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COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
DECATUR, GEORGIA 30031

February 1979

Richard A. Dodds, Editor

Nonprofit Organization

U. S. postage paid

at Decatur, Georgia 30031

Columbia Theological Seminary, a seminary of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.,
owned by the Synods of Florida, Mid-South and Southeast and controlled through
a Board of Directors. It is an accredited member of the Association of Theological
Schools.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Purpose, Commitments, and History

Admissions Information

Academic Information

Curriculum

Course Requirements

Courses of Instruction

Academic Notes

General Education Information

Continuing Education

Student Information

Housing

Financial Assistance

Administration

Board of Directors

Faculty

Roll of Students

Calendar

Directory for
Correspondence

WELCOME TO COLUMBIA SEMINARY

A Seminary catalogue provides data about many things professors,
students, courses, fees, requirements all carefully detailed. Is this
Columbia? As President, how do you answer a thoughtful, searching
prospective student who asks, "What's it really like?"

The authentic answer can only come from the 319 students, the ad-
ministrators and staff, the teachers and counselors of the community.
Three important facets of Seminary life are apparent to us:

Columbia offers learning. In classroom, conference, chapel, refectory,
dormitory, athletic field, library, city, church, hospital and school, signifi-
cant learning takes place. The sharpened tools of learning, produced by
work, struggle and discipline are assimilated. Columbia is an experience
of learning.

Columbia offers growth. Change occurs. No one stays the same after
three or four years, try as one might. But here change comes from in-
sights from the Word of God, the experience of community, the whole of
human history, and the focus on Jesus Christ's meaning for us and the
world. Columbia is an experience of growth.

Columbia provides development. Out of commitment to Christ, new
competence and skills are assumed and developed for the magnificent
diversity of ministry. Columbia is an experience of development.

But there is more which can only be known if experienced person-
ally. You can know it, if Columbia becomes your Seminary.

J. Davison Philips
President

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COLUMBIA SEMINARY The History

Columbia refers to the first permanent location of the seminary in
Columbia, South Carolina, in 1828 a principal cultural, intellectual,
and population center of the Southeast.

The first idea of a theological school for the South was planted
by the Presbytery of Hopewell (Georgia) as early as 1817, but it was not
until 1824 that a constitution for "The Classical, Scientific, and Theologi-
cal Institution of the South'' was adopted by the Presbytery of South
Carolina, and the members of the presbytery were authorized to act as
the Board of Trustees for that institution.

In 1827, the Board recommended to the Synod that the constitution
be altered to make the institution solely a theological seminary. (There
had been great opposition to the proposed literary department being
in competition with the College of South Carolina.) The official name
of the seminary became The Theological Seminary of the Synod of South
Carolina and Georgia; it soon became known as Columbia Theological
Seminary a name which was accepted as permanent in 1925. The
revised constitution was adopted by Synod in 1828, and it was resolved
to get the seminary into operation immediately.

The Reverend Thomas Goulding, pastor of the Presbyterian Church
in Lexington, Georgia, was elected the first Professor of Theology in
December of 1828, and he gathered five students for instruction in the
manse. Following completion of arrangements in Columbia, they moved
to a campus there in January of 1830.

That same year, the Reverend George Howe, a New Englander, was
elected by the synod as instructor in languages. The following year he
became Professor of Biblical Literature, and, shortly, librarian, overseeing
the growth of the seminary's library from the original 300 books collected
by the presbyteries in 1829 to more than 3,000 by 1836. Dr. Howe also
organized the first curriculum for the seminary, apparently modeling it
after those of the Princeton Seminary and of Andover Theological Semi-
nary. He served nearly fifty years until his death in 1883.

In 1857, the Synod of Alabama established the adoption of the
seminary as "our own, placing its name among those of the institutions
which we call 'ours', and which we are to cherish and care for, support,
help, and encourage as our own". Florida (as part of the Synod of South
Georgia and Florida) joined in 1884, with Mississippi completing the
five-synod structure in 1925.

Among the buildings on the Columbia campus was the little chapel
formerly a carriage house where Woodrow Wilson was to be
"reborn for eternity," and where the Presbyterian, U. S. Book of Church
Order was written.

By the 1920s, the population of the Southeast and of Presbyterians
in the area was shifting, and the centers of influence were moving with
it. Atlanta had been a transportation center since the 1880s, and so was
developing as a commercial, industrial, educational and cultural center,

also. Certain Atlanta Presbyterians and leaders of the seminary were con-
vinced of the city's leadership of the New South and its advantages for
the seminary and of the seminary for the city. In 1924, the Board of
Directors agreed (after two previous refusals in 1887 and 1904), and
the decision was made to move to Atlanta, if a campaign for the new
facilities and endowment could be successfully completed in the Synod
of Georgia. Launched in 1925, the campaign had a goal of $500,000
which was promptly subscribed. In that success the cooperation of the
city's 14,193 Presbyterians in their seventy-four churches played the
determining part.

In 1927, the seminary transferred its Columbia traditions and ministry,
its students and faculty, and its books and equipment to a fifty-seven
acre Decatur, Georgia, site on the outskirts of Atlanta, joining Candler
School of Theology and another eleven of the current twenty-three
institutions of higher education in the greater Atlanta area.

The early years in Decatur were difficult ones for Columbia. For a
time, especially with the coming of the Great Depression, the future of
the institution seemed uncertain. In 1932, however, Dr. J. McDowell
Richards was elected president. Under his able leadership, the seminary
experienced its greatest growth. The endowment was increased by over
five million dollars. The present Library, Georgia Hall, Florida Hall, three
student apartment buildings, and thirteen faculty homes were built. The
faculty was increased from six to twenty-one full-time members and the
student body quadrupled. Following President Richards' retirement, Dr.
C. Benton Kline served as president until 1975 when he resigned to
return to active teaching. Dr. J. Davison Philips, pastor of the Decatur
Presbyterian Church, assumed the presidency on January 1, 1976.

The Synods of Florida, Mid-South and Southeast control and support
Columbia Seminary, and from her derive much of the strength of
their leadership.

PURPOSE

Columbia Theological Seminary is an instrument of the Church, and
its purpose and programs are formed in relation to the mission of the
Church. Since the work of the Church is dependent in large degree upon
its leaders, the seminary is a graduate professional school engaged in
preparing men and women for Church leadership. As such it is an edu-
cational institution, preparing persons for encounter with the intellectual
problems of our world in such a way that they will be worthy of the
respect of those to whom they witness. At the same time, it is also a
professional school and, thus, focuses on the competences and skills
necessary to the practice of ministry. In each dimension of its life, the
seminary seeks to facilitate the personal growth of students, and thereby
to deepen their love for Christ, to encourage them in spiritual maturity
and to inspire them with a zeal for service.

COLUMBIA'S COMMITMENTS

Three basic commitments have marked and continue to mark Colum-
bia Seminary's program.

The first commitment is to Biblical authority. Faculty members all
affirm that the Bible is the word of God, the only infallible rule of faith
and practice. All our teaching and ministry grows out of this commit-
ment. So we require serious study of the Old and New Testaments in
the Hebrew and Greek. Theology and ethics are based on the Biblical
ground. Student's preaching is measured by its faithfulness to the Bibli-
cal text. Our constant appeal is to the Scripture as it is attested to be
the word of God by the inward witness of the Holy Spirit.

The second commitment is to doctrinal fidelity. All regular faculty
members are ordained officers in the Presbyterian Church. Students study
the major creeds and confessions of the Reformed tradition. The funda-
mental affirmations of that tradition stand at the center of the educational
experience, as faculty and students seek to express them in terms that
speak to people who live in today's world.

The third commitment is to ecclesiastical loyalty. Columbia Semi-
nary was founded by the Synod of South Carolina and Georgia to
provide leadership for the Presbyterian Church and its program. Our
students study the polity of the church and the program of the General
Assembly, synods and presbyteries. Our teaching and our ministry
seek to be loyal to the Presbyterian Church, U.S., as it works out its
life and program under the doctrinal standards, the authority of Scrip-
ture, and the lordship of Jesus Christ, the head of the church.

These basic commitments are fulfilled today in a different educa-
tional style than in an earlier time. Indoctrination leads too often to
mere rote learning and to an uncreative and wooden ministry. Our
style of teaching and community is one of openness. The Biblical wit-
ness, the Reformed doctrine, and the church's program are presented
as vital options for today. Students are called to make their own com-
mitment to them as ministers of the Gospel.

We believe that those who enter the service of Jesus Christ must
do so out of a conviction which is their own. Only then can they be
the effective ministers of our Lord that our church and our world need
today.

ADMISSIONS INFORMATION

ADMISSIONS PROCEDURE

Students desiring admission to the basic degee program and special
programs should request an application from the Office of Admissions.
In addition to the completed application form, students should furnish
the additional items indicated on that form. Test scores from the Graduate
Record Exam, an interview with a member of the Admissions Committee,
and a letter of endorsement from one's home church are required follow-
ing submission of the application.

Due to the sequential nature of required courses, no applicants will
be admitted to the basic degree programs, except in July or September.
All students granted admission to Columbia Seminary will be asked to
submit a Letter of Intent.

An entering student may be placed on academic probation. Specific
conditions for achieving good standing will be stated. An entering student
who has not completed the Greek language requirement may be denied
admission or placed on probation.

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

Students desiring admission to the Th.M. program should secure ap-
plications from the Director of Advanced Studies.

Students desiring admission to the D.Min. (in-ministry) or the S.T.D.
programs should secure applications from the Director of Advanced
Studies, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia 30031.

Specific admissions requirements are found for each degree in the
Academic Information Section.

SPECIAL AND UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS

Students meeting requirements for admission to the basic degree pro-
gram 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 Academic Affairs.

Unclassified students may be admitted to take a course of particular
interest for credit, if prerequisites for the course are satisfied.

AUDITORS

Regular students, spouses of students, and other members of the
community are invited to audit courses, with the permission of the
instructor and provided space is available in the course. Registration as
an auditor must be made through the office of the Dean of Academic
Affairs at the regular time for registration.

TRANSFER STUDENTS

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 their Dean of Students indicating that they are students in
good standing. Transfer students into the M.Div. program are expected
to spend a minimum of 3 fourteen-week semesters in residence. Transfer
students intending to enter the D.Min. (in-sequence) program ordinarily
are not allowed credit for more than the equivalent of one year of work
prior to entering the program.

INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

Students whose native language is not English must include with
regular application data evidence of a score of 500 or more on the Test
of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). Overseas students are ex-
pected to have the written recommendation of their denomination. Also,
a statement of the students' plans for future work in their native country
is required. All students are expected to provide a statement of available
finances for their graduate study. Columbia Seminary does not provide
scholarships to individuals for graduate study. Normally, international
students are accepted only for graduate work beyond the M.Div. level.

CONFERENCES

Each year two conferences on the ministry are held on the Columbia
campus. During the winter the College Conference invites college stu-
dents, and recent college graduates, who are considering the ministry
to Columbia for a weekend to attend classes, to meet in faculty homes,
to talk with faculty, staff and students, to worship with the seminary
community, and to further explore their own sense of call to ministry.
In the spring those who have been out of college for several years and
who are considering a vocational change are invited to the campus to
explore the possibilities of ministry.

Harry Barrow leads College Conference
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ACADEMIC INFORMATION

PROGRAMS OF STUDY

Columbia provides a community setting for theological education.
In this context courses of study leading to both basic and advanced
degrees are offered. The Master of Divinity and the Doctor of Ministry
(in-sequence) are the first professional degrees. The Master of Theo-
logical Studies is also a basic theological degree, but academic rather
than professional in orientation. Advanced degrees are the Master of
Theology, the Doctor of Ministry (in-ministry) and the Doctor of Sacred
Theology.

BASIC DEGREES
Admission

Admission to the basic degree programs at Columbia Seminary re-
quires a four-year degree from an accredited university or college of arts
and sciences, or its equivalent. Students without four years of pre-
seminary preparation are not eligible to earn degrees at the seminary
and are not encouraged to apply for admission. When requested to do so
by presbyteries of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, students
without a university or college degree may be accepted for a special
course of study.

A major in one of the liberal arts fields is most helpful as prepara-
tion for theological studies. Basic courses in philosophy, European and
American history, psychology, sociology, and English grammar and litera-
ture form the foundation for seminary studies. Students with inadequate
backgrounds in these areas may be required to take remedial work or
select particular electives within the seminary curriculum.

Master of Divinity Degree and

Doctor of Ministry Degree (in-sequence)

At the time of entering, seminary students are admitted to "the first
professional degree program." This means either a three component
program leading to the Master of Divinity degree or a four component
program leading to the Doctor of Ministry (in-sequence) degree. The
first two components of these degrees involve a common program. The
academic courses and supervised ministry in these initial components
are designed to assist the student in developing intellectual tools and
professional skills to begin the practice of ministry. At the end of the
second component, students, together with their peers, engage in a
process of professional evaluation leading to admission to degree can-
didacy. The strength and areas of growth of the student are assessed so
as to lead him or her, together with an appropriate committee, to de-
termine whether he or she should proceed toward the Master of Divinity
degree or toward the Doctor of Ministry degree (in-sequence).

Students pursuing the Master of Divinity degree move to a third

component. Students qualifying for the Doctor of Ministry degree pro-
ceed to two further components, the first of which includes a twelve-
month period of supervised ministry in an approved setting. The final,
on-campus component involves, in addition to academic work, an inter-
disciplinary seminar on ministry enabling the student to reflect on his
or her period of supervised ministry and to complete a written project
of substantial scope.

The term '"components" is used rather than "years" since the amount
of time a student takes to complete the component may be more or less
than an academic year. The A and B components represent the initial
common program for the first professional degrees. The C component
follows the professional assessment and represents the final stage lead-
ing to the Master of Divinity degree. For students admitted to the Doctor
of Ministry degree at the time of the professional assessment, the D
component designates the twelve-month period of supervised ministry
and the E component the final, on-campus element.

Requirements for the M.Div. 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.

2. The student must be admitted to degree candidacy at the end of
the B component. To qualify for candidacy the student must have satis-
fied all the academic and supervised ministry requirements for the A
and B components (as outlined on page 52) together with enough elec-
tees to total 74 credits. The overall grade average must be C or better.

3. The candidate must satisfactorily complete all the requirements
of the C component (as outlined on pages 52 and 53) with a total of 106
credits. The overall grade average must be C or better.

4. The student must pass a Bible content exam administered by mem-
bers of the Biblical Area.

5. The faculty must be satisfied that the conduct and attitude of the
candidate is becoming a minister of the Gospel and that he or she gives
promise of useful service in the ministry or other Church vocation.

6. All bills to the seminary must be paid and assurance given that all
open accounts in the community and elsewhere have been satisfied.

Requirements for the D.Min. Degree (in-sequence)

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.

2. The student must be admitted to degree candidacy at the end of
the B component. To qualify for candidacy the student must have satis-
fied all the academic and supervised ministry requirements for the A
and B components (as outlined on page 52) together with enough elec-

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tives to total 74 credits. The overall grade average must be 2.25 (on a
scale of 3) or better.

3. The candidate must satisfactorily engage in a twelve-month period
of supervised ministry for which a total of 20 credits is given.

4. The candidate must satisfactorily complete all other requirements
of the D and E components (as outlined on page 53) with a total of 132
credits. The overall grade average must be B or better.

5. The student must pass a Bible content exam administered by
members of the Biblical Area.

6. The faculty must be satisfied that the conduct and attitude of the
candidate is becoming a minister of the Gospel and that he or she gives
promise of useful service in the ministry or other Church vocation.

7. All bills to the seminary must be paid and assurance given that
all open accounts in the community and elsewhere have been satisfied.

Professional Assessment

The Professional Assessment is a major review of the student's poten-
tial for ministry that occurs after the completion of the major require-
ments of the A and B components. This assessment will usually be sched-
uled in the spring term of the B component or the following September
and is a condition for the student's beginning work in either the C or D
components. 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. Admission
to candidacy or substantial completion of the process of coming under
the care of a presbytery or appropriate church body must be completed
before the assessment.

The admission to candidacy for either the M.Div. or D.Min. (in-
sequence) degrees emerges from the professional assessment and must
be approved by the faculty. At that time a student may be required to
take a specific course or courses as a part of his or her designated elec-
tives.

