Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 78, number 2, Fall 1986

COLUMBIA SEMINARY

Vantage

FALL 1986

President Emeritus
Richards dies at age 83

J McDowell Richards. President of
Columbia Seminary from 1932 until
1971, died Sunday, Aug. 10, at the
Presbyterian Home in Summerville,
SC He was 83 years old.

Dr. Richards was named president
of the seminary when he was only 29
years old. The campus had been
moved from Columbia, SC, to its
present site in Decatur, and many
people thought the seminary would
not survive the move and the
Depression. However, during Dr.
Richards" 39-year tenure, Columbia
received accreditation, grew from a
student body of 56 to over 200 and a
faculty of six to 18, admitted women
and blacks for the first time, built six
buildings, and secured over four
million dollars in endowment.

"He was the right person for all
those years," said Columbia President
J. Davison Philips of Dr. Richards.
"The strength of his leadership lay in
his brilliant mind, his deep faith, and
his commitment to excellence in
ministry and excellence in education
for the ministry.''

The son and grandson of
Presbyterian ministers, Dr. Richards
grew up in Statesville, NC He earned
a bachelor's degree from Davidson
College in 1922 and a master's at
Princeton University in 1923 One of
the first Southerners to be named a
Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Richards studied
at Oxford University and from there
received both a B.A. and an M.A. He
earned the Bachelor of Divinity degree

from Columbia Theological Seminary
in 1928. Davidson College awarded
him the Doctor of Divinity degree in
1933 and King College the LL.D.
degree in 1956.

His first pastorate from 1928 to
193 1 was the churches of Clarkesville,
Nacoochee, and Helen in the
mountains of north Georgia. In 1931
he received a call to the First
Presbyterian Church of Thomasville,
GA, where he served a year before
becoming president of Columbia.

Dr. Richards' church service
included serving as moderator of the
Presbyterian Church U.S. in 1955, as
vice president of the Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in the USA
(now the National Council of
Churches), as president of the
Presbyterian Educational Association of
the South, as chairman of the Board
of Church Extension, and as
moderator of the synods of Georgia
and the Southeast.

In 1957 Dr. Richards framed a
document, "Atlanta Manifesto,'' which
was signed by 80 ministers and
contributed to improved race relations
in the city. Twenty years later, the
Christian Council of Metropolitan
Atlanta honored Dr. Richards with
the Charles Watt Award in
appreciation of this document and his
help in improving the quality of life
in the community.

Dr. Richards served as president
of Davidson College's Board of

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Dr. J. McDowell Richards

Columbia begins new year

President Philips, right, expresses deep appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Conant of Atlanta for their generous gift of $500,000 to Columbia Seminary. A
member of Columbia's Board of Directors, Mr. Conant is chair of the Toward
2000 Capital Campaign.

President J Davison Philips opened
the 1986-87 school year at Columbia
Seminary; he led the first chapel
service at the seminary on Sept. 2 and
gave the address, "An Adventure in
Moving,'' at opening convocation
during an evening service at Columbia
Presbyterian Church on Sept 3 The
convocation officially welcomed new
students into the Columbia
community.

This fall Columbia has added 62
new students to its three basic degree
programs. The M.Div. program has
50 new students; the Master of Arts
in Theological Studies has five, the
Master of Arts in Youth Ministry,
three The other four students are in
the unclassified or special categories.

Forty-three men and 19 women
compose the group Thirty-seven are
married, and 25 are single. Twenty-
seven have entered Columbia
immediately after college, while 35 are
second-career students. The average
age of the group is 31.

In terms of geographical

distribution, the largest number of
new students comes from Georgia;
Florida and North Carolina are second
and third, respectively.

These new students are graduates
of such institutions as Flagler,
LaGrange, St. Andrews Presbyterian,
and Rhodes Colleges, The Citadel; the
Universities of Denver, Georgia,
Tennessee, North Carolina, South
Carolina, South Florida, and Kansas;
Davidson, Erskine, Belhaven, Agnes
Scott, Converse, and Newberry
Colleges; Emory, Wake Forest, Duke,
Taylor. Vanderbilt, Furman, and
Oglethorpe Universities; and others

The second career students have
been employed as teachers, real estate
reps, master electrician, librarian, sales
reps, art illustrator, secretaries,
newsletter editor, civil engineer, nurse,
bookkeeper, counselor, daycare
director, dental assistant, engineering
consultant, and in aviation research,
accounting, and marketing.

Continued on page 8

From the President

J. Davison Philips

Wt have begun the 1986-87
academic year with good spirit, careful
planning, and an outstanding faculty.
After prayerful processes, we have
enrolled a capacity group of students
in both the basic and advanced degree
programs. We have had some
exceptional worship services during the
opening weeks, as well.

As our students who enter this
year look to the future, the church's
use of ministers is of crucial
importance. Yes, ministers need
redemption, grace, and wisdom, as do
all Christians. But they also flourish
and grow under the guidance of the
Spirit; churches and institutions
nourish them with prayer, direction,
and continuing education.

The support you give us and the
investments made in Columbia's
mission make all these things possible
While there are a number of factors
in a call to ministry and a choice of
seminary, the single most influential
and important one is the
recommendation of a pastor or

New Testament
scholars at
Columbia

Nineteen New Testament scholars

met on the Columbia campus in
August to discuss and debate the
structuring and ordering of gospel
synopses. Participants at the weekend
symposium included both textual
critics and scholars working on the
Gospels.

Dr. David Moessner, Associate
Professor of New Testament at
Columbia, served as host of the
Columbia Symposium on Gospel
Synopses Held immediately after the
Society for New Testament Studies'
meeting at Emory University, the
symposium was attended by scholars
from five countries. Dr. Moessner said,
"The weekend was very profitable.
Some of the participants hope to meet
again in the future to discuss their
ongoing efforts on synopses and
textual criticism."

Questions debated during the
weekend included the role of Mark in
the ordering of the synopses, how a
pencope is to be defined or
determined, and the influence textual
critics have had in shaping pencopes
and their ordering in the synopses.

Dr. Barbara Aland, professor of
New Testament and Textual Criticism
at the University of Muenster in West
Germany, was chief lecturer at the
symposium. She is also on the staff of
the Institute for the Study of the Text
of the New Testament in Muenster.
Funded by the United and German
Bible Societies, the Institute is
responsible for the production of the
Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament,
which Columbia students use.

In addition to Dr. Aland, other
well-known scholars at the symposium
were Bruce Metzger, professor

emeritus of New Testament at
Princeton Seminary, Bo Reicke,
professor emeritus of New Testament
at the University of Basel, Professor
William Farmer of Perkins Theological
Seminary, Professor Franz Neirynck of
the Leuven, Belgium, and Professor
James Sanders of Claremont School of
Theology.

Admissions
conferences
planned

What DOES a CALL to the Christian
ministry "look"' and "feel" like' Men
and women exploring their own sense
of call to the ministry, along with
their spouses, are invited to attend
two special conferences at Columbia
where questions such as these will be
at the forefront.

