Inform Vol. 67 No. 5 July 1973 News Bulletin From Columbia Theological Seminary Decatur, Georgia GRADUATES AND FACULTY HONORED E orty-one men and women received degrees five "with distinction' 1 three faculty members were named to endowed chairs of instruction, and four prizes and awards were given at Columbia's - 141st commencement ser- vice at the Columbia Presbyterian Church Sunday, June 3, at 4:00 p.m. Of the 31 men and women who re- ceived the Master of Divinity degree, the five receiving it with distinction were William A. Bryant. Jr., Quincy, Fla Elizabeth Henry Dunlap, York, S. C William J. Holmes, Jr., Columbia, S. C John F. Sloop, Decatur, Ga.; and Eric K. Swenson. Atlanta. In addition, one English diploma was awarded, two men and women received the Master of Christian Education de- gree, three were awarded the Master of Theology, and two earned the Doctor of Sacred Theology. "Now we are one (clergy and laity), called to companionship, named the Church to exist fully as the Body of Christ," Lois Harkrider Stair told the degree recipients. At the 11:00 a.m. baccalaureate ser- vice that same day at the Clairmont Presbyterian Church, Prof. Samuel A. Cartledge had reminded the graduates that "living in the present, taking (cer- tain) things from the past, we look to- ward the future for the perfection we find in the Word of God." Speaking on "Looking Backward and Forward," he said "We build upon our past and glory in it." Mrs. Stair, a former moderator of the United (Northern) Presbyterian Church mentioned the variety of names clergy and laity give each other in the Church, and stated that names cannot change things, determine character or behavior, but that a "name is that by which the thing is summoned into thought." "Names," she continued, "tell us who and whose we are, and bring us into full existence." Chairman of the Board of Directors Erskine Love conferred the degrees, and President C. Benton Kline, Jr., charged the graduates. About 30 of the graduates arc enter- ing pastoral service, with the remainder in graduate study, administrative posi- tions, returning to overseas churches, or npt yet decided by the time of Inform's deadline. Named the first occupant of the J. McDowell Richards Chair of Biblical Exposition was Associate Professor J. Will Ormond, the Cartledge Chair of New Testament will be filled by Pro- fessor Charles B. Cousar, and Professor Shirley C. Guthrie, Jr., will occupy the J. B. Green Chair of Systematic The- ology. The Richards chair was estab- lished in 1965, after a campaign among alumni during 1960-65, to honor Co- lumbia's former president, the Rev. Dr. J. McDowell Richards. During the afternoon ceremonies the Wilds Book Prize was awarded to Mr. Holmes, the Indiantown Rural Church Award went to Harry H. Barrow, Baton Rouge, La., and the Paul T. Fuhrman Church History Prize to John Roper. Wagran, N. C. The American Bible Society Award was given to Terry Smith, Hartsville, S.C. Prof. Ralph Person (I) congratulates graduates John Sloop (r) and P. David Snellgrove after the recessional reached the porch of Columbia Presbyterian Church at the close of the commencement service June 3. Inform E ROM THE PRESIDENT Columbia Theological Seminary is an institution created by the church to serve the church. Just now with newly aligned synods re-examining their mis- sion and organization and their rela- tionships to institutions, the role of the Seminary as the servant of the church has been subject to evaluation. How is the Seminary the servant of the church? How well does the Seminary serve? How can it serve in new ways? The first question is what I want to answer here. The Seminary serves the church in several ways in its formal programs and through the activities of faculty members. Above all, Columbia Seminary serves by preparing men and women for the ministry of the church. The basic pro- gram of the Seminary and the major portion of its time and effort is directed to equipping persons to begin their ministry. The learning of the Old and New Testament, the history and theol- ogy of the church, and the skills of preaching, teaching, leading, and helping are what we are about most of all. Ministers in the service of the church have needs for further learning. They want to go deeper in Biblical, historical, doctrinal, or pastoral studies. They want to increase their skills or acquire new ones. So they come back for graduate study or for short courses during the year or in the summer. The Seminary is called on to provide education in connection with the pro- gram of the church. So boards of the church ask us to provide training events, synods and presbyteries call on us to plan and carry out learning experiences, and local churches come to us for special help. But beyond this, the faculty of the Seminary serves the church. On presby- tery commissions on the minister and his work and candidate committees, on synod committees, on General Assem- bly boards and committees, Columbia faculty members give leadership and service. Every Sunday sees several preaching