Master of Theological Studies

The purpose of this program is to provide systematic study of the
Christian faith for people who are not preparing for ordination to pro-
fessional Christian ministry. It is designed for students who want to
broaden and deepen their understanding of the faith so that they can be
more knowledgeable and effective Christians as lay people in the Church
and in their lay vocations, and for others who are preparing for further
academic work in a theological discipline (toward a Ph.D., for instance.)
The MTS will not qualify persons for the ordained ministry, since this
program does not include training in the practice of ministry or in other
areas prerequisite for ordination. The Seminary hopes with this program
not only to offer advanced study in theological disciplines to lay people
in the Church, but also to enrich the Seminary community by the pres-

ence and challenge of students who bring to it the questions and de-
mand for excellence of searching, thinking, non-professional Christians.

Students, after consultation with the professors in the field, select
one of the following five fields for specialization: Old Testament, New
Testament, Church History, Theology, and Ethics. A faculty adviser from
the field of specialization is assigned by the Director of the MTS program
to provide guidance in the selection of courses and to coordinate the
giving of the comprehensive examinations. Language requirements are
determined by the field of specialization.

Students are encouraged to take appropriate courses at other institu-
tions in the Atlanta Theological Association. No more than 15 credits,
however, may be transferred from institutions outside the A.T.A.

Requirements for the M.T.S. Degree

1. Students must earn a total of 52 credits. This shall include at least
one course in each of the five fields of specialization; an additional
course in three of the five fields; a minimum of 17 credits in the chosen
field of specialization; and a minimum of 9 credits in a cognate field.
Other requirements may be established by the Area in which the field of
specialization falls.

2. Students must pass written comprehensive examinations designed,
administered, and graded by faculty members in the field of specializa-
tion. The purpose of the examination is to test the student's capacity to
function knowledgeably and critically in the field of specialization, to
relate methodology and/or content from the cognate field to the field
of specialization, and to think and write clearly. The examinations nor-
mally come at the conclusion of the student's course work.

3. All work must be completed within five years from the date of
admission.

ADVANCED DEGREES

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

In addition to the resources of the faculty and library on Columbia's
campus, graduate students are able to draw upon the resources of the
Atlanta area. The S. T. D. program and D.Min. (in-ministry) programs are
administered by the Graduate Professional Studies Committee of the
Atlanta Theological Association, which coordinates and augments the
resources of Candler School of Theology, Emory University, the Inter-
denominational Theological Center, and Columbia. Th.M. students may
also include in their program studies at these other seminaries.

The resources of the Atlanta community are also available to Col-
umbia graduate students. Pastoral counseling programs in several set-
tings are made available through the Georgia Association for Pastoral
Care. The Urban Training Organization of Atlanta provides resources in

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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.

MASTER OF THEOLOGY

Admission

Application for admission to the Th.M. program is made through the
office of the Director of Advanced Studies. The M.Div. degree from an
accredited seminary or divinity school, or its academic equivalent, is
required. Ordinarily a B average in an applicant's college and seminary
program is considered a minimum standard for admission. Except for the
Th.M. in pastoral counseling or pastoral supervision, a knowledge of both
the Hebrew and Greek languages is prerequisite for the program. If an
applicant's M.Div. course required less than these two languages, he or
she may substitute an approved language for one of them.

Admission to Candidacy

Students seeking a degree in Biblical, historical-doctrinal, or pastoral
studies must be admitted to candidacy by vote of the faculty. Applica-
tion involves the proposal of a thesis committee composed of a chair-
person from the faculty and two other members and the proposal of a
thesis topic, previously approved by the chairperson. This information
must be given in writing to the Advanced Studies Committee prior to
October 15th. The faculty meeting early in November is the deadline for
the formal admission to candidacy if the student expects to receive the
degree at commencement the following spring.

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 600s) with grades that average not less than B.
This academic work shall involve the equivalent of at least one academic
year in partial residence.

International Student Asamang-Birikorang of Ghana

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2. an acceptable thesis, which shall constitute six additional credits.
For students planning to graduate at the spring commencement April
1st is the deadline for provisional approval of the thesis by the thesis
committee and May 1st for final approval of the completed thesis.

3. an oral examination, which shall be given after the thesis has been
completed.

Specialization

Each student seeking the Th.M. degree will concentrate his or her
studies in one of the following fields: Biblical studies, historical-doctrinal
studies, pastoral studies, pastoral counseling, or pastoral supervision. At
least 12 credits, in addition to the thesis, must be taken in the field in
which the student specializes. At least six credits must be taken outside
the field of specialization. Credit for work taken at the basic level
(courses numbered lower than 600) must be approved prior to the taking
of the courses by the chairperson of the thesis committee (if appointed),
the Director of Advanced Studies, and the Dean of Academic Affairs. In
no case shall more than 4 credits of basic level work be counted toward
the degree.

The Th.M. in pastoral counseling and the Th.M. in pastoral super-
vision have additional requirements as follows:

Pastoral Counseling

The first year of this program requires the successful completion of
an intern year in one of the institutions accredited by the Association for
Clinical Pastoral Education.

By the end of the first year, if the student is adjudged sufficiently
competent by a multidisciplinary professional committee, he or she is
admitted to the counseling practicum for counseling supervision at one
of the three practicums. These are located at the Georgia Association of
Pastoral Care under Rev. Calvin Kropp, Th.M.; the Atlanta Psychiatric
Center under Rev. William Phillips, Th.M., and the Pastoral Services of
Georgia Baptist Hospital under Rev. Jerald Jenkins, D.Min. Sufficient
supervision of counseling, intake, etc., is provided to qualify the candi-
date for membership in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors,
Inc.

In addition to the above, the student must complete 24 credits of
advanced level academic work at a B average or better. A research pro-
ject (non-credit) completes the requirements for the degree.

Pastoral Supervision

This particular specialization of the Th.M. program has been devel-
oped for those students seeking to become certified chaplain supervis-
ors. An intern year must be successfully completed in one of the affiliate
institutions of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education. The total
number of academic credits of advanced level work required is 24 at a B
average or better.

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In addition, a residency year must also be satisfactorily completed.
The year may be elected in any institution accredited by the Association
for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc. Certification as acting supervisor by
any region of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education will com-
plete the requirements for the degree.

THE DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (IN-MINISTRY)

A Doctor of Ministry degree program for the working minister has
now been formulated by the schools participating in the Atlanta Theo-
logical Association. The program has been designed to continue the
education of persons for their practice of ministry in the church and in
related institutional settings. It provides an advanced, yet flexible, edu-
cation for those whose vocation as servants of people and servants of
Jesus Christ implies their further disciplined reflection upon, and possibly
their further specialization within, their own ministry.

Admission.

Each applicant should hold an M.Div. or equivalent degree with a
superior academic record and/or superior professional performance, and
should have at least one year, preferably three, of professional experi-
ence since receiving the basic degree.

Each applicant should submit a personal statement of not more than
ten double-spaced pages giving biographical data, academic and minis-
try achievements, interests, goals, and personal purposes for the D.Min.
program that will illustrate continued development.

Advanced standing on the basis of post-M.Div. courses in other pro-
grams will be determined by the Advanced Studies Committee of the
Seminary.

Program of Study

Although it may be spread over a period up to four years, the pro-
gram of study requires participation in the equivalent of a full year of
academic and clinical courses. The doctoral project is executed after the
completion of these courses and usually as part of the ongoing profes-
sional work of the minister.

Thirty-six semester credits are required, distributed as follows:

Six (6) credits for the core seminar in contemporary ministry and
career assessment;

Six (6) credits for an approved clinical experience (equivalent to one
full time quarter);

Six (6) credits for the doctoral project;

Eighteen (18) credits of advanced courses.

To assist both personal development and also course and project
planning, each student secures a faculty adviser and a doctoral commit-
tee. After completion of course work and before the execution of the
doctoral project, the student will take an examination covering a range
of subjects designated by his doctoral committee.

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For students desiring to graduate at the spring commencement,
April 1 is the deadline for provisional approval of the doctoral project
by the project committee and May 1 for final approval of the completed
project.

For further information and application forms, write to Director
of Advanced Studies, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia
30031.

DOCTOR OF SACRED THEOLOGY IN PASTORAL COUNSELING

This degree is offered through the Atlanta Theological Association by
the Candler School of Theology, Columbia Theological Seminary, and
the Interdenominational Theological Center. It is administered by the
Atlanta Theological Association which has responsibility for approving
admission to the program, establishing curriculum offerings, and cer-
tifying candidates for the award of degrees.

The S. T. D. program focused on pastoral counseling concentrates
upon the counseling, guidance, and consultation aspects of the minister's
professional function. The more specialized nature of the program is re-
flected in admission requirements and the program of studies.

The purpose of the Doctor of Sacred Theology in pastoral counseling
is to prepare clergy to serve as pastoral counselors in a local church or
on the staff of a community mental health center, to serve as consul-
tants to their fellow clergy, and to offer training in pastoral care and
counseling at various levels. The program is designed to prepare students
for membership as Fellows in the American Association of Pastoral
Counselors.

Admission

Applicants must hold the Master of Divinity or equivalent degree
from an accredited institution. The admission process will include: 1) an
assessment of the applicant's academic grades and professional perform-
ance, 2) his statement of purpose, 3) references and other materials sup-
plied with the application, and 4) a personal interview with the director
of the program and conducted by the S.T.D. Admissions Committee.

In addition, applicants must have significant experience in ministry
(approximately three years' full time employment after completion of the
first theological degree), in clinical pastoral education (usually four con-
secutive units), and one or more personal interviews with the pastoral
counseling and other faculties.

A student who, though otherwise acceptable, has not had courses in
personality development and pastoral care equivalent to those taught in
the participating seminaries of the Atlanta Theological Association, must
take these courses without credit during the first two terms of his
residence.

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

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Program of Study

The studies included within the program will help the student (1)
gain an advanced understanding of appropriate theological and theoreti-
cal concepts; (2) 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 (3) design and execute a research project appropriate to
his or her professional practice which will give evidence of his or her
creative ability to contribute to this aspect of pastoral counseling.

In carrying out this program, which should not exceed six years, the
student must complete a minimum of three Core Seminars carrying a
total of 9 semester hours; Pastoral Counseling Practicums carrying a total
of 18 semester hours; and Elective Courses totaling a minimum of 27
semester hours of credit.

The Core Seminars, carrying three semester hours each, are offered
in the following sequence, beginning in the Fall of the year of entry:
I "Personality Theory," II "Diagnosis and Change;" and III "Pastoral
Theological Method." In addition, the student enters the pastoral coun-
seling practicum at the time he or she enters the program.

When the student has completed these 54 semester hours of work,
with a B average (GPA of 2.00 or better) he or she may apply to take the
Comprehensive Examination, which tests the competence in both the
content and performance of pastoral counseling.

The content areas in which the student will be examined include (a)
THEOLOGY, with the foci upon theological method and pastoral theolo-
gy; (b) PSYCHOLOGY, including theories of personality and develop-
ment, psychodynamics of behavior and of religious experience, and
theories of counseling and psychotherapy; (c) SOCIO-CULTURAL DI-
MENSIONS of Pastoral Care, including personality and culture, group
dynamics, sociology of religion, marriage and family dynamics; (d) PAS-
TORAL CARE, including history of pastoral care, ministerial role, guid-
ance at the passage points of life, ministry in crisis situations, and re-
ferrals; and (e) SUPERVISION, as a definable type of learning, interpro-
fessional understanding of supervision, pastoral identity and authority
in supervision.

The performance areas in which the student will be examined include
(a) evaluation interviewing, (b) pastoral counseling, (c) supervision, (d)
professional maturity within the role of pastoral counselor, and (e) ability
to relate pastoral counseling to the total ministerial role.

The student will engage in an approved research project which dem-
onstrates ability to utilize theological and theoretical knowledge in re-
lation to some problem of his or her professional practice, and which
contributes useful findings and insights to this area of theological in-
vestigation. He or she will make a written report and undergo an oral
examination on the project. Upon successful completion, the student
will be certified by the Atlanta Theological Association's Graduate Pro-
fessional Studies Committee as having passed all requirements for the
degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology (S.T.D.) in Pastoral Counseling.

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Application forms and further general information about the S.T.D.
in Pastoral Counseling program may be obtained from: Dr. John H.
Patton, Director, Doctoral Program in Pastoral Counseling, 1700 Clifton
Road, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30329 Telephone (404) 636-1457; or from
the Director of the Atlanta Theological Association, Room 203, Student
Center, Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, 30031
Telephone (404) 373-6366.

CURRICULUM

The teaching program at Columbia is arranged in four areas: Biblical,
historical-doctrinal, pastoral, and supervised ministry. Studies in each of
these areas are combined with interdisciplinary studies in the curriculum
for the first professional degrees. While classroom instruction is basic to
these first degree programs, their goal is to equip students to continue
their education independently. The resources of the library, the structure
of course work, and reading courses encourage early realization of that
goal.

Studies in the BIBLICAL area seek to help the students understand
and interpret an ancient book, the Bible, in a world where people go to
the moon. To do this these studies are concerned with developing tools
and skills to understand the ancient world, its language, history, and
thought, and tools and skills to grasp the meaning of the Bible for con-
temporary people. Greek and Hebrew are required so that students can
gain facility in handling the original Biblical languages and in under-
standing the text in its native tongue. Courses in the area provide an
opportunity for interpreting the text and for experience in articulating
the message in a theological fashion.

HISTORICAL-DOCTRINAL studies help students understand the past
so that they can understand the present and how we got here. Students
engaged in these studies also struggle to form their own theology and to
discover what it means for them to be Christian today. Since Columbia
stands within the Reformed tradition, historical-doctrinal studies are
concerned not only with right thinking, but also with the relation of
Christian faith and doctrine to real life. Therefore, studies in this area
engage students in consideration of the social, political, economic, and
cultural life of today. 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 around it.

The PASTORAL area centers on the functioning of the person as a
minister, and its concern is 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 leader of worship, preacher, pastor, teacher, and
administrator. Since we do not fully know today the shape of the ministry
of tomorrow, the concern of these studies is to train students to under-
stand the issues involved, to help them see their own strengths and

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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 curricu-
lum at Columbia. Through its structure students are involved in the ac-
tual practice of ministry under competent supervision. Through experi-
ential, relational, inductive learning, the student explores within a peer
group the forms, styles, contents, and concepts of ministry. Not only does
the student put into practice what has been learned through studies in
the Biblical, historical-doctrinal, and pastoral areas, but these studies
are integrated with the practice of ministry and the personhood of the
student.

Columbia's faculty recognizes that the method of teaching also makes
a significant contribution to learning. Consequently, a variety of teach-
ing methods are employed. Team teaching, which enables the professors
themselves to participate more fully in the learning process, and which
effectively brings different kinds of competence together in the class-
room, is widely used. Because small groups are a part of most courses,
creative interchange between student and student and between students'
peers and professors is the mark of instruction at Columbia.

Professor Ludwif> Dewitz

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COURSES OF INSTRUCTION

Listed on the following pages are the courses taught during 1978-79
and proposed by the faculty of Columbia Theological Seminary for 1979-
80. Changes in faculty situations and in student needs inevitably will
necessitate modification from term to term resulting in the failure to offer
some electives and the substitution of others.

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
Pastoral; I for Interdisciplinary; and SM for Supervised Ministry. Courses
whose numbers are prefaced by ATA are offered by the Atlanta Theo-
logical Association. The hundred's digit refers to the level of the course
and whether it is required for the basic degree program or elective:

100s are required courses for A component students

200s are required courses for B component students

300s are required courses for C component students

400s are required courses for D and E component students

500s are elective courses designed primarily for A and B component
students but occasionally open to advanced students by permission
of the instructor.

600s are elective courses designed for advanced students (C, D, E, and
graduate students) but occasionally open to others when prerequi-
sites are met, when space is available, and by permission of the
instructor.

The teen's digit identifies the particular academic discipline within
the area, except in Interdisciplinary and Supervised Ministry courses

BIBLICAL AREA

FACULTY: Charles B. Cousar, Ludwig R. Dewitz (Chairperson), James H.
Gailey, James D. Newsome, Keith F. Nickle, J. Will Ormond, J. Davison
Philips.

Required Courses for M.Div. and D.Min. (in-sequence)

B151 PAULINE LITERATURE Nickle, Cousar

A study of the English text of the principal Pauline letters in their his-
torical context and present relevance. Small groups analyze and interpret
selected Greek texts from the Pauline corpus chosen to give training in
methods of exegesis.
Fall 5 credits

B152 THE SYNOPTIC GOSPELS Ormond, Cousar, Nickle

A study of the structure, content, and theology of the Synoptic Gospels.