Scheduled the weekend of Nov.
14-16, 1986, the College Conference
on Ministry is geared towards the
needs of college students and recent
graduates. The Conference on
Ministry, planned for the weekend of
Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 1987, is especially
designed for those persons considering
a career change into the ministry.

Both conferences will offer
participants ample opportunity to talk
with Columbia students and faculty
and staff members, to ask questions
about housing, financial aid, work
possibilities for spouses, to learn about
Columbia's curriculum, and to taste
something of life in Atlanta.

If you are interested or know
someone who might be interested in
registering for either conference, please
contact Phil Gehman, Director of
Admissions and Vocations, Columbia
Seminary, Decatur, GA 30031, 404/
37H-HH21, for further information.

teacher. Friends who are respected
advisors enter into the process, also.

The demands of ministry seem to
escalate every year. I respect greatly
the pastors who persevere year after
vr.ir in faithful work as preachers,
administrators, and counselors. Others
in administrative or educational
positions face similar pressures,
although of a different kind.

The search goes on for a new
president, and you will, I know, pray
for the Search Committee as they
make a recommendation to the Board
of Directors. I will continue, of course,
in office until the new president
arrives.

Those of us who studied at
Columbia during his tenure have
mourned the death of President J.
McDowell Richards. He had been ill,
and thus death came as a blessed
release, nonetheless, we feel a sense of
loss. He was a "father in the faith"
for many of us and shaped the life
and work of Columbia as no other
could do over a 39-year presidency.
We give thanks to God for him!

* Faithfully yours,

Forum 1987

February 2-5

SMYTH LECTURER Tom Long,
Associate Professor of Worship and
Preaching, Princeton Theological
Seminary.

ALUMNI/AE LECTURER Paolo
Ricca, Professor of Church History,
Waldensian Seminary, Rome, Italy.
FORUM PREACHER Joe Roberts,
pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church,
Atlanta.

Dr. Richards

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Trustees for 26 years, was a member
of the Editorial Council of Theology
Today, and was an active Rotarian.
He was instrumental in organizing the
University Center of Georgia.

Columbia Seminary has honored
Dr. Richards with the J. McDowell
and Evelyn Knight Richards Fund for
Continuing Education, the J.
McDowell Richards Chair of Biblical
Exposition, and by naming the
student center, built during his
administration, the Richards Campus
Center.

Surviving are his wife, Evelyn
Knight Richards, two sons, James M.
Richards and Charles M. Richards, a
daughter, Mary McKemie Nix; a
sister, Jane Liston; and seven
grandchildren.

Dr. Richards was buried in
Liberty Hill, SC, and a memorial
service was held at Columbia
Presbyterian Church in Decatur on
Aug. 17. On Wednesday, Oct. 22,
Columbia Seminary, with the Board
of Directors, will conduct a memorial
service during the chapel hour and
will hold a dedicatory service for the
naming of the Richards Campus
Center.

Memorials for Dr. Richards may be
sent to Columbia Seminary, Box 520,
Decatur, GA 30031. D

Richards book

Editor's note: Dr. J. McDowell
Richards submitted the following
information to Vantage last spring.
The article is a postscript to his
recently published book, As I
Remember It: Columbia Theological
Seminary 1932-1971, and is his
recognition of several significant
contributions to the seminary and the
church. Dr. Richards' book may be
ordered from the Columbia Bookstore.

Dr Frank C Brown was one of
the great men of the church. He was
the pastor of two of our
denomination's largest churches and
was elected Moderator of the General
Assembly in 1940. Columbia
Seminary was fortunate in securing his
services from 1953 to 1956. Though
physically crippled by arthritis during
most of that time. Dr. Brown served
the seminary well and was a blessing
to the entire student body as well as
to the faculty. It was a great loss to
the seminary when his death took
him from us. Dr. Brown was
Professor of English Bible and
Practical Theology.

Dr. John H. Leith began teaching
at Columbia Seminary in 1955. He
taught church history and apologetics
and during Dr. Robinson's sabbatic
leave he added a course in
Protestantism and culture. Dr. Leith
also taught contemporary theology,
which included a course in the
theology of William Temple. In 1959
Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia was fortunate to secure Dr.
Leith as a professor. At Union he has
had a great impact on his students
and has served the church as one of
its most effective writers and authors.
There are few scholars who can equal
Dr. Leith's mastery of John Calvin
and the Protestant Church.

Dr. James M. Robinson and Dr.
William Childs Robinson, Jr. are sons
of Dr. W.C. Robinson, Sr., whose
contributions are outlined in my book.
Both have made their own
contributions to the church and both
have been important to Columbia
Seminary. Dr. James M. Robinson
completed his studies at Columbia in
1946. For some years he was a
member of the faculty at Emory's
Candler School of Theology and
during that time he also taught
courses at Columbia. He went from
Candler to Claremont College in
Claremont, Calif., where he is
Professor of the Teachings of Jesus. In
the study of various languages of the
ancient world he has few equals. Dr
William C. Robinson, Jr. graduated
from Columbia Seminary in 1949 and
is currently Professor of New
Testament at Andover Newton
Theological Seminary.

Dr. Jack B. McMichael came to
Columbia Seminary as visiting
Professor of Christian Education in
1968. In 1970 he became the acting
Dean of Students and in 1971 was
appointed Associate Professor of
Christian Education and Church
Adminstration He held this faculty
position until his retirement in 1976.
During his years at Columbia Dr.
McMichael endeared himself to the
faculty and to the students.

VANTAGE

1986 placements

Master of Divinity

D.Min. graduates pour out of Decatur Presbyterian Church.

Columbia graduates 101

"Jesus can't wait for the saints to
do his work in the world. They come
along so seldom. Mostly, Jesus makes
do with ordinary people. It is the
mystery and the miracle of ministry."
The Rev. Joanna Adams '79
reminded the graduating students of
the wonder and the frailty of the
human condition. She preached
Columbia's 1986 baccalaureate sermon
on June 1 at Central Presbyterian
Church in Atlanta, where she is
associate pastor and minister to the
community.

Ms. Adams told the graduates
that ministers are people in need of
God's redemption. Ministers carry a
share of life's fears and inadequacies,
and they cannot function in the
church without God's supernatural
aid. However, she left the graduates
with this assurance: "His Spirit
overcomes our fears, and we are sent
out for the sake of others that they
might not be faithless but might also
believe.' "

The 11 a.m. service was led by
Central's pastor, PC. Enniss '58.
Seminary President J. Davison Philips
and graduating seniors, James Miller
and Mary Beth Lawrence, participated
in the service.

Families and friends gathered
again at 4 p.m. at Decatur
Presbyterian Church as graduates took
part in the school's 154th
commencement exercises. The Board
of Directors of Columbia Theological
Seminary awarded 101 degrees, the
largest number in the school's history.

The commencement exercises
featured an address by Dr. F. Harry
Daniels '66, pastor of the Decatur
church. Following the address.
President Philips presented each
graduate by name to Board Chair
William A. Adams, who distributed
diplomas. Dean of Students Peter C.
Carruthers congratulated each graduate
immediately before Vice President for
Academic Affairs Oscar Hussel hooded
the graduates.

