
and his work as a writer and literary
critic. The seminar will focus on
Lewis as an interpreter of and apol-
ogist for Christian faith in the twen-
tieth-century world. {K, CB, T}
3 credits/1 unit

1612 Feminist Theology
Stevenson-Moessner

Classic and contemporary texts will
be used in this seminar to explore
foundational assumptions of feminist
theology and subsequent implica-
tions for ministry. Classic texts will
include The Woman's Bible by Eliza-
beth Cady Stanton; contemporary
texts include The Women's Bible Com-
mentary. Throughout the seminar, ap-
plication of feminist theology in
teaching, preaching, counseling, and
service will be stressed. {K, T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1616 Reading Theologically:

Newspapers, Magazines, and
Cable TV as Disciplines of
Ministry
Dietrich

Barth's claim that we must preach
(and teach and pastor) with the Bible
in one hand and the day's newspaper
in the other is not yet obsolete. A visit
to any newsstand confirms that we
are in the midst of an explosion of

print media. How do we look at the
print media? Can we read Andy War-
hol's Interview with gospel eyes? Why
should we even try? This course at-
tempts to grapple with these ques-
tions and others like them. {CB, T,
ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1617 Family Of Heart: A Theology
and Psychology of Adoption
Stevenson-Moessner
In a sense, we are all adopted. This
course will develop the biblical con-
cept of adoption as a central, if not the
central, image for inclusion in the
family of faith. In addition to provid-
ing materials for sermons, theses, re-
treats, Christian education, and Bible
study, this course will strengthen
pastoral care ministries to those af-
fected by contemporary adoption. As
assistant in the class, Karen Benjack,
M.Div., L.C.S.W., will provide case
studies and video tapes of counseling
sessions along with insights out of
her practice as a licensed clinical so-
cial worker specializing in adoption.
At the conclusion of the class, partic-
ipants will have an array of resources
for general parish ministry, for spe-
cialization in counseling, and for ad-
vanced study and research. {T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1630 Social Analysis in

Congregational Context
Hudnut-Beumler

This seminar is designed to enable
participants to integrate some of the
great sociological and theological
texts on religious life with their own
understandings of religious life and
leadership. Thinkers and ideas to be
covered are: Weber on religious vir-
tuosi, H. Richard Niebuhr on de-
nominationalism, Geertz on religion

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as a cultural system, Turner on ritual
process, Mary Douglas on structures
and groups, and James Hopewell on
theological types of congregations.
The course is organized as a work-
shop in which teacher and students
will act as participant/ observers in
congregations to evaluate religious
phenomena to the end of more faith-
ful church leadership. {K, C, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1651 Education for Christian

Leadership
Cram, Russell-Jones

In this interdisciplinary study of lead-
ership and learning in the Church,
two perspectives will be examined: 1)
New Testament models of the
Church's organizations and leader-
ship and 2) insights from contempo-
rary Christian education into com-
munication, organization, and styles
of cooperative learning. Leadership
of the contemporary congregation
will be a primary emphasis. {T, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1666 Performing the Scriptures:

The Worshiping Community
Between the Times
Campbell and Saunders
This course explores the eschatologi-
cal character of Christian worship
and preaching in light of the early
Christians 7 conviction that they were

living in the fullness of time. Within
the context of common meals and cor-
porate worship, students will study
biblical texts (Old Testament proph-
ecy, Jesus' proclamation of the King-
dom, Paul's writings on the cross and
resurrection, and the Apocalypse of
John), examine the eschatological di-
mensions of Christian worship, and
preach sermons from eschatological
texts. Evaluation: Participants will be
divided into sheep and goats at the
end of the course. Prerequisites: Wor-
ship and Preaching and exegetical
courses. Permission of the professors
is required. {C, SF, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

1668 Reading Texts: Biblical

Theology
Moessner, Stroup

This seminar is an interdisciplinary
approach to the interpretation of
texts, especially those that are form-
ative for the Christian tradition. At-
tention will be given to methods of
interpretation and to the significance
of various readings for the life of the
contemporary church. Topic for 1995:
Narrative Christology in Luke-Acts.
{K,T}
3 credits/1 unit

1691 Interdisciplinary Independent

Study
Staff
Any term up to 3 credits/1 unit

Supervised Ministry

Required Courses for M.Div.
Degree

SM210 Congregation-Based

Internship
Carroll and Staff
For a minimum of ten full-time weeks

(or its equivalent), the student en-
gages in the ministry of a teaching
congregation, serving in a broad
range of pastoral functions, and en-
gaging in a structured process of the-
ological reflection with a supervising

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pastor and lay committee. Prerequi-
sites: The Eucharist and the Church's
Mission, Worship and Preaching.
Summer (full-time); also available Fall/
Spring (part-time) 6 credits/2 units

Elective Courses

SM213-214 Internship in Youth

Ministry
Carroll

This internship engages the student
in a specialized ministry with adoles-
cents. Typically the intern is placed in
a congregation or other youth minis-
try organization where supervision is
provided by a pastor, educator, or
other experienced youth ministry
professional. {C, ML}
Summer (full-time) or Fall/Spring (part-
time) 6 credits/2 units

SM414 Intern Year: Congregation
Carroll

This full-time internship provides an
in-depth experience in the life and
ministry of a teaching congregation
over the course of a full year. The
ministry of the intern is supervised
by an experienced pastor and a lay
Supervised Ministry Committee, uti-
lizing an action-reflection process for
learning. Other requirements of this
internship are a pre-internship ori-
entation, a two-week course in Janu-
ary, and an "Evaluation and Projec-
tion" seminar at the conclusion.
Prerequisite: completion of at least 20
units. {C, ML}

Twelve months (full-time) 11 credits/2
units, plus 1 unit earned in required sem-
inars

SM415 Intern Year: Urban

Ministry
Carroll

The student is engaged for a full year
in the internship described below in
SM615. Prerequisite: completion of at
least 20 units. {C, ML}
Twelve months (full-time) 11 credits/2
units, plus 1 unit earned in required sem-
inars

SM416 Intern Year: International
Carroll

The student engages for twelve
months in the ministry of the church
in another nation. Placements may be
with congregations, colleges, or other
institutions approved by the Office of
Supervised Ministry. Supervision is
provided by a theologically trained
church leader from the host country
and by a consultant familiar with the
student's home context. Other com-
ponents of the internship include a
pre-internship orientation, a two-
week study leave, and a concluding
"Evaluation and Projection" semi-
nar. Prerequisite: completion of at
least 20 units. {C, ML}
Twelve months (full-time) 11 credits/2
units, plus 1 unit earned in required sem-
inars

SM512 Church in the City
Carroll

This ministry experience focuses on
urban congregations seeking to deal
with significant transitions in their
community contexts, together with
related concerns: racism, changes in
congregational identity, biblical im-
ages of the city, and methods for
guiding a congregation through such
transitions. Participants will include
students from CTS and ITC, as well
as lay and clergy representatives of
the Presbytery of Greater Atlanta.

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The course requires reading about
the urban church, involvement in
weekly seminars and one weekend
retreat, and leading one session on a
selected issue for the urban church.
{C, ML}
3 credits/1 unit

SM610 Practicum in Clinical

Pastoral Education (Basic
Unit)
CPE brings students into supervised
encounters with people in order to
develop pastoral identity and skills,
interpersonal competence, and en-
hanced abilities for theological reflec-
tion. Educational leadership is pro-
vided by clinically trained
supervisors. CPE placement may
only be in hospitals, congregations,
prisons, and other institutions ac-
credited by the Association for Clin-
ical Pastoral Education. This course is
one of several options for meeting the
D.Min. requirement for Supervised
Ministry. {C, T, ML}
Any term, usually Summer 6 credits/2
units
Winter term 3 credits/1 unit

SM61 1-612-

613-614 Clinical Pastoral

Education (Advanced

Unit)
Advanced units of CPE build upon
the learnings of the basic unit and
provide pastoral education over a pe-
riod of a full year. Prerequisite:
SM610. Note: The maximum number
of units one may apply to the M.Div.
degree is two. Additional units
earned may be applied to another de-
gree program. {C, T, ML}
Twelve-month period 6 credits/2 units
applicable to M.Div.

SM615 Internship in Urban

Ministry (Basic)
Carroll

The student is placed in one of several
ministry settings seriously engaged
in realities of the city, especially in
ministry to the poor. The internship
seeks to develop insights and skills
needed for effectiveness in the urban
context. Supervision is provided by
the Urban Training Organization of
Atlanta, the Director of Supervised
Ministry, or other approved super-
visors. {C, ML}

Summer (full-time) 6 credits/2 units
Fall or Spring (part-time) 3 credits
each/1 unit each

SM620 Congregation-Based

Internship (Advanced)
Carroll

This internship provides the student
with the opportunity to gain addi-
tional experience in the context of a
congregation. One may concentrate
on a specialization, e.g., Christian ed-
ucation, pastoral care, social minis-
try, or on a broad range of experience.
The purpose is to develop further
one's identity and competence in
ministry. Prerequisites: SM210 and
completion of at least 20 units. {C,
ML}

Summer (full-time) 6 credits/2 units
Fall/Spring (part-time) 3 credits each/
1 unit each

SM660 Internship in Criminal

Justice
Carroll

The student is placed in a prison or
other institution where he or she pro-
vides ministry to persons who are or
have been incarcerated for criminal
activity. Orientation and supervision
is provided by a chaplain or other

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professional working in the institu-
tion where the student is placed. {C,
ML}

Summer (full-time) 6 credits/2 units
Fall or Spring (part-time) 3 credits
each/1 unit each

the church related to spiritual for-
mation, supervision by an approved
supervisor, and sharing issues and
concerns in a peer group with an ac-
tion-reflection process.
6 credits

SM680 Practicum: Independent

Study
Carroll

This course is one of several options
for meeting the D.Min. requirement
for Supervised Ministry. Eligible
D.Min. students utilize a learning
context different from other desig-
nated practicums in Supervised Min-
istry. Students engage in an ap-
proved ministry of the church,
usually outside the student's normal
setting for ministry, and utilize an ac-
tion-reflection learning process with
a peer group and an approved super-
visor.
6 credits

SM681 Practicum in Preaching
Carroll

This course is one of several options
for meeting the D.Min. requirement
for Supervised Ministry. Eligible
D.Min. students work with a peer
group and an approved supervisor to
evaluate their own preaching, learn
from the preaching of others, and re-
view a variety of preaching re-
sources.
6 credits

SM682 Practicum in Christian

Spirituality
Carroll

This course is one of several options
for meeting the D.Min. requirement
for Supervised Ministry. It is recom-
mended for eligible D.Min. students
in the Christian Spirituality speciali-
zation. The practicum involves en-
gagement in an approved ministry of

SM683 Practicum in Gospel and

Culture
Carroll

This course is one of several options
for meeting the D.Min. requirement
for Supervised Ministry. It is recom-
mended for eligible D.Min. students
in the Gospel and Culture speciali-
zation. This practicum is designed to
meet the major challenges of this spe-
cialization and will involve students
in an approved ministry of the church
related to the engagement of the
church with particular aspects of
modern culture. Students will work
with a peer group and an approved
supervisor in an action-reflection
process.
6 credits

SM684 Practicum in Cross

Cultural Context
Carroll

This course is one of several options
for meeting the D.Min. requirement
for Supervised Ministry. It is recom-
mended for eligible D.Min. students
who are enrolled in the bilingual pro-
gram for Korean-American minis-
ters. The practicum involves students
in an approved ministry of the church
which is supervised by a designated
supervisor and shared with a peer
group through an action-reflection
process.
6 credits

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SM685 Practicum in Graduate

Counseling
Staff

Graduate students in the pastoral
counseling program are admitted to
work under supervision at one of the
local pastoral counseling centers ac-
credited by the American Association
of Pastoral Counselors until the coun-
seling center certifies achievement of
the required level of performance. At
that time the student will be granted
six credits. (Tuition for the course is
paid directly to the counseling center
at a rate established by Columbia and
the center.) It is expected that upon

completion of the practicum a stu-
dent will have sufficient supervision
to apply for membership in the
American Association of Pastoral
Counselors. Limited to students in
the D.Min. in Pastoral Counseling.
Prerequisite: Oral Examination by
professors and supervisors.
6 credits

SM690 Supervised Ministry:

Independent Study
Carroll

Summer (full-time) 6 credits/2 units
Fall or Spring (part-time) 3 credits
each/1 unit each

Th.D. and D.Min. Courses

The Th.D. and D.Min. programs consist primarily of advanced courses
provided by participating schools in the Atlanta Theological Association. The
600 level courses in this catalog, together with advanced courses at the Cand-
ler School of Theology, Erskine Theological Seminary, and the Interde-
nominational Theological Center, are open to students in these programs. The
following listing includes other courses specifically developed for the Th.D.
and D.Min. programs.

ATA401 Seminar on Ministry

Telford

This basic seminar on ministry theory

and career analysis is required for all

D.Min. students.

6 credits

ATA403 Project Proposal

Workshop
Staff

This workshop focuses on the theory
of dissertation construction. It also
assists students in developing project
proposals and understanding the use
of the library for dissertation re-
search. Required of Columbia D.Min.
students.
End of January or end of July no credit

ATA463 The Development of

Modern Pastoral

Counseling
A.T.A. Staff

The modern history of pastoral coun-
seling is examined, including its roots
in theology, psychoanalysis, existen-
tial and humanistic psychology.
Th.D. core course.
3 credits

ATA471 Human Being in Context
A.TA. Staff

Theological and psychological theo-
ries of personhood are examined to
assess their relevance for pastoral
counseling. Th.D. core course.
3 credits

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ATA473 Transformation and

Change
A.T.A. Staff

The process of transformation and
change is considered from both the-
ological and psychological perspec-
tives. Th.D. core course.
3 credits

ATA475 Pastoral Theological

Method
A.T.A. Staff

The methodologies of theology and
of pastoral care are examined as a
means of assisting students in devel-
oping a pastoral theological method
appropriate to the ministry of pas-
toral counseling. Th.D. core course.
3 credits

ATA477 Seminar in Pastoral

Supervision
A.T.A. Staff

This seminar provides doctoral stu-
dents in pastoral counseling with the
experience of pastoral supervision
under the guidance of clinical super-
visors. It acquaints students with the
expanding literature on pastoral su-
pervision from a variety of disci-
plines. Students may register for
ATA477 and ATA477b.
3 credits

ATA479 Psychiatric Diagnosis and

Pastoral Counseling
Kropp

The purpose of this course is three-
fold: 1) to teach the use of the Diag-
nostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (DSM-IV), 2) to look in-
depth at a number of the major di-
agnostic categories, considering their
developmental etiology and ap-
proach to treatment, and 3) to reflect
theologically on these major diagnos-
tic categories.