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Small groups analyze exegetically selected passages from the Greek text
of the Synoptics, in light of the formation of the gospel tradition.
Prerequisite: B151
Spring 5 credits

B241 SURVEY OF OLD TESTAMENT LITERATURE

Gailev, Dewitz

A study of the character and content of the books of the Old Testament
set in the context of the history of the Hebrew people, including discus-
sion of their development from oral to written form and their place in
the religion of ancient Israel.
Fall 3 credits

B221 ESSENTIALS OF HEBREW Dewitz, Cailey

An intensive study of the essential elements of Hebrew grammar, syntax,
and vocabulary preparatory to reading and studying exegetically the
Hebrew Old Testament.
Winter 4 credits

B231* EXEGESIS OF PSALMS

Dewitz

A study of selected psalms with use of the Hebrew text, historical

background, designed to discover theological values.

Prerequisite: B221

Spring 3 credits

1978 Columbia Fellowship Winners: seated John Jayne, Jo Anne Dyson, Deborah Kyser
Renee Hester; standing David Cameron, David Bailey, Mary Jane Cornell

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B232* EXEGESIS OF ISAIAH 1-12 Galley

A study of Isaiah 1-12 with use of the Hebrew text, historical background,
designed to discover theological values of one of Israel's great prophets.
Prerequisite: B221
Spring 3 credits

*Students in the B component are required to take one of these two
courses. The other may be taken as an elective.

B37K471) PREFACE TO BIBLICAL THEOLOGY Staff

The course considers issues related to an understanding of the Bible
as the Church's book, such as the formation of the canon, authority and
inspiration, the hermeneutical task of the Church. Opportunity is pro-
vided for exposure to Biblical Theology as it focuses on the Old or New
Testament
Prerequisites: B151, B152, B241 3 credits

Elective Courses

General and Background

B510 OLD TESTAMENT MANNERS AND CUSTOMS Ca/7ey

A study of manners, customs, and conditions of life in Old Testament

times as illustrated from recent investigations.

Prerequisite: P241 2 credits

B511 EARLY CHRISTIAN LITERATURE Nickle

Readings selected from the Apostolic Fathers, the New Testament Apo-
crypha or the Patristic period. Readings will be studied for their theology
and their contribution to the developing Christian movement. Specific
readings will vary each time the course is offered.
Prerequisite: HD111 2 or 3 credits

B514 INTERTESTAMENTAL PERIOD Dewitz

A study of the Jewish people from ca. 500 B.C. to 100 A.D., considera-
tion of Rome from the development of the republican form of govern-
ment to that of the empire, and the rise of the Essenes, Pharisees, Sad-
ducees and Herodians in Juda.

2 credits

3615 BIBLICAL APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE Nickle

A review of the cultural and literary background out of which apocalyp-
tic literature emerged. Exegetical analysis of typical apocalyptic texts. An
overview of apocalyptic theology and its relation to contemporary
concerns.

3 credits

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B618 STRUCTURES IN OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES Galley

An introduction to the hermeneutical techniques of structuralism with
various stories from the Old Testament as examples.
Prerequisite: B241

2 credits

B619 SURVEY OF METHODOLOGY IN OLD TESTAMENT STUDIES

Dewitz
This course aims at acquainting students with the different approaches
and methods by which the Old Testament has been studied, such as
literary and form criticism, archeology, comparative religion and Bibli-
cal theology.
Prerequisite: B241

2 credits

Ancient Languages

B021 ESSENTIALS OF GREEK Morris

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 not having taken Greek in college.
Summer session only No Credit

B620 HEBREW READING Dewitz or Galley

Rapid reading of selections from the Hebrew Old Testament with a view
to increasing facility in the use of the language; emphasis on grammatical
structures and vocabulary.
Prerequisite: B221 1 credit

B623 BIBLICAL ARAMAIC Galley

A study of the Aramaic language and the reading of portions of the Old
Testament in Aramaic. Primarily for graduate students.
Prerequisite: B221 3 credits

B626 GREEK GRAMMAR AND READING Staff

This class presupposes a basic Greek grammar course and provides an
intensive study of syntax to develop further the student's skill in analyz-
ing sentences, clauses, and phrases. A variety of New Testament passages
are read.
Prerequisite: B021 3 credits

Old Testament Based on Hebrew Text

B631 EXEGESIS OF JOB Ca/7ey

Attention will be given to the central problems raised in this book with
selections studied in detail.
Prerequisites: B241, B221 2 or 3 credits

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B632 EXEGESIS OF HOSEA Dewitz

The exegetical study of three selected chapters.

Prerequisites: B241, B221 2 credits

B634 EXEGESIS OF ISAIAH 40-55 Ga/7ey

A seminar designed to probe the work of the "great prophet of the
Exile", using theme and structure and form studies, exegesis of some
passages, and culminating in an interpretative project by each student.
Prerequisites: B241, B221

2 or 3 credits

Old Testament Based on English Text

B540 GENESIS 1-11 Dewitz

A theological and critical study of the early chapters of Genesis in the
light of the interpretation in the New Testament, with a view to finding
the meaning for preaching today.

2 credits

B542 GENESIS 12-50 Ormond

A study of the narratives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Joseph, with con-
sideration of their structure and content and to the theological themes
introduced and developed.

2 credits

B546 HOSEA Dewitz

An exposition of the Book of Hosea, its historical setting and prevalent
theological themes.

2 credits

B547 EXODUS Dewitz

A theological and critical study of the main passages in the Book of
Exodus with the help of traditional and modern scholarship, and with a
view to finding the meaning for preaching today.

2 credits

B548 PSALMS AND WISDOM LITERATURE Dewitz

A study of the form and content of various psalms and a consideration
of specific features of the wisdom literature. Additional credit can be
earned if the exegesis is based on the Hebrew text.

2 credits

B641 JOB Ga/7ey

An exploration of the thought of the Book of Job, including examination
of its literary form, background, and contents, as well as the uses to
which it has been put by serious thinkers.

3 credits

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B643 JEREMIAH Ormond

A study of the prophetic book of Jeremiah in the English text. Emphasis
will be given to the historical setting, the character of Jeremiah, the
prophet, the structure of the book and the exposition of selected pas-
sages.
Prerequisite: B241 3 credits

New Testament Based on Greek Text

B551 EXEGESIS OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN Cousar or Nickle

An exegetical study of the gospel with emphasis on structure, historical
background and dominant motifs. Analysis of selected sections of the
Greek text.
Prerequisite: B152 3 credits

B553 EXEGESIS OF GALATIANS Cousar

An analysis and interpretation of the Greek text of Galatians.
Prerequisite: B151 3 credits

B556 EXEGESIS OF THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Nickle

A study of its literary structure and content, use of the Hebrew Scrip-
tures, relation to the author's gospel, search for the author's plan and
purpose highlighting his major theological emphases. Analysis of selected
sections of the Greek text.
Prerequisite: B152 3 credits

B558 EXEGESIS OF MATTHEW Cousar

A study of the literary structure, sources, and theology of Matthew.
Analysis and interpretation of selected portions of the Greek text.
Prerequisite: B152 3 credits

B652 EXEGESIS OF ROMANS Cousar

An interpretation of the Epistle to the Romans, within the framework of
Paul's theology.
Prerequisite: B151 3 credits

B654 EXEGESIS OF HEBREWS Nickle

An exegetical study of the letter with emphasis on structure, historical
background, and dominant motifs.
Prerequisite: B151 3 credits

New Testament Based on English Text

B561 EPISTLE TO THE EPHESIANS Ormond

A study of the English text of the Epistle to the Ephesians in its historical
setting with special attention to its continuing relevance in the life of
the Church.

2 credits

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B565 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Ormond

An analysis of the literary structure, purpose, and theology of Acts, to-
gether with a consideration of its connection with the Gospel of Luke.

3 credits

B566 EPISTLES TO PHILEMON AND THE PHILIPPIANS Ormond

Philemon is analyzed as a model of the Pauline letter-form and used
as a guide in the study of the Epistle to the Philippians.

2 credits

B567 THE CORINTHIAN CORRESPONDENCE Philips

A presentation of the historical background, cultural data and principal
personalities involved in the Corinthian letters. The relation between the
Corinthian church and contemporary Christianity will be dealt with as
a major emphasis.
Prerequisite: B151 2 credits

B569 GENERAL EPISTLES Ormond

A study of the English text of the Epistles of James, I, II Peter and Jude
in their historical setting and present relevance.

2 credits

B662 GOSPEL OF LUKE Ormond

A study of the English text of the Gospel according to Luke emphasizing
the structure, content and message of the book. Attention is given to
Luke as historian and theologian.
Prerequisite: B152 3 credits

B668 THE PARABLES OF JESUS Newsome

An investigation of Jesus' use of the parable as a medium of communi-
cation, with special attention to the significance which selected indi-
vidual parables had for Jesus himself and for the New Testament church
which preserved and recorded them. Emphasis will also be placed upon
their contemporary meanings and upon their use as a tool in preaching.
Prerequisite: B152 3 credits

Biblical Theology

B671 OLD TESTAMENT THEOLOGY Dewitz

A study of the literature and traditions of the Old Testament, based on
W. Eichrodt, Theology of the Old Testament.

Prerequisite: B241 2 credits

B672 ROLE OF THE AFTERLIFE IN THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT

ISRAEL Dewitz

This course is a theological pursuit of the ways in which the thought of
the hereafter is developed in the Old Testament, leading to the New
Testament doctrine of the resurrection of the body.
Prerequisite: B241 2 credits

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B673 HISTORY AND THEOLOGY OF THE EXILE Newsome

A survey of the political, military, and socio-economic history of the
Jewish people from the Fall of Jerusalem to the Judean Restoration.
Special attention will be given to the literature produced by prophetic
and priestly figures and upon the manner in which the events of this
period impacted upon Israel's relationship to God.
Prerequisite: B241 3 credits

B674 MEANING OF KEY OLD TESTAMENT WORDS Dewitz

A study of such words as salvation, sin, and covenant. Basic knowledge
of Hebrew and Greek required.

2 credits

B676 THEMES IN PAULINE THEOLOGY Cousar or Nickle

Selected themes in the theology of Paul will be investigated in depth. The
course will be structured as a seminar with student opportunity for en-
gaging the rest of the class in a vigorous learning experience.
Prerequisite: B151 3 credits

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.

B692 EXEGETICAL RESEARCH IN OLD TESTAMENT Dewitz or Gailey
Any term Up to 4 credits

B693 RESEARCH IN OLD TESTAMENT CRITICISM OR

THEOLOGY Dewitz, Gailey or Newsome

Any term Up to 4 credits

B695 EXEGETICAL RESEARCH IN NEW TESTAMENT Cousar or Nickle
Any term Up to 4 credits

B696 RESEARCH IN NEW TESTAMENT CRITICISM OR

THEOLOGY Cousar, Nickle or Ormond

Any term Up to 4 credits

HISTORICAL-DOCTRINAL AREA

FACULTY: Frederick O. Bonkovsky, T. Erskine Clarke, Catherine Gunsalus
Gonzalez, Shirley C. Guthrie, Jr. (Chairperson), C. Benton Kline

VISITING PROFESSOR: Walter T. Davis, Jr. (1978-79)

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Required Courses for M.Div. arid D.Min (in-sequence)

HD111 THE CHURCH THROUGH THE REFORMATION

PERIOD Gonzalez

An introduction to the history of the Church, including its doctrine,
structure, and interaction with the surrounding culture. The period from
the close of the New Testament times through the seventeenth century
will be studied.
Fall 5 credits

HD171 CONTEXT OF MINISTRY Bonkovsky

A study of the values, systems and structures which form the context

for ministry in the United States today to provide insights and skills for

contemporary Christian witness.

Prerequisite: Pill

Winter or Spring 2 credits

HD112 THE MODERN CHURCH Gonzalez

A continuation of HD111. Covers the period from the beginning of the
eighteenth century to the present, excluding the history of the Church
in the United States.
Winter or Spring 2 credits

HD113 HISTORY OF THE CHURCH IN THE

UNITED STATES Kline and Glarke

An introduction to the history of the life and thought of the churches
in the United States, the course is designed to enable students to bring
an historical understanding of the crises they will face in the ministry,
and to come to an awareness of the relationship of religion and culture
in American life.
Winter or Spring 2 credits

HD231-232 REFORMED THEOLOGY Guthrie and Kline

A study of the doctrines of Reformed theology based on Calvin's Insti-
tutes, the confessional writings of the Reformed tradition and the works
of various contemporary Reformed theologians in conversation with
other theological traditions and in the context of the ecumenical faith
shared by all Christians.
Prerequisites: HD111, HD112

Fall 4 credits

Spring 2 credits

HD271 CHRISTIAN ETHICS Bonkovsky

A study of the Biblical, theological and philosophical foundations of
Christian ethics for guidance in Christian decision-making.
Prerequisite: HD171
Spring 3 credits

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HD331 (431) CONTEMPORARY THEOLOGY Guthrie, Kline, Gonzalez
A study of the efforts to express the truth of the Christian faith in the
context of the thought forms and issues of contemporary iife in the
church and the world.
Spring 3 credits

Elective Courses

Historical Studies

HD511 HISTORY OF THE DEVOTIONAL TRADITION OF THE

CHURCH Gonzalez

A consideration of the classic literature from various movements within
the church's history that have stressed the devotional life, including
forms of monasticism, certain of the mystics, and later authors from
both Protestant and Roman Catholic circles.

2 credits

HD610 NORTH AFRICAN THEOLOGY, A.D. 150-550 Gonzalez

A seminar in which we will study the writings of the major theologians
of this early Western form of Christian thought. Study will focus on
Tertullian, Cyprian, Augustine, and the controversies after Augustine We
will consider the social and political context of the church in North
Africa as well as the theological content of the material.
Prerequisite: HD111 3 credits

HD525 ISSUES IN AMERICAN CULTURE Glarke

A study of critical cultural issues with special emphasis on technology
and its influences on contemporary American life.

2 credits

HD526 CONTEMPORARY MOVEMENTS IN THE AMERICAN

CHURCH Glarke

A seminar on contemporary movements in American religion, with special
emphasis on cults, sects, and para-church groups.

3 credits

HD529 THE CHURCH AND WOMEN Gonzalez

A seminar in which we will study the place women have held in the
Church throughout its history, and the attitude of the Church toward
women. We will also discuss the present situation of women in the
Church and view theologically the questions that are being raised by and
about women.

3 credits

HD620 A HISTORY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, U.S. Glarke
A study of the ways Presbyterians in the South have developed in rela-

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tion to a changing society. Special attention will be given to develop-
ments in theology, social concerns, and institutional structures.
Prerequisite: HD113 3 credits

HD621 THE CITY IN AMERICAN RELIGIOUS THOUGHT Clarke

A study of the changing and recurring interpretations of the city in

American religious thought. Beginning with the Puritans and moving

through evangelicals and social reforms to Harvey Cox and his critics,

we will explore how various images of the city have influenced American

Christians.

Prerequisite: HD113 3 credits

HD622 RELIGION IN THE SOUTH Clarke

A study of the religious heritage of the South. Special attention will be
given to the role of slavery and race in developing a southern religious
tradition. v

Prerequisite: HD113 3 credits

Doctrinal Studies

HD530 INTRODUCTION TO THEOLOGY Cuthrie

A course for beginning students to introduce them to the nature and
task of systematic theology, its language, structure, and relation to other
disciplines.

2 credits

HD531 THE THEOLOGY OF CALVIN Conzalez, Cuthrie, Kline

A seminar which concentrates on the Institutes. Each year a different
section will be studied and compared with the subsequent development
of Reform theology.

2 credits

HD536 THE THEOLOGY OF JONATHAN EDWARDS Kline

A study of major themes in the theology and preaching of Edwards.

3 credits

HD633 THE THEOLOGIES OF SCHLEIERMACHER AND

KIERKEGAARD Conzalez

A lecture course in which we will study the thought of these two major

19th century theologians. Special attention will be given to comparing

the structure of their theologies and to their influence on 20th century

thought.