while others teach adult or youth classes in local churches. Some faculty members are at work on books or articles to share their knowledge and insight with the whole church. And daily from all across the church come letters and phone calls for advice, coun- sel, or pastoral help. With Paul, we say "For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." (II Cor. 4:5) N EW FACULTY, STAFF APPOINTMENTS Six faculty and staff appointments have been announced by President C. Benton Kline, Jr. All were elected or confirmed at the May Board of Directors meeting. The Rev. Dr. Jack B. McMichael, now associate professor of Christian education and Church administration, was elected by the Board of Directors as professor of Church administration and polity, and confirmed as dean of ministry development. As dean of minis- try development, he will be responsible for continuing education, the D. Min. ( in-career ) degree program, and the supervised ministry programs. The Rev. Jasper N. Keith, Jr., will become director of supervised ministry October I. A new position, created to meet the needs of the new Doctor of Ministry degree program, this office will select and train pastoral supervisors, and will place, supervise, and evaluate degree candidates in the required year's practice of ministry and in the initial guided summer of ministry in churches. The Rev. Dr. Frederick Bonkovsky has been elected associate professor of Christian ethics. "His expertise in politi- cal science will help students and faculty alike be pointedly reminded of the reali- ties of the world in which we minister helping us become better able to minis- ter to His world," says President Kline. Mr. Glenn R. Wittig will become associate librarian of Columbia's Camp- bell Library July 1. In this new position, he will be responsible for the reference and serials functions of the library. Associate Professor of Biblical Expo- sition J. Will Ormond was elected to tenure in that position, and Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling Theron S. Nease was also elected to tenure in his post. Dr. McMichael, a former presbytery executive secretary ( Paris, Tex. ) and regional director for the Synods of Georgia, Oklahoma and Texas, came to Columbia in 1968. He is the author of The New Superintendent and The School of the Church, and has held pastorates in the First Presbyterian Churches of Lafayette, La., Vicksburg, Miss., and Charleston, W. Va. A Columbia alumnus. Dr. McMichael received an A. A. degree from Marion (Ala.) Institute, the B. A. degree from East Texas State Teachers College, and the Ed. D. degree from Columbia Uni- versity. Mrs. McMichael is the former Fran- ces Jackson of Decatur. Mr. Keith has been an institutional chaplain for ten years at Central State Hospital, Georgia Mental Health Insti- tute, and Georgia Regional Hospital. He is currently chief of chaplains at Geor- gia Regional Hospital, where he has twice been a program director (mental retardation, and alcohol and drug re- habilitation). He holds certification as a supervisor from the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. Since 1965 he has been a clinical instructor at both Candler School of Theology and at Columbia. He is secretary of the Southeast Re- gion of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, and chairman of its certification and accreditation commit- tee, in addition to numerous other pro- fessional memberships. Seven profes- sional papers are to his credit. He has held pastorates in Sandcrsville and Pine Mountain, Ga. In 1971 Mr. Keith was named Young Man of the Year by the DeKalb County Jaycecs. He has also been active in Little League baseball and football, coaching both for several years. (Continued on page 5) Inform C OLLMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY CLASS OF 1973 ALLEN AYCOCK BOWEN CAMPBELL Master of Divinity ANDERSON BARRETT BRYANT CARRUTHERS Vernon Eugene Abshier, undecided cox DILL Faked Abu Akel, to complete degree during 1973-74 Robert R. Allen, director, Camp Mon- roe, Laurel Hill, North Carolina Robert P. Anderson, pastor, Monticello Presbyterian Church, Monticello, Georgia Thomas J. Aycock, associate pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Beaufort, South Carolina Steven E. Barrett, undecided Dewey Bowen, pastor, Lemira Presby- terian Church, Sumter, South Caro- lina William A. Bryant, staff person in evan- gelism, Board of National Ministries, Atlanta, Georgia George E. Campbell, Jr., undecided Peter C. Carruthers, chaplain intern, Grady Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia Bennett E. Cox, pastor, James Island Presbyterian Church, Charleston, South Carolina Jerry W. Dill, pastor, Boston Presby- terian Church, Boston, Georgia FISHER GIRARD HART HOLMES DUNLAP FORD HARRIS HESTIR LANCASTER McKAY NELDON Inform Dean DuBois, to complete degree during 1973-74 Elizabeth Henry Dunlap, educational evangelistic missionary of the Presby- terian Church in the U.S., professor, Ecole Unie de Theologie, Ndesha, Zaire Helen Quarterman Fisher, undecided Kenneth