2 credits

ATA481 Pastoral Counseling

Research Seminar
A.T.A. Staff

This seminar focuses on research
methodology in pastoral counseling
and pastoral theology. At least two
semesters of the seminar are required
for Th.D. students, and they may
choose to take two additional semes-
ters of this course instead of register-
ing for 3 semester hours of ATA496,
Doctoral Project research. D.Min. stu-
dents in pastoral counseling may also
register for the course. (Th.D. stu-
dents will register for ATA481a,
ATA481b, ATA481c, ATA481d for a
total of 6 semester credits).

3 credits per year

ATA478 Group Therapy: Theory,
Process, and Application
Selvey

This course is designed to provide a
broad overview of group therapy
permitting moment by moment and
longer term conceptualizations of
what happens in group therapy, how
this affects individuals in the group,
and how we may use this effect ther-
apeutically.
6 credits per year

ATA485 Counseling Practicum
Patton and Clinical Staff
In each term the student engages in
two to four hours of counseling per
week under supervision. Assigned
readings and appropriate didactic
materials are included. (Students will
register for ATA485a, ATA485b,
ATA485c, and ATA485d for a total of
18 semester credits.) Required of
Th.D. students.
9 credits per year

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ATA489 Directed Study
Taken at recommendation of the ad-
viser.
Credit as assigned

ATA496 Doctoral Project
Required of all D.Min. students. May
be elected by Th.D. students instead
of 3 of the hours available in ATA 481 .

6 credits

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Academic Notes and Policies

The following information pertains to students enrolled in Columbia's
academic degree programs. Additional policies and information related to a
particular degree program may be found in the student handbook for that
program.

Basic Degree Students

Summer Greek School

Entering students in the M.Div. degree program are encouraged to have
a reading knowledge of New Testament Greek. For those students who are
not prepared in Greek, the seminary offers a two unit/six credit course, B021,
during the summer. The course runs for an eight- week period and meets each
week day morning for two hours, with small group afternoon tutorial ses-
sions. Students who have successfully completed two years of Greek in college
or who pass a Greek qualifying examination are exempt from B021.

Advanced Placement and Special Studies

Students who have strong backgrounds in particular fields of the curric-
ulum, or who demonstrate unusual proficiency in their work are given op-
portunities for special placement or for independent work. Requests for flex-
ibility in a student's program should be made to the Dean of Faculty. Two
opportunities for flexibility are available.

Students may be permitted advanced placement if they can satisfactorily
demonstrate that they have already achieved the objectives of a given course.
This means that they may be exempt from the course and permitted to take
an advanced course in the area.

Academically qualified students may be permitted to engage in special
study as a route to the establishment of competence in a required course
rather than taking one or several required courses.

Honors Program

Students in the Master of Divinity degree program who pass their mid-
course assessment with a cumulative grade point average of 3.3 and a 3.6
average in the proposed area of study may enter the Honors Program. Waiver
of these requirements is by vote of the entire faculty in the proposed area of
study. Students may choose to work in the biblical, historical-doctrinal, or
practical theology areas and with a particular professor. The program consists
of guided study in both long semesters for a total of 2 units /8 credits. For
additional information, see the chairperson of the area of interest.

Ordination Exams

Students in the Master of Divinity degree program who become candi-
dates for ordination in the Presbyterian Church (USA) are required to take
written examinations in the areas of Bible, theology, worship and sacraments,

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and polity. There is ample opportunity within the regular basic degree cur-
riculum to take course work preparatory to the exams.

Graduation with Honors

Basic degrees students who have earned at least a 3.60 grade point average
on course work will, with the approval of the faculty, be awarded the degree
"with distinction."

Grading for Basic Degree Students

At the close of each term grades are given to students according to the
following four quality points system. A grade report is sent to each student
and denominational supervisor, if applicable. For Master of Divinity, Special,
Master of Arts in Theological Studies, Unclassified, and Occasional students,
the criteria for grading are creativity, mastery of material, skill in organizing
and expressing ideas, and the ability to relate to other learnings. The grading
system is:

A
A-

B+
B

4.0
3.7
3.3
3.0

Outstanding
Superior
Very Good
Good

B-

C+

2.7
2.3

Slightly above standard
Standard

c
c-

2.0
1.7

Slightly below standard
Below standard

D

1.0

Serious deficiencies

F

0.0

Unacceptable

An E is given when a portion of the course requirements - such as a major
paper, an examination or a project - is unacceptable to the instructor. Unless
such work is completed in acceptable form within the time extension, the E
becomes a final grade of F. An F is given when the total work of the course is
unacceptable or when work is not completed within the term or within an
approved extension.

Third year students may choose to take up to six elective credits for
H/S/U, with the permission of the instructor, if permission is granted at the
beginning of the term.

H honors, for work of exceptionally distinguished quality.

S satisfactory, for work which represents sufficient mas-

tery of the content of the course to merit recommendation
for graduation.

U unsatisfactory, for work which represents insufficient

mastery of the content of the course to merit recommen-
dation for graduation.

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Temporary Grades for Basic Degree Students

Two temporary notations may be given in certain cases. "In Progress" (IP)
is used for courses or independent studies that are designed to cover more
than one term. "Incomplete" (Inc.) is used for late work when a written excuse
has been approved by the professor and the Dean of Faculty. Neither tem-
porary notation carries credit.

Students are responsible for completing all incomplete work, including
SM210 and independent studies, within the specific time set in the granted
request. These times cannot be set beyond the first class day of the winter
term for the incomplete work of the fall semester, the first class day of the
second week of the spring semester for incomplete work of the winter term,
June 1 for incomplete work of the spring semester, and the first class day of
the fall semester for incomplete work of the summer term. For lengthy ill-
nesses or similar reasons, a longer period may be established, but ordinarily
with a reduction of load in the following term. Failure to complete the work
within the time limit will result in a grade of F (or U) for the portion of the
course for which the extension was granted. Request forms may be secured
from the Office of the Dean of Faculty. The registrar is instructed to turn
incompletes into F's or U's if the deadline for completing the work has passed.
In the case of coursework designed to extend more than one term, all of the
above rules apply in the final term for this work.

Unacceptable Work

A U given to a basic degree student may be remedied by further work in
the course, by repeating the course, or by taking an elective course relating to
the area of deficiency. A U given for unexcused late work shall normally
require additional work. A student whose work is unsatisfactory will be
placed on probation. If the U is not removed by the next term, the student
will be dropped from school.

Probation

An entering basic degree student may be placed on probation due to
deficiencies in the student's undergraduate preparation. In addition, any
student who fails to make a 2.5 average in any term or whose cumulative
grade point average falls below 2.3 will be placed on academic probation for
the next term.

Advanced Degree Students
Grading for Advanced Degree Students

The grading scale for Th.M., Th.D., and D.Min. students is:
Outstanding
Superior
Very Good
Good

Slightly above standard
Standard
Below standard
Unacceptable

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A

4.0

A-

3.7

B+

3.3

B

3.0

B-

2.7

C +

2.3

C

2.0

F

0.0

A "B" average is required to remain in an advanced degree program. A
grade of "C" represents marginal work. A grade of "F" in any course or
seminar ordinarily results in termination from an advanced degree program.

Course Completion for Doctor of Ministry Students

If a course has assignments which require work to be completed after the
last class meeting, the student may have up to sixty days to complete the
work. Under unusual circumstances the student may petition the professor
for an extension of time up to thirty days. After that period has expired, the
student is assigned a grade of "F" if the professor has not received the as-
signment.

All Degree Students

Independent Study

Students in all degree programs are encouraged to design and pursue
their own program of independent research and study as a part of the elective
offerings. Contracts for reading courses and research projects may be drawn
up with faculty members teaching in the area of the student's interest. Such
courses provide students the opportunity to investigate areas of specialized
interest in which no regular electives are offered.

Credit Valuation and Course Load

While the educational progress of the student cannot be ultimately meas-
ured by the number of credits earned, a system of course valuation is necessary
to assure balance in the curriculum. Columbia estimates a semester credit as
approximately 42 to 45 working hours, except for certain supervised ministry
and clinical programs whose work investment is determined by the contract
for the particular course. Units are equivalent to 150 hours. The satisfactory
completion of a course, however, is determined not by time invested but by
goals and objectives achieved.

Appeals

Appeal of a grade given for work in a course or for the entire course may
be made: first, with the instructor; second, with the Dean of Faculty; third, as
a last appeal, by a written statement sent through the Dean of Faculty to the
faculty.

Appeal of probation may be made to the Judicial Commission of the
faculty through the Dean of Faculty.

Appeal of suspension or dismissal from the seminary may be made to the
Board of Trustees by giving written notice to the president of the seminary.

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Faculty

Douglas W. Oldenburg 1987*

President

B.S. Davidson College; B.D. Union Theological Seminary in Virginia;

S.T.M. Yale University Divinity School; D.D. Davis and Elkins College;

D.D. St. Andrews Presbyterian College; LL.D. Davidson College

He has a special interest in the practical aspects of ministry and in relating
Christian theology to economic issues.

Walter Brueggemann 1986

William Marcellus McPheeters Professor of Old Testament
A.B. Elmhurst College; B.D. Eden Theological Seminary; Th.D. Union
Theological Seminary; Ph.D. St. Louis University

He is interested in interpretive issues that lie behind efforts at Old
Testament theology. This includes the relation of the Old Testament to
the Christian canon, the Christian history of doctrine, Jewish-Christian
interactions, and the cultural reality of pluralism.

Brian H. Childs 1985

Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling

B.A. Maryville College; M.Div., Th.M., Ph.D. Princeton Theological

Seminary

His research and teaching interests include marriage and family,
bio/medical ethics, film and literature in theological education, and
pastoral theology.

Thomas Erskine Clarke 1973

Professor of American Religious History

A.B. University of South Carolina; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary;

Th.M., Ph.D. Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

His area of study is U.S. religious history, with special attention to the
relationship of religion to its social /cultural context and to the history of
religion in the South. He directs Columbia's international program.

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Charles Blanton Cousar 1960

Samuel A. Cartledge Professor of New Testament Language,

Literature, and Exegesis

A.B. Davidson College; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D.

University of Aberdeen

His area of current study involves a literary and theological consideration
of New Testament texts, with a special interest in the interpretation of
the letters of Paul.

Catherine Gunsalus Gonzalez 1974

Professor of Church History

B.A. Beaver College; S.T.B. Boston University School of Theology; Ph.D.

Boston University

She is particularly interested in the history of liturgy and how it displays
the situation and the theology of the people; the history of women in the
life of the church; and the effects on the church of the assimilation of new
cultural groups within its life.

Shirley Caperton Guthrie, Jr. 1957

J.B. Green Professor of Systematic Theology

A.B. Austin College; B.D. Princeton Theological Seminary; Dr. Theol.

University of Basel

His interests concern theology in the classical and contemporary
Reformed tradition in conversation with other Christian traditions and
with Latin American, feminist, and African-American theologies,
especially as this conversation contributes to the faith and life of the
church.

Ben Campbell Johnson 1981

Professor of Spirituality

B.A. Asbury College; B.D. Asbury Theological Seminary; Th.M. Southern

Baptist Theological Seminary; D.Min. San Francisco Theological

Seminary; Ph.D. Emory University

In addition to courses in evangelism and church renewal, he also teaches
in the area of Christian spirituality. His current interest is in the area of
spirituality as a foundation for effective evangelism.

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Jasper Newton Keith, Jr. 1972

Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling

A.B. Mercer University; M.Div. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary;

Th.D. Columbia Theological Seminary

He is interested in preparing persons for service and leadership in and
through the pastoral office of particular congregations, for care of persons
in need of and systems responding to major health problems, and for
participation in cross-cultural ministries in urban settings. He is a
certified supervisor in the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education.

David P. Moessner 1984

Professor of New Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis
A.B. Princeton University; M.Div. Princeton Theological Seminary; B.A.,
M.A. University of Oxford Honours School of Theology; Dr.Theol.
University of Basel

He is especially interested in the relation between the New and the Old
Testaments, the emergence of Christianity from Judaism within Greco-
Roman culture, and the eventual parting of the ways between
Christianity and Judaism. Special research projects include the theologies
of the Gospels, the relation of Luke and Acts, and narrative Christology.

James D. Newsome, Jr. 1977

Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis
B.A. Millsaps College; B.D., Th.M. Columbia Theological Seminary;
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

In addition to introductory courses in Old Testament, including the
Hebrew language, he teaches courses whose primary focus is the role of
biblical interpretation in the life of the church. He is also interested in
early Judaism and its links to Christian origins.

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Kathleen M. O'Connor 1995

Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis
B.A. College of New Rochelle; M.A. Providence College; Ph.D. Princeton
Theological Seminary

She is interested in the ways local contexts are influencing interpretations
of the Bible around the globe. She is particularly fascinated by feminist
theologies, reader response criticism, and literary theories, especially
relating to the power of symbol and metaphor. Her current research is
in the books of Jeremiah and Lamentations.

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John Hull Patton 1965

Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director ofTh.D. Program

B.A., B.D. Emory University; Ph.D. The University of Chicago

His current interests are in pastoral counseling, pastoral care of marriage
and family, and in the study of interpretive methods for dealing with the
taped and written texts of pastoral relationships. He is a certified
supervisor of pastoral counseling, marriage and family therapy, and
clinical pastoral education.

George W. Stroup 1986

Professor of Theology

B. A. Rice University; B.D., S.T.M. Yale University; M. A., Ph.D. Vanderbilt

University

He is a seventeenth century Calvinist whose research interests are
contemporary and constructive theology, including hermeneutics,
christology, and the role of narrative in theology.

Robert Leon Carroll, Jr. 1983

Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Director of

Supervised Ministry

B.S. University of Southern Mississippi; M.Div. Columbia Theological

Seminary

His interests include congregational studies, social ministry, especially
in the context of the urban church, and pastoral supervision.