Prerequisites: HD111-112 3 credits

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HD634 THE THEOLOGY OF KARL BARTH Guthrie

A seminar which studies intensively a section of the Church Dogmatics.
Prerequisites: HD231-232 2 credits

HD637 THE THEOLOGY OF PAUL TILLICH Kline

A study of one or more sections of Systematic Theology in the context
of classical Christian theology and contemporary theological thought.
Prerequisites: HD231-232 or permission of the instructor.

3 credits

HD639 THE THEOLOGY OF JURGEN MOLTMANN Guthrie

A seminar dealing with major themes in Moltmann's theology.
Prerequisites: HD231-232

2 credits

HD543 THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Guthrie

A study of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in classical and contemporary
theology to discover the place of the Spirit in the church's life today.

2 credits

HD546 THEOLOGY OF LITURGY Gonzalez

A lecture and discussion course on the doctrinal significance of liturgical
practice: the liturgical year, the sacraments, parts of worship, etc. Spec-
ial attention will be given to the interpretation of Biblical texts within the
liturgical setting in which they are to be employed.

3 credits

HD644 PREACHING AT THE OCCASION OF THE SACRAMENTS

Gonzalez
A seminar-workshop which will be concerned with the relationship of
preaching and the sacraments. Particular attention will be given to the
hermeneutical significance of the sacraments in Biblical interpretation,
as well as to the theological significance of preaching on sacramental
occasions.

2 credits

HD647 LIBERATION THEOLOGY Guthrie

A study of various theologies written from the perspective of people
who are oppressed and excluded. Special attention is given to theologies
coming from the "third world" and from blacks.
Prerequisites: HD231-232 2 credits

HD649 CONFESSIONAL LITERATURE OF THE REFORMED CHURCHES

Guthrie
A seminar making a comparative study of the Reformed Confessions of
the sixteenth, seventeenth, and twentieth centuries.
Prerequisites: HD231-232 4 credits

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Philosophical Studies

HD551 PHILOSOPHICAL INTRODUCTION Kline

A study of philosophical questions, terminology, and systems as they
relate to the theological formulations of the church.

2 credits

HD554 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION Kline

A study of classical and contemporary explorations of the nature of re-
ligion, religious knowledge, the existence and nature of God, and the
relation of God to the world.
Prerequisite: A basic course in philosophy 3 credits

HD652 THEOLOGY AND LANGUAGE Kline

An exploration of the nature of religious language and problems of

theological expression.

Prerequisites: HD231-232 2 or 4 credits

HD655 PROCESS PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY Kline

A study of the impact of Whitehead, Hartshorne, and evolutionary

thought on contemporary theological formulation.

Prerequisite: A course in modern philosophy or permission of instructor

3 credits
Mission and Ecumenics

HD561 SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL MISSION Davis

A seminar covering motives, methods, and issues in international mis-
sions, at home and overseas.

2 credits

HD562 CHRISTIAN MISSION AND ECONOMIC ETHICS Davis

An examination of the relationship between Christian Mission and eco-
nomic realities, including Biblical and historical perspectives on economic
issues, study of economic systems, and problems of Third World develop-
ment.

2 credits

HD664 CONTEMPORARY ROMAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGY Gonzalez

A view of recent developments in Roman Catholic theology based par-
ticularly upon the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the
writings of Karl Rahner.

Prerequisites: HD111-112

4 credits

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Ethics and Society

HD576 BIBLICAL ETHICS Bonkovsky

In whatever activities persons are involved, public or private (e.g. re-
ligion, politics, marriage, sex, economics, war), the commands of God
reach us. A study of Biblical Ethics thus centers on the authority they
bring to our lives and the directions in which we are led.
Prerequisites: Previous work in Bible and in Ethics

3 credits

HD671 ETHICS AND PARISH LIFE Bonkovsky

Numerous ethical questions arise in the contemporary parish. This course
focuses on several major issues and on the ways in which the Christian
community does ethics and ministry.
Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics 3 credits

HD672 ETHICS AND INTERNATIONAL POLICY Bonkovsky

Consideration of the ways in which nations and other international ac-
tors, such as churches and multi-national corporations, act, with special
attention to the values which do and may influence behavior.
Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics

3 credits

HD673 ETHICAL ISSUES IN CIVIL SOCIETY Bonkovsky

Utilization of Biblical, theoretical, and empirical data in consideration
of several important issues, such as economics, money, obligations,
amnesty, censorship, and pornography.
Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics 3 credits

HD674 BIO-MEDICAL AND SEXUAL ETHICS Bonkovsky

Christian teaching is brought to bear on certain selected issues, such as
abortion, genetic manipulation, death policy, and the sexual revolution.
Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics.

3 credits

HD675 ETHICS AND URBAN LIFE Bonkovsky

Consideration of ethical issues in the history and current life of Ameri-
can cities, especially Atlanta, Georgia. A central, organizing theme is the
relation of sub-sections of the city to the interests of the broader urban
community.
Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics and permission of the instructor

HD677 ANALYSIS FOR COMMUNITY MINISTRY Bonkovsky

Designed for D.Min. (in-ministry) and other advanced students, this
course concerns itself with the on-going interests of the students. Par-
ticular attention is paid to the theological and empirical methodology
involved in church and community and theology and society.

Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics

3 credits

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HD678 ETHICAL THINKERS Bonkovsky

A study of the writings of several recent ethicists with special attention
to their methods and sources in "doing ethics." Thinkers may include
Bonhoeffer, Brunner, Frankena, Gustafson, Haering, H. R. Niebuhr, and
Ramsey.

Prerequisite: Previous work in Ethics

3 credits

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, Gonzalez

Any term Up to 4 credits

HD693 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN THEOLOGY Guthrie, Kline

Any term Up to 4 credits

HD695 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PHILOSOPHY Kline

Any term Up to 4 credits

HD696 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MISSION AND ECUMENICS

Gonzalez

Any term Up to 4 credits

HD697 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN ETHICS Bonkovsky

Any term Up to 4 credits

PASTORAL AREA

FACULTY: Wade P. Huie, Jr. (chairperson), Oscar J. Hussel, Jasper N. Keith,
Thomas G. Long, Theron S. Nease, Harold B. Prince.

Required Courses for M.Div. and D.Min. (in-sequence)

Pill BECOMING A MINISTER TO PERSONS Staff

This course seeks to enable students to grow in their understanding of
persons and the nature of ministry. It provides a foundation for other
disciplines within the pastoral field. Topics considered are: the church's
ministry, personal development, and community life.
Fall 3 credits

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P121 THE MINISTRY OF TEACHING Hussel

An introduction to the teaching ministry of the church, including the
philosophy and structure of Christian education, and the place of edu-
cational work in the life of the congregation. Attention will be given to
the involvement of the pastor in education and the development of an
educational style of ministry.
Prerequisite: Pill
Spring 3 credits

P141 THE MINISTRY OF WORSHIP WITH PREACHING Huie, Long

A study of the ministry of public worship in its traditional and contem-
porary expressions with special concern for preaching as it relates to the
Biblical text, the congregation, and the preacher.
Prerequisite: Pill
Spring 3 credits

P231 THE MINISTRY OF PASTORAL CARE Nease

Anticipating a ministry to persons in normal and abnormal situations,
including gross crises, students will be exposed to persons in extreme
situations. Psychodynamic and theological investigations will accompany
the discussion of verbatim material reported. Each student is required to
take SM211 in conjunction with this course.
Prerequisite: Pill
Fall or Spring 2 credits

P221* PLANNING THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM OF THE

CONGREGATION Hussel

Beginning with the intentional nature of education, general models of

planning will be examined and applied for education locally. Diversity

of congregations, analysis of leadership needs, choosing curriculum,

support of teachers and evaluation in terms of the mission of the church

will be given special attention.

Prerequisite: P121

Fall 2 credits

P241* PRACTICUM IN WORSHIP AND PREACHING Huie, Long

Students prepare worship services in detail and develop as communica-
tors of the Gospel with the help of video and by preaching in a local
church before a group of lay people, peers, and the professor.
Prerequisite: P141
Fall and Spring 2 credits

*Students are required to take at least one of these two courses during
the B component and may take the other as an elective.

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P311(411)-312 CHURCH AND MINISTRY Staff

A consideration of the theory and practice of the church and its ministry
especially for ordained ministers in the PCUS in terms of the nature
of church and of ministry in context, polity, and leadership skills. Stu-
dents will be assigned to a congregation and make other observation
visits.

Prerequisites: SM210, HD231-32
Fall and Spring 3 credits each semester

Elective Courses

General

P513 PERSONS AND MINISTRY Nease

The issues of adulthood, vocation, parenting, and aging are studied as
these relate to ministry. The course builds on the foundation provided
by Pill and seeks to deepen understanding of ministry to persons in
their development.

Prerequisite: Pill

2 credits

P591 THE MINISTER'S LIBRARY Library Staff

How to select, catalogue, organize, maintain, and update the library re-
quired in current ministry. Also included is how to prepare a bibliography,
preservation of papers and artifacts, and how to select and operate media
equipment.

2 credits

s

Professor Catherine Gonzalez

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P612 PREACHING AND PASTORAL CONCERNS Huie, Nease

A seminar-laboratory to study pastoral situations such as guilt, conflict,
anxiety, grief, success, parenthood, old age, etc. as a background for
the preparation of written sermons which address people in these sit-
uations.
Prerequisites: P111, P141

3 credits

Christian Education

P522 BECOMING A SKILLED TEACHER Hussel

A workshop approach to learning such teacher skills as writing lesson
goals, developing a lesson plan including activities and resources selec-
tion classroom control and evaluation procedures.

2 credits

P527 ADULT EDUCATION IN THE CONGREGATION Hussel

A study of the adult and of adult education for participation in the life
and mission of the church and for the Christian life.
Prerequisites: P111, P121

3 credits

P621 IMPROVING TEACHER AND LEADER EFFECTIVENESS Hussel

The focus is on increasing the effectiveness of teaching in the congrega-
tion. The pastor's role in teacher and leader training, recruitment of
leaders, personal teaching skills development, evaluation of leader and
teacher development programs will be considered. A major ingredient
of the course is an INSTROTEACH workshop.
Prerequisite: P121

3 credits

P623 CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND THE CHILD Hussel

An exploration of the developmental needs of the growing child, the
place of the child in the congregation and its life, and the principles of
elementary curriculum organization, with observation and experience
in childhood and intergenerational teaching situations.
Prerequisites: P111, P121

3 credits

P625 YOUTH MINISTRY IN THE CHURCH Hussel

A seminar on the sociological and psychological basis for ministry with
youth and on the design of youth programs, including leadership and
educational resources.
Prerequisites: P111, P121 2 or 3 credits

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Pastoral Care and Counseling

P534 PASTORAL CARE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE Nease

This course focuses on current developments and issues in marriage
and family life as these relate to ministry. Various types of ministry to
marriage and family life will be explored. Particular attention will be
given to a theological understanding of marriage and family life.
Prerequisite: Pill

2 or 3 credits

P535 MARRIAGE ENRICHMENT Keith

A seminar for couples, discussing issues in contemporary Christian mar-
riage and engaging in enrichment experiences, in order to strengthen
the participants' marriages and prepare them for ministry to other mar-
riages. By invitation only.

2 credits

P630 PASTORAL CARE AND THE AGING PROCESS Nease

This course explores a variety of issues relating to the aging process and
older adults. Community resources for the care of the aged are identified.
Specific proposals for parish programs are developed. Throughout the
course, theological dimensions of the aging process are sought.
Prerequisites: P231, SM211 2 credits

P631 CONTEMPORARY DEVELOPMENTS IN PASTORAL CARE Nease
This course explores some of the newer modalities of helping persons
and examines their importance to the care of persons. In addition,
a survey of issues facing the pastoral care movement is undertaken.
Prerequisites: P231, SM211 3 credits

P632 RESEARCH IN PASTORAL COUNSELING Nease

The student will be expected to examine the literature in the field of
pastoral counseling and will spend some time on problems of research
in case studies. Primarily for graduate students in the field.

3 credits

P633 RESEARCH IN PASTORAL PSYCHOLOGY Nease

This is a course of directed study in the science of man with special
emphasis on psychological theories of personality. The work will be
patterned to meet the needs of graduate students pursuing major studies
in this field.

3 credits

P634 PASTORAL CARE OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE Nease

A study of current developments and issues in marriage and family life
as these relate to ministry. Particular attention will be given to a theo-
logical understanding of marriage and family life and to a variety of
ministries to families.

3 credits

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P635 THEOLOGY AND PASTORAL CARE Nease

This course seeks to understand basic theological issues as they are
demonstrated in actual pastoral care situations. The design of the study
is to begin to relate theological understanding to pastoral functioning.
Students will be asked to present for discussion pastoral situations
emerging from their experience.
Prerequisites: P111, P231 2 or 3 credits

P637 THEOLOGY OF HUMAN PERSONALITY Nease

The discussions and research of this course wil be devoted to a con-
sideration of the sciences of personality and a theological interpretation
of these sciences. This study is designed to give the student a compre-
hension of the psychodynamics of personality from both a scientific and
a theological understanding in order to equip him/her for a more ef-
fective ministry as a theologian, pastor, and preacher.
Prerequisites: Pill, P231 3 credits

P638 GRADUATE COUNSELING PRACTICUM Staff

Graduate students in the pastoral counseling program are admitted to
one of the several local pastoral counseling centers to work with per-
sons in trouble, referred primarily by pastors, under careful supervision.
For the completion of the graduate degree in pastoral counseling, it is
expected that a student will have sufficient supervision, in addition to
other requirements, to qualify for membership in the American Associa-
tion of Pastoral Counseling, Inc. Limited to students in the Th.M. in
Pastoral Counseling.

Prerequisite: Oral examination by an interdisciplinary group of pas-
tors, theological professors, psychiatrists, and supervisors. This group
meets once each term.

non-credit

P639 GROUP DYNAMICS AND PASTORAL COUNSELING Nease

This seminar includes specialized instruction in the field of group pro-
cesses and dynamics, plus individual care and staff participation. This
four-quarter sequence involves intensive study in various problems of
modern urban living. In addition to seminar discussion, observations
of individual and group counseling, it is expected that each student will,
under supervision, function as a group counselor.
Prerequisite: An intern year in clinical pastoral education. Limit: 4

3 credits
Worship

P544 HYMNS OF THE CHURCH

To enable the pastor to plan intelligent use of the Church's musical heri-
tage through an understanding of its historical development and effec-
tive practice. Attention is given to both texts and tunes of hymns as well
as to some of the choral and instrumental masterworks these have in-
spired.

2 credits

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P641 SPECIAL WORSHIP SERVICES Huie

A seminar-laboratory course in which we seek to understand the mean-
ing of special occasions for worship such as baptism, communion, fu-
nerals, weddings, etc., and learn creative and effective ways of leading
them.
Prerequisite: P141

2 or 4 credits

P648 REVITALIZING WORSHIP IN THE CONGREGATION

The principles and practices that lead to renewal and meaningful

Christian worship are explored in an effort to develop both creative and

critical approaches in the pastorate.

Prerequisite: P141

4 credits

Preaching

P652 VARIETY IN PREACHING Huie

A laboratory course in the approach to and preparation of a variety of
types of sermons such as communion, funeral, doctrinal, evangelistic,
biographical, multi-media.
Prerequisite: P141

2 or 3 credits

P653 STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF PREACHING

A study of highlights in the history and development of preaching from

the Old Testament to the present, observing its form, themes, and place

in the life of the Church.

Prerequisite: P141 2 or 3 credits

P655 CONTEMPORARY PREACHING Huie

A seminar that focuses on issues in contemporary preaching and on the
messages and methods of selected contemporary preachers. Class ses-
sions include presentations by a variety of local ministers.
Prerequisite: P141

3 credits

P657 PREACHING THROUGH THE CHRISTIAN YEAR
Consideration from Biblical, theological, and practical perspectives wor-
ship and preaching in Advent, Christmas, Epiphany, Lent (with special
reference to Holy Week) through Trinity, and on secular festival oc-
casions.

2 credits

Communication

P560 THE MINISTER AS A SPEAKER

A study of the principles of healthy and effective vocal expression and

the application of these to speech in pulpit, committee meeting, and

conference.

3 credits

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P662 STUDIES IN COMMUNICATION THEORY AND PREACHING
To investigate the relationship of rhetorical theory to preaching through
the works of such representative theorists as Aristotle, Augustine, George
Campbell and Kenneth Burke.
Prerequisite: P141 and permission of the instructor 4 credits

Evangelism

P571 EVANGELISM

This course studies the theological basis for evangelism, a comprehen-
sive program for commitment, and ways to enable the laity to support
the outreach of the Church.