R. Ford, pastor, McDowell Presbyterian Church, Greeley ville, South Carolina, and St. Stephens Presbyterian Church, St. Stephens, South Carolina Scott C. Girard, pastor, Society Hill Presbyterian Church, Society Hill, South Carolina H. Eugene Harris, pastor, First Presby- terian Church, Swainsboro, Georgia Charles Edgar Hart, graduate study B. Bradford Hestir, HI, National Parks Ministry, Big Bend National Park, Texas William J. Holmes, Jr., associate pastor Second Presbyterian Church, Charles- ton, South Carolina William P. Lancaster, Jr., assistant pas- tor, Seven Oaks Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina Sherwood C. McKay, Jr., assistant pas- tor, Conyers Presbyterian Church, Conyers, Georgia Richard P. Neldon, undecided NICOLSON RIMES RUGGLES SNELLGROVE SULLIVAN ORT ~< ROSSMAN STANFORD SWENSON John H. Nicolson, Pilgrimage Prcsby terian Church, Norcross, Georeia Ronald L. On, assistant pastor. Trinity Presbyterian Church, Pensacola, Florida Ja/m-s Quillin, (ndiantown Presbyterian Church, Hemingway, South Carolina (not pictured) E. Joyce Rimes, assistant minister, Morningsidc Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia Joseph E. Rossman, pastor, Henry Me- morial Presbyterian Church, Dublin. Georgia G. Al Ru\>i>les, pastor. Villa Rica Pres- byterian Church, Villa Rica, Georgia John Sloop, pastor, I.ithonia Presby- terian Church, I.ithonia, Georgia P. David Snellgrove, pastor. First Pres- byterian Church, Ripley, Mississippi (English diploma) Richard Stanford, chaplain intern Grady Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia Thomas B. Sullivan, Seven Mile Ford, Seven Springs, and McCall's Gap Presbyterian Churches, Seven-Mile Ford, Virginia Eric K. Swenson, chaplain intern, Geor- gia Regional Hospital, Atlanta, Ga. William S. Trouttnan, pastor, Summer- ton Presbyterian Church, Summcrton, South Carolina James Mark Wilburn, undecided TROUTMAN WILBURN Inform WATSON ANDREWS HANSON Master of Theology (not pictured) John Meivin Crow, graduate study Prakobb Deetanna, minister to students, North Avenue Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia Cecilio Nicolas Lajura, associate pas- tor, Druid Hills Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia William Fairfax Savoy, undecided Jonathan Yu, assistant professor of pastoral care, Taiwan Theological College, Taipei, Taiwan Doctor of Sacred Theology (not pictured) Cedric Charles Benz, Jr., pastor, Morn- ingside Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Georgia Charles Lee Holland, Jr., pastor, Gaston Avenue Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas C ONTINUING EDUCATION SET FOR SUMMER AND EARLY FALL Columbia's summer program of con- tinuing education will open with a session on worship and preaching led by Prof. Wade P. Huie, July 16-20. "Pastoral Care of Families", the second (Continued on page 6) Larry W. Wilson, pastor, Maple Grove and Spring Creek Presbyterian Churches, Abingdon, Virginia W. Stephenson Watson, to complete de- gree 1973-74 Master of Christian Education Leslie A. Andrews, director of Christian Education, First Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Atlanta, Georgia Enoch Victor Hanson, probation offi- cer. Juvenile court, City of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia (Continued from page 2) He and his wife, the former Betty Morgan, have three sons. Mrs. Keith is a graduate of Georgia State Univer- sity with a double major in elementary and special education. She is a second grade teacher at the Mountain Park Elementary School in Gwinnett County. A former field education supervisor for Gordon Conwell Divinity School when he was director of the Gordon Seminary Boston Inner-City Project, Dr. Bonkovsky has been an assistant pro- fessor of political science at Vanderbilt University since 1970. Previously, he had been assistant dean and instructor at Harvard University, pastor of Hill Memorial Church in Boston, and coordi- nator of the Gossner Institute in Ger- many. Dr. Bonkovsky's B. A. degree was earned at Muskingum College and the M. Div. degree at Yale. He holds a certificate from the Free University of Berlin, and Harvard University awarded him the Ph. D. His latest book, Ethics in Interna- tional Politics and Policy, will be pub- lished this summer. His articles have appeared in Journal of Trans-National Law, Soundings, Journal of Church and State, Reflections, Christianity Today, and Worldview, and he has contributed chapters to several books. In addition, Dr. Bonkovsky has been a panelist, leader, or speaker for many professional society meetings. He is a member of the Society for Religion in Higher Educa- tion, and the American and Southern Political Science Associations. Mrs. Bonkovsky, the former Elizabeth Leitch, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Addi- son Leitch, has just been awarded her Ph. D. in American history by Boston University. The Bonkovskys have one son. Associate librarian at Trinity Evangel- ical Divinity School from 1966 to 1969 and now completing a four-year term as reference