Ronald H. Cram 1991

Associate Professor of Christian Education

B.A. California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Ph.D. Princeton

Theological Seminary

His current research and teaching interests include curriculum theory,
the methods of teaching, child advocacy, post-modernism and religious
education, conflict mediation, ecumenical and inter-religious dialogue,
and the ways contemporary missiology impacts education in the U.S.
church. He was certified by The Settlement Institute, Atlanta, in
mediation in 1994.

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Philip R. Gehman 1985

Dean of Students

A.B. Wheaton College; M.Div. Columbia Theological Seminary; D.Min.

Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

His current interests include the creation of a community environment
in which theological education may flourish, educational administration
and leadership, the preparation for ministry and call processes of the
PC(USA), and effective student transition into the practice of ministry.

James Hudnut-Beumler 1993

Dean of Faculty

Associate Professor of Religion and Culture

B.A. The College of Wooster; M.Div. Union Theological Seminary; M.A.,

Ph.D. Princeton University

His current research and teaching interests focus on faith and money,
Church-State relations, the theological analysis of culture, and social
aspects of Christian history, particularly in the United States.

Marcia Y. Riggs 1991

Associate Professor of Christian Ethics

A.B. Randolph-Macon Woman's College; M.Div. Yale Divinity School;

Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Her current research, writing, and teaching interests are in the areas of

1) descriptive and normative ethical analysis addressing the relationship
between social processes of oppression and socio-religious ethical praxis,

2) womanist ethical discourse which bridges the gap between womanist
religious scholarship and the practice of ministry in the church, 3) moral
foundations or ethical rationale for public policy, and 4) the church as a
just institution and its role in social justice ministry.

Lucy A. Rose 1983

Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship

B.A. Agnes Scott College; M.A. Emory University; D.Min. Union

Theological Seminary in Virginia; Th.M. Duke University; Ph.D. Emory

University

Her current interests center on preaching and reflecting on the practice
and theology of preaching.

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I wan Russell-Jones 1991

Associate Professor of Theology, Media, and the Church

B.A. London Bible College; D.P.S. University of Wales; M.Th. University

of Aberdeen; D.Phil. Oxford University

His interests center on popular culture - the media, the technologies, the
entertainments that go to make up daily experience - and its implications
for Christian faith.

George B. Telford, Jr. 1993

Associate Professor of Theology and Church and Director of

Advanced Studies

B.A. Presbyterian College; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary

He specializes in the theology of ministry and is particularly interested
in issues of gospel and culture, ecclesiology, and the significance of Jesus
Christ in a religiously plural world.

Charles L. Campbell 1991

Assistant Professor of Homiletics

B.A. Hendrix College; D.Min. Union Theological Seminary in Virginia;

S.T.M. Yale University; Ph.D. Duke University

He is interested in the biblical, theological, and ethical dimensions of
preaching and worship. More specifically, his work focuses on the
Christological and ecclesiological aspects of preaching and on the
implications of character ethics and contemporary Radical Reformation
ethics for preaching.

Will Coleman 1992

Assistant Professor of Theology and Hermeneutics

A.B. Rhodes College; M.Div. Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D.

Graduate Theological Union

His research and teaching interests include systematic and philosophical
theology, philosophy of religion, phenomenology of religion, theological
hermeneutics, black theology and African American religious thought,
and cultural criticism.

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Stanley P. Saunders 1991

Assistant Professor of New Testament

B. A. San Jose Bible College; M.Div. Emmanuel School of Religion; Ph.D.

Princeton Theological Seminary

His research and teaching interests focus on early Christian
understandings of "the last days," the nature of the Church, spirituality,
and ecclesial self-definition, with a special interest in the Gospel
according to Matthew.

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Carlos F. Cardoza-Orlandi 1994

Instructor in World Christianity

B.G.S. University of Puerto Rico; M.Div. Evangelical Seminary of Puerto

Rico; Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Candidate, Princeton

Theological Seminary

His research interests include historical, religious, and missiological
interpretations of the encounter of religions especially in the Third-
World, particularly in Latin American and the Caribbean; the
globalization of Christianity and its challenges to the Christian church;
and themes, theories, and theology in the study of religion.

Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner 1985

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Practical Theology

A.B. Vanderbilt University; M.A. Princeton Theological Seminary;

Dr.Theol. University of Basel

Specializing in the pastoral care of women, her teaching and research
interests also include the missionary family with emphasis on missionary
adolescents, a theology and practice of adoption, women's studies, and
a theology of the family.

M. Tim Browning 1995

Director of the John Bulow Campbell Library

B.A. Barton College; M.Div. Lexington Theological Seminary; M.S.L.S.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

He is interested in the information needs and library usage patterns of
church members and ministers and also in the history of the Christian
Church (Disciples of Christ).

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Ronald C. Crossley 1991

Director of the Center for Theological Studies in Florida

A.B. Samford University; B.D. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary;

Ph.D. Duke University

He teaches introductory courses in theology and ethics and is currently
interested in contemporary theological movements such as feminist
theology and liberation theology. He maintains a teaching and research
interest in Christian theological reflections on aging.

Richard S. Dietrich 1992

Director of the Lay Institute of Faith and Life

B.A. Carleton College; M.A. Tulane University; D.Min. Union

Theological Seminary in Virginia

It is in the lives of Christian lay people that faith and culture meet. He is
interested in how lay people have lived and continue to live faithfully in
their various cultures - at home, at work, in their communities, at church.

Rebecca Skillern Parker 1988

Director of Continuing Education

B.A. Rhodes College; M.Div. Yale Divinity School

She is interested in the experience of the holy and how it is engaged
especially through Bible study, prayer, and rituals of the church. The
church and its renewal are also of keen interest.

Victor S. Yoon 1991

Director of the Center for Asian Ministries

B.A. Hankook University of Foreign Studies; M.Div. Bethel Theological

Seminary; S.T.M. Union Theological Seminary; Th.D. Graduate

Theological Union

His area of study is the New Testament, with special attention to the
synoptic gospels and transformational-generative Hellenistic Greek
grammar. In addition to teaching New Testament courses and courses
in cross-cultural pastoral ministry, his research and teaching interests lie
in the area of developing the relevance of culturally contextual
hermeneutics, particularly biblical hermeneutics in the Asian- American
context.

* The date after each name indicates the year service at Columbia Seminary began.

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Adjunct/Visiting Professors

Imogene Bennett, D.Min.
Frank J. Brescia, M.D.
John Burgess, Ph.D.
Dana Campbell, M.Ed.
Istvan Czachesz, M.Div.
F. Harry Daniel, Ph.D.
Howard Gregory, Th.D.
Richard L. Hester, Ph.D.
Alice Hickcox, Ph.D.
Wade P. Huie, Ph.D.

Rodney Hunter, Ph.D.
Oscar T. Hussel, Ed.D.
C. Benton Kline, Ph.D.
Calvin Kropp, Th.D.
Sang Lee, Ph.D.
Wayne Merritt, Ph.D.
Alden Poetker, M.Div.
Donald W. Shriver, Jr., Ph.D.
Hubert V. Taylor, Ph.D.

David Grant, Th.M.
Robert W. Herron, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholars

Sung Yul Kang, Ph.D.
Petr Macek, Ph.D.

Counseling Practicum Supervisors

Charles Helms, Th.D.
Gerald P. Jenkins, D.Min.

Calvin W. Kropp, Th.D.
William R. Phillips, Th.M.

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Clinical Pastoral Education Supervisors

Calvin J. Banks, M.Div.
Imogene Bennett, B.R.E., D.Min.
Charles A. Carpenter, M.Div.
Franklin D. Duncan, Ph.D.
G. Robert Gary, M.Div.
Brenda Green, M.Div.
Kempton Haynes, M.Div.
Michael L. Hicks, M.Div.
Ross T. Hightower, Th.M., D.Min.
Eugene T. Locke, D.Min.

Janet M. Lutz, M.Div.
Robert R. Morris, Th.M.
Thomas H. Mozley, IE, M.Div.
Miriam Needham, D.Min.
Stephen W. Overall, M.Div.
Dorothy Dale Owen, M.Div.
Eugene Robinson, D.Min.
Teresa Elaine Snorton, Th.M.
Elwood H. Spademan, Jr., M,Div.
Taliaferro L. Williamson, Jr., M.Div.

Supervising Pastors for Congregation-Based
Internships 1994-1995

Tom Bagley

Harry H. Barrow

Dianna Bell

Bob Bohler

Michael Carey

James E. Carriker

Charles Davenport

Ernie Davis

E. Peter Denlea

Tom Engle

Coile Estes

Robert Glaser

G. Sidney Gunter

Brenda Halbrooks

Jung-Mi Han

Joe Harvard

Blake Hawthorne

John Hobbs

Paul Hooker

Martin Huggins

David Janzen

Raye Jones

R. Gary Kelly

James Landrum

Norman (Gene) Lassiter

William A. Leist
R. Dennis Macaleer
Woody McKay
Richard Meyer
Larry Owens
John R. Park
Lori Pistor
Albert Reese
Jim Richardson
Kim Richter
David J. Sebesta
William P. Seel
Preston Shealy
Jo Ann Smith
William Smith
Cary Speaker
Rod Stone
Robert Strachan
Gibson (Nibs) Stroupe
Rindy Trouteaud
Paula Vander Hoven
Billy Wade
James Welch
Jack Westlund
Dwight Williams

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Professors Emeriti

C. Benton Kline, Jr.
President Emeritus

A.B. College of Wooster; B.D., Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Yale University

James Davison Philips

President Emeritus

A.B. Hampden-Sydney College; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D. University of
Edinburgh; D.D. Presbyterian College; D.D. Hampden-Sydney College

Jack Brame McMichael

A.B. East Texas State Teachers College; M.Div. Columbia Theological Seminary; Ed.D.
Columbia University

Ronald Stewart Wallace

B.Sc v M.A., Ph.D. University of Edinburgh

Hubert Vance Taylor

A.B. Lafayette College; B.Mus. Westminster Choir College; B.D. Columbia Theological
Seminary; Ph.D. Northwestern University

James Herbert Gailey, Jr.

A.B. Davidson College; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary; Th.M., Th.D. Princeton
Theological Seminary

Harold Bailey Prince

A.B., M.A. University of South Carolina; M.L. Emory University; B.D. Columbia Theological
Seminary

Ludwig Richard Max Dewitz

B.D. University of London; Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University

J. Will Ormond

A.B. University of Alabama; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary; Th.M. Princeton
Theological Seminary; Ph.D. University of Glasgow; D.D. Southwestern at Memphis

F. Sidney Anderson, Jr.

B.A. Hampden-Sydney College; B.D., Th.M. Columbia Theological Seminary

George Thompson Brown

B.S. Davidson College; Th.M. Princeton Theological Seminary; B.D., Th.D. Union Theological
Seminary in Virginia

Oscar T. Hussel

B.S. University of Cincinnati; M.A. McCormick Theological Seminary; Ed.D. Columbia
University and Union Theological Seminary

Wade Prichard Huie, Jr.

A.B. Emory University; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D. University of Edinburgh

Douglas W. Hix

B.A. Davidson College; B.D. Columbia Theological Seminary; Ph.D. Duke University

Robert H. Ramey, Jr.

B.A. /B.S. Hampden-Sydney College; B.D., Th.M., D.Min. Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia; D.D. Hampden-Sydney College

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Staff

Office of the President
Douglas W. Oldenburg, President
Peggy M. Rowland, Administrative
Assistant

Office of Academic Affairs

James Hudnut-Beumler, Executive

Vice President and Dean of

Faculty
Sarah Speed McTyre, Assistant to

the Dean of Faculty
Elsie D. Urie, Registrar and

Administrative Assistant

Office of Advanced Studies
George B. Telford, Jr., Director
Linda Lehfeldt, Staff Associate

Office of Supervised Ministry
Robert Leon Carroll, Jr., Director
Shellee E. Fezatte, Staff Associate

Office of Continuing Education
Rebecca Skillern Parker, Director
Diane K. Bodnar, Staff Associate

Lay Institute of Faith and Life
Richard S. Dietrich, Director
Kathleen Herrington, Staff Associate

Center for Theological Studies in

Florida

Ronald C. Crossley, Director

Ruth E. Lincoln, Staff Associate

Center for Asian Ministries
Victor S. Yoon, Director

International Theological Education

Program

T. Erskine Clarke, Director

Shellee E. Fezatte, Staff Associate

Theology, Media, and the Church

Program

Iwan Russell-Jones, Director

Alden Poetker, Media Assistant

John Bulow Campbell Library
M. Tim Browning, Director of

Library
Clayton H. Hulet, Associate Director

and Reference Librarian
Ruthanne M. Huff, Technical

Services Librarian
Colleen Higgs, Circulation Assistant
Laura Tartak, Library Acquisitions

Assistant
Rachael Glass, Filing Assistant
Elizabeth Morgan, Serials /ILL

Assistant

Faculty Support Staff

Ann A. Titshaw, Staff Associate for

Pastoral Care
Nan B. Johnson, Staff Associate for

Evangelism
Tempie Alexander, Secretary

Office of Student Life

Philip R. Gehman, Vice President

for Student Life and Dean of

Students
Ernestine B. Cole, Associate Dean of

Students
Ricki J. Moss, Administrative

Assistant

Office of Admissions

Ajin Clay Adams, Director of

Admissions
Jewel E. Kirkus, Staff Associate

Office of Financial Aid
Robin S. Dietrich, Financial Aid
Officer

Office of Business and Finance
John W. Gilmore, Vice President for

Business and Finance
Holly Caswell, Assistant Treasurer
Marilyn Ault, Bookkeeper
Carol Wade, Staff Associate

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Bookstore

Suanne SauerBrun, Bookstore

Manager
Dana Campbell, Staff Associate

Buildings and Grounds
A. Cecil Moore, Jr., Superintendent
Betty Cook, Housekeeper
Golden Griffieth, Maintenance
Larry Griffin, Maintenance
Alexander Oliver, Maintenance

Office of Development and
Seminary Relations
Gary Bagley, Director of

Development and Seminary

Relations
Juliette J. Harper, Director of

Publications and Publicity
Richard A. Dodds, Coordinator of

Planned Giving
T. Clark Simmons, Director of

Capital Campaign and Church

Relations
Gloria E. Jennings, Director of

Alumni /ae Relations and

Associate Director of Annual

Fund
David Bridges, Associate Director of

Planned Giving and the Capital

Campaign
Barbara G. Poe, Administrative

Assistant
Elizabeth B. Burgess, Staff Associate

for Development Records
Poppy Cantrell, Staff Associate for

Gift Records
Linda C. Sabo, Staff Associate for

Capital Campaign
Betty Beatty, Receptionist
Bonneau H. Dickson, Field

Representative

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John W. Gilmore

Vice President for

Business and Finance

David Bridges

Associate Director of

Planned Giving and the

Capital Campaign

Administrative Staff

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Gary Bagley
Director of Development
and Seminary Relations

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t

Holly Caswell
Assistant Treasurer

Ann Clay Adams
Director of Admissions

Ernestine B. Cole

Associate Dean of

Students

Robin S. Dietrich
Financial Aid Officer

Richard A. Dodds

Coordinator of Planned

Giving

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Juliette J. Harper

Director of Publications

and Publicity

Clayton H. Hulet

Associate Director of

Library and Reference

Librarian

Gloria E. Jennings

Director of Alumni/ ae

Relations and Associate

Director of Annual Fund

Sarah Speed McTyre

Assistant to the Dean of

Faculty

A. Cecil Moore, Jr.

Superintendent of

Buildings and Grounds

Suanne SauerBrun

Bookstore Manager

T. Clark Simmons

Director of Capital

Campaign and Church

Relations

Elsie D. Urie
Registrar

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Support of Columbia
Seminary

The mission of Columbia Theological Seminary is to prepare ministers of
Jesus Christ to proclaim the Gospel and to serve the Church, the community,
and the world. The seminary is also committed to the mission of nurturing
those already ordained through continuing education and serving as an in-
tellectual and resource center for the entire Church.