2 credits

P572 A PASTOR'S PROGRAM OF EVANGELISM

The course seeks to explore the meaning, the message, the motive and
the methods of evangelism. A special emphasis is placed on the pastor's
role in enabling the people of his parish to develop a viable program
of outreach and witness.

2 credits

Church Administration

P582 CHURCH ADMINISTRATION

Beginning with an analysis of personal administrative style, skills in
management, such as planning, problem-solving, organizing and evalua-
ting, are developed and organizational development principles will be
identified and implemented. Also taught at an advanced level as P682.

2 credits

P583 MULTIPLE MINISTRY AND STAFF

An investigation of the meaning and forms of multiple ministry, situa-
tions in which it is taking place, factors in good staff relationships and
their implementation, and personnel administration.

2 credits

P681 LEADERSHIP IN THE CHURCH

A course to develop an understanding of leadership as the process of
working with persons, both individually and in groups, to aid the church
in its task and mission.

2 credits
Independent Studies

The following courses are designed for students who are interested in
further study beyond the regular course offerings in the Pastoral Area.
Permission of the instructor is required.

P691 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN MINISTRY Keith

Any term Up to 4 credits

P692 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN CHRISTIAN EDUCATION Hussel

Any term Up to 4 credits

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P693 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PASTORAL THEOLOGY

AND COUNSELING Nease

Any term Up to 4 credits

P694 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN WORSHIP Huie or Long

Any term Up to 4 credits

P695 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN PREACHING Huie or Long

Any term Up to 4 credits

P696 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN SPEECH AND COMMUNICATIONS
Any term Up to 4 credits

P697 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN EVANGELISM

Any term Up to 4 credits

P698 INDEPENDENT STUDY IN POLITY AND CHURCH

ADMINISTRATION
Any term Up to 4 credits

INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSES

Required Courses for M.Div. and D. Min. (in-sequence)

1342(442) THEOLOGY AND PREACHING Staff

An integrative course to enable students to understand the exegetical,
theological, and contextual personal and social dimensions of the
act of preaching and to practice these skills.
Summer 2 credits

1402 EVALUATION AND PROJECTION OF MINISTRY

DEVELOPMENT Keith, Hussel

At the conclusion of the intern year, D.Min. (in-sequence) students evalu-
ate their intern experience in terms of personal growth, professional
behavior, and development of skills; integrate emerging understandings
of the form and nature of ministry into a theory of ministry, and prepare
a plan for future development in ministry.
Summer 2 credits

1411-412-413 DOCTORAL PROJECT SEMINAR Hussel

This seminar for D.Min. (in-sequence) candidates includes development
of a project proposal and securing of a project committee and research
and writing of the dissertation. As necessary, research methods and dis-
sertation format are included.
Prerequisites: SM41 1-41 2-41 3-41 4

Summer 2 credits

Fall 2 credits

Winter 4 credits

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1414 ADVANCED SEMINAR IN MINISTRY Staff

This seminar for D.Min. (in-sequence) candidates focuses on a final
assessment for ministry and includes consideration of issues in ministry
desired by the students.
Spring 2 credits

1421 INTERPRETING THE PARABLES IN THE PARISH Nickle, Long

A special course for D.Min. (in-sequence) students, offered in 1979. The
goal is to gain an understanding of the history of parables interpretation
and to explore ways of preaching and teaching the parables in relation-
ship to particular parish situations.
Winter 2 credits

Elective Courses

1601 FROM TEXT TO SERMON Huie and Ormond

A laboratory course using one particular book of the Bible where stu-
dents work from particular texts to written sermons.
Prerequisite: P141 3 credits

SUPERVISED MINISTRY

Required Courses for M.Div. and D. Min. (in-sequence)

SM210 SUPERVISED MINISTRY: PARISH

This educational program is designed to provide experiential, relational,
inductive learning in the practice of ministry in, to, with, and through
the church under the supervision of an experienced Minister of the
Word. Supervising pastors and teaching congregations are chosen on the
basis of their commitment to participate in the professional education
of the ministry as well as the opportunities for learning afforded by their
setting and context for ministry. The student is expected to be involved
in broad dimension of ministry including preaching, program, adminis-
tration, and pastoral care. Supervisors and placements are approved by
the Director of Supervised Ministry and the First Professional Degree
Committee.
Summer 6 credits

SM211 SUPERVISED MINISTRY: HOSPITAL

This course, taken in conjunction with P231 during the B Component
includes an intensive involvement in ministry to persons in a clinical
setting together with seminars to reflect on the nature of that involve-
ment. Supervision and placement are provided through accredited CPE
Centers in the metropolitan Atlanta area.
Fall or Spring 3 credits

SM311 SUPERVISED MINISTRY: COMMUNITY

This course, taken during the C Component, involves supervised work in

an urban agency, with appropriate reading and reflection seminars.

Supervision and placements are arranged through the Urban Training

Organization of Atlanta.

Fall or Spring 2 credits

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SM41 1-41 2-41 3-41 4 SUPERVISED MINISTRY: INTERN YEAR
A twelve- mo nth period of supervised ministry in a setting consistent
with the student's vocational goals and approved by the Director of
Supervised Ministry is required of all candidates for the D.Min. (in-
sequence) degree. The essential purpose of this internship is minister-
formation under competent supervision. Supervisors and contexts of
learning are chosen on the basis of commitments to and opportunities
for a student's learning the work of ministry. An additional academic
component is also required. It is further expected that the Biblical, his-
torical-doctrinal, and pastoral concepts of ministry will be integrated with
the practice of ministry engaged in during the internship.
Twelve-month period 20 credits

Elective Courses

SM610 CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION

Columbia Theological Seminary is a member of the Association for

Clinical Pastoral Education. A student may participate in a unit of Basic

CPE in those institutions accredited by ACPE. Placements are coordinated

by the Director of Supervised Ministry.

Any term, usually Summer 6 credits*

SM61 1-61 2-61 3-61 4 CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION: INTERNSHIP
Students may participate in units of Advanced CPE in institutions ac-
credited by ACPE. Placements are coordinated by the Director of Super-
vised Ministry.

Twelve-month period 20 credits*

(non-credit for Th.M. students)

SM615 SUPERVISED URBAN CLINICAL

Through the Urban Training Organization of Atlanta, students negotiate

work placements and serve under both field supervisors and supervisors

from the staff of UTOA. Learning contracts with UTOA are coordinated

through the Director of Supervised Ministry.

Any term, usually Summer 6 credits*

SM61 6-61 7-61 8-61 9 SUPERVISED URBAN INTERN YEAR
An intern year negotiated with the Urban Training Organization of Atlanta
may be coordinated through the Director of Supervised Ministry.
Twelve-month period 20 credits*

SM620 SUPERVISED PARISH CLINICAL

A student may take this course after the completion of the B component
upon the recommendation of the faculty. Experience in the parish min-
istry under supervision in order to facilitate the integration of the B com-
ponent will be the focus of this course.

6 credits*

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SM621 -622-623-624 SUPERVISED PARISH INTERNSHIP
Students participate in a parish internship that is structured through the
Office of Supervised Ministry. The purpose of this internship is minister-
formation and the focus will be the integration of the areas of the cur-
riculum with the general practice of ministry in the parish.

20 credits*

The credit requirements for the M.Div. degree cannot be reduced by
more than six (6) credits for these SM electives, but up to six credits may
be applied to the undesignated elective category.

S.T.D. AND D.MIN. (IN-MINISTRY) COURSES

The S.T.D. and D.Min. (in-ministry) programs consist 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 Candler School of Theology and the Interdenominational Theo-
logical Center, are open to students in these programs. The following
list includes other courses specifically developed for the S.T.D. and
D.Min. (in-ministry) programs.

ATA401 SEMINAR ON MINISTRY

Basic seminar on ministry theory and career analysis required of all

D.Min. (in-ministry) students 6 credits

ATA462 THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN PASTORAL COUNSELING
Modern history of pastoral counseling, its roots in theology, psycho-
analysis, existential and humanistic psychology.

3 credits

ATA471 SEMINAR IN PERSONALITY THEORY

Contemporary personality theories are reviewed to assess their rele-
vancies for pastoral counseling. First term of S.T.D. in Pastoral Counseling
Core Seminar.

3 credits

ATA473 DIAGNOSIS AND CHANGE

The process of evaluation and change are considered from both pastoral
and psychological perspectives. Second term of S.T.D. in Pastoral Coun-
seling Core Seminar.

3 credits

ATA475 PASTORAL THEOLOGICAL METHOD

Seeks to develop a pastoral theology consistent with both systematic
theology and pastoral practice. Third term of S.T.D. in Pastoral Counsel-
ing Core Seminar.

3 credits

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ATA477 SEMINAR ON PASTORAL SUPERVISION

Provides doctoral students in pastoral counseling and general ministry
experience of pastoral supervision under supervision. Acquaints the
student with the expanding literature on supervision from a variety of
disciplines.

3 credits

ATA485 COUNSELING PRACTICUM

In each term the student engages in from two to four hours of coun-
seling 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 24 quarter hours or 18
semester credits).

6 credits

ATA 489 DIRECTED STUDY

For D.Min. and S.T.D. use.

Credit as assigned

ATA490-492-494 S.T.D. DOCTORAL PROJECT

Each term 4 credits;
maximum of 12 credits

ATA496 DOCTORAL PROJECT

For D.Min. (in-ministry) use.

6 credits

ATA498 LIBRARY USE

No credit

ATA499 DOCTORAL PROJECT SUPERVISION

For S.T.D. students who have previously registered for the maximum
number of credit hours allowed for the doctoral project.

No credit

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ACADEMIC NOTES

SCHEDULE

In September 1977 Columbia began to operate on the semester
system. The academic year is composed of two long semesters of
fourteen weeks and a short January term of four weeks. 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 for graduate students and ministers interested in continuing
education. The sequential nature of the curriculum for first degree
students makes it essential that they begin their work only with the
summer course in beginning Greek or with the fall term.

INTRODUCTORY TERM

An orientation program is required of all entering students 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. Tests are ad-
ministered to help students identify and understand particular strengths
and deficiencies of preparation for theological instruction. This program
is without extra expense to the students, except for a charge for board
and housing.

Returning students are also required to participate in the introduc-
tory term, including a de-briefing of the summer supervised ministry or
intern program, a discussion of procedures for receiving a call to a
congregation, presbytery relationships, and the like.

CREDIT VALUATION AND COURSE LOAD

While the educational progress of the student cannot be ultimately
measured 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 cer-
tain supervised ministry and clinical programs whose work investment
is determined by the contract for the particular course. The satisfactory
completion of a course, however, is determined not by time invested
but goals and objectives achieved.

Each student is urged to consult with his or her faculty adviser before
registering for courses. The maximum number of credits a student in the
basic degree program may take in the fourteen week terms is 16, unless
he or she has a B average in which case he or she may take no more
than 17. In the four-week January term a student may register for no
more than four credits.

The M.Div. degree normally requires three full academic years in
residence, plus a summer term for SM210. The D.Min. (in-sequence)
degree normally requires three full academic years in residence, a sum-
mer term for SM210, and a twelve month internship in a ministry setting.

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GRADING

At the close of each term grades are given according to the following
system. A grade report is sent to each student and his or her presbytery.
For A through E component students, special and M.T.S. students:

A 3.0 Exceptional work, showing creativity, mastery of the

material, and skill in organizing and expressing ideas.
A 2.7 Outstanding work, showing creativity, mastery of the
material, or organization and expression as well as
above superior in other respects.
B+ 2.3 Superior work, showing creativity, mastery of the ma-
terial and organization and expression but not ex-
ceptional or outstanding in any of these.
B 2.0 Superior work, showing creativity, mastery of the ma-

terial or organization and expression as well as no
deficiencies in any other respect.
B 1.7 Above standard work, showing mastery of the material
and organization and expression.
Slightly above graduation standard.
Requirement has been adequately fulfilled.
Below graduation standard.

Serious deficiencies in mastery of the material or or-
ganization and expression or cumulative deficiencies
in both.
F 1.0 Unacceptable work.

An E is given when a portion of the course requirements such as
a major paper, an examination or a project are 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.

C and E component students during their final component 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.

D component students receive H/S/U for 1411, 412 and 413.
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 recommen-
dation for graduation
U unsatisfactory, for work which represents insufficient

mastery of the content of the course to merit recom-
mendation for graduation

ForTh.M., S.T.D., and D.Min. (in ministry) students:
A excellent, 3 quality points per credit

B good, 2 quality points per credit

C passing, 1 quality point per credit

F failure, minus 1 quality point per credit

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Any student who fails to make a C average any term except the first
places himself/herself on probation for the next term, and if he/she fails
to bring his/her average up during that term, he/she will be dropped as
a student. In the event the student's overall average is C or better, he/she
will be permitted to remain as a student for another term on probation.

A U may be remedied by (1) further work on the course, (2) re-
peating the course, (3) taking an elective course relating to the area of
deficiency. A U given for unexcused late work shall normally require
additional work. Any student whose work is unsatisfactory will be placed
on probation, and if he/she fails to show improvement in the next term
he/she will be dropped as a student.

Two temporary notations may be given in certain cases. "In-Progress"
(IP) is used for courses which by design stretch for 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 Students. Further provisions
for the 'Incomplete" can be found in the Digest of Rules and Regula-
tions. Neither temporary notation carries credit.

GRADUATION HONORS

M.Div. degree students who have earned at least a 2.60 grade point
average on course work will, with the approval of the faculty, be awarded
the degree "with distinction."

ATTENDANCE

Each professor has the responsibility of setting attendance require-
ments for classes according to the nature of the course. All professors
make known their requirements on the first day of class and notify the
Dean of Students when, in their judgment, any student fails to meet
these requirements.

SENIOR WORSHIP

Graduating students in the C and E components are required to lead
worship and preach for the community ordinarily on Monday evenings.
The experience is evaluated by a group of students and faculty. Students
in the A component give written response to a required number of ser-
vices as preparation for their work in P141.

FLEXIBILITY

Students who have strong backgrounds in certain particular fields of
the curriculum, or who demonstrate unusual proficiency in their work,
are given opportunities for special placement or for independent work.
Requests for flexibility in a student's program should be made to the
Dean of Academic Affairs. Two opportunities for flexibility are available.

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1. Students may be permitted advanced placement in the A and B
components 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.

2. Academically qualified students may be permitted to engage in
independent study as a route to the establishment of competence in a
required course.

INDEPENDENT RESEARCH

Students are encouraged to design and pursue their own program of
independent research as a part of the elective offerings. Contracts may
be drawn up with faculty members teaching in the area of the student's
interest for reading courses and research projects. The nature and ex-
tent of the work projected and completed determine the amount of
credit given. Such courses provide students the opportunity to investi-
gate areas of specialized interest in which no regular electives are
offered.

ORDINATION EXAMS

Students who become candidates for ordination in the Presbyterian
Church U.S. are required to take written examinations administered
either by the presbytery under which the student is a candidate or the
presbytery in which he or she expects to accept a call. The written exams
are in the areas of Bible, theology, the sacraments, and Church polity.
There is ample opportunity within the regular seminary curriculum to
take course work preparatory to the exams. Students are urged to take
the examinations at the completion of the C or E Component.

SUMMER GREEK SCHOOL

Entering students in the first professional degree program are required
to have a reading knowledge of New Testament Greek. For those stu-
dents who are not prepared in Greek the seminary offers a non-credit
course, B021, during the summer. The course runs for an eight-week
period and meets each morning, Monday through Friday, for two hours.
Students wishing to transfer the course to another institution where
New Testament Greek is accepted for credit can receive six semester
credits for the course. Students not having successfully completed two
years of Greek in college and who cannot attend the summer course
may apply through the Dean of Academic Affairs to take a qualifying
exam.

Textbooks for Summer Greek School will be the Greek New Testa-
ment and Machen's New Testament Greek for Beginners, both of which
are available from the Columbia Bookstore at a discount.

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SUMMER SESSION

The Summer Session, a four week period in July and August, is meant
to provide usual and unusual educational opportunities, combining the
faculty with invited instructors whose special skills are particularly useful
to practicing ministers.