Thirty-seven ministers received the
D.Min. as a second professional
degree. Six others were awarded the
D.Min. as their first professional
degree. The combined number of 43
students made up the seminary's
largest group of D.Min. graduates.

The day was an extra special
occasion for several of the D.Min.
graduates. C. Betts Huntley, Albert A.
Myers, and Maurice L. Stone had
received their B.D. degrees from
Union Seminary in Richmond 25
years ago and were together again to
receive their D.Min. degrees at
Columbia. Ralph Milligan chose his
graduation day to be his marriage
day, as well. He was married in the
seminary chapel between baccalaureate
and commencement.

The M.Div. was awarded to 53
students, including nine who received
the degree with distinction: Carol
Abrams, Peggy Are, Perky Daniel,
Janet Deitnch, Paul Henschen, Penny
Hill, Mary Beth Lawrence, Bill
McKinney, and Ted Smith.

The seminary also awarded two
Masters of Theology, one Master of
Arts in Theological Studies, and two
Masters of Arts in Youth Ministry
degrees.

Ten seniors were recognized for
academic excellence and received
special awards or prizes. Sherron
George, who graduated at the top of
the class, claimed the Wilds Book
Prize. William McKinney recieved the
Florrie Wilkes Sanders Prize in
Theology and was also given the
Harvard A. Anderson Fellowship for
further study.

The Lyman and Myki Mobley
Prize in Biblical Scholarship was
awarded to William Newton. Steve
Price received the Presbytery of St.
Andrews Women of the Church
Preaching Award for the best sermon
preached by a student during the
academic year.

Mary Beth Lawrence and James
Miller shared the James T. and
Celeste M. Boyd Memorial Book
Fund Award, given annually to
persons who intend to build their
collection of theological books as a
resource for their ministry.

Three graduate fellowships were
granted to students who desire to
pursue degrees beyond the master's
level. Paul Henschen and Se Young
Roh were given Columbia Graduate
Fellowships, and Janet Deitnch
received the Columbia Friendship
Circle Graduate Fellowship. D

Carol S Abrams, Graduate Study, Th M , ( oiumbia

Margaret W. Are

Lawrence Bates, Clinical Pastoral Education

Janice L Blissic, Pastor, Union Point Presbyterian ( hurch, Union Point, GA

Michael Boen, Minister ot Youth and Children, Alpharetia I usi I mm,, I

Methodist Church, Alpharetta, GA
Jane Bright, Clinical Pastoral Education
Susan Bryant, Clinical Pastoral Education
Ralph Cain, Pastor, lnman Presbyterian ( luirdi, lnman, S<
William Cameron 111, Pastor, Westministei Presbyterian < hurch,

Westminister, SC
Michael Carey, Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church, Mariett I GA
Kathryn Cartledge, Clinical Pastoral Education

Thomas Clymer. Pastor, Franklin Presbyterian < hurch, Salisl>nt\. NC
Chris Curvin, Assistant Pastor, Morningside llmtecl (.hurch, Edinburgh,

Scotland
Elinor Perkins Daniel, Pastor, Morningside Presbyterian I hurch, Vtlanta, GA
Kathryn Y Daniel
Janet Deitnch

Eugene Donaldson, Clinical Pastoral Education

< oile Estes, Associate Pastor, First (Scots) Presbyterian < hurch, < harleston, S(
Kevin Gourley, Associate Pastor, Fellowship Presbyterian ' hurch, rallahas

II
Bryant Harris, Associate Pastor, Third Presbyterian Church, < luilum, NC.
Alan Harvey, Pastor, Peansburg Presbyterian < hurch, Pearisburg, VA
George Head, Associate Pastor, Peachiree Presbyterian (hurch, Atlanta, G V
Paul Henschen, Graduate Study, University ol Glasgow, Scotland
Penny Hill, Associate Pastor, First Christian ( hurch "I Atlanta, In. I.i. GA
Barron Hopper, Pastor, Eusebia & Rocky Springs Churches, Maryville, IN
Mary Huie-jolly, Graduate School, Th M . ( oiumbia
Mary Beth Lawrence, Interim Associate Pastor, i irst Presbyterian Church,

Marietta, GA
Elise Ledbetter, Clinical Pastoral Education
William McKinney, Graduate School
Daniel McLean, Associate Pastor, Winter Park Presbyterian ( hurch, Winter

Park, FL
John Milholland, Pastor, Filth (.reek & Old Providence Presbyterian Churches,

Statesville, NC
James Miller, Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian ( hurch, Pint Bluff, AK
Russ Morgan, Pastor, Green Hill Presbyterian < hurch, Enterprise, \1
Timothy Olds, Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Havanna, Fl
Steven Price, Clinical Pastoral Education
John Richards
H.L. (Buddy) Roberts. Associate Pastor, Crossroads Presbyterian ' hurch, Stoni

Mountain, GA
Se Young Roh, Graduate School, Graduate Theological Union. Berkeley, < A
Preston Shealy, Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian I hurch, Granite City, II.
Sandra Sisson, Pastor, Okolona Presbyterian ' hurch, Okolona, MS
Theodore Smith, Pastor, Morton & Chickamauga Presbyterian Churches,

Chickamauga, GA
Timothy Stewart, Associate Pastor, Hope Presbyterian ( hurch, Winter Haven,

FL
Donald Stiens, Pastor, First Presbyteri.ui ( hurch, s ' Mary's, GA
Debbie Taylor. Associate Pastor, Hudson Memorial Presbyterian ( hurch,

Raleigh, NC

Robert Tolley, DeKalb County Young Life, Decatur, GA

Charles Tucker, Assouan P.istwr, Fayette Presbyterian ( hur h, 1 ayctteville, GA

( onnie Tuttle completed the M.Div, as an academii degret rathei than a

professional degree.
William Tyre, Past. jr. Houston Avenue Christian Church, Macon, G \
David Weitnauer, Clinical Pastoral Education
John Wcndorph, Young Life, Daytona Beach, FI.

John White, Pastor, Henry Memorial Presbyterian Church, Dublin, GA
Shuford White, Associate Pasn.r, First Presbyterian Church. Decatur, A I
( arol Wood-Richards, Clinical Pastoral Education

Doctor of Ministry (In Sequence)

Michael Bragen, Pastor, First Presbyterian (.hurch, Phenix City, Al.

Gary Calirf, Pastor, Westminster Presbyterian ( hutch, Asheville, NC

Sherron K. George, Missionary, Brazil

Jung Han, Graduate School, Emory Umvcrin,

William Newton, Associate Pastor. Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian

( hurch, Brevard, M
Phillip Pidgeon IV, Associate Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Bristol, TN

Co n 1 1 nued on page 6

Composites of THE 1986 graduates are available from the Seminary Relations
Office, Columbia Seminary, P.O. Box 520, Decatur, GA 30031. Composites

are being mailed to 19H6 graduates.

FALL 1986

Continuing

Education

Calendar

For further information or to register for courses, call or write:

Douglas W. Hix, Director of Advanced Studies, or

SaraCJuengst, Associate Director of Advanced Studies

Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA 30031 / 404-378-8821.