Annually, student tuition and fees provide for about 24 percent of the
seminary's budget, while an additional seven percent comes from individual
gifts. A growing endowment provides approximately 45 percent of the annual
budget. Three percent of current operating revenue comes from the Theolog-
ical Education Fund of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The balance of the
budget comes from miscellaneous sources.

Columbia Seminary's supporting synods have historically stated and re-
peatedly affirmed their intentions to be responsible for the support of the
seminary. Columbia is indebted to the synods for their endorsement and
assistance in increasing the seminary's endowment through capital fund
drives.

The best way to begin investing in the vital ministry of Columbia Seminary
is through a gift to the Annual Fund or by establishing a permanently en-
dowed scholarship or memorial fund.

Alumni/ae Association

Columbia's alumni/ae hold their annual meeting on the seminary campus
during Columbia Colloquium in early January. Stimulating presentations on
ministry are offered, classes hold yearly reunions, the Alumni/ae Council
and officers are elected, and distinguished graduates and retiring professors
are honored.

Columbia Friendship Circle

Columbia Friendship Circle (CFC) is an association of thousands of Pres-
byterian Women throughout the PC (USA) who assist the seminary in three
ways: by praying for the seminary and telling its story in their local areas; by
encouraging young men and women to consider the ministry and Columbia
Seminary; and by providing financial assistance to the seminary each year for
support of particular projects. During the past several years CFC has raised
over $30,000 annually to support students and their families with special
financial needs.

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Board of Trustees

Mr. John A. Conant

Chair
Dr. William T. Bryant

Vice Chair

Mrs. Emily C. Wood

Secretary
Mrs. Peggy M. Rowland

Assistant Secretary

Term to Expire in 1995
Mr. Howell F. Adams, Jr.

Atlanta, Georgia
The Rev. William R. Barron

Knoxville, Tennessee
Mr. Thomas W. Brown

Lake City, Florida
Mrs. Ann D. Cousins

Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. Howard Edington

Orlando, Florida
Mrs. Gay Love

Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. David Quattlebaum

Greenville, South Carolina
The Rev. Arthur Ross

Raleigh, North Carolina
Mrs. Betty Simmons

Jackson, Mississippi
Dr. G. Dana Waters III

Birmingham, Alabama

Term to Expire in 1997
Dr. William T. Bryant, Jr.

Nashville, Tennessee
The Rev. Franklin D. Colclough

Sumter, South Carolina
The Rev. Ed Hopper

Lexington, Kentucky
The Rev. Vernon Hunter

Mobile, Alabama
Dr. Margaret Miller

Maitland, Florida
Ms. Jean Norman

Pensacola, Florida
Mr. William John Park

Greenwood, South Carolina
Mr. John H. Weitnauer, Jr.

St. Simons Island, Georgia
Mrs. Emily C. Wood

Maitland, Florida

Term to Expire in 1996
The Rev. Joanna Adams

Decatur, Georgia
Mr. Clarence Boone

Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Howard Ector

Marietta, Georgia
Mrs. Florida Ellis

Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Frank James

Birmingham, Alabama
Mr. William G. Jones

Memphis, Tennessee
Dr. J. Phillips Noble

Decatur, Georgia
Mr. William J. Noonan

Pensacola, Florida
Mr. Aubrey Patterson

Tupelo, Mississippi
Mr. William Scheu

Jacksonville, Florida
Dr. Cordell Wynn

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

At Large Members
Mr. John Conant

Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Lawrence Gellerstedt, Jr.

Atlanta, Georgia
Dr. W. Frank Harrington

Atlanta, Georgia
The Rev. Joseph S. Harvard

Durham, North Carolina
Mr. J. C. "Bud" Shaw

Cartersville, Georgia
Mr. Frank Skinner

Atlanta, Georgia
Mr. Dae Y. Shin

Tampa, Florida
Mr. Ben T. Vernon, Jr.

Denver, North Carolina

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Students

Graduating Class of 1994

Doctor of Theology
Arthur Gower Crosswell

Doctor of Ministry

R. Jerome Boone
Gusten Ray Brainerd
Durwood Lee Broughton
John Michael Carpenter
James Stanley Crews, Jr.
Keith Michael Curran
Curry W. Davis, Jr.
Scott Douglas Dunbar
Jerome Joseph Ferrari
Charles Christopher Heyward
Robert Sidney Jeffords, Sr.
Karen Adele Johnson
Thomas Price Johnston
Samuel Shey Kilo Kengwa
Paul Jeffrey Kirbas
Marcella Louise Klimas
Glen Allen Krans
Laurie Ann Kraus
Robert Harry LaForce

Master of Theology

Henley Dwight St. Patrick Bernard
David Nyagah Bururia
Michael Theodore Carey
Choong-Sik Chun
Scott Arthur Ellington
Jong Heon Ham
Sandor Kereskenyi
Ho Gi Kim

Maake J. S. Masango

Samuel Ruff Matthews

John Martin McClearen

Nancy Nichols McCurley

Vaughn J. Michael

Steven Richard Negley

Richard Brantley Newsome

Robin Shane Owens

Mack Reitzel Painter, Jr.

F. Richard Reynolds

William Frederick Rose

Dale Livingston Shaw

Dallas Earl Speight

Mark Alan Tilley

David Earl Tucker

Ridley Norman Usherwood

William Whitfield Williamson, Jr.

Stuart Thomas Wilson

Phillip Dale Young

Jong Choon Kim

Moosa Kim

Unyong Kim

Young Han Lee

Mary Beecher Mathes

Si-Gull Nam

Amanda B. Russell-Jones

Christopher Edward Zorn

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Master of Divinity

Scott Richard Anderson *

Steven Klaus Arndt

Jeffrey William Beebe

Charles Russell Blasdell

Willie Brazil *

Paul Wesley Chaney

Sungshik Chang

Boin Cho

Rita E. Cochrane

Dance Kim Waggoner Dawson

Kathy Lynn Dawson *

Laura Adams Dunham *

William Clayton Faulk

Robert Andrew Fisher

Rebecca Jane Kruger Gaudino *

Craig Needham Goodrich *

Robert Glenn Googe

Jeanie M. Griffin

David Robert Grove

Norman Harris II

Zoe Anne Henderson *

Chris Elmer Hester

Christina P. Hindley *

John Austin Hinkle, Jr.

Master of Arts in Theological Studies

Barbara Deemer Douglass *
Steven Lotz Snyder *

* denotes degree received with distinction

Dana Steffee Hughes *

Scott Wilson Huie *

Deborah Claire Husband *

Janet Eloise James

Patricia Sue Cashion Johnson

David Whitehill Jones *

Joon Won Lee

Martin William Lifer III *

William Marvin Lindsay III *

Stephen Charles Iverson Mann

Douglas Hung Mar

Mary Amanda McCutchen

Peggy C. Owens

John Ransellaer Ragsdale II *

Jeanne Carette Thiele Reynolds

Eric W. Schaefer

Lou Ann Sellers

Timothy Frederick Simpson *

Patrick Dale Sowers

Michelle Thomas-Bush

Matthew Allen Trask

Thomas Jeans Watkins *

Lawrence David Yerger

B. Lynn Tolleson *
Cherie Ray C. White

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1995-96 Scholarship Recipients

Broyles Scholarships

Michael Boyle
Margaret Brinck
Stephanie Davis
Keith Freeman
Robert Frost

Columbia Scholarships

Aimee Wallis Buchanan
William Buchanan

Cornelson Scholarships

Grace Boyer
Margaret Burnett
Susan Cavallo
Mary Clark
Stephane Cobbert

Holland Scholarship
Joseph Clifford

Love Scholarships
Sarah Diehl

Newton Scholarships

Frank Blankinship
Michael Capron
Doris Chandler
Lisa Fulford

Smith-Thompson Scholarships

Elizabeth Duttera
William Jones

Tull Scholarships

Katherine Evans
Mark Gray
Barbara Holmes
Stephen Kolmetz
Marianne McMasters

Marilyn Hedgpeth
Sandra Hill
James Reinarz
Sherri Simpson
Rebecca Young

Carol DiGiusto
Scott Ramsey

Gregory Cruice
Janet Hamilton
Lauren Moore
John Turnbull

Kyle Henderson

Thomas Hagood
Ingram Hedgpeth
Peter McKechnie
Stacy Rector

Gregory Lund
Carol Seaman

Jill Middlemas
Douglas Minnerly
Elizabeth Morgan
Morris Taylor

116

1994-95 Students Enrolled in Degree Programs

Doctor of Theology

Mary Crist Brown
Atlanta, Georgia

Paula Ellen Buford
Decatur, Georgia

Paul Leon Fulks, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia

Richard Thomas Gillespie
Decatur, Georgia

Georgia C. Griffin
Atlanta, Georgia

Jung Mi Han
Decatur, Georgia

Gerry Keith Hearn
Inkster, Michigan

Russell Siler Jones
Decatur, Georgia

Neal Walter Kuhlhorst
Clarkesville, Georgia

Derrick Craig Miller
Jefferson, Georgia

Susan Braatz Pendleton
Atlanta, Georgia

David Stewart Shew
Decatur, Georgia

Paul Russell Thim
Decatur, Georgia

Wilson Glenn Van Winkle
Emerson, Georgia

David Denk Weitnauer
Decatur, Georgia

B.A., Agnes Scott College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., Georgia Southern College
M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S., Arkansas State University
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., University of South Florida
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Emmanuel College
J.D., Boston College Law School
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Lehman College

M.A., Long Island University

M.Div., D.Min., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Eastern Michigan University
M.Div., Colgate Rochester Divinity School

B.A., Furman University
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S., Indiana University
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., St. Louis Christian College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., University of Southern California
M.S., Columbia University School of Social Work
M.P.H., University of Hawaii
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

A.B., Hampshire College

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary

B.A., Swarthmore College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

A.B., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

117

Doctor of Ministry

Bradford Edward Ableson
Groton, Connecticut

Natalie Kay Nicholas Adams
Newnan, Georgia

Taehoe Ahn
Leonia, New Jersey

Frank Charles Aichinger
Sumter, South Carolina

John W. Ailstock
Gretna, Louisiana

Ernest Alema-Mensah
Accra, Ghana

Douglas Wilfred Alexander
Clarendon, Jamaica

James Avery Alexander
East Point, Georgia

Ben Robert Alf ord
Hendersonville, Tennessee

Catherine Louise Allsbury
Belleair, Florida

Christopher Mark Ayers
Charlotte, North Carolina

Eugen G. Bach, Jr.
Decherd, Tennessee

Philip Rick Baggett
Fort Myers, Florida

Patrick Nixon Bailey
Anniston, Alabama

Larry Douglas Baskin
Greenville, South Carolina

B.A., University of Science and Arts of

Oklahoma
M.T.S., Boston University School of Theology
C.S.S., Episcopal Theological Seminary
M.Div., Yale University Divinity School

B.S., Shorter College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.A., Seoul National University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,

Korea
Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.Arch., University of Virginia
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., College of Charleston
J.D., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.S., University of Ghana, Ghana

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

M.S., Atlanta University

B.A.Theoh, University of the West Indies,

Jamaica
Dip., United Theological College of the West

Indies, Jamaica

B.A., Oklahoma City University

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., George Peabody College for Teachers
M.Div., Vanderbilt University

B.S., University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
M.Div., M.A.(Y.M.), Columbia Theological
Seminary

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Th.M., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., King College

M.Div., Erskine Theological Seminary

B.S., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Biola University
M.Div., Denver Seminary

118

Ruth H. Beck-Schaaff
Sarasota, Florida

Kay Adams Best
Charleston, South Carolina

Billy Darrell Bewley
Columbia, Tennessee

Thomas William Blair
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania

William Herbert Bland, Jr.
Sanford, North Carolina

Martha Means Blount
Jackson, Mississippi

Susan Lynn Boardman-McKissack
Woodbridge, Virginia

John William Bolton
Huntsville, Alabama

Benjamin Stephen Booth
Talladega, Alabama

Robin Dale Booth
Norcross, Georgia

Garry Keith Brantley
Prattville, Alabama

Edward Johnson Britt
Columbia, Tennessee

Mark R. Broadhead
Maitland, Florida

David Daniel Brockhoff
Roswell, Georgia

Kenneth L. Broman-Fulks
Easley, South Carolina

Brad Terry Bromling
Montgomery, Alabama

James Ewing Brown
Norfolk, Virginia

Steven Speed Bryant
Winter Haven, Florida

Jack Wayman Buchanan, Jr.
Spartanburg, South Carolina

B.A., Beaver College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., Barber-Scotia College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.S., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.A., Lafayette College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., M.C.E., North Carolina State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.M., Mississippi State College for Women
M.C.E., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Eckerd College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Henderson State University

B.D., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.S., Grove City College

M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Georgia
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., M.A., M.Div., Southern Christian
University