Purposes

to offer credit courses for D.Min. (in-ministry) students

to provide opportunities for practicing pastors and other ministers
to engage in continuing education aimed at further development of
professional skills

to assist ministers in assessing their professional skills

to provide laity with opportunities for development of skills needed
in their work in church and world

to allow ministers and students to take basic and advanced degree
courses

to provide clergy and laity with opportunities to understand the
concerns and priorities before the PCUS

Most courses will take into account the concerns of practicing pro-
fessionals rather than the needs of students preparing for practice of
ministry. Discussions, workshops, analysis, projects and learning by ex-
ploration will be normative.

For further information write to the Director of the Summer Session.

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Warner Durnell, Mac Spann, Dan Holloway, Anna Case Winters
1978 Graduate Award Winners

MASTER OF DIVINITY AND DOCTOR OF MINISTRY
(IN-SEQUENCE) PROGRAMS

A COMPONENT

Summer

B021

Essentials of Greek non-credit

(or at least two years of
Greek in college or passing
the Columbia Greek
Comprehensive exam)

Winter

HD112 Modern Church
HD113 Hist, of Church in U.S.

Fall

B151

HD111

P111

Credits

Pauline Literature* 5

Church through Reformation 5

Becoming a Minister 3

Elective 2

15

Spring

B152

Synoptic Gospels

5

HD171

Context of Ministry

2

P121

Min. of Teaching

3

P141

Worship with Preaching

3

Elective

2

*A reading knowledge of Greek is a prerequisite.

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B COMPONENT

Summer

SM210 Parish Ministry

Credits
6

Winter

B221

Essentials of Hebrew

Fall

B241
HD231
P231
SM211
P221 or

Survey of OT

Reformed Theology

Min. of Pastoral Care

Hospital*

241 requirements**

Electives

Credits

3

4

2

3

2

1-8

"""15

Spring

B231
or

B232
HD232
HD271
P231
SM211

Exegesis of Psalms

Exegesis of Isaiah 1-12
Reformed Theology
Christian Ethics
Min. of Pastoral Care
Hospital
P221 or 241 Requirement
Electives

Credits
3
or
3
2
3
2
3
2
0-7
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SM211 and P231 must be taken the same term either fall or spring.

**Either P221 (Church Education Planning) or P241 (Preaching Workshop) must be taken in the
B Component. Both may be taken.

PROFESSIONAL ASSESSMENT

Following the completion of the A and B Components a Professional Assessment is held
for each student. The results are further work at the B Component level, or admission to
candidacy for the M.Div. degree and the C Component, or admission to candidacy for the
D.Min. (in sequence) degree and the D/E Components.

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For Completion of M.Div. Degree

C COMPONENT

Fall

Credits

Winter

Credits

B371

Biblical Theology

3

Electives

4

P311

Church and Ministry

3

I342

Theology and Preaching**

2

Spring

Credits

SM311

Community

2

HD331

Contemporary Theology

3

Electives

4-6

P312
I342

Church and Ministry
Theology and Preaching

3

14

2

Electives

6-8

Taken either Fall or Spring.

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The M.Div. requires 106 credits, including at least 5 elective credits in each of the 3 areas
of the curriculum. ,f

For Completion of D.Min. Degree

D COMPONENT

SM411 Internship (12 months)
A required academic course

(on campus during Winter Term)
I402 Evaluation of Ministry

(on campus during the summer)
1411 Doctoral Project Seminar

(on campus during the summer)

Credits
20

3

2

2
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E COMPONENT

Fall

B471
P411
1412
I442

Biblical Theology
Church Ministry
Project Seminar
Theology and Preaching*
Electives

Credits

3

3

2

2

2-4

~^2

Winter

1413

Spring

HD431
1414
1 442

Project Seminar

Credits
4

Credits
Contemporary Theology 3

Seminar in Ministry 2

Theology and Preaching 2

Electives 8-10

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"Taken either in the Fall or Spring

The D.Min. (in-sequence) requires 132 credits, including at least 5 elective credits in each
of the 3 areas of the curriculum.

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GENERAL EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION

THE JOHN BULOW CAMPBELL LIBRARY

The Library, an integral part of the teaching program, seeks to extend
the work of the classroom in breadth and depth, to provide for student
and faculty research, and to stimulate reading beyond course require-
ments. The collection numbers more than 79,000 volumes: books, bound
periodicals, church court records, as well as tapes and cassettes. The
library is a well-balanced selection of older and more modern critical
works. Reformation sources include the Calvin and Melanchthon sec-
tions of the Corpus Reformatorum and the Weimar edition of Luther.

ATLANTA THEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Through the Atlanta Theological Association, Columbia enjoys aca-
demic and professsional affiliations with Candler School of Theology,
Erskine Theological Seminary, and Interdeminominational Theological
Center, and with the Georgia Association for Pastoral Care and the
Urban Training Organization of Atlanta. The Association develops and
coordinates educational programs and resources of these member insti-
tutions, which include approximately 800 students, 85 faculty, and
600,000 volumes. (Students and scholars also have access to the holdings
of sixteen libraries in the Atlanta-Athens area which comprise the Uni-
versity Center in Georgia.) Among significant and promising cooperative
endeavors are, in addition to the Doctor of Sacred Theology and Doctor
of Ministry (in-ministry) degree programs, cross registration, sharing of
faculty, library and lectureship resources, interseminary courses and ex-
perimental programs in various academic disciplines and professional
specializations.

LECTURES

Each year two significant lectureships are sponsored at Columbia.
One is the Thomas Smyth Foundation Lectures, begun through a bequest
of the Rev. Thomas Smyth, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of
Charleston, S. C. from 1831 to 1873. Since 1911 distinguished scholars
from the United States and abroad have presented lectures on a variety
of themes and issues. Recent Smyth Lecturers have been Dr. Jaroslav
Pelikan, Dr. Austin C. Lovelace, and Dr. Krister Stendahl.

Another series, the Alumni/ae Lectures, brings to the campus theo-
logians and ministers who address the seminary community, graduates,
and interested pastors during the annual Columbia Forum. Recent speak-
ers have been Dr. Wallace M. Alston, Jr., Dr. John H. Leith, and Dr. Ralph
Winter.

AWARDS AND PRIZES

Through the gifts of alumni and friends of the seminary several
prizes and awards have been established to recognize outstanding aca-
demic achievements by first professional degree students.

The Wilds Book Prize, initially established by Louis T. Wilds of
Columbia, South Carolina, provides a cash award to the graduating
student selected by the faculty for the highest distinction in his or her
academic work over the entire seminary program.

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The Lyman and Myki Mobley Prize in Biblical Scholarship has been
established in memory of Donald Lyman Mobley (CTS, 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 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 an-
nually 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 schol-
arship and relevance to the needs of Christian people in the contempo-
rary world. Special attention is given to the 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 minis-
ter's wife. It is awarded to the student writing the best paper on the
creative use of music in worship.

Two Abdullah Awards are given 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 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.

GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS

The Seminary awards each year one or more fellowships to outstand-
ing graduates completing the M.Div. or D.Min. (in-sequence) 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 toward an accredited
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
generous legacy left to Columbia Theological Seminary by the late Mrs.
Fannie Jordan Bryan of Columbia, South Carolina. The Alumni/ae Fellow-
ships 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, S.C., in memory of his mother.

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CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION

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

RADIO AND TELEVISION

On its own campus Columbia has video taping facilities. Video tap-
ing is used in a variety of ways in classroom instruction and in preaching
practicums. Columbia's facilities also allow limited work in experimen-
tation with television production.

NATIONAL CAPITAL SEMESTER FOR SEMINARIANS

Columbia Seminary is a participating institution in the National
Capital Semester for Seminarians, organized by Wesley Theological Semi-
nary, Washington, D. C. 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, super-
vised study, and the opportunity to elect other courses in Washington
institutions. For detailed information, see the Dean of Academic Affairs.

ALUMNI/AE ASSOCIATION

Columbia's alumni/ae hold their annual meeting in late January on
the Seminary campus during the Columbia Forum. Stimulating presenta-
tions on ministry are offered, classes hold yearly reunions, the Alumni/ae
Council and officers are elected and retiring professors are honored.

CONTINUING EDUCATION

In addition to the summer session and special courses in the January
term, several workshops and seminars are held each year as continuing
education offerings for ministers. These events, ordinarily non-credit,
provide opportunities for both academic and professional growth. At
any time in the year when space is available ministers can come to the
Seminary for independent study. Library facilities can be arranged for
research, and consultation with faculty is encouraged.

COLUMBIA FRIENDSHIP CIRCLE

Columbia Friendship Circle (CFC) is an association of more than
5,000 women throughout the PCUS 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 by supporting a particular project. During the past
several years CFC has raised over $25,000 each year to support such
projects as Scholarship Aid for students and Columbia Fellowships.

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STUDENT INFORMATION

FINANCIAL INFORMATION (Effective July 1, 1979)

The approximate cost for educating each student for a year is $6,500.
However, synods' benevolence gifts, gifts from churches, friends, and
alumni/ae, and income from endowed funds make possible the following
expenses which are charged to students:
TUITION

Per term credit $ 76.00

Ten credits or more per term 760.00

Summer language School - Greek 350.00

Adult Fee per term credit 38.00
D. Min. Program Fee (payable after completion of 10 semester hrs.) 500.00
BOARD

Fall term 400.00

Winter term 135.00

Spring term 420.00

Summer Language School 218.00

ROOM

Single student, single room, fall or spring term 260.00

Single student, single room, winter term 70.00

Single* student, single room, Summer Language School 130.00

Suite, fall or spring term 350.00

Suite, winter term 90.00

Suite, Summer Language School 150.00
OTHER HOUSING

Efficiency Units, Florida Hall, etc. Monthly 130.00

Apartments: 4 bedroom 175.00

3 bedroom 162.00 & 125.00

3 bedroom (new) 200.00

2 bedroom 150.00 & 114.00

2 bedroom (new) 185.00

1 bedroom 103.00
SUPERVISED MINISTRY FEES

SM 210 and SM 210-C, per summer 250.00

SM 211, per semester 75.00

SM 311, per semester 50.00

SM 411-414, per twelve-month period 1,000.00

SM 610, SM 615, per semester 350.00

SM 611-614, per twelve-month period 1,000.00

SM 616-619, per twelve-month period 1,000.00

OTHER FEES

Diploma 25.00

Thesis Binding, per copy 8.00

Application Fee (unclassified application $10) 25.00

ST. D. Continuation/Library Use Fee, per year 150.00
All fees are payable on the first day of the term, or during the term
by special arrangement only. Fees listed for room and board are subject
to change.

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OTHER EXPENSES

Each student Is required to have some form of hospitalization insur-
ance acceptable to the faculty. Students may purchase the group insur-
ance which is normally offered to the student body or they may purchase
insurance through other sources.

The amount of money needed for books, travel, recreation and inci-
dental expenses will vary according to the habits of the student. A book-
store is operated on campus and students receive discounts on pur-
chases made there.

REFUND POLICY

During the fall term students withdrawing from seminary before
the end of the first week of classes qualify for full credit on tuition fees.
Students withdrawing from seminary before the end of the fifth week of
classes in the fall or spring terms, or before the end of the first week
of classes in the winter term, qualify for one-half credit on tuition fees.
No refunds, or credits are made on room charges.

HOUSING
Unmarried Students

Dormitory housing is available for unmarried students. Most of the
rooms are for single occupancy, many of them have connecting baths.
All rooms are fully furnished with the exception of linens. Laundry
facilities are provided.

Married Students Without Children

Suites of two rooms with private bath are available for married stu-
dents without children. These suites are fully furnished with the ex-
ception of linens. Laundry facilities are provided. There are no facilities
for cooking.

Married Students With Children

One, two, and three bedroom unfurnished apartments are available
for married students with children. The rent for these apartments is from
$103 to $200 per month depending on the size of the apartment. Appli-
cations for apartments should be made as early as possible following ac-
ceptance.

All inquiries for housing should be directed to the Business Office.

COLUMBIA FELLOWSHIPS

Qualified men and women planning to attend seminary or seeking to
explore the possibility of entering the ministry may apply for a Columbia
Fellowship for study at Columbia Theological Seminary. These fellow-
ships are for persons who have shown significant academic and leader-

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ship abilities during their undergraduate study. The fellowships are for
one academic year only.

To be eligible applicants must be citizens of the United States or
Canada. They must have received a bachelor's degree not more than
three years prior to the application or have academic standing as a gradu-
ating senior. The fellowships will be awarded to persons having high aca-
demic achievement and leadership abilities. A personal interview is re-
quired.

All recipients are required to enroll full-time for one academic year
at Columbia Seminary.

Up to five awards will be made for full room, board, tuition and fees.
If a recipient receives another scholarship an appropriate adjustment will
be made in the stipend of the Columbia Fellowship.

Application for a Columbia Fellowship is made through the Office of
Admissions at Columbia Seminary. Selection is made by the Columbia
Seminary faculty on the recommendation of the Selection Committee.
Applications must be received no later than March 15. Announcement
of the awards will be made on April 15.

All those applying for a Columbia Fellowship will automatically be
considered for regular admission and financial aid if they are not awarded
a Fellowship.

THE COLUMBIA BOOKSTORE

The Seminary Bookstore, located in the Student Center, provides
books, materials, and supplies at a 10% discount for students to begin
collecting for their own theological library and for persons working
toward advance degrees to continue that process. The Bookstore also
serves pastors, laypersons, and churches all over the Southeast. Its inven-
tory includes a wide selection of standard and current books in the His-
torical-Doctrinal Area, the Pastoral Area, and in Bible and Homelitics,
including many commentaries on the Old and New Testament and many
on worship and liturgy.

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

Columbia Seminary offers financial assistance to many students each
year. This assistance is available to first professional degree students
and is based upon need.

Students applying for financial assistance complete a form giving their
estimated income and expenses. The estimated expenses are figured
according to norms establishd by a Columbia Seminary student-faculty
committee. After financial need is calculated, aid is provided in the form
of work scholarships and grants. Most students who come to Columbia
Seminary without a large indebtedness find that they can complete their
Seminary education without crippling financial worries.

Financial aid awarded for the 1978-79 academic year ranged from
$200 to $3050 depending upon need and family size. Maximum grants

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were $1900 for single students, $2300 for married students without
children, and $3050 for married students with three or more children.

Students interested in more detailed information about the financial
assistance offered by Columbia Seminary should request from the Dean
of Students' Office the "Columbia Theological Seminary Memorandum
on Financial Aid/' following acceptance.

Veterans Administration Benefits

Certification for V. A. benefits is handled through the Office of the
Dean of Students.

Robbie McBride and Dean of Students, Erskine Clarke

William Pender and Oscar Hussel, Dean of Academic Affairs

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STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES

Student Co-ordinating Council

The Student Co-ordinating Council was established to initiate discus-
sion and decisions within the student body, to respond to the needs of
the student community, and to co-ordinate student and community ac-
tivities. It represents the interests of the entire seminary community, i.e.,
students on and off campus, families of students, and all members of
the seminary community.

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 student
body and throughout the Church. The society regularly brings outstand-
ing speakers before the student body and for years sponsored a Mis-
sions Conference at Rock Eagle, Georgia. Through the work of the
society a number of students have responded to the challenge of in-
ternational missions.

Society for Theological Scholarship

This society was established for the purpose of encouraging in every
student the highest possible scholarship in all departments of instruc-
tion. Membership is open to all students and faculty on a voluntary basis.
Lectures, informal discussions with visiting lecturers, symposia by mem-
ber of the faculty, and other meetings are sponsored in the interest of
Christian scholarship.

Women of Columbia

This organization is for all the women of the Columbia Community.
Women students, wives of male students, faculty wives, and other wo-
men in the community meet together for study and the sharing of mu-
tual concerns and interests. The Women of Columbia sponsor a number
of events for the whole community as well as special programs of par-
ticular interest to women.

Student Supply Preaching

Columbia Seminary, through the Office of the Dean of Students,
works with Presbyteries and 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.

PLEDGE

Students entering Columbia Theological Seminary are required by the
Seminary's Plan of Government to take the pledge given below. This
pledge was first taken by students at Princeton Seminary around 1817
and continues in use today in most Presbyterian Seminaries.

The language in many ways is archaic, but it still points to the basic

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responsibilities of a student. The way in which the pledge is interpreted
at Columbia Seminary can be seen by reference to the mimeographed
"Digest of Information and Regulations/'

Deeply impressed with the importance of improving in knowl-
edge, piety, and prudence, preparatory to the Gospel Ministry, I
solemnly promise, in reliance on Divine grace, that I will faithfully
and diligently attend all the assigned instructions of this Seminary,
and that I will conscientiously and vigilantly observe all the rules
and regulations specified in the Plan of Government, obey all law-
ful requisitions, and readily yield to all the wholesome admoni-
tions of the President and Professors of the Seminary while I con-
tinue a student in it.