October 12-17 A Week at Koinonia and Habitat for Humanity

Participate in the life of both communities, work where needed, and

Icrarn of the activities and convictions of both. Leader: Sara Juengst,

Columbia professor. Tuition $100.

October 13-15 Faith Discovery Weekend Training for Pastors

Leader: Ben Johnson. Columbia professor. No tuition

October 29-November 6 A WEEK IN Costa Rica To experience

firsthand the new forms that the Christian church is taking in ^"1

America and to hear and respond to the new theological voices that have

arisen from within the church in the region. Leaders: Caspar Langella

Dick Junk.n, Sara Juengst, Guy Delaney. Tuition: approximately $800.

Scholarships available.

November 6 Seminar on Ministry with Disabled Persons For an

increased awareness of the myths, realities, and possibilities of disability.

With Christian Council of Metro Atlanta.

November 14-15 Understanding the Global Church Interpreting

World Mission in the Local Congregation Designed for Advocates in

Mission, Ecumenical Missions and Relations chairpersons, pastors,

missionar.es, chairpersons and members of local Mission and Witness

Season Committees, and anyone else with an interst in mission, to prepare

for Witness Season 1987. Registration: $10 per person, $5 for each

additional person from the same church.

January 5,12,20,26 Lay School of Bible and Religion See this page

for article with further information.

January 6-8 January Seminars for Ministers. See this page for article

with further information.

January 25-30 A Week in the Winter Woods Hiking in the Great

Smoky Mountains National Park, a group experience of sharing

interdependency, leadership, self-examination and reflection. Leader: Doug

Hix. Cost: $100.

Judith Todd, author of the Women's Study Book for 1986-87 Remember and Go
Forth: Gods Covenant with the Community of Faith, taught a course on the
book during Columbia's summer session.

Seminary sponsors January lay school

FOR FOUR EVENINGS in January, Co-
lumbia Seminary will offer its annual
Lay School of Bible and Theology.
The dates are January 5, 12, 20, and
26, 1987. Each participant may
choose one class from the following:

What Presbyterians Believe
Dr. Shirley Guthrie

New Testament Bible Study
Dr. J. Davison Philips

Old Testament Bible Study

Good-byes

Columbia offers certificate in
gerontology and theological education

This year Columbia Seminary and
three other Atlanta-area schools are
offering students a unique opportunity
to study gerontology in theologK.il
education. Students who successfully
complete this program will earn a
certificate in Gerontology and
Theological Education from Georgia
State University.

Columbia President J. Davison
Philips calls the program "a new and
important joint venture" among
Columbia, Candler School of
Theology, Georgia State University
and the Interdenominational
Theological Center. Funded by a
$193,000 grant from the Federal
Administration on Aging, the
program's purpose is to introduce
gerontological content into the training
of students for ministry.

The proposal for this grant
observes that, while the U.S.
population is "graying," congregations
are "graying" at a greater rate. The
proposal also states that no other

institution outside the family reaches
more older people than the churches
and their professional leaders.

Columbia's Dean of the Faculty
Oscar Hussel says, "Columbia has
been interested in this area for a
number of years. We are delighted to
be associated with the three other
institutions in this effort. Gerontology
in theological eduation is a significant
area for the life of the church as we
move toward the end of the twentieth
century."

Five Columbia students will
participate in the program. The
curriculum consists of courses taught
at Georgia State and Columbia in
sociology, congregations and older
persons; Christian education with older
adults, an elective or required course
at Columbia in which the student will
focus on gerontology; a practicum; and
a field trip

Ed Trimmer, associate professor ot
Christian education at Columbia,
directs the program for Columbia.

The Columbia community said good-
bye to a dean and a professor this
summer. In June Dr. Paul Smith,
Adjunct Professor of Black History
and Identity, moved to New Yo'k,
where he assumed the pastorate of the
163-year-old First Presbyterian Church
in Brooklyn Heights. He is the first
black to lead the predominantly white
congregation. Dr Smith joined the
Columbia faculty in 1980.

In August Pete Carruthers, Dean
of Students at Columbia, moved to
Banner Elk, NC. He is the new
director of the camp and conference
center of Holston and Abingdon
Presbyteries. In 1978 Mr. Carruthers
was called to Columbia as Director of
Supervised Ministry. He worked in
that office until 1983, when he was
named Dean of Students

Dr. Jasper Keith, Professor of
Pastoral Care and Counseling, is
serving as Acting Dean of Students.
Search committees have been formed
for a new dean of students and a
professor to teach in Dr. Smith's area.

The seminary community is sorry
to see both Pete Carruthers and Paul
Smith go and wishes both men and
their families well in their new
work. D

Dr. David Gunn

Faith Development Dr.
Christine Wenderoth

Technology and Christian Val-
ues Dr. David Young

The registration fee for each
course is $25. To register, please call
404/378-8821, or mail your name,
address, choice of class, and $25 Lay
School, Columbia Seminary, P.O. Box
520, Decatur, GA 3003 l.D

Seminars
for ministers

The January Seminars for Ministers,
to be held Jan. 6-8 on the Columbia
campus, will feature Dr. Randolph
Taylor, who will teach the 12-hour
course, "Preaching on Lent and
Easter." President of San Francisco
Theological Seminary, Dr. Taylor is
well known to Presbyterians as the
first moderator of the Presbyterian
Church (USA). This course will help
clergy take a fresh look at sermon
possibilities for Lent and the Easter
season.

The third in the scries on the
new supplemental resources for
worship will focus on "Weddings and
Funerals." This seminar will be taught
by one of the authors of the weddings
resource book, the Rev. Martha Blunt,
associate pastor of First Presbyterian
Church, Kalamazoo.

The Bible study during the
seminars will center on the Book of
Acts and will be led by Dr. David
Moessner, Associate Professor of New
Testament at Columbia.

Dr. Jasper Keith, Professor of
Pastoral Care and Counseling at
Columbia, will offer a course in
"Grief Counseling," and the Rev.
Henry Blunk, director of the Office of
Partnership Relations at the General
Assembly Mission Board, will teach

Faith Resources for Stress
Management." For more information
or to register, write or call the Office
of Advanced Studies at Columbia. D

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For the Record

If you have recent news you would li
please send it to the editor.

ke to contribute to this section.

Steve Price '86 was the community
builder at the Youth Tnennium at
Purdue University in July. Four
thousand students from four
denominations attended the
Triennium. This is the second
Tnennium where he has been
community builder. From September
through May Mr. Price is conducting
a program in intergenerational
community building for Atlanta

Presbytery Garland Hart '82 and

Marsha Sandifer were married June
21 in Williston, SC. Mr. Hart is
pastor at the Presbyterian church
there Frank Wilkinson '51 was
honorably retired from Fayetteville
Presbytery in April. He lives in

Mooresville. NC Don Frampton

'82 has been called to First Church,
Rockingham, NC.