B.A., M.A., Scarritt College
M.Div., Vanderbilt University

B.A., Stetson University

M.Div., Lancaster Theological Seminary

B.A., Oral Roberts University
M.Div., Concordia Seminary

B.A., Eckerd College

M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., Freed-Hardeman University
M.A., Southern Christian University

B.A., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
B.A., Louisiana Tech
M.Div., Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., University of Mississippi
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Gardner-Webb College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

119

William Franklin Buchanan
Huntington, West Virginia

Sara Bedon Burress
Estill, South Carolina

Ella F. Busby
Florence, South Carolina

Gordon Neil Butcher
Park Ridge, Illinois

David Johnson Butler
Leesville, South Carolina

John William Carpenter
Morton, Pennsylvania

James Alan Carr

Williamston, North Carolina

Samuel David Carriker
Chesapeake, Virginia

Ronald Keith Cason
Cleveland, Tennessee

Bruce Arnold Chapman
McMinnville, Tennessee

Winston Sylvester Clemetson
Kingston, Jamaica

James Staples Clifford
Birmingham, Alabama

Gerald Rogers Coker
Atlanta, Georgia

William Donald Coker
Valdosta, Georgia

Robert Cook
Knoxville, Tennessee

Gary Lynn Coppedge
Orchard Lake, Michigan

Cynthia Warner Crowell
Auburn, New York

B.S., Bethune-Cookman College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.S., Mississippi State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

M.Div., Johnson C. Smith Seminary

B.A., Purdue University

M.Div., Methodist Theological School in Ohio

M.A., University of Notre Dame

B.S., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary

A.B., Calvin College

M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., The Citadel

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Calabar Theological College, Jamaica
M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., University of Virginia
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., M.A., University of Alabama
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Texas, Austin
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Strathclyde University, Scotland
B.D., Glasgow University, Scotland

B.A., Carson-Newman College

M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological

Seminary
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education

B.A., Millikin University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

120

Ervie Chris Curvin
St. Petersburg, Florida

Stephen George Damos
Parrottsville, Tennessee

Charles Gregory Darden
Ellenboro, North Carolina

Richard Clayton Davis
Snellville, Georgia

Michael Alfred De Arruda
Ely, Minnesota

Ralph R. Deen-Clingan
Sodus, New York

Tom Edward Diamond
Jacksonville, Florida

G. Teal Dick

Irondale, Alabama

James Alfred Dickens
Lawrenceville, Georgia

Linda Jean Dickerson
Ocala, Florida

Howard Dennis Draper, Jr.
Littleton, North Carolina

Valerie June Duff
Glasgow, Scotland

Raymond A. Dunmyer
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Janice Lynne Edmiston
Arlington, Virginia

Annette Coker Edwards
Charleston, South Carolina

Anne Coile Estes
Decatur, Georgia

David Walter Fahner
Doraville, Georgia

B.S., Middle Tennessee State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Shorter College
M.Ed., University of Georgia
M.Div., Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary

A.B., LaGrange College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Mercer University
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S.Ed., Bridgewater State College
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Westminster College
M.Div., Colgate Rochester Divinity School/
Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary

B.S., Florida Memorial College
M.Div., Colgate Rochester Divinity School/
Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary

B.A., Louisiana College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.S., Radford College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., High Point College

M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

Cert., St. Colm's College, Scotland

B.A., M.A., M.Div., Notre Dame Seminary
M.A., Duauesne University

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Andover-Newton Theological School

B.A., Baptist College at Charleston
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Agnes Scott College

J.D., Emory University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Lewis and Clark College
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

121

Fairfax Fullerton Fair
Houston, Texas

Virginia Ovesen Felder
Tucker, Georgia

Ronald William Feltman
Columbia, South Carolina

Michael Lee Fitze
Easley, South Carolina

Carol Ann Fleming
Syracuse, New York

Michael Leland Frandsen
Tampa, Florida

Herbert Strader Frazier, Sr.
Cleveland, Tennessee

Gary William Fulton
Gastonia, North Carolina

William Mark George

Sandy Springs, South Carolina

James Anthony Gibson, Jr.
Fairfield, Alabama

Thomas Lester Gibson
Walkertown, North Carolina

Thomas Earl Gilmore
Birmingham, Alabama

Stephen Frederick Goff
Independence, Missouri

Donald Yates Gordon
Spruce Pine, North Carolina

Howard Hoffman Gordon
Little Rock, Arkansas

Napp Nelson Granade, Jr.
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Brenda Knight Green
Union City, Georgia

B.A., Southern Methodist University

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., University of Georgia

M.Div., Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary

B.A., University of South Carolina

M.P.A., College of Charleston

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Hood College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., M.S. in Education, Southern Illinois

University
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.A., University of Virginia

M.B.A., University of North Carolina at

Charlotte
M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

B.S., Georgia State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Furman University
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Birmingham Baptist Bible College
B.Th., Birmingham Theological Seminary

B.A., Western Michigan University
M.A., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., Campbell University
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.S., Auburn University

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.S.Ed., University of Georgia
M.A.C.E., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

122

John Frank Green
Riverview, Florida

Samuel Adolphus Green
Portmore, Jamaica

Samuel Lawrence Green
Orlando, Florida

Robert Leroy Griffin

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Gregory Erwin Griffith
Decatur, Georgia

Caroline Burgin Grissett
Morganton, North Carolina

Gary Wayne Grogg
Cleveland, Tennessee

Brenda Alwyn Halbrooks
Tucker, Georgia

Elizabeth Sidar Hall
West Seneca, New York

Mary Stewart Hall
Dallas, Texas

Charles Frederick Hammer
Morristown, Tennessee

Charles Jarred Hammet, Jr.
Summerton, South Carolina

Prue McGee Hammett

Sullivan's Island, South Carolina

Carnell Hampton

Gable, South Carolina

William Stephen Hannah

Bessemer City, North Carolina

Marni Politte Harmony
Orlando, Florida

Terry Robert Harris
Huntsville, Alabama

James Ferrel Haskins
Birmingham, Alabama

B.A., University of South Florida

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.Th., Jamaica Theological Seminary

B.A., University of South Florida

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Belhaven College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Hiram College

M.Div., Andover Newton Theological School

A.B., Queens College

M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

B.S., East Tennessee State University
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary

B.A., Stetson University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Alfred University
M.Div., Drew Theological School

B.S., Presbyterian College

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., M.Div., Vanderbilt University

B.A., Wofford College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., University of California, Berkeley
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., B.D., Johnson C. Smith University

B.A., Lenoir Rhyne College

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Tufts University

Th.M., Boston University School of Theology

M.S.W., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

B.A., Scarritt College

M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.B.A., University ofMontevallo
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

123

Peg Boten Haub

Osage Beach, Missouri

William Vincent Hawkins
Stockton, Alabama

Rachel Fowler Haynes
Davidson, North Carolina

George Timothy Head
Auburndale, Florida

Stephen James Heinzel-Nelson
Palatka, Florida

Fred Buis Hembree, Jr.
Antioch, Tennessee

Robert William Henderson
Greensboro, North Carolina

Samuel Walter Henderson
Birmingham, Alabama

George Russell Hickman
Eustis, Florida

Madison Maxwell Highfill
Wilmington, North Carolina

John Dale Hobbs
Sautee, Georgia

Timothy Wilson Hobbs
Duluth, Georgia

Judith Hartung Hockenberry
Syracuse, New York

Edward Yeatts Hopkins
Madison Heights, Virginia

Barry Claxton Howard
Jacksonville, Alabama

James Gordon Hughes, Jr.
Nashville, Tennessee

Joanne Ruth Hull

Greensboro, North Carolina

Claude Daniel Ingram
Daytona Beach, Florida

B.A., Culver-Stockton College
M.Div., St. Paul School of Theology

B.A., University of Maryland
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Agnes Scott College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.M., Jacksonville University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Cornell University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Scarritt College

M.Div., Vanderbilt Divinity School

B.A., Furman University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Louisiana State University

M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

B.A., Baylor University

M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

Ed. Spec, M.A.T., Georgia State University

B.A., King College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Tennessee Technological University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Berry College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.A., Augustana College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., East Tennessee State University
M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary

B.A., M.A., Jacksonville State University
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., B.S., Athens State College
M.Div., Vanderbilt University

A.B., Davidson College

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education

B.A., Claflin University

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

124

Kenneth Gene Jarvis
Sikeston, Missouri

Barry Lee Jenkins
Orangeburg, South Carolina

Gloria Elaine Jennings
Augusta, Georgia

Pablo A. Jimenez
Decatur, Georgia

Ines Jimenez-Dietsch
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

Louise Stowe Johns
Montgomery, Alabama

Terry Lee Johns
Cleveland, Tennessee

Joseph Lenoise Johnson
Do than, Alabama

Julie Ann Johnson
Marietta, Georgia

James Willard Johnston
Lexington, South Carolina

Dallas Raye Jones
Beaufort, South Carolina

Hugh Colson Jones
Niagara Falls, Ontario

Walk Claridge Jones, IV
Orlando, Florida

Rian Paul Kegerreis
Panama City, Florida

Peter Robert Keith
Orchard Park, New York

Byung S. Kim
Rock Hill, New York

Jong Hoon Kim

College Point, New York

Kooksung Kim
Boca Raton, Florida

B.S., Southeast Missouri State University
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.S., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.F.A., University of Georgia

M.A., M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Puerto Rico

M.Div., Evangelical Seminary of Puerto Rico

S.T.M., Christian Theological Seminary

B.B.A., M.B.A., University of Puerto Rico
M.Div., Seminario Evangelico de Puerto Rico

B.A., Oklahoma City University
M.R.E., M.Div., Drew Theological School

B.A., University of Alabama in Huntsville
M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.S., Troy State University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Purdue University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

A.B., M.Ed., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Mount Allison University
M.A., McMaster University
M.Div., Knox College

B.A., Presbyterian College
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., Birmingham Southern College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Illinois

M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.M., Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Korea
M.Div., New York Theological Seminary

B.A., Keimyung University, Korea
M.Div., New York Theological Seminary

B.A., The Third Military Academy, Korea
Th.B., Taehan Bible College and Seminary, Korea
B.A., Azusa Pacific University
M.Div., Calvin Theological Seminary

125

Casey Reginald Kimbrough
Charlotte, North Carolina

Dorothy M. Kirk
Buffalo, New York

Rupert Eugene Kuhne III
Gray Court, South Carolina

Kiho Kye
Ridgewood, New Jersey

Deborah Lee Kyser
Greenville, South Carolina

Gary Eugene Laird
Milton, Florida

James Bruce Lancaster
Decatur, Alabama

Frank Edward Larisey
College Park, Georgia

George Tigner Lashley
Matthews, North Carolina

Mary Elizabeth Lawrence
Marietta, Georgia

Paul Austin Layton
Elizabethtown, North Carolina

Gil Boo Lee
Tampa, Florida

Hee Soo Lee
Fair Lawn, New Jersey

Myung Jong Lee
Commack, New York

Young-Han Lee
Jonesboro, Georgia

Dirk McCoy Lesnett
Beaver, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Earl Vaughn Lett
Macon, Georgia

B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.Div., Colgate Rochester Divinity School/
Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary

B.S., State University of New York at Buffalo
M.Div., Christ the King Seminary

B.S., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Erskine Theological Seminary

B.A., Hankuk University, Korea

M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,

Korea
Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Furman University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Mobile College

M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.B.A., Northeast Louisiana University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of the South
M.Div., Protestant Episcopal Theological
Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Elon College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Furman University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., National Fisheries University, Korea
M.Div., Han Shin University, Korea

Th.B., Mok Won Methodist College, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.M., Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Korea
M.Div., New York Theological Seminary

Dip., Young Nam Theological Seminary, Korea
B.Min., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,

Korea
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Grove City College

M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Alabama

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

126

Frederick Owen Lewis
Oreland, Pennsylvania

Patricia Anne Lewis
Morganton, North Carolina

Norman Hackett Linde
Niagara Falls, New York

Randel Eugene Livingood
Beaufort, South Carolina

Josephine Mellichamp Locklair
Summerville, South Carolina

Mark Allison Lomax
Ellenwood, Georgia

Lloyd Alan Looney
Lawrenceville, Georgia

Jonathan Waylon Lovelady
Florence, Alabama

Diane Prevary Lytle
Woodbridge, Virginia

Henry Joseph Martin
Morrow, Georgia

Doris Harper Mattison
Arcadia, Florida

John Swift McCall

Black Mountain, North Carolina

Robert Duncan McCall
Cleveland, Tennessee

Ronald Glen McClung
Haddock, Georgia

Douglas Bruce McGillivray
Ridge, New York

Thomas Edward McGrath
Winter Haven, Florida

Richard Dean McKinnie
Germantown, Tennessee

William Franklin McKissack
Woodbridge, Virginia

B.A., Carson-Newman College

M.Div., Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.A., University of North Carolina at Charlotte
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Houghton College
M.Div., University of Dubuque Theological
Seminary

B.S., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.A., Charleston Southern University
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Heidelberg College

M.Div., Trinity Lutheran Seminary

B.A., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Mary Washington College

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Oregon Bible College
B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University
M.A., Arizona State University
M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary

B.A., Simmons College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Seminary

B.A., Duke University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.S., Mercer University, Atlanta
M.Ed., Georgia State University
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.A., The College ofWooster

M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

B.A., Westminster College

M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.S., Lambuth College

M.Div., St. Paul School of Theology

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology

M.Div., Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

127

James Eugene McNaull
Morrow, Georgia

John Edmond Melvin
Halifax, Virginia

John Steven Midkiff
Woodstock, Georgia

Roger Gayle Miller
Gastonia, North Carolina

James Timothy Miller
Conyers, Georgia

James Scott Moncreiff
Ormond Beach, Flordia

Gary Raymond Moore
Vero Beach, Florida

Marion Griffin Moore

Stoneville, North Carolina

Terry Lynn Moore
King, North Carolina

Linda Stack Morgan

Ansonville, North Carolina

Danny Carl Murphy
Winnsboro, South Carolina

Joan Lee Murray

Charlottesville, Virginia

Virginia Anne Murray
East Bethany, New York

Herman Terris Neuman
Lakeland, Florida

A.B., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Belhaven College

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Stetson University
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., M.Div., Drew University
B.M., Westminster Choir College
MM., Temple University