COMMUNITY WORSHIP

The seminary community gathers for worship every day of regular
classes to express its thanksgiving for and need of God's grace in the
church and in the world.

Student Coordinating Council

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ADMINISTRATION

J. Davison Philips, Ph.D President

Secretary to the President: Peggy M. Rowland

Oscar J. Hussel, Ed.D Dean of Academic Affairs

Secretary: Margaret C. Cogswell

James DuPre Newsome, Jr., Ph.D Director of Advanced Studies

Secretary: Barbara C. Cheney

jasper N. Keith, S.T.D Associate Professor of Supervised Ministry

Secretary: Ann A. Titshaw

T. Erskine Clarke, Th.D Dean of Students

Secretary: Betty W. Davis

F. Sidney Anderson, Th.M Business Manager and Treasurer

Secretary and Financial Officer: Betty M. Cason
Bookkeeper: Margaret M. McDonald
Receptionist: Betty P. Stringer

A. Cecil Moore, Jr., B.D Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds

Marie Alexander Food Service Manager

Carlisle C. Harvard, B.A Bookstore Manager

Harold B. Prince, M.A., M.L Professor of Bibliography

Lillian M. Taylor, Ed.S Director of Library Operations

Assistant Librarian: Esther C. H. Hung
Library Assistant: Ann M. Taylor

Richard A. Dodds, Th.M Director of Seminary Relations

Secretary: Mildred G. Berry
Secretary: Elizabeth B. Burgess
Secretary: Betty K. Dodds

Harry H. Barrow, M.Div Associate Director of Seminary Relations

and Director of Admissions
Secretary: Virginia B. Lancaster

Department of Pastoral Care
Administrative Assistant: Elsie D. Urie

Atlanta Theological Association

Administrative Assistant: Suanne B. SauerBrun

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F. Sidney Anderson, Th.M .

Business Manager and

Treasurer

Richard A. Dodds, Th.M.

Director of

Seminary Relations

Harry H. Barrow, M.Div.

Associate Director

of Seminary Relations

Director of Admissions

Lillian Taylor, Ed.S.

Director of Library

Operations

> :

Cecil Moore, B.D.

Superintendent

Buildings and Grounds

Carlisle C. Harvard, B.A .
Bookstore Manager

Marie Alexander
Food Service Manager

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Rev. J. Phillips Noble Chairman

Champney A. McNair Vice-Chairman

The Rev. F. Sidney Anderson Treasurer

Emily C. Wood Secretary

Peggy M. Rowland Assistant Secretary

Term to Expire 1979

The Rev. Cecil D. Brearley, Jr Columbia, South Carolina

The Rev. Paul M. Edris Daytona Beach, Florida

Myron Gibbons Tampa, Florida

The Rev. James V. Johnson, Jr Columbus, Georgia

The Rev. P. Randolph Kowalski Greenville, South Carolina

Champney A. McNair Atlanta, Georgia

Frank Mitchener, Jr Sumner, Mississippi

Thomas E. Rast Birmingham, Alabama

The Rev. John H. Sadler Huntsville, Alabama

Deedie Simmons Jacksonville, Florida

Term to Expire 1980

Ralph H. Birdsong Atlanta, Georgia

The Rev. John H. LaMotte Sarasota, Florida

The Rev. John H. Law Dalton, Georgia

The Rev. Charles R. McCain Tuscaloosa, Alabama

W. Sloan McCrea Miami, Florida

The Rev. J. Phillips Noble Charleston, South Carolina

Eugene F. Rogers Columbia, South Carolina

William F. Winter Jackson, Mississippi

Emily C. Wood Maitland, Florida

The Rev. Frederick Z. Woodward Signal Mountain, Tennessee

Term to Expire 1981

Mary Ellen Alexander Long Beach, Mississippi

The Rev. J. Edward Craig Florence, South Carolina

Dr. Merle W. Fowler Paducah, Kentucky

The Rev. J. Trent Howell, Jr Waycross, Georgia

The Rev. Robert F. Inman Fort Walton Beach, Florida

W. Tom Neal Brewton, Alabama

Edward P. Perrin Spartanburg, South Carolina

Mary G. Russ Ponce de Leon, Florida

Dr. Mary Boney Sheats Decatur, Georgia

The Rev. Robert S. Smith Daytona Beach, Florida

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COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Columbia Theological Seminary

1978-79

Executive

J. Phillips Noble, Chairman

Champney A. McNair, Vice

Chairman
Emily C. Wood; Secretary
John H. Law
Thomas E. Rast
Frederick Z. Woodward

Investment

H. Talmage Dobbs, Chairman

William A. Adams

F. Sidney Anderson

Ralph H. Birdsong

J. Erskine Love, Jr.

J. Phillips Noble

J. Davison Philips

J. McDowell Richards

Academic Affairs
John H. Law, Chairman
Mary Ellen Alexander
James V. Johnson
Charles R. McCain
Frank Mitchener
Mary Boney Sheats
Robert Smith

Planning and Development

Thomas E. Rast, Chairman

Paul M. Edris

Myron Gibbons

Robert F. Inman

P. Randolph Kowalski

W. Tom Neal

Emily C. Wood

Business Affairs

Champney A. McNair, Chairman

Ralph H. Birdsong

J. Trent Howell, Jr.

John H. LaMotte

W. Sloan McCrea

Edward P. Perrin

Eugene F. Rogers

William F. Winter

Student Life and Work

Frederick Z. Woodward, Chairman

Cecil D. Brearley, Jr.

J. Edward Craig

Merle Fowler

Mary G. Russ

John H. Sadler

Deedie Simmons

>.

President Philips and Chairman of the Board, J. Phillips Noble

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A.B.

FACULTY

JAMES DAVISON PHILIPS, Ph.D.

President

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

Ph.D., University of Edinburgh; D.D., Presbyterian College;

Hampden-Sydney College

HAROLD BAILEY PRINCE, M.A., M.L
Professor of Bibliography

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

JAMES HERBERT GAILEY, JR., Th.D.

Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature, and Exegesis

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

ThD., Princeton Theological Seminary

^ Ai

SHIRLEY CAPERTON GUTHRIE, JR. D.Theol.
/. B. Green Professor of Systematic Theology

A.B., Austin College; B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary; D.Theol.
University of Basel

WADE PRICHARD HUIE, JR., Ph.D.

Peter Marshall Professor of Homiletics

A.B., Emory University; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary, Ph.D.,

University of Edinburgh

LUDWIG RICHARD MAX DEWITZ, Ph.D.

Professor of Old Testament Language, Literature and Exegesis

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

A.B.

CHARLES BLANTON COUSAR, Ph.D.

Samuel A. Cartledge Professor of New Testament

Language, Literature, and Exegesis

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

University of Aberdeen

J. WILL ORMOND, Ph.D.

/. McDowell Richards Professor of Biblical Exposition
A.B., University of Alabama; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary;
Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Glasgow;
D.D., Southwestern at Memphis

Th.M.

THERON S. NEASE, Ph.D.

Professor of Pastoral Theology and Counseling

A.B., Austin College; B.D., Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary; Ph.D.,

Princeton Theological Seminary

C BENTON KLINE, JR., Ph.D.

Professor of Theology

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

Ph.D., Yale University

KEITH F. NICKLE, D.Theol.

Professor of New Testament

A.B., University of Texas; B.D., Austin Presbyterian Theological

Seminary; D. Theol., University of Basel

**!

CATHERINE CUNSALUS GONZALEZ, Ph.D.
Professor of Church History

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

B.S.

FREDERICK OTTO BONKOVSKY, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Christian Ethics

Muskingum College; M.Div., Yale Divinity School; Certificate, Free

University, Berlin; Ph.D., Harvard University

THOMAS ERSKINE CLARKE, Th.D.

Dean of Students and Adjunct Professor of Church History
A.B., University of South Carolina; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary;
Th.M., Th.D., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.

JASPER NEWTON KEITH, JR., S.T.D.

Associate Professor of Supervised Ministry

A.B., Mercer University; B.D., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary;

Certified Supervisor, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education;

S.T.D. , Columbia Theological Seminary

OSCAR J. HUSSEL, Ed.D.

Dean of Academic Affairs;

Associate Professor of Christian Education

B.S., University of Cincinnati; M.A., McCormick

Theological Seminary; Ed.D., Columbia University

JAMES D. NEWSOME, JR., Ph.D.
Director of Advanced Studies and Adjunct Professor of

Old Testament

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

Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

THOMAS GRIER LONG, M.Div.
Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship
A.B., Erskine College; M.Div., Erskine Theological Seminary;
Candidate, Princeton Theological Seminary.

Ph.D.

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ADJUNCT FACULTY

lillian Mcculloch taylor, Ed.s.

Director of Library Operations

B.A., Queens College; M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian Education;
M.S. (L.S.), George Peabody College; Ed.S., George Peabody College.

VISITING INSTRUCTORS

WALTER BARTLING, Ph.D.

Senior Clinical Chaplain, Georgia Mental Health Institute

A.B., B.D., S.T.M., Concordia Seminary; M.A., Washington University;

Ph.D., Northwestern University.

IMOGENE BENNETT, D.Min.

Chaplain, Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

B.R.E., Presbyterian School of Christian Education; D.Min., Columbia

Theological Seminary.

WALTER T. DAVIS, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer, Department of Religious Studies, University of

Ibadan, Nigeria

A.B., Davidson College; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in NYC;

Ph.D., Boston University.

WILLIAM ROSS FORBES, M.Div.

Staff Associate for Youth Ministries, General Assembly Mission Board
A.B., Kansas Wesleyan; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary.

MARY ANNE FOWLKES, M.R.E.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Early Childhood and
Consultant, Family Intervention Project, Georgia State University
B.A., Agnes Scott College; M.R.E., Union Theological Seminary in
New York; M.Ed., Georgia State University; Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia State
University.

EDGAR M. GRIDER, B.D.

Director, Urban Training Organization of Atlanta
A.B., Princeton University; B.D., Yale University Divinity School.

ROSS T. HIGHTOWER, Th.M.

Director of Chaplaincy, Grady Memorial Hospital

B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; B.D., Th.M., Columbia Theological

Seminary.

RICHARD G. HUTCHESON, JR., Ph.D.

Chairman, General Assembly Office of Review and Evaluation

B.A., Emory and Henry College; B.D., Yale University Divinity School;

S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary, New York; Ph.D., American University.

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KENNETH F. MORRIS, Th.D.

Professor of New Testament, Erskine Theological Seminary
A.B., Erskine College; B.D., Erskine Theological Seminary; Th.M., Princeton
Theological Seminary; Th.D., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia.

DAVID H. MOYLAN, Th.M.

Director of The Decatur-DeKalb Pastoral Counseling Center

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

JOHN H. PATTON, Ph.D.

Executive Director, The Georgia Association for Pastoral Care, Inc.

A.B., Emory University; B.D., Candler School of Theology; Ph.D., University

of Chicago.

JOE W. SANDIFER, D.Min.

Pastor, St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Tucker, Georgia

A.B., Davidson College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia;

S.T.M., Yale University Divinity School; D.Min., Union Theological Seminary

in Virginia.

MARVIN LEE SIMMERS, Ed.D.

Staff Associate for Curriculum Development, General Assembly

Mission Board

B.A., Bridgewater College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary in Virginia;

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian Education; Ed.D., University of Virginia.

DAVID STEEL, D.D.

Former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland

and Minister Emeritus of St. Michael's Linlithgow, Scotland

M.A., B.D., D.D., Aberdeen University; L.L.D., Dundee University.

HUGH B. WARD, M.Div.

Pastor, Fairview Presbyterian Church, Lawrenceville, Georgia

A.B., Asbury College; M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary; Doctoral Work

in New Testament, Emory University.

FRANK D. WEATHERSBY, D.Min.

Chaplain Supervisor, Georgia Baptist Medical Center

B.A., Southwestern at Memphis; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary;

D.Min., Columbia Theological Seminary.

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PROFESSORS EMERITI

james Mcdowell Richards, d.d., lld.

President Emeritus

A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Princelon University; A.B., M.A., Oxford University;
B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary; D.D., Davidson College; L.L.D., King College.

MANFORD GEORGE GUTZKE, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

A.B., M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., Columbia University;

D.D., Austin College

WILLIAM CHILDS ROBINSON, Th.D.

Professor Emeritus
A.B., Roanoke College; M.A., University of South Carolina; B.D., Columbia Theological
Seminary; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; Th.D., Harvard University;
D.D., Roanoke College.

FELIX BAYARD GEAR, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus
A.B., Davis and Elkins College; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; Th.M., Princeton
Theological Seminary; Ph.D., University of Edinburgh; D.D., Davis and Elkins College.

SAMUEL ANTOINE CARTLEDGE, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

A.B., M.A., University of Georgia; B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary;

Ph.D., University of Chicago.

DEAN GREER McKEE, Th.D.
Professor Emeritus

A.B., Parsons College; S.T.B., S.T.M., and Th.D., The Biblical Seminary;

D.D., Parsons College.

JACK BRAME McMICHAEL, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus

A.B., East Texas State Teachers College; M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary;

Ed.D., Columbia University.

RONALD STEWART WALLACE, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

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

HUBERT VANCE TAYLOR, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus

A.B., Lafayette College; B.Mus., Westminster Choir College; B.D., Columbia

Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Northwestern University.

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ADJUNCT PROFESSORS IN SUPERVISED MINISTRY

CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION SUPERVISORS

William P. Boyle, B.D., Th.M.
Dean C. Bridges, M.Div.
Donald H. Cabaniss, B.D., M.Ed.
William Emerson, B.D.
G. Robert Gary, M.Div.
C. Fred Hall, B.D., Th.M.
RossT. Hightower, B.D., Th.M.
Timothy Little, S.T.M.

Dan A. McRight, M.Div.
David H. Moylan, Th.M.
John H. Patton, Ph.D.
Ronald Stephenson, M.Div.
E. Augustus Verdery, Th.D.
Frank Weathersby, D.Min.
Joseph W. Whitwell, B.D.

URBAN TRAINING ORGANIZATION OF ATLANTA

Edgar M. Grider, B.D. Vern E. McCarty, B.D.

Calvin E. Houston, B.D.

SUPERVISING PASTORS FOR SUMMER ASSISTANTS

The Rev. Ronald A. Botsford The Rev.

The Rev. John C. Boyer The Rev.

The Rev. William T. Bryant The Rev.

The Rev. James C. Caldwell The Rev.

The Rev. Howard Cameron The Rev.

The Rev. William B. Carr, Jr. The Rev.

The Rev. William J. Davis The Rev.

The Rev. J. Jey Deifell, Jr. The Rev.

The Rev. Cantey C. DuBose, Jr. The Rev.

The Rev. Paul S. Duncan The Rev.

The Rev. Paul Echol The Rev.

The Rev. P. C. Ennis, Jr. The Rev.

The Rev. George Fidler The Rev.

The Rev. Martin L. Harkey, Jr. The Rev.

The Rev. W. F. Henning The Rev.

The Rev. Walter E. Hickman The Rev.

The Rev. William D. Hines The Rev.

The Rev. Z. Holler The Rev.

The Rev. Ray Howe The Rev.

The Rev. J. Trent Howell, Jr. The Rev.

Stephen M. Huntley, Jr.
Robert F. Inman
Leon Jeffords
William Ross Johnston
Edward C. Langham, Jr.
William F. Lee
Cy Mallard
Ralph McCaskill, Jr.
Byron L. Milton
Park Moore
John H. Nicolson
Mills Peebles
Everett Phillips
Robert C. Pooley
William F. Shouse
Al Simmons
Carl D. Smith
Forest L. Traylor, Jr.
Harvey Walters
Clyde M. Wray, Jr.

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GRADUATING CLASS OF 1978

DOCTOR OF SACRED THEOLOGY
Robert Eugene Johnston

DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (In-Ministry)

Samuel Dwain Reeves

James Clifton Strickland, Jr.

DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (In-Sequence)

William Warren DeLozier, Jr.
Robert Daniel Holloway, Jr.