Merritt Nickinson '84, along
with former moderator Bill Wilson,
represented the Presbyterian Church
(USA) at the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland last
spring James Robert Ross '62 is
associate director of the Samaritan

Center in Lexington, KY Frank

Vandegrift (MABE '49) is serving as
a specialist in mission in Tshehaji,

Zaire Paul E. Smith '57, associate

professor of philosophy and religion at
Richard Bland College of the College
of William and Mary, has been listed
in Who's Who in the South and
Southwest, 1986-87, and in Who's
Who in Religion.

Shin Ishimaru (Th.M. '58) has
been named president of Shikoku
Christian College in Japan. Founded
in 1950 by the Japan Mission of the
PCUS with eight faculty members and

BIRTHS

To John '62/'64 and Joetta Ellington,

a daughter, Rebecca Eunah, from

Korea. Adopted June 1986.

To Pete '73/83 and Fran Carruthers,

twin daughters, Dalton Clarke and

Kennedy Kyle, May 15, 1986.

To Ben '78 and Susan Bishop, a son,

Jonathan Lee, April 28, 1986.

To Mary Jane '81 and Gary Cornell,

a son, Alexander Kerr, May 21, 1986.

To Bob '81 and Laurey Hartwell '82

Murphey, a daughter, Kathenne

Louise, April 20, 1986.

To John '82 and Catherine Mabray, a

daughter, Michal Patton, June 3,

1986.

To Bryan "82 and Frances Mickle, a

daughter, Elizabeth V., Nov 20,

1985.

To Tom 83 and Lynn Holladay '84

Bagley, a daughter, Kathryn Anne,

June 15, 1986.

To David '84 and Kay '86 Daniel, a

daughter, Maryann, Sept. 3, 1986.

To Wayne '84 and Debbie Hollaway,

a daughter, Beth Michelle, Nov. 13,

1985.

To Robert '84 and Mimi McCully, a
daughter, Ellen Frances, Mar. 5, 1986
To Se Young Roh '86 and Marta, a
daughter, Hannah, May 8, 1986.
To Young "87 and Grace Kim, a
daughter, Christina, April 14, 1986.

FALL 1986

35 students, the college now has over
60 full-time faculty members, some
50 staff, and a student body of

1,950 Robert Wilson '64 was

installed as pastor of the Westminster
Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg,

VA John Sloop '73 (D.Min. 83)

has been called to First Church,

Harrisonburg, VA Andrew Smith

'83 is pastor of Ebenezer Church,

Hogansville, GA Warren

McKinney '84 is working in clinical
pastoral education at Grady Memorial
Hospital in Atlanta.

Joan S. Gray '76 and Joyce C.
Tucker '75 have written Presbyterian
Polity for Church Officers, published by

John Knox Press Dick Druary 76,

associate pastor of Hollywood First
Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, was
the Bible Hour teacher at the
Christian Life Conference at Montreal

in July Frank Harrington '60,

pastor of the Peachtree Church in
Atlanta, was the baccalaureate speaker
at Hastings College in May. Dr.
Harrington was awarded the honorary
LL.D. degree during commencement

exercises Bob Smith '65 has been

named a regional director of
development at Presbyterian

College Rick Baggett '84 is now

associate pastor to the St. Simons,
GA, Church.

Andrea Pfaff '76 has been
elected associate executive for
programs of Hanover Presbytery. She
had been with the Division of
International Mission of the General
Assembly Mission Board in

Atlanta Daniel Donaldson "75

(D.Min. '84) is associate executive of
East Tennessee Presbytery for youth

ministry and camping The First

Presbyterian Church of Sumter, SC,
has been selected as a recipient of the
1986 South Carolina Governor's
Volunteer Award. The church was
chosen for its leadership in several
local mission programs. In addition,
First Presbyterian was selected to
receive the City of Sumter's Volunteer
of the Year Award for 1985 and was
nominated for the President's
Volunteer Service Award. Jeff Aiken
'69 is the pastor.

Rhodes College in Memphis was
listed as one of "Nine Nifty Colleges''
by Time magazine in its April 28
issue James Daughdrill '67 is

President there Sanders Read '65

has been pastor of Bethune (SC)
Presbyterian Church for two years. He

David Cunn was inaugurated as Professor of Old Testament Language. Literature
and Exegesis at Columbia on May 7. Pictured are (l-r) President Philips, Jamil
Newsome, Professor of Old Testament; Dr. Cunn del tiering his inaugural add
-Moses as Mother 1 ': William A. Adams, chair of the Board of Directors; Oscai
Hussel. Dean of Faculty.

DEATHS

J. McDowell Richards '28, Aug. 10,

1986.

William N. Bashaw '34, June 26,

1986.

Marc C. Weers.ng (Th M. 38), June

29, 1986.

G. Dana Waters, Jr. '42, Sept. 6,

1986.

Fielding Dillard Russell, Jr 63/ 65.

May 5, 1986.

William F Holderman, Jr. '65, Feb.

25, 1986.

Mrs. Paul Furhmann, Aug. 14, 1986.

is working on a D.Min. at Erskine

Theological Seminary David

Cameron '82 and Kathryn Johnson,
an associate pastor at Royster
Memorial Presbyterian Church in
Norfolk, were married Aug.

1 Stephen Huntley '61 (Th.M.

'69. D.Min. '79) has moved from the
\\ illiamsburg Church in Kingstree,
SC, to Memphis as minister of
pastoral care at Second Presbyterian
Church.

Robert Ramey, Professor of
Ministry at Columbia, conducted
retreats and workshops for five
churches on officer training, spiritual
growth, and leadership development
and toured China and the Far East
with Professor Tommy Brown. Dr.
Ramey completed the manuscript tor

a book on leadership Charles

Cousar '58, Professor of New
Testament at Columbia, preached at
the dedication of the new sanctuary of
the Covenant Presbyterian Church in
Athens, GA, in April. In August he
attended the annual meeting of
Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
in Atlanta.

J. Davison Philips '41,
President of Columbia, attended
General Assembly in Minneapolis in
June. As a member of the Council on
Theological Education, he helped
present and ensure passage of the new
Plan for Funding Theological
Education. He preached and led a
workshop on preaching at the Bible
Conference in Massanetta Springs, VA,
and preached at homecoming for
Smyrna Presbyterian's Camp Meeting
in August in Conycrs, GA. Dr
Philips taught the Berean Bible Class
at First Presbyterian in

Atlanta Lucy Rose, Assistant

Professor of Preaching and Worship at
Columbia, was a commissioner to
General Asembly from Concord
Presbytery, NC.