B.B.A., George State University

D.Min., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.B.A., Stetson University
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.Mus., M.Mus., Miami University
M.Div., United Theological Seminary

B.B.A., Georgia Southern College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

A.B., Pfeiffer College

M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., High Point College
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Concordia College
M.Div., Interdenominational Theological
Seminary

B.S. in Nursing, Medical College of Virginia
Master of Nursing, University of South Carolina
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.S., Iowa State University

M.A., State University of New York at

Binghamton
M.Div., Colgate Rochester Divinity School/

Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary

B.A., Southeastern College of the Assemblies of

God
M.A., Wheaton College
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

128

Mwandiwona Jonathan Nkuchwayo
Atlanta, Georgia

Louis Oats
Morristown, Tennessee

John Wendell Oldham
Chattanooga, Tennessee

John Paul Oliver
Pensacola, Florida

David W. Omerod
Jacksonville Florida

Hector Ortiz
Cleveland, Tennessee

William Larry Owens
Decatur, Georgia

Edward Schley Pease
Greensboro, Georgia

Gail Ruth Perkins
Decatur, Georgia

Grady Joe Perryman

Southern Pines, North Carolina

Edwin Hoyt Pettus
McBee, South Carolina

William Harrison Phares, Jr.
Lanett, Alabama

Thomas F. Pickering
Mexico, Missouri

James William Quarles
Shelby, North Carolina

Dolores Barus Queen
Salisbury, North Carolina

Thomas Nelson Rains
Birmingham, Alabama

B.A., United College of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe
M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center
M.S.W., Atlanta University

B.A., The University of the South

M.Div., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary

B.A., M.S.S.W., University of Tennessee
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., B.M., Samford University
M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S.Ed., Ohio University

M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Texas Tech
M.A., Ashland Theological Seminary

B.A., Belhaven College

M.Div. /M.C.E., Reformed Theological Seminary

B.A., Florida State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Alabama

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Hendrix College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Newberry College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Alabama at Birmingham
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

A.B., University of Nebraska
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., The Baptist College at Charleston
M.R.E., Southeastern Baptist Theological

Seminary
M.Div., Erskine Theological Seminary

B.A., Lenoir Rhyne College

M.Div., Duke University Divinity School

B.A., Washington and Lee University

M.B.A., Emory University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

129

William Hunter Ralston
Charlotte, North Carolina

John Torres Ramos
Cleveland, Tennessee

Taz William Randies
Cleveland, Tennessee

Judith Ellen Rarick

Minnetonka, Minnesota

George Mover Rawn
Morristown, Tennessee

Johnny Clyde Reynolds
Atlanta, Georgia

James Edward Richardson
Gastonia, North Carolina

Keith Lentz Riddle

Fayetteville, North Carolina

George Woodbury Rinker
Ormond Beach, Florida

Charles Milton Roberts
Rochester, New York

Daniel Drew Robinson
Charlotte, North Carolina

George Oliver Rogers
Conyers, Georgia

Charles Louis Rolen
Atlanta, Georgia

Scott Anthony Rollins
Newnan, Georgia

David Allison Roquemore
Martinsville, Virginia

Ramiro Ros

Brandon, Florida

Charles Michael Ruark
Hope, Arkansas

B.A., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., East Coast Bible College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

M.Ed., University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

B.A., Emory and Henry College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.S., Morris Brown College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Carson-Newman College
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Th.M., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Wofford College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Siena College

M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College
M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

B.A., Pikeville College

M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

B.A., Louisiana College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Milligan College

M.Div., Emmanuel School of Religion

B.A., Wofford College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
B.A., Latin American Biblical Seminary, Costa

Rica
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Austin College

M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

130

Daniel Mark Sanders- Wooley
Brentwood, Tennessee

John Arthur Schmidt

Warminster, Pennsylvania

William Robert Sharman III
Athens, Alabama

Guy Hubert Shealy

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Anne Carter Shelley
Clemmons, North Carolina

James Chester Shelton
Waxhaw, North Carolina

Billy Cooper Shiley
Huntington, West Virginia

Dong-Chae Shin
Seoul, Korea

Myung Dong Shin
Fort Lee, New Jersey

Richard Lee Shinkle
Andalusia, Alabama

Lynn Edwin Shurley, Jr.
Paducah, Kentucky

Amy Sass Sigmon
Charlotte, North Carolina

Lawrence McBride Sigmon
Charlotte, North Carolina

Deborah Lee Silver
Evans, Georgia

Scott Gerald Slater

Birmingham, Alabama

John Benson Sloan

Asheville, North Carolina

Robb Lewis Small
Leeds, Alabama

B.A., Flagler College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Hastings College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.B.A., University of Mississippi
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

A.B., Newberry College

M.Div., Lutheran Southern Theological

Seminary
M.Ed., Winthrop College

B.A., University of South Carolina

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Mount Union College
M.Ed., University of Pittsburgh
M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.A., Shepherd College

M.Div., Wesley Theological Seminary

B.A., Kyonggi University, Korea
M.Div., Seoul Presbyterian Theological

Seminary, Korea
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.Min., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,

Korea
M.Div., New York Theological Seminary

B.A., David Lipscomb College

M.S. in Ed., Iona College

M.Div., Memphis Theological Seminary

B.A., Millsaps College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Bryn Mawr College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., Manchester College

M.Div., Bethany Theological Seminary

B.L.A., University of Florida

M.Div., Virginia Theological Seminary

B.A., Clemson University

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.S., University ofMontevallo
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

131

Bradley Donald Smith
Columbia, South Carolina

Earl Joseph Smith

St. Petersburg, Florida

Diana Lee Spangler-Crawford
Valdese, North Carolina

Kenneth Phillip Stealing
Charlotte, North Carolina

Gerald Austin Stephens
Hoover, Alabama

Douglas Ray Stephenson
Cartersville, Georgia

Russell Charles Sullivan, Jr.
Florence, South Carolina

William Joseph Swafford
Albany, Georgia

Mary Lynne Venema Swierenga
Vienna, Virginia

Deborah Schneider Taylor
Apex, North Carolina

Dennis Ray Tedder
Camden, South Carolina

Gerald Wayne Terry
Florence, South Carolina

Raymond Stuart Thomas
Byron, New York

Richard Ellsworth Thomas
Henderson, North Carolina

Elizabeth Denham Thompson
Birmingham, Alabama

Ernest Trice Thompson IE
Charlotte, North Carolina

Keith Jon Thompson

Wilmington, North Carolina

Dan Maynard Thornton
Newland, North Carolina

B.S., University of Georgia

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Tulane University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Transylvania University
M.Div., Texas Christian University

B.S., Trenton State College
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., University of Tennessee
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.B.A., Sam Houston State College
M.Div., Asbury Theological Seminary

B.A., College of Charleston

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

A.B., Augustana College
A.M., M.A., University of Northern Colorado
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., Calvin College
M.Div., Wesley Seminary

B.A., Vanderbilt University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of South Carolina

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.S. f Wofford College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Michigan

M.Div., McCormick Theological Seminary

B.A., Boston University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Baylor University
M.Div., Beeson Divinity School

B.S., University of South Carolina

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Texas Christian University
M.Div., Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., Furman University
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

132

Mitchell Millard Walker, Sr.
Cleveland, Tennessee

Stephen Michael Walsh

Fayetteville, North Carolina

James Alexander Ward
Charlotte, North Carolina

David Marshall Watson
Grove City, Pennsylvania

Davis Ronald Watson
Savannah, Georgia

James R. Weldon
Marietta, Georgia

William Allen Weller

Hendersonville, Tennessee

James S. Welch

Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Thomas Granville Westfall
Willow Springs, North Carolina

Floyd Ray Whatley
Dubach, Louisiana

Cynthia Dawn Whisnant
Birmingham, Alabama

Dennis Gerard Whitaker
Charlotte, North Carolina

Clyde McPherson Wiley, Jr.
DeLand, Florida

Philip Albert Williams
Meridian, Mississippi

Stephen Charles Williams
Knoxville, Tennessee

James Ronald Wilson
Hartselle, Alabama

Daniel S. M. Woo

Raleigh, North Carolina

B.A., Bethel College

M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., University of Southern California
M.B.A., Pepperdine University
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

A.B., High Point College

M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

B.A., California State University, Northridge
M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

B.A., The Citadel

M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., University of North Florida
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Middle Tennessee State University

M.Ed., University of Florida

M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

B.A., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.S., Slippery Rock State College
M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

B.A., Louisiana College
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Wingate College

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., University of Florida

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Florida

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Yale University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Samford University

M.Div., Southwestern Baptist Seminary

Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.Th., Hankuk Theological College, Korea
M.Div., Howard University Divinity School

133

Yvorne Dianne Wright
Sumter, South Carolina

Brian Maurice Wyatt
Birmingham, Alabama

Jeffrey D. Yergler
Seminole, Florida ,

Christopher Aaron Yim

Wilmington, North Carolina

Sung Koo Yoon
Columbus, Ohio

Herman Robert Yoos
Charleston, South Carolina

Roderick Zak
Orlando, Florida

Master of Theology

Deborah Ann Fitzgerald Aichinger
Sumter, South Carolina

Richard Cole Atkerson
Decatur, Georgia

Sungkon Bak

Chullanam-Do, Korea

Calvin Jerome Banks
Decatur, Georgia

Vincent Peter Castellani
Guatemala, Guatemala

Eun-Il Chang
Flushing, New York

Sungshik Chang
Decatur, Georgia

Tae Ho Cheong
Norcross, Georgia

Charles Stephen Chitwood
Cleveland, Tennessee

B.S., Penn State University
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education

B.A., Birmingham-Southern College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., Westmont College

M.Div., Fuller Theological Seminary

B.A., Hampden-Sydney College
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

D.V.M., College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul,

Korea
M.Div., The Presbyterian Theological Seminary

in America

B.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
M.Div., Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary

B.S., Spring Hill College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Agnes Scott College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., Samford University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

BAgric, Chonnam National University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.A., Winston-Salem State University
M.Div., The Divinity School of Duke University

B.A., East Coast Bible College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.A., Chongshin College, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.A., Yonsei University, Korea
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Kon-Kuk University, Korea
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of North Carolina
M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

134

Boin Cho
Decatur, Georgia

Jong-Yong Choi

La Habra, California

Rita E. Cochrane
Decatur, Georgia

Istvan Czachesz
Budapest, Hungary

Keith Lamont Dangerfield
Jonesboro, Georgia

Barbara Deemer Douglass
Dunwoody, Georgia

Jennifer A. Gage

Staten Island, New York

Larry Abbott Golemon
Decatur, Georgia

Peter Joseph Gorday
Atlanta, Georgia

David Charles Hancock
Alpharetta, Georgia

Wallace Stovall Hartsfield, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia

Katheryn Smith Hazel
Hartwell, Georgia

Guy Allen Helms
Suwanee, Georgia

Zoe Anne Henderson

Southern Pines, North Carolina

Barbara Kalehoff Hicks
Lilburn, Georgia

Sung Ho Hong
Seoul, Korea

Frank Ervin Johnson
Decatur, Georgia

Linda Marie Perry Jones
Lawrenceville, Georgia

B.A., M.A., Sogang University, Korea

M.S., University of Georgia

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

Th.B., Presbyterian College, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.G.S., Louisiana State University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

M.Div., Gdspdr Kdroli Reformed University,
Hungary

B.S., Ferris State University

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Hollins College

M.A., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Vassar College

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Stanford University

M.Div., Yale University Divinity School

B.A., Dartmouth College

M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

B.A., LaGrange College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City
M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Albany State College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Covenant College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Temple University

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., Seoul National University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.A., Morehouse College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

A.B., Baldwin-Wallace College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

135

HyukRoJu
Lakewood, California

Seok-Guy Jung
Seoul, Korea

Choonki Kim
Bucheon, Korea

Gyeong Mok Kim
Norcross, Georgia

Jae Young Kim
Seoul, Korea

Jong Kuyng Kim
Seoul, Korea

Young Seo Kim
Newark, Delaware

Edward Richard Knight
Decatur, Georgia

Lori Ann Knight- Whitehouse
LaFayette, Georgia

Mariko Koike
Hokkaido, Japan

Paul Hollingsworth Lang
McGehee, Arkansas

Timothy Mix Leslie
Montgomery, Alabama

Won II Lim
Seoul, Korea

Timothy Sanders Mallard
Doraville, Georgia

John McLean, Jr.
Augusta, Georgia

Larry Randal McQueen
Cleveland, Tennessee

Bonnie Ann Mitchell
Toccoa, Georgia

B.A., Chun-Nam University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.S., Yonsei University, Korea

M.Div., Seoul Theological University, Korea

Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.Mus., MMus., Kyung Hee University, Korea
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

B.A., Soong Sil University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.A., Chongshin College, Korea
M.Div., Covenant Theological Seminary

B.A., Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.A., Pusan National University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.S., University of Tennessee

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B..A., University of South Carolina
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan
B.Div., M.Div., Tokyo Union Theological
Seminary, Japan

B.A., Furman University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Belhaven College

M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary

B.L., Soong Jun University, Korea
M.L., Soong Sil University, Korea
L.L.M., University of Georgia
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.A., Stetson University

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

B.A., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Lee College

M.Div., Church of God School of Theology

B.S., University of Georgia

M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary

136

Choon Duck Moon
Norcross, Georgia

Richard Montgomery Nelson
Stone Mountain, Georgia

James Nkari Njue
Nairobi, Kenya

Scott Christian Opsahl
Dover, New Jersey

Joon Girl Park
Seoul, Korea

Gregory Rolan Perry
Decatur, Georgia

Lajos Popp

Hajduszoboszlo, Hungary

Christopher Allen Price
Dunwoody, Georgia

Diane Lovin Ragsdale
Rochester, New York

John Ransellaer Ragsdale
Jacksonville, Florida

Jeanne Carette Thiele Reynolds
Decatur, Georgia

Chang Yong Roh
Seoul, Korea

Frances Jean Ruthven
Tryon, North Carolina

Jung Yn Shin
Decatur, Georgia

Timothy Frederick Simpson
Decatur, Georgia

Zeb D. Smith, Jr.