librarian at Princeton Theological Seminary. Mr. Wittig has also been interim Bible librarian at Bay- lor University, and reference librarian and head of adult services at Waco McLennan County Library in Waco, Tex. He is a graduate of Tennessee IVmple College, earning a B. A. degree in I lish and Bible, and has done graduate work in psychology and religion at Baylor University and the University of Michigan and in library science at Rutgers, the State University (N. J.). Mr. Ormond. who will receive his Ph. D. from the University of Glasgow this July, joined the Columbia faculty in 1966. He had previously been the pastor of the Marion (Ala.) Presbyterian Church, and was the organizing pastor of the Covenant Presbyterian Church. Tuscaloosa, Ala. While in Alabama, he was moderator of the Presbytery of Tuscaloosa, and of the Synod of Ala- bama. Mr. Ormond is the author of Youth Entering Into Covenant for the Cove- nant Life Curriculum, and of several units in the Uniform Lessons for Youth. A former pastor and a chaplain, Mr. Neasc received his Ph. D. magna cum laude from Princeton Theological Semi- nary in May. He came to Columbia in 1966 after a term as Protestant chaplain at Roosevelt Hospital (NYC) and the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Madill, Okla. Presently a staff member of the Pastoral Counseling and Referral Service of the Georgia As- sociation of Pastoral Care and a consul- tant with the Georgia Mental Health Institute, Mr. Neasc has been council secretary of the Georgia Clinical Pas- toral Education Cluster and chairman of the pastoral counseling sub-committee of the graduate professional studies committee of the Atlanta Theological Association. He is a frequent speaker and leader for seminars and conferences. Mrs. Ncase, a psychiatric social worker, is the former Judith Allgood of New York City and Cleveland. Inform (Continued from page 5) week, will be led by Prof. Theron Nease July 23-27. Laymen will join ministers in the last hall of the summer's program for a week's unit on adult participation in the life of the church (July 30-Aug. 3), and "Church Officer Development", Aug. 6-10, with the Rev. Dr. John Rhea, from the Presbyterian, US, Board of Christian Education. During the third week. Dean Charles B. Cousar, professor of New Testament at Columbia, will lead Bible study from the new Covenant Life Curriculum. The Proposed New Confession will be the subject of discussion sessions during the fourth week, under the leadership of Prof. Shirley C. Guthrie. All of the summer sessions are $35 per week for each person; the fee covers registration, room and board. Spouses of registrants are invited to attend at the same fees, but there can be no provision for children. The first program of the 1973-74 academic year, "Eschatology: Theology of Hope", has two units. Prof. Landon Gilkey from the University of Chicago wiil lecture Oct. 16-19, and the follow- ing week (Oct. 23-25) Columbia's theology faculty will lead reading and discussion programs as an outgrowth of his lectures. Registration, under the same condi- tions as the summer program, will be $50 per person for the two-week period. Applications should be sent to Dr. Jack B. McMichael, Dean of Ministry Development, Columbia Seminary, Post Office Box 520, Decatur, Georgia, 30031. C FC ELECTS WOOD; NAMES LIBRARY PROJECT Mrs. Walter Wood, Jr., Maitland, Fla., former promotion secretary for the Columbia Friendship Circle and secre- tary in the development office, was elected 1973-74 president of CFC when the group had its annual meeting on the campus April 12. She succeeds Mrs. Dwight B. Goodner, Tallahassee, Fla. Vice president is Mrs. F. D. Rogers. Bcnnettsvillc, S. C, and Mrs. Rudolph W. Johnson, Atlanta, is secretary-trea- surer. The project for the 1973-74 year will underwrite the acquisition of books and selected materials and specialized ser- vices for the Campbell Library. In 1970 the CFC honored Mrs. Wood with the establishment of a scholarship fund at the seminary. Ordained an elder at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Stone Mountain, Ga., she has been active on session committees there and at St. Marks Presbyterian Church, Al- Mrs. Walter Wood, Jr., (I) checked details for the annual CFC "Come and See Columbia Day," with Mrs. Dwight Goodner, the 1972-73 president of CFC Mrs. Wood was elected president for 1973-74 at the annual meeting. tamonte Springs, Fla. where she is pres- ently a member. In addition for nearly twenty-five years she has served as president, circle chairman, and Bible moderator in local Women of the Church groups, and, since 1972, she has been vice president of the Women of the Church of St. Johns Presbytery. DO WE HAVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS CORRECT? If not, pieose moke corrections opposite your nome and address below, and mail to us in o separate envelope. PLEASE CHECK CHANGES DESIRED: 1. Change nome or address as shown below Q 2. Pleose remove name below from mailing list 3. 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