Harry Philips '58 is associate
pastor at the Roswell, GA,
Church William Wade '80 is
serving as pastor of the First Church
in Covington, GA G. Thompson
Brown, Professor of World
Christianity at Columbia, and wife
Mardia, along with Lee and Vera
Suann of the Interdenominational
Theological Center, led a group pi '
to China. The seminar's emphasis was
on theological education in China and
the growth of the Christian church

there. Others on the tour representing
Columbia wire Professor Robert
Ramey, s is and Laura Newsome,

Young Kim H7, and George l.ashl<\
SS During the- summer Or. Brown
revised lus book, Christianity in the
People's Republic of China, for John
Knox Pnss The new, revised edition,
which will bring the story up to dad
will be off the- press m Decembi i

Robert Kribbs '53 and Shirlee
Sejbl were- married Jan. 5. The) livi

in Broadview, 1L Carlos J. Soto

'82 and the Rev. Deborah l.e Lu
an ordained minister in the Christian

Church, were married recently. The

COUple left in June tor a three-year
term in '/.aire with the Division of

International Mission Jim McNaull

72 has left First Church of Orlando,
where he was minister foi p istoral
Concerns, to pursue a ministry of

speaking and writing In May
David Moessner, Associate Profi
of New Testamem Bl < olumbia, I"' B
scries on Acts at the Druid Hiilfl
(Atlanta) Church. He served

icant coordinator for the Society for
New Testament Studies conference ai
Emory University in August. Dr.
Moessner is on sabbath leave in Basel,
Switzerland, until January.

Sara Covin Juengst '83,
Assoeiate Director of Advanced
Studies at Columbia, wrote a
children's book, Sliver Ships, Green
Fields, on technology and Christian
values, which was published by
Friendship Press. During the summer
she led retreats for the Women ol thl
( hurch for Peachtree Presbyterian and
for the adult Sunday school class of
Stone Mountain United Methodist
(hurch. She was the platform Bible
leader on Covenent," for Mississippi/
Alabama Women's Conference and led
a workshop on "Faith Journeys,'' lor
the Synod of Southeast Women's
Conference.. John Tarrant '81 and
Cindy Haigler were married in
Hayneville, AL, in July 85. Mr.
Tarrant is serving as an Air Force
chaplain at Ellsworth AFB, South
Dakota

James Newsome '55, Professor
of Old Testament at Columbia,

published a do/en articles m the new
Abingdon Dictionary of Bible and
Religion for Abingdon Press and A
Synoptn Harmony of Samuel. Kings and
Chronicles for Baker Book House. He
Continued on page 6

For the Record
Continued from page 5

wrote and published book reviews in
Interpretation and Catholic Biblical
Quarterly. Dr. Newsome taught a
four-week adult class on Job for First
Church, Marietta, GA, and a three-
month adult Sunday school class on
Old Testament Wisdom Literature for

Trinity Presbyterian, Atlanta Phil

Gehman '68, Director of Admissions
and Vocations at Columbia,
represented the Council on Theological
Education at the Youth Triennium at
Purdue University in July.

David Gunn, Professor of Old
Testament at Columbia, led a
workshop on the book of Ruth for
Charleston Presbytery in May and
taught a summer school course at
Princeton Seminary on 'Judges and
Ruth; Discovering Biblical Narrative,''
in June In July Dr. Gunn
participated in a series of editorial
conferences in connection with the
Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament and the Almond Press's
publications series, "Bible and
Literature,'' The Social World of
Biblical Antiquity," and "Historic
Texts and Interpreters in Biblical
Scholarship" at the Department of
Biblical Studies, University of
Sheffield, England. He attended the
annual meeting of the British Society
for Old Testament Study at the
University of Manchester, England. In
August he read a paper at the
Colloquium for Biblical Research, Yale
University on "Pillars of Society:
Measures of Worth in the Book of
Ruth ...Caroline Leach 72,
Associate Dean of Students at
Columbia, participated on a panel on
teenage sexuality. The discussion,
sponsored by the DeKalb Task Force
on Teen Sexuality, was held Aug. 6 at
Decatur High School for the teachers
in Decatur School System. Ms. Leach
was the speaker at the general
meeting for Women of the Church at
John Knox Church in Marietta in
September.

Charles Bovee '63 is personnel
director for Southeast Alaska Native
Health Corporation and has also been
interim pastor of First Presbyterian

Church in Sitka Ben Kline,

Adjunct Professor of Theology at
Columbia, is serving as staff to the
Task Force on the Catholicity of the
Church and Global Mission. He was
on the accrediting team to Alabama

Christian College in August Jasper

Keith (S.T.D. 79), Professor of
Pastoral Care and Counseling at
Columbia, served as a commissioner
from Atlanta Presbytery to the
General Assembly and served on the
Mission Design Committee. He was
preacher for the 1 59th annual Camp
Meeting at Smyrna Presbyterian in
Conyers, GA. Since Aug. 1, Dr. Keith
has been Columbia's Acting Dean of
Students.

Robert PiephofT '67 (Th.M
69) has been called to the Hodges,

SC, Presbyterian Church C. Betts

Huntley (D.Min. '86) is stated
supply at the First Church of Safety

Harbor, FL Ben Johnson, Professor

of Evangelism at Columbia, gave an
address, "The Place of Evangelism in
Seminary Curriculum and

Interdisciplinary Studies," at the
Consultation with Theological
Institutions Regarding Evangelism at
Princeton Seminary in April. Dr.
Johnson has led weekends of renewal
for Christ Church in Canton, OH,
and for First Church, Huntsville, AL.
He delivered lectures on evangelism at
Pittsburgh Seminary's School of
Religion and led a workshop on
Christian Spirituality at the
Presbyterian Women's Conference at
Montreat. In September he was
keynote speaker at Tn-Synod New
Age Dawning Workshop in Atlanta
and addressed the Giddings-Lovejoy
Presbytery on evangelism at Cape
Girardeau, MO.

James F. Dickenson, Vice
President for Development and
Seminary Relations at Columbia,
delivered the keynote address to the
Presbyterian Church Business
Administrators Association in
Minneapolis in July. His subject was

Hands-on Management in the
Church." He also held two workshops
on "Public Relations How to
Develop "... During the summer,
Walter Brueggemann, Professor of
Old Testament at Columbia, taught at
Boston College and at the School for
Ministry in Dearborn, Mich. In New
Zealand, he delivered the Selwyn
Lectures in Auckland and also lectured
at Knox Theological College, the
University of Dunedin, College Hall,
Christchurch, and the University of
Wellington In Australia he lectured at
the United Theological College in
Sydney, Trinity Theological College in
Brisbane, the University of Brisbane,
Nangalomi Theological College in
Darwin, and at the Social Justice
Commission for the Unity Church of
Australia. He has also lectured at
Marquette University, Gettysburg
Lutheran Theological Seminary, and at
the Southern Conference of the United
Church of Christ. Dr. Brueggemann
had published Hopeful Imagination
(Fortress Press); "Proclamation of
Resurrection in the Old Testament" in
the Easter 86 issue of the Journal for
Preachers; Revelation and Violence: A
Study in Contextualization (Marquette
University Press); and, with Tom
Groome and Sharon Parks, To Act
Justly, Love Tenderly, Walk Humbly
(Paulist Press).

Tino Ballesteros '68 is a
member of the Special Committee on
Location of General Asembly

Offices Wade Huie '46, Professor

of Homiletics at Columbia, returned
from a sabbatical year in which he
and Mrs. Huie both taught at Third
World Training Center and
Presbyterian Theological Seminary in
Seoul, Korea, and spent two months
traveling in China and visiting and
speaking at seminaries and churches in
Japan and Taiwan. From January to
May he was a Visiting Scholar at
Graduate Theological Union in
Berkeley, Calif, and made several
mission presentations in that area. He
has continued mission presentations
since his return in June.