Anderson, South Carolina

Roderick Dale Stone
Atlanta, Georgia

Helder Sinam Suh
Visalia, California

B.S., Kon-Kuk University, Korea
M.R.E., M.Div., Liberty University

B.A., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

Diploma in Theology, Maker ere University,

Uganda
B.D., St. Paul's United Theological College,

Kenya

B.A., University of Washington
M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.E., Korea Maritime University, Korea
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological Seminary,
Korea

B.S., Louisiana State University
M.Div., Reformed Theological Seminary

M.Div., Reformed Theological Academy,
Hungary

B.A., University of Georgia

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

Ph.D., University of St. Andrews, Scotland

A.B., Georgia Southern College
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of North Carolina
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.F.A., University of Florida

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Hankook University, Korea
M.Div., Th.M., Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Korea

B.A.,Un ivers ity of Georgia
M.Div., Harvard Divinity School

B.A., Seattle Pacific University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., M.A., Liberty University

M.A., University of Florida

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Furman University

M.Div., Erskine Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Dubuque

M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.A., M.Div., Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Korea

137

Erzsebet Katalin Szilvassy
Szekszard, Hungary

Ham Tack

Kyonggi-Do, Korea

Sharon Lynn Taylor
Barnesville, Georgia

Dorinda Ellen Trouteaud
Roswell, Georgia

Jose Luis Velazco
Mexico City, Mexico

Andrew Jackson Livick Waskey
Dalton, Georgia

Otis Lee Weldon
Decatur, Georgia

Jiade Wu

Beijing, China

Mary Margaret Britton Yearwood
Atlanta, Georgia

Young Sun Yu
Seoul, Korea

Master of Divinity

Name
Home Town

Margaret Blacksher Adams
Mobile, Alabama

Maude Ellen Anderson
Farmville, Virginia

Timothy David Arnold
Farmville, Virginia

Gary Donald Barber, Jr.
Charlotte, North Carolina

Randy Lynn Barge
Clarkston, Georgia

Joseph Dunaway Bennett
Spruce Pine, North Carolina

M.Div., Budapesti Reformatus Teologiai
Akademia, Hungary

B.P.S. Korea University, Korea
M.Div., Th.M., Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Korea

B.A., University of Missouri
M.Div., Saint Paul School of Theology

B.A., The College ofWooster

M.S., University of Detroit

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

Lic.TheoL, Seminario Teologico Presbiteriano de
Mexico

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi
M.Div., Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., Birmingham Bible College

M.Div., Interdenominational Theological Center

B.A., Beijing Theological Seminary, China
M.A., Nanjing Theological Seminary, China

B.A., Mercer University in Atlanta
M.Div., Candler School of Theology at Emory
University

B.Eng., Chonbuk National University, Korea
M.Div., Th.M., Presbyterian Theological
Seminary, Korea

Degrees

Presbytery or Denomination

B.S., Vanderbilt University
South Alabama

B.A., M.Ed., University of Virginia
National Capital

B.A., Hampden-Sydney College
James

B.A., Wofford College
Charlotte

B.S., Southwest Missouri State University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles
Western North Carolina

138

Stephen Eugene Bird
Ogden, Utah

Frank Irvin Blankinship HI
Birmingham, Alabama

Gloria Weathers Bolden
Charlotte, North Carolina

John M. Boulware

Matthews, North Carolina

Lucy Scofield Bowerman
Atlanta, Georgia

George Boyd

College Park, Georgia

Mary Margaret Boyd
Ashboro, North Carolina

Grace Elizabeth Boyer
Hampton, Virginia

Michael David Boyle
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

David Mark Bradley
Bristol, Tennessee

Mary Frances Bragan

West Columbia, South Carolina

Hannah V. Brawley
Wilmington, North Carolina

Beverly Ann Brigman
Duluth, Georgia

Charles Nathaniel Briley
Mount Airy, North Carolina

Margaret Buchland Brinck
Knoxville, Tennessee

Aimee Wallis Buchanan
Arlington, Texas

B.A., Utah State University
M.A., Central Michigan University
Utah

B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.S., University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Charlotte

B.S., Wingate College
Charlotte

B.Mu., M.S., Georgia State University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Beulah Heights Bible College
Greater Atlanta

B.S., Auburn University
M.S., Florida State University
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education
Salem

B.A., College of William and Mary
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education

Eastern Virginia

B.A., Bucknell University
Lehigh

B.A., King College
Northeast Georgia

B.A., Central Wesleyan College
Trinity

B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.Ed., University of North Carolina,
Wilmington
Coastal Carolina

B.S., Georgia State University
Trinity

B.A., Wofford College
Salem

B.S., University of Cincinnati
M.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City
East Tennessee

B.A., Baylor University
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education
Grace

139

William Stewart Buchanan
Raleigh, North Carolina

Stacey Leigh Buford
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Margaret Buntin Burnett
Oxford, Mississippi

Mary Rebecca Burton
Atlanta, Georgia

David Atson Cagle
Knoxville, Tennessee

Stephen Rhoads Caine
Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Heidi Noelle Calhoun
Gig Harbor, Washington

Michael Parrish Capron
Penfield, New York

Christopher Burst Carson
Nashville, Tennessee

Susan Edith Cavallo
Sarasota, Florida

James Daryl Cazin
Tampa, Florida

Doris Ernestine Chandler
Birmingham, Alabama

Michael Burnell Chaney
Livingston, Alabama

Mary Campbell Clark
Birmingham, Alabama

Joseph Staples Clifford
Franklin, Tennessee

Ann Douglas Cline
Decatur, Georgia

Stephane Cobbert
Miami, Florida

Joseph Cohen
Atlanta, Georgia

B.S., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education
New Hope

B.A., Samford University
Southern Baptist

B.S., Vanderbilt University
St. Andrews

B.S., M.A., Western Carolina University
Greater Atlanta

B.S., University of Tennessee
East Tennessee

B.A., Birmingham-Southern College
East Tennessee

B.A., Pacific Lutheran University
Olympia

B.S., Rochester Institute of Technology
Genesee Valley

B.S., Vanderbilt University
Middle Tennessee

B.A., Eckerd College
Peace River

B.A., Flagler College
Tampa Bay

B.S., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
M.A., University of Alabama, Birmingham
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.A., Austin College
M.A.T., Livingston University
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.S., Emory University
B.A., Samford University
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.S., Auburn University
Middle Tennessee

B.A., Mercer University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Florida Memorial College
Missionary Baptist

B.A., Toccoa Falls College
Southern Baptist

140

Caroline Young Coling
Gulf Breeze, Florida

Jerome Frank Coling
Gulf Breeze, Florida

William Kevin Conley
Columbia, South Carolina

James Michael Cook
Grand Haven, Michigan

Kimberly Ann Crane
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Kathryn Lee Crissman
Lilburn, Georgia

Gregory Michael Cruice
New Orleans, Louisiana

Stephanie Ouzts Davage
Lilburn, Georgia

Stephanie Ann Davis
Newark, Delaware

Sarah Townsend Diehl
Richmond, Virginia

Carol Leavitt Digiusto
Jacksonville, Florida

Ricky Lee Douylliez
Green Cove Springs, Florida

Christine Dungan
Harlem, Georgia

Erica Elizabeth Durham
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Elizabeth Sue Duttera
LaGrange, Georgia

John Russell Dyett
Decatur, Georgia

Katherine Serena Evans
Spokane, Washington

Thomas Douglas Ferguson, Jr.
Orlando, Florida

B.A., B.S., Texas Woman's University
M.A., University of Oklahoma
M.S.W., University of Southern Mississippi
Florida

B.S., State University of New York, College at

Oswego
M.A., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Florida

B.A., Wake Forest University
Trinity

B.S., Charleston Southern University
Lake Michigan

B.S., Berry College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., University of Florida
Greater Atlanta

B.S., University of New Orleans
South Louisiana

B.A., Sam Houston State University
New Covenant

B.A., College of William and Mary
New Castle

B.A., College of William and Mary
James

B.A., Jacksonville University
St. Augustine

B.A., University of North Florida
St. Augustine

B.A., University of South Carolina, Aiken
Northeast Georgia

B.A., Presbyterian College
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.A., Davidson College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Xavier University
M.S., Tulane University School of Social Work
Episcopal

B.S., Capital University
M.A.T., Whitworth College
Inland Northwest

B.S., M.Arch., Clemson University
Central Florida

141

SherylLynn K. Frazier
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Jonathan Hayes Freeman
Greeneville, Tennessee

Keith Brient Freeman
Harrisburg, North Carolina

Robert Edward Frost
Deland, Florida

Lisa Luise Fulford
Tucker, Georgia

Charles Evan Gibbs
Douglasville, Georgia

Calvin Hans Gittner
Miami Shores, Florida

Leslie Ann Glover
Pasadena, California

Mark Charles Arthur Gray
Bangor, Northern Ireland

Mary Katherine Gregory
Quincy, Florida

Christopher Thomas Griffin
Norcross, Georgia

Elizabeth Jones Grimshaw
East Lansing, Michigan

Bonnie Duncan Habbersett
Livonia, Michigan

Thomas Richard Hagood, Jr.
Decatur, Georgia

Jennifer Boyce Ham
Roswell, Georgia

Barbara Bell Hamilton
Atlantic Beach, Florida

Janet Noel Hamilton
Madison, Wisconsin

Thomas Halton Hankins III
Norfolk, Virginia

B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Greater Atlanta

B.S., East Tennessee State University
Holston

B.A., Wake Forest University
Charlotte

B.A., Florida State University
J.D., University of Miami
Central Florida

R.N., The James Ward Thome School of Nursing,

Passavant Hospital
B.A., National-Louis University

Greater Atlanta

B.S., The Citadel
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Barry University
Tropical Florida

B.S., Vanderbilt University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland
Ards

B.A., Davidson College
Florida

B.A., Berry College

Evangelical Presbyterian

B.M.E., Butler University
M.A., Michigan State University
Lake Michigan

B.A., Marygrove College
Detroit

B.A., Davidson College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., West Virginia University
M.S., Georgia State University
United Church of Christ

B.A.E., University of Florida
M.A.E., University of North Florida
St. Augustine

B.A., Vassar College
John Knox

B.A., M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and
State University
East Tennessee

142

Louly Fowler Hay
Covington, Georgia

Jeffrey Glenn Hayes
Decatur, Georgia

Ingram Purefoy Hedgpeth
Raleigh, North Carolina

Marilyn Turner Hedgpeth
Raleigh, North Carolina

Alan Kyle Henderson
Hartsville, South Carolina

Nancy McDaniel Hendrix
Shawnee, Oklahoma

David Higgs
Mableton, Georgia

Sandra Lee Hill

Merritt Island, Florida

George Douglas Hilliard
Middleburg, Florida

Barbara Ann Holmes
Decatur, Georgia

Thomas Allen Huff, Jr.
Statesboro, Georgia

David Wayne Hunt
Richmond, Virginia

Insick Jang
Decatur, Georgia

Jennifer Adrianna Johnson
Montgomery, Alabama

William Gray Jones
Memphis, Tennessee

Amy Louise Justice
Dunwoody, Georgia

B.A., Hollins College
M.A., Emory University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Maryville College
M.A.R., Yale University Divinity School
East Tennessee

B.A., Wake Forest University
New Hope

B.A., Salem College
New Hope

B.S., B.S., North Carolina State University
New Harmony

B.S., Oklahoma State University
M.L.S., Clark-Atlanta University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Spring Arbor College
B.R.E., Great Lakes Bible College
Independent Christian Church

B.A., California Polytechnic State University
Central Florida

B.S., University of the State of New York
Regents

St. Augustine

B.S., University of Connecticut
M.S., Southern Connecticut State University
J.D., Mercer University
Holiness

B.A., Presbyterian College
Savannah

B.A., Virginia Wesleyan College
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education

Eastern Virginia

B.Mus., M.Mus., Kyung Hee University, Korea
M.A., Queens College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Wesleyan College
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.A., Washington and Lee University
Memphis

B.A., Southeastern College of the Assemblies of
God
Assembly of God

143

James Dexter Kearney, Jr.
Seattle, Washington

Hak Chin Kim
Stockbridge, Georgia

Deborah Anne Kirk
Knoxville, Tennessee

Vanessa Gail Knight

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stephen Earl Kolmetz
Chipley, Florida

Ronald Dean Lackey
Atlanta, Georgia

Paul Berkeley Landrum
Decatur, Georgia

Benton Earl Laughlin
Middleburg, Florida

Heemoon Lee
St. Paul, Minnesota

Insook Lee
Athens, Georgia

Jennifer Anne Lee
Athens, Georgia

Constance Button Leonard
Morgan City, Louisiana

Thomas Knight Lewis III
Decatur, Alabama

Gregory Augustine Limongi
Decatur, Georgia

Jacqueline Harder Lindberg
Brevard, North Carolina

Gregory James Lund
Seattle, Washington

Jennifer Lynn McGee
Indialantic, Florida

Elveree Elizabeth Mcintosh
Birmingham, Alabama

B.A., Yale University
B.F.A., Cornish College of the Arts
Seattle

B.A., Atlanta Christian College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Maryville College
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education
St. Augustine

B.M., Georgia Southern University
M.Mus., Bowling Green State University
Savannah

Pharm.D., University of Florida
Florida

B.A., Coastal Carolina College
Southern Baptist

B.A., Emory University
Greater Atlanta

B.C.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.S., B.S., Jacksonville University
St. Augustine

B.A., University of Minnesota
Twin Cities

B.A., M.A., Sogang University, Korea
Ed.S. f University of Georgia
Northeast Georgia

A.B.,Un iversity of Georgia
Cherokee

B.S., Nicholls State University
South Louisiana

B.S., Auburn University
North Alabama

B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo
Flint River

B.S., Purdue University
Western North Carolina

B.A., Seattle Pacific University
Seattle

B.A., University of South Florida
Central Florida

B.A., Presbyterian College
Sheppards and Lapsley

144

Peter James McKechnie
Brookshire, Texas

Mark Andrew McKee
Griffin, Georgia

Marianne Myer McMasters
Charlotte, North Carolina

Jill Anne Middlemas
Tallahassee, Florida

Douglas Arthur Minnerly
Charlotte, North Carolina

Lauren Southwick Moore
Wilson, North Carolina

Elizabeth Ann Morgan
Milledgeville, Georgia

John B. Morgan III
Marietta, Georgia

David Clay Murad
Ruston, Louisiana

Beverly Friedlander Ostrowski
Snellville, Georgia

Robin Walker Palmer
Huntsville, Alabama

William David Palmer
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Samuel Sungkap Park
Kyung Ki-Do, Korea

