COLUMBIA 



Bulletin oi 

THEOLOGICAL 

DECATUR, GEORGIA 



SEMINARY 



VOL. XXXIII 



SEPTEMBER, 1945 



No. 2 



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A FIVEFOLD CHALLENGE TO ADVANCE 



A FIVEFOLD CHALLENGE TO ADVANCE 

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY EARNESTLY REQUESTS 
THE IMMEDIATE GIFTS OF ITS FRIENDS FOR THESE REASONS: 

/. Under God's blessing we have won the war. We must also 
win the peace. The one hope of our Nation and of the World 
lies in a great spiritual awakening. The times are summon- 
ing the Church of Jesus Christ to a new faithfulness in 
proclaiming His Gospel. 

2. The mission of the Church cannot be accomplished without a 
trained and consecrated leadership. Only the church can 
prepare men for its own ministry. The work of the theologi- 
cal seminary is indispensable to its entire program. 

3. Columbia Theological Seminary has served the Church and 
Nation well for 117 years. Strategically located in the heart 
of the developing Southeast, it must do a greater work 
tomorrow. Of the 10,000,000 persons already living in the 
bounds of its five supporting synods, less than one-half 
belong to any church. 

4. In order to meet the demands of tomorrow, this institution 
needs an increased endowment and an enlarged faculty. 
Friends have offered to give $50,000 to its endowment if 
$100,000 more can be secured by January 1, 1946. Nearly 
$60,000 of that amount has been given or pledged. 

5. A dollar given to Columbia Seminary now means an investment of 
more than two dollars for the work of the Church. 



". . . We have had our last chance. If we do not 
devise some greater and more equitable system, 
Armageddon will be at our door. The problem 
is basically theological . . ." 

 General Douglas MacArthur