John Patton, Adjunct Professor
of Pastoral Theology at Columbia, was
part of a ministers' workshop at Mary
Baldwin College on his book, Is
Human Forgiveness Possible: A Pastoral
Care Perspective in May. In June Dr.

Charles Hey ward '88 (right) congratulates Paul Henschen '86 following
commencement exercises.

Patton participated in a panel on
research in pastoral theology at the
Society for Pastoral Theology in
Denver. His article, "Toward a
Theology of Pastoral Event," was
published in the June issue of The

Journal of Pastoral Care James F.

Anderson '58 has been installed as
pastor of the Gretna and Woodland

Churches in Florida Christine

Wenderoth, Readers Services
Librarian at Columbia, attended
ATLA in Kansas City, where, as chair
of the Reader Services Section, she
was in charge of the program and
business meeting of that section. She
was also on the three-member
Resolutions Committee for 1986.

Ben Mathes '78 is an associate
director of the Texas-based Medical
Benevolence Foundation. He led a
medical team to Belize in July to
bring medical help to the northern

1986 graduates
Continued from page 3

Doctor of Ministry (in
Ministry)

Normer M. Adams, Fayetteville, GA
Robert Harold Anderson, Rushville,

IN
Gary Lee Batchelor, Rome, GA
H. Burwell Bennett, Jr., Mobile, AL
Jacob B. Berlin, Augusta, GA
Thomas Leon Bess, Macon, GA
Elmon Huey Brown, Jr., Bristol, TN
Charles Curtis Burnett, Jr.

Chattanooga, TN
Charles William Davenport, Kings

Mountain, NC
Sam Davis, North Augusta, SC
Hugh Lee Eichelberger, Jr.,

Richmond, VA
Aubrey B. Floyd, Rogersville, TN
David M. Fry, Knoxville, TN
William C. Harris, Martinez, GA
Henry Alfred Haynes, Chambers, PA
James Coker Hilton, Lancaster, SC
Edward Harry Home, Gainesville, FL
William Edgar Hotchkiss III,

Jacksonville, FL
Charles Betts Huntley, Safety Harbor,

FL
John D. LeHeup, Temple Terrace, FL
Thomas Joseph Lusk, North Augusta,

SC
Ronald Eugene Martin, Ellenwood,

GA
Ralph W. Milligan, Tuscaloosa, AL

area of the country In May Brian

Childs, Associate Professor of Pastoral
Care and Counseling at Columbia,
directed a church officer retreat
weekend for St. Andrew's Presbyterian
in Tucker, GA, and delivered the
commencement address, "The
Experienced Pastor," at the 179th
commencement at Moravian
Theological Seminary. He delivered an
address, Training and Values," at the
annual meeting of the American
Family Therapy Association in
Washington, DC, in June Dr. Childs
has had book review articles published
in Journal of Pastoral Care, Princeton
Seminary Bulletin, and Religious
Studies Rtinu-

George Stroup, Professor of
Theology at Columbia, participated in
hearings at the General Assembly for
the Committee on a Brief Statement

Continued on page 7

Thomas Jeffreys Mitchiner, Jr.,

Panama City, FL
Hugh Reid Montgomery, Reidsville,

NC
Albert Aldnch Myers, Jr., Conyers,

GA
W. Maynard Pittendreigh, Jr.,

Abbeville, SC
James Ronald Pnddy, McAlester, OK
L. Thomas Richie, Anderson, SC
Joe Willie Rigsby, Hattiesburg, MS
A. Don Robb III, Birmingham, AL
Maurice L. Stone, Sarasota, FL
Morris A. Taylor, Starkville, MD
Carl Kahrs Towley, Potomac, MD
Lloyd L. Watkins, Ward, AL
Jaap Hook Wheelhower, Auburndale,

FL
Charles Parker Wright, Atlanta, GA

Master of
Theology

Leroy Errol Brooks, Philipsburg, St.

Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Frank Elliot Lewis, Huntington, West

Virginia

Master of Arts
(Theological Studies)

William Richard Cook, Clarkston, GA

Master of Arts
(Youth Ministry)

Rosalia Baia de Assis, Candeias, Brazil
Sandra S. Wilmesherr, Duluth, GA

VANTAGE

Two-year
record receipts
at $8.6 million

Columbia Seminary, during the past
24-month period, has received a
record $8,670,950. This amount was
tabulated at the close of fiscal year
'8V86. June 30, 1986.

These figures include Annual
Fund receipts for both fiscal years '84-
'85 and '85-'86, scholarship aid
which goes directly from churches and
individuals into students' accounts for
both years, and all capital gifts for a
variety of needs which the seminary
has identified over the past several
years. Also included in the $8.6
million are pledges which have been
signed by donors for many of the
seminary programs.

As the seminary budget continues
to increase, it will become necessary
for the Annual Fund to help offset
rising costs. In fiscal year '84-'85 the
Annual Fund goal was $484,000. In
85-86 it was $544,000. In '86-'87
the goal will be $600,000. The
seminary is deeply appreciative for the
generous support from its many
friends and alumni/ae.

Capital efforts will continue
because of the need for additional
buildings to provide space for our
ever expanding programs. Currently on
the drawing board are plans for a
continuing education building as well
as a media center. D

For the Record
Continued from page 6

of Reformed Faith. He taught
"Christology from a Narrative Point
of View'" at the Bible and Theology
Conference at Montreat and
"Narrative Christology"' in the
summer school at Princeton

Theological Seminary Archie Davis

'75 has been called as associate pastor
of the North Avenue Church in

Atlanta Philo McKinnon '56 has

retired from the College Park, GA,

Presbyterian Church Fred Boozer

"58 is pastor of the Green Mountain,
Paint Gap, and Vian's Valley churches
in North Carolina.

Hassell Bullock '64 has had his
book. An Introduction to the Old
Testament Prophetic Books, published
Frank Arnold (D.Min. '84) has
been serving since January as dean of
the Fortaleza Theological Seminary,
Independent Presbyterian Church of
Brazil Rees Jenkins '23 retired 19
years ago as chaplain of the Veterans
Administration Hospital in
Fayetteville, NC. He is part of a
prison ministry, which is supported by
the Charlotte Area Clergy

Association Albert Wells '49, after

his service as a Volunteer in Mission
in Jamaica, is now pastor of the Troy,

NC, church Charles Swann '68,

has left Union in Richmond, where he
was manager of its radio station and
vice president of the seminary, to
move to Atlanta to do consulting
work in communications. D

Development I Seminary Relations

By James F. Dickenson

Vice President, Development/Seminary Relations

Faith and philanthropy

Have you made a
commitment to Columbia's
1986-87 Annual Fund?

Columbia Theological Seminary Annual Fund

In consideration of the Seminary's needs, I/we accept the challenge to share in
Columbia's commitment to shaping Christian leadership of excellence.

Signed

My/Our Commitment $

Remainder to be paid as follows:

monthly D quarterly other

Enclosed $.