Eleana Manuel Patterson
Alpharetta, Georgia

Patrick Hargett Perryman
Orlando, Florida

John William Porter
Newark, Delaware

Robert Louis Price

Mt. Olive, North Carolina

Thomas Scot Pritchard
Atlanta, Georgia

Joy White Pruett
Gainesville, Georgia

B.S., Texas Christian University
New Covenant

B.A., Presbyterian College
Greater Atlanta

B.S., B.S., North Carolina State University
Lutheran

B.A., Wake Forest University
Florida

B.A., College of William and Mary
B.F.A., University of Virginia
Charlotte

B.S., Brown University
M.A., Temple University
New Hope

B.A., Agnes Scott College
Northeast Georgia

B.S., Presbyterian College
M.Ed., West Georgia College
Greater Atlanta

B.S., M.B.A., Louisiana Tech University
Pines

A.B.J., University of Georgia
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Samford University
North Alabama

B.S., University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Sheppards and Lapsley

B.A., Hankuk University of Foreign Studies,
Korea
Pyong Yang

B.S., College of Saint Francis
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Rollins College
Central Florida

B.S., Stephen F. Austin State University
New Castle

B.S., Mt. Olive College
New Hope

B.S., Presbyterian College
Greater Atlanta

Brenau University
Northeast Georgia

145

Harmon Scott Ramsey
Clinton, South Carolina

Stephen Michael Ratlif f
Wadesboro, North Carolina

Stacy Kay Rector
Dyersburg, Tennessee

James Park Reinarz
Omaha, Nebraska

Beverly Ann Richardson
Maitland, Florida

Stephen Charles Robertson
Bradenton, Florida

William Blount Robinson
Alpharetta, Georgia

Fred Robinson, Jr.
Orlando, Florida

David Nolan Rollins
Underwood, Indiana

Mary Ann Rose
Decatur, Georgia

Lisa Benn Rossi
Hannibal, Missouri

Brian Kenneth Rummage
Lugof f, South Carolina

Clifford Arthur Sandell
Decatur, Georgia

Victoria Beth Schell
Decatur, Georgia

Mary Kay Scott
Jacksonville, Florida

Carol Noel Seaman
Gainesville, Florida

David John Severin
Taylor, Texas

David Kirk Shelor
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Todd Daniel Shumpert
Smyrna, Georgia

Earle Francis Sickels
Ocala, Florida

B.A., Princeton University
Trinity

B.A., Davidson College
Charlotte

B.A., Rhodes College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., M.S., University of Nebraska, Omaha
Missouri River Valley

B.A., Eckerd College
Central Florida

B.S., Butler University
Peace River

B.S., Presbyterian College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., University of Day ton

African Methodist Episcopal

B.A., Indiana University
Ohio Valley

B.M., M.M., University of Arizona
Methodist

B.A., Hannibal-Lagrange College
Missouri Union

B.S., Clemson University
Foothills

B.S., Georgia State University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Chatham College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Flagler College
St. Augustine

B.A., Mary Baldwin College
M.Ed., University of Florida
Greater Atlanta

B.S.E.E., Texas A&M University
Mission

B.S., Davidson College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Jacksonville State University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Kent State University
St. Augustine

146

Sherri Patray Simpson
Jacksonville, Florida

Barbara Ann Sims-King
Columbus, Georgia

Timothy Matthew Slemmons
Decatur, Georgia

Stephanie Lynn Spangler
Marietta, Georgia

Robert Sparks
Lexington, Kentucky

Leslie Ann Stevens
Decatur, Georgia

Morris Alford Taylor
Canton, Mississippi

David Alan Torrey
Marietta, Georgia

John Chandlee Turnbull

Washington, District of Columbia

Laurie Ann Valentine
Port Orange, Florida

Charles Cruys Vorderberg
Kennesaw, Georgia

Frances A. Waldron
Hollywood, Florida

Courtney Thompson Wall
McDonough, Georgia

Karlene Behrens Ward
Denver, Colorado

Robert Lodwic Weathersby
Starkville, Mississippi

John David Wells
Stockbridge, Georgia

John Earl Westlund, Jr.
Jonesboro, Georgia

Barbara Ruth White

Black Mountain, North Carolina

B.A., Liberty University
St. Augustine

B.A., Indiana University
Baptist

B.S., Kansas State University
Northern Kansas

B.A., Berry College
Cherokee

B.A., Centre College
Transylvania

B.S., University of Louisville
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Belhaven College
Mississippi

B.S., Presbyterian College
Trinity

A.B., Duke University
M.A., Columbia University
National Capital

B.A., Stetson University
Central Florida

B.S., University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
Cherokee

B.SAN., Florida International University
M.S., Nova University
Tropical Florida

B.A., Berry College
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Loretto Heights College
Charlotte

B.A., Southeastern Louisiana University
M.A., Mississippi State University
St. Andrew

B.A., Mississippi College
M.S.W., Tulane University
D.S.W., Catholic University
Greater Atlanta

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Queens College
M.S., Columbia University
Western North Carolina

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Frederick Hancock Whitehurst
Decatur, Georgia

Donald E. Winborne

Kannapolis, North Carolina

Jennifer Dale Winingder
Atlanta, Georgia

Alice Twisdale Wood
Albany, Georgia

David Scott Worth
Clearwater, Florida

Koji Nichols Yoda
Marietta, Georgia

Rebecca Blair Young
Banner Elk, North Carolina

B.A., North Carolina State University
M.A., Georgia State University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., University of Southern Mississippi
Charlotte

B.A., Brown University
Greater Atlanta

B.S., Albany State College
Flint River

B.S., Florida Southern College
Tampa Bay

B.A., Berry College
Cherokee

B.S., College of William and Mary
M.P.H., University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill

Western North Carolina

Master of Arts in Theological Studies

Wesley Monroe Avants
Lawrenceville, Georgia

Lucille McCrary Bagwell
Gainesville, Georgia

David Edward Betts
Atlanta, Georgia

Patricia Doraine Bomar
Forest Park, Georgia

Janice Marie Clark
Tucker, Georgia

Yvonne Collie-Pendleton
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Ramona Best Davidson
Austell, Georgia

James Gurney Dungan
Knoxville, Tennessee

Christopher Todd Evans
Decatur, Georgia

Virginia C. Gartrell
Montreat, North Carolina

B.A., Oklahoma Christian College
Church of Christ

B.S., University of Georgia
Southern Baptist

B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College
J.D., University of Georgia
Greater Atlanta

B.A., The University of the South
Episcopal

B.S.H.E., M.Ed., University of Georgia
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Luther College

Resurrection Community Church

B.A., Agnes Scott College

Full Gospel of Christ Ministries

B.A., University of Tennessee, Knoxville
East Tennessee

B.A., Princeton University
J.D., M.B.A., Stanford University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Gordon College
M.Ed., Georgia State University
Western Carolina

148

Ernest Herbert Gillis
Riverdale, Georgia

Luanda E. Goodrich
Decatur, Georgia

Elizabeth S. Hall
Atlanta, Georgia

Christopher Paul Hankey
Estill, South Carolina

Philip Lawrence Henry
Doraville, Georgia

Lian Jiang
Nanjing, China

Sheri Lynn Katz
Decatur, Georgia

John Charles Knapp
Decatur, Georgia

Diana Wilson Malcom
Atlanta, Georgia

Elton Bruce Mather
Avondale Estates, Georgia

Brian John McCormick
Independence, Oregon

Mary Jean Monroe McLaurin
Heidelberg, Mississippi

Gregory Allen Phillips
Macon, Georgia

David Robert Richardson
Port Angeles, Washington

Ronald Gene Toney
Thomson, Georgia

William Joseph Vickery
Lawrenceville, Georgia

James Houston Wright
Woodstock, Georgia

B.A., Atlanta Christian College
Christian

B.A., Georgetown University
National Capital

B.S., Indiana University
M.A., Asbury Theological Seminary
United Methodist

B.A., University of South Carolina
Charleston-Atlantic

B.A., University of Florida
Church of God

B.A., Nanjing University, China

D.D.S., Emory University
Jewish

B.S., Georgia State University
Greater Atlanta

B.S., Lock Haven University
M.S., Venn State University
Greater Atlanta

A.B., Georgia State University
J.D., University of Georgia
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Seattle Pacific University
Seattle

B.S., University of Southern Mississippi
Eastern Virginia

B.S., Georgia College
Assembly of God

B.A., Seattle Pacific University
Greater Atlanta

B.A., Morehouse College
National Baptist

B.A., Freed-Hardeman University
Church of Christ

B.A., David Lipscomb University
M.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Church of Christ

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Occasional Students

Satyra Askeland
Ann Barker
Thomas Baugh
Richard Baxter
Linda Britton
Laura Bure
Bradley Campbell
John Cole
David Cozad
Ramon Davila
Anthony Faia
Timothy Filston
David Furlough
Freeman Gallmon
Kenneth L. George
Maxine Gernert
James Gibson, Jr.
Christina Graham
Alice Grant
Jesse Grover
Blake Hawthorne
Jeri-Lynne Heath
Virginia Hershberger
Robert Huck
David Hudson
William Jennings
Charles Jeon
Harmon Johnson, Jr.
Paul D. Johnston
Evan Jorn
Ha-Sun Jung
Samuel Katulic
Len Kicklighter
Gyeong Kim
Jung Kim
Seoungjun Kim
Mark Knowles
Marjorie Lacy
Kang Lee
Seung-Tae Lee
Lynn Lutes
David Martin
Jerry McElhinny

Madge McKeithen
James McKenzie
Mary McKey
Cynthia McPheeters
Scott Merkle
Song Michaels
Michael Miles
Susan Mitchell
Aubrey Mulberry, Jr.
Donald Nations
Melody Nettnin
James Norris III
Gray Norsworthy
Sophia Park
Susan Pettas
Susan Phillips
Thomas Phillips
Michael Plank
Garry Pryer
Patti Rausch
Loree Reed
Patricia Reynolds
Barbara Robetor
Wade Rogers
Barbara Sayles
Hank Scoggins
Mary Scott
Kyung Shin
Bo Shin
Felicia Smith
Bryan Stamper, Jr.
Thomas Stephenson
Quanda Stroud
Jane Margaret Thomas
Drew Tomberlin
Kathleen Trautwein
Robert Veazey
Elizabeth Walker
John Wierwille
LaVonne Williams
Frank Willey
Jerre Wilson

150

Summer Greek School 1994

Timothy Arnold
Donald Barber, Jr.
Ann Barker
James Belle
Gloria Bolden
John Boulware
Hannah Brawley
Aimee Buchanan
William Buchanan
Laura Bure
Margaret Burnett
Heidi Calhoun
Michael Capron
Doris Chandler
Joseph Clifford
Stephane Cobbert
Caroline Coling
Jerome Coling
Kevin Conley
James Cook
Kimberly Crane
Gregory Cruice
Sarah Diehl
Carol DiGiusto
Anthony Faia
Jonathan Freeman
Mark Gray

Mary Catherine Gregory
Janet Hamilton
Elizabeth Haynes

Kyle Henderson
Harmon Johnson, Jr.
Molly Jones
Dean Lackey, Jr.
Heemoon Lee
Jacqueline Lingberg
Lynn Lutes
Jennifer McGee
Elizabeth Mcintosh
Peter McKechnie
Mark McKee
Marianne McMasters
Jill Middlemas
Robert Price
H. Scott Ramsey
James Reinarz
Terry Richardson
William Robinson
David Rollins
Mary Ann Rose
Lisa Rossi
Victoria Schell
Kyung Shin
Hung Bo Sim
Stephanie Spangler
Robert Sparks IV
John Turnbull
Terence Watts
K. Nichols Yoda

International Students

Janet Calderley
Clement Clarke
Alison Grant
David Grant
Laszlo Heder
Silvia Rapisarda

England
Jamaica
New Zealand
New Zealand
Hungary
Italy

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Geographical Distribution of Students

United States

Alabama - 38
Arkansas - 2
California - 3
Colorado - 1
Connecticut - 1
Delaware - 3
District of Columbia - 1
Florida - 57
Georgia - 161
Illinois - 1
Indiana - 1
Kentucky - 2
Louisiana - 5
Michigan - 5
Minnesota - 2
Mississippi - 5

Other Countries

Canada - 1
China -2
Ghana - 1
Guatemala - 1
Hungary - 3
Jamaica - 3

Missouri - 4
Nebraska - 1
New Jersey -2
New York - 18
North Carolina - 60
Ohio - 1
Oklahoma - 1
Pennsylvania - 5
Puerto Rico - 1
South Carolina - 36
Tennessee - 33
Texas - 4
Virginia - 15
Washington - 4
West Virginia - 2
Wisconsin - 1

Japan - 1
Kenya - 1
Korea - 14
Mexico - 1
Northern Ireland - 1
Scotland - 1

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Calendar 1995-1997

Summer

1995-96

1996-97 Tentative

Greek School

July 5-August 29

July 1 - August 23

Slimmer Term

July 10-21

July 8-19

July 24- August 4

July 22 - August 2

Fall

Planning Retreat

August 29 - 31

August 27-29

Labor Day

September 4

September 2

Orientation

September 5-6

September 3-4

Classes begin

September 7

September 5

Opening Convocation/

September 13

September 11

Honors Day

Senior Ordination Exams

September 15-16

September 20-21

Reading /Exam Week

October 23-27

October 21-25

Thanksgiving Holiday

November 23-24

November 28-29

Classes End

December 8

December 6

Reading /Exam Week

December 11-15

December 9-13

Final papers due

December 15

December 13

Winter

Alternative Context/

January 3

January 2

M.Div. Electives begin

Columbia Colloquium

January 8-11

January 6-9

Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

January 15

January 20

Doctor of Ministry classes begin

January 16*

January 13*

M.Div. Electives end

January 25

January 23

Alternative Context ends/

January 26

January 24

M.Div. exam day/

Doctor of Ministry classes end

Spring

Bible Content Exam

February 2

February 7

Classes begin

February 5

February 3

Senior Ordination Exams

February 16-17

February 21-22

Smyth Lectures

March 5-7

March 4-6

Reading /Exam Week

March 18-22

March 17-21

Good Friday

April 5

March 28

Spring Break

April 8-12

April 7-11

Classes end

May 10

May 9

Reading /Exam Week

May 13-17

May 12-16

Commencement

May 19

May 18

*Class meets Saturday

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