Name

Address

City

State

Zip

Area Code Telephone

Scholarship aid D Where most needed

I would like to have information about the Matching Gift Program.

I would like to talk to someone from Columbia about optional forms of
giving.

Mail to; Columbia Theological Seminary - Annual Fund, Box 520,
Decatur, GA 30031 .

In 1985 Americans gave- a total of
80 billion dollars to all charitable
causes. How much is 80 billion
dollars' Columbia Seminary's "86-'87
Operating budget is almost tour
million dollars If the seminar)' had all
of the 80 billion, it would be enough
to fund the annual operating budget
for the next 20,000 years.

Most of us in the church arc
unaware of the enormous increases in
giving across the board, because, of
necessity, we are striving to meet our
respective budgets, both in the church
and in our denomination. In the pasi
five years the total amount given to
all charitable causes has increased by
48 percent.

It is staggering to realize the
wealth in America today In the chari
below we see where individuals gave
$66 billion. Of that amount $37
billion went for all causes connected
with religion, including churches. The
churches in our Presbyterian
denomination received $1.5 billion,
according to records

1985 philanthropy

Philanthropy ami faith go hand in

hand Rarelj does one find a
philanthropic person greedy or self-
serving Rather, people who give
generously do so out of their
commitment to Goo! and to his

Creation Helping people, churches,

hospitals, i olli v s, et< . is a good way
ol expressing with in the goodness of
I for his people.
I personally know of the
leadership of many of the
communities in the Southeast It is a
tact that in cities, (owns, and very
small communities, there are groups
of people who are always involved in
generous acts ol philanthropy. The
\tl. una community is blessed with

abundant leaders who givi generously
of their time and substance foi the
United Way, Salvation Army, college

campaigning, various institutional
end- avors, and the list goes on

Yes, it is no news thai faith and

philanthropy go hand in hand, bui it
is ,i cause tor rejoicing that our Lord
calls out the best in us.D

(from 31st annual issue of Giving, USA)

Contributions:
Individuals
Bequests
Foundations
Corporations

Distribution:
Religion

Health & Hospitals
Education
Social Service
Arts &. Humanities
Civic & Public
Other

(in billions)

$66.06

82

5.18

6.58

I \Q

5.4%

4.30

5.4%

37.73

47

11.25

14.19

11.05

13.83

8.56

10 7';;

5.09

6.4%

2.24

392

4.9%

PAC to meet

Tm President's Advisory Councii

will hold its annual meeting Friday,
Oct. 31, at Columbia Seminary At
its meeting, the council will discuss
the seminary's programs and activities,
the Council's by-laws, and will hear
from officers of the seminary.

The President's Advisory Council
is a group of leaders from throughout
the three southeastern synods which
support Columbia. These men and
women meet yearly to be brought up
to date on Columbia's programs. The
members also advise President Philips,
the faculty, and administration on the
state of the church as they see it and
suggest ways Columbia might better
serve the church

Officers for 1986-87 are Joe
Patrick, chairman, Sidney Query, vice
chairman, and Hayden Sams,
secretary. D

Vantage

Vol. 78, No. 2, Fall 1986
Published quarterly by
Columbia Theological Seminary

The Department ol Development/
Seminary Relations

Editor: Juliette Harper
Associate Director
ol Seminary Relations

Postmaster Send address

changes to Vantage

( olumbia Theological Seminary

P.O. Box 520

Decatur, GA 3003 1-0520

FALL 1986

New students
Continued from page 1

Below is a listing of the new stu-
dents and their hometowns.

Lucy Aldridge
Atlanta, GA
Kris Allison
Daytona Bch, FL
Roy Bain
La Grange, GA
Clay Barnes
Charlotte, NC
Brent Bissette
Chicago, IL
Rick Boyette
Hogansville, GA
Bud Brainerd
0' Fallon, IL
Stuart Brantley
Laurtnburg, NC
Steven Bryant
Oxford, MS
Laura Carlson- Aull
Wray, CO
Bruce Chapman
Wins ton -Salem, NC
Bill Connolly
Marietta. GA
Gerry Cook
Decatur, GA
Jean Davidson
Knoxville, TN
Bryan Davis
Atlanta, GA
Elizabeth Deibert
Atlanta, Ga
Peter Denlea
Ormond Beach, FL

Kevin Dorsett
Dade City, FL
Bob Early
Orlando, FL
Scott Ellington
Athens, GA
Thomas Evans
Kennesaw, GA
Jerry Ferrari
Tucker, GA
Ian Graham
Due West, SC
Ann Hahn
St. Petersburg, FL
Grant Henry
Marietta, GA
Tully Hunter
Clemson, SC
Gloria Jennings
Augusta, GA
Myung Kim
Columbia, SC
Lori K.-Whitehouse
Savannah, GA
Natalie Lester
Laurtnburg, NC
Helene Loper
Norcross, GA
Bob Madsen
Stone Mtn., GA
Arvie Maynard
Huntington, WV
Stuart McCullen
Decatur, GA

Jim Nelson
N. Palm Bch, FL
Susan Nelson
Doraville, GA
Dick Newsome
Atlanta, GA
Mabasa Nhekairo
Atlanta, GA
Katie Pasch
Morrow, GA
Schley Pease
Pine Mtn., GA
Eddie Pettus
Orlando, FL
Robert Rice
Atlanta, GA
Stewart Roberts
Atlanta, GA
Lina Robinson
Atlanta, GA
Alisun Ruff
Odessa, FL
Daniel Schmidt
Athens, GA
Paula Schwartz
Decatur, GA
Bob Sherman
St. Augustine, FL

Tommy Sikes
Decatur, GA
Al Smith

Memtt Island, FL
Libby Smith
Atlanta, GA
Maetta Snyder
Panama City, FL
Ian Stake
St. Augustine, FL
Martha Sweeny
Atlanta, GA
Miki Vanderbilt
St. Petersburg, FL
Brad Walker
Atlanta, GA
Tom Walker
Doraville, GA
Laurie Wallace
Rabun Gap, GA
Nathan Wheeler
Byron, GA
Todd White
Greer, SC
Plythe Williams
Ft. Pierce, FL
Alan Wright
Winston-Salem, NC

Korean pastors and evangelists and Columbia Seminary faculty members concluded
the Korean Pastors Institute with a graduation ceremony. The internationals were
on the Columbia campus for the three-week continuing education event in August.

Presidential Search Committee

The Presidential Search Committee
is continuing to meet and to look for
the next president of the seminary.
When asked about the committee's
progress, Dr. William Bryant, chair of
committee, responded, "The
committee is still working hard. We

have interviewed several outstanding
people. We covet your prayers as we
continue the search process, and we
look forward to announcing the name
of the next person for the most
important job of President of
Columbia Seminary.'*

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Publication No. 124160

CONTENTS

Tribute to Dr. Richards 1

New students 1

From the President 2

Richards book 2

New Testament scholars 2

Admissions conferences 2

Graduation 3

Continuing education 4

For the Record 5

Faith and philanthropy 7

President's Advisory Council 7