James Ivan St. John
Robert McFaddin Spann

MASTER OF THEOLOGY

Carl Frederick Hall
Yong Ho Kim

William Ming-Yi Wu

MASTER OF DIVINITY

Paul Oscar Ard, Jr.
Malcolm Bennett Bishop, II
Donald Lee Bowling
Ronald Otto Brauer
David Hoonjin Chai
Warner Robert Durnell
Terry Robert Dyer
Virginia Simmons Ellis
John Michael Eubanks
Charles Ligon Evans
Sally Lodge Henderson
Richard Bruce Houchens

William Augustus Jokela
Stephen Alden Jones
Joel Morgan Long
Diana Davis Mahida
Benjamin Cooper Mathes
Robert F. McAndrew, Jr.
George Harrison McDonald
John Lawrence Mishler
Walter Ward Peters
Gregory Dennis Schillo
Stuart Thomas Wilson
Anna Lou Case Winters

AWARDS AND PRIZES 1978

LYMAN AND MYKI MOBLEY PRIZE IN BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP:

Mac Spann
INDIANTOWN CHURCH AWARD: Dan Holloway
EMMA GAILLARD BOYCE MEMORIAL AWARD: Warner Durnell
PAUL T. FUHRMANN BOOK PRIZE IN CHURCH HISTORY:

Edward J. Wojtczak
FLORRIE WILKES SANDERS PRIZE IN THEOLOGY: Anna Case Winters
WILDS BOOK PRIZE: Anna Case Winters
FANNIE JORDAN BRYAN FELLOWSHIP: Anna Case Winters

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1978-79 ROLL OF STUDENTS
ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL DEGREE STUDENTS

DOCTOR OF SACRED THEOLOGY

Shirley Ford Adams
Dunwoody, Georgia

William Alexander Crosland
Buford, Georgia

James Emmett Greene, Sr.
Richmond, Virginia

Charles Gordon Helms
Atlanta, Georgia

Jasper Newton Keith, Jr.
Tucker, Georgia

Calvin W. Kropp
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert Kim Mclntire
Atlanta, Georgia

B.F.A., University of Georgia

D.Min., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Richmond
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary
in Virginia

A.B., Davidson College
B.D., Union Theological Seminary in
New York

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

B.S., M.B.A., Northwestern University
B.D., Th.M., Columbia Theological
Seminary

B.S., North Georgia College
M.Div., Candler School of Theology

DOCTOR OF MINISTRY (IN-MINISTRY)

Henry E. Acklen
Collierville, Tennessee

Robert L. Ashworth
Stone Mountain, Georgia

William Rowan Barron
Marianna, Florida

John David Beal
Atlanta, Georgia

Joseph Franklin Beard
Lithonia, Georgia

B.A., Austin College
B.D., Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

A.B., Mercer University

'B.D., Southern Baptist Theological

Seminary
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Davidson College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., William Jewell College
M.Div., Midwestern Baptist Seminary
M.R.E., New Orleans Theological
Seminary

B.A., Erskine College

B.D., Erskine Theological Seminary

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Donald Louis Bell
Kansas City, Missouri

Wade Hampton Bell, Jr.
Panama City, Florida

William Turner Bryant
Greenwood, Mississippi

Keith Jennison Burroughs
Atlanta, Georgia

Edwin Oscar Byrd, Jr.

Norwood, North Carolina

Roe Maxwell Callaway, Jr.
Valdosta, Georgia

Norman Campbell, Jr.
Jacksonville, Florida

Georges Paul Carillet
Snellville, Georgia

Clyde Edwin Chase
Savannah, Georgia

Somchart Cha-umthong
Bangkok, Thailand

William Chegin

New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Monty Carl Clendenin
Tecumseh, Oklahoma

Curtis James Cofield
Montgomery, Alabama

Anthony Wayne Dean

Strawberry Plains, Tennessee

Wiliam Joseph DeLay
Peachtree City, Georgia

Charles Lindsey Donnell
Albany, Georgia

B.A., Baylor University

B.D., Southeastern Seminary

Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Brown University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., University of Alabama

B.D., Princeton Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Pennsylvania
M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary

B.A., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Presbyterian College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Belhaven College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Atlanta Christian College
M.Div., Emmanuel School of Religion

B.A., Emory University
M.Div., Yale Divinity School

B.A., Silliman University

B.D., Silliman Divinity School

Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Eastern College
M.S., Shippensburg State College
B.D., Eastern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Dallas Baptist College
M.Div., Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary

B.C.S., University of Nebraska at

Omaha
M.B.A., Sul Ross State University
M.Div., Interdenominational

Theological Center

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

B.A., Baylor University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of North Carolina
B.D., Union Theological Seminary
Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary

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Joseph Cromer Eckstine
Macon, Georgia

Cecil Duane Etheredge
Conyers, Georgia

Franklin Maynard Fetner
Birmingham, Alabama

Harvey A. Fincher
Norcross, Georgia

Arthur Smith Gatewood
Clinton, South Carolina

Stephen Thomas Gragg

Granite Falls, North Carolina

Wayne David Griffin
Gainesville, Florida

William Edward Hammond
Atlanta, Georgia

Bachman Bailey Harris
McCormick, South Carolina

Douglas Ray Holland
Windsor, North Carolina

R. Michael Holmes
Pueblo, Colorado

Alexander John Homer, Jr.
Sautee, Georgia

Jefferson Trent Howell, Jr.
Waycross, Georgia

B.A., Southwestern at Memphis
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Samford University
M.A., University of Alabama
B.D., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S., Florence State University
M.Div., Candler School of Theology

B.A., University of Louisville
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., St. Andrews Presbyterian College
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia

B.A., Newberry College
M.Div., Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary

B.A., Florida Atlantic University
M.Div,, Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Mercer University
B.D., Th. M., Columbia Theological
Seminary

B.S., Clemson University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary
M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian
Education

B.A., Atlantic Christian College
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary

B.A., Houghton College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Alma College
M.B.A., University of Georgia
M.Div., Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.S., B.Arch., Georgia Institute of

Technology
B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary
Th.M., Union Theological Seminary in

Virginia

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Stephen M. Huntley, Jr.
Kingstree, South Carolina

Donald J. Jansen
Atlanta, Georgia

Troy Gaines Jarvis
Austin, Texas

Donald Marion Kea
Albany, Georgia

Franklin Hugh Kirby
Dunwoody, Georgia

John W. Larson

Birmingham, Alabama

Yll Bong Lee
Seoul, Korea

William Henry Lowe
Adel, Georgia

Herbert Lawrence Marbury
Fort Hood, Texas

Norman L. Martin
Atlanta, Georgia

James Donald Mason
Hueytown, Alabama

Wood row McKay, Jr.
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Terry Michael Moore
Oakland Park, Florida

A.B., Davidson College
M.Div., Th.M., Columbia Theological
Seminary

A.B., Hope College
M.A., Western Michigan University
M.Div., Western Theological Seminary
Ed.S., Georgia State University

B.A., Austin College
M.Div., Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary

B.A., Emory University

M.Div., Candler School of Theology

B.A., Furman University
B.D., M.R.E., Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary

B.A., Southwestern at Memphis
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Soong Jun University

M.A., Korea University

M.Div., Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary

Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Mercer University
Th.M., New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary

B.A., Morehouse College

B.D., Interdenominational Theological

Center
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., West Georgia College

Th.M., New Orleans Baptist

Theological Seminary

A.B., Samford University
M.A., University of Alabama
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S., Davidson College
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia

B.A., University of Missouri
M.Div., M.C.E., Reformed Theological
Seminary

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Billy Rex Moorer

Montgomery, Alabama

Daniel M. Munn
Augusta, Georgia

David William Nash
Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

Eun Soo Oh
Seoul, Korea

James Perry
York, Alabama

Harry Herman Phillips
Tucker, Georgia

George Harvey Porter, Jr.
Hapeville, Georgia

George Kline Preston, III

Rutherfordton, North Carolina

James Henry Quillin

Hemingway, South Carolina

lames Howard Railey, Jr.
Clanton, Alabama

Steven Craig Riser

White Plains, New York

Joseph Alvin Scharer
Plantation, Florida

B.A., Harding College

M.A., Harding Graduate School of

Religion
M.R.E., Th.M., Alabama Christian

College of Biblical Studies

B.A., Oglethorpe University
B.D., Nashotah House Theological

Seminary
M.Ed., University of Georgia

B.A., Davidson College
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia

Doshisha University in Japan
B.D., Th.M., Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary

B.A., Covenant College

M.Div., Covenant Theological Seminary

A.B., University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill

M.Ed., University of South Carolina

B.D., Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia

S.T.M., Lutheran Theological Southern
Seminary

A.B., Samford University

B.D., Southern Baptist Theological

Seminary
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Tennessee

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Southwestern Assemblies of God

College
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Southeastern College of the

Assemblies of God
M.Div., Erskine Theological Seminary

B.A., Indiana University
M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School

A.B., Asbury College
M.A., M.Div., Drew Theological
Seminary

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Byron Johnson Scott, Jr.
Marietta, Georgia

Frank Richardson Sells
Beaufort, South Carolina

Charnel Sterling Sexton
Griffin, Georgia

Malcome Donald Sides
Jonesville, North Carolina

John Fields Sloop
Lithonia, Georgia

Stephen Jamison Sloop, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia

Ronald Reece Smith
Columbia, South Carolina

William Osburn Smith
Knoxville, Tennessee

Joseph Edward Sutherland
Johnson City, Tennessee

William H. Thomas
Prestonsburg, Kentucky

James Dempsey Troop
Danville, Illinois

Calvin Lloyd Vermeire
Orange Beach, Alabama

Robert Martin Wallace, Jr.
Charlotte, North Carolina

Victor Hugo Wallace
Stone Mountain, Georgia

Roy Edgar Watkins

Fort Mill, South Carolina

A.B., Asbury College

M.Div., Candler School of Theology

B.A., Presbyterian College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Mercer University
B.D., Th.M., Columbia Theological
Seminary

B.A., Baylor University

B.D., Th.M., Southeastern Baptist

Theological Seminary
M.Ed., University of North Carolina

at Creensboro

B.A., Belhaven College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Belhaven College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of South Carolina
M.A., Columbia Bible College
Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary

B.A., Davidson College
M.S., University of North Carolina
B.D., Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary

A.B., Milligan College
B.D., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.A., Crove City College
M.Div., Pittsburgh Theological

Seminary
S.T.M. New York Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Evansville
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary

B.S., Ohio Northern University
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Erskine College

B.D., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Alabama

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Furman University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

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Benjamin Franklin Wright
Jackson, Georgia

Donn Wilson Wright
Acworth, Georgia

William Baker Young
Charlottesville, Virginia

Harold Deaton Zwald
Atlanta, Georgia

B.A., Georgia State University
M.Div., Candler School of Theology
Th.M., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Denison University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., King College

B.D., Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia

B.A., Emory University
B.D., Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary

MASTER OF THEOLOGY

Ralph Lamar Barden
Lilburn, Georgia

Marcus Andrew Booker
Atlanta, Georgia

Andreas Borter
Bern, Switzerland

Peter Cameron Carruthers
Clearwater, Florida

Young Ihl Chang
Seoul, Korea

Lindsey Jonathan Collins
Gainesville, Georgia

Virginia Felder Conway
Clarkston, Georgia

Andrew G. Davis
Atlanta, Georgia

Ernest William Davis
Forsyth, Georgia

Royal Lee Fullerton
Atlanta, Georgia

Warren Ewing Gardner
Winder, Georgia

A.B., Georgia State University
M.Div., New Orleans Baptist
Theological Seminary

B.M.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
B.D., 5.T.D., Candler School of
Theology

V.D.M., University of Bern

B.A., Florida Southern College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Soong Jun University
M.Div., Presbyterian Theological
Seminary in Seoul

B.A., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of Georgia

MDiv., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., University of South Mississippi
M.Div., Candler School of Theology

B.S., Toccoa Falls Institute

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Augusta College

M.Div., Candler School of Theology

B.S., Geneva College

M.Div., Pittsburg Theological Seminary

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Ronald James Greer
Atlanta, Georgia

Billy Joe Harrison
Memphis, Tennessee

Rudolf Rex Hussmann
Atlanta, Georgia

Yun Gil Lee
Iri, Korea

W. Vernon Luckey, Jr.
Decatur, Georgia

David F. Mclnnis
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Dan Austin McRight
Decatur, Georgia

Larry Curtis Mitchell
Decatur, Georgia

Richard Gary Moore
Miami, Florida

Zoe Lee Wade Murphy
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert Lamar Oglesby
Atlanta, Georgia

Martha Elaine Rhodes
Davidson, North Carolina

Douglas Brian Stearns

Huntington, West Virginia

Eric Karl Swenson
Atlanta, Georgia

Dennis Lee Taylor
Pensacola, Florida

Leonard Jackson Taylor
McRae, Georgia

B.S., Louisiana State University
M.Div., Candler School of Theology

A.B., Sam ford University
B.D., New Orleans Theological
Seminary

B.A., Concordia Senior College
M.Div., Concordia Seminary

B.A., Cheon Puk National University
Th.B., Th.M., Presbyterian Theological
Seminary in Seoul

A.B., Newberry College
M.Div., Lutheran Southern
Theological Seminary

B.A., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Davidson College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.A., Bethany College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., University of Florida
M.Div., Trinity Evangelical Divinity
School

B.A., Shorter College

M.Div., Duke University Divinity School

B.A., Mercer University
M.Div., M.R.E., Southwestern
Theological Seminary

B.A., Southwestern at Memphis
D.Min., Union Theological Seminary in
Virginia

A.B., King College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Georgia State University

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

A.B., Fairmont State College
M.Div., Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

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Allen Paul Weaver, Jr.
Daytona Beach, Florida

R. O. "Bill" Weimer, II
Oxford, Mississippi

James Mark Wilburn
Decherd, Tennessee

Richard Branch Wilson
Spartanburg, South Carolina

B.S., Florida Memorial College
M.Div., Colgate Rochester Divinity
School

B.S., University of Florida
M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological
Seminary

B.S., Bel haven College

M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary

B.S., Wake Forest University
M.Div., Southeastern Baptist
Theological Seminary

FIRST PROFESSIONAL DEGREE STUDENTS
E COMPONENT

Name
Home Town

Katherine Imogene Bennett
Decatur, Georgia

Marget Elaine McRobbie

Kansas City, Missouri

Timothy LaRue Melton
Pine Lake, Georgia

Donald Ring Olinger
Roanoke, Virginia

Cuyler Vivian Smith, Jr,

Tallahassee, Florida

College

Presbytery or Denomination

B.R.E., Presbyterian School of
Christian Education
Atlanta

B.A., West Georgia College
M.A., Georgia State University
Atlanta

B.B.A., Georgia State University
Atlanta

B.A., Roanoke College

St. Andrews

B.A., Florida State University
Florida

D COMPONENT

Edward Lane Alderman, Jr.
Nashville, Tennessee

David E. Chadwick
Orlando, Florida

Fred Craven Douglas, Jr.
Huntersville, North Carolina

Donald Raymond Guterman
Donalsonville, Georgia

William Edward Kelly, Jr.
Winter Park. Florida

B.A., Wake Forest University
Middle Tennessee

B.A., University of North Carolina-

Chapel Hill
Ed.S., University of Florida
St. Johns

B.S., Appalachian State University
Mecklenburg

B.S., Georgia Southwestern College
Southwest Georgia

B.A., Duke University

St. Johns

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John Edward Kelsay

Virginia Beach, Virginia

William Barnett Wade, Jr.
Decatur, Georgia

C COMPONENT

Joanna Moseley Adams
Decatur, Georgia

Paul H. Akers
Dallas, Texas

Douglas William Bower

Bradenton, Florida

Royce Leonard Browder

Anniston, Alabama

Glen Albert Busby
Gainesville, Florida

Jimmy M. Cantey
Decatur, Georgia

Samuel David Carriker
Charlotte, North Carolina

Franklin Grimes Colladay, Jr.

Helena, Arkansas

Joseph Arthur Cordero

Chula Vista, California

Barry Dean Ferguson

Gainesville, Florida

Michael Clay Fleenor
Kingsport, Tennessee

Truman Burgess Geeslin
York, Alabama

Cheryl Ann Gosa
Toccoa, Georgia

John Coxwell Hall
Atlanta, Georgia

James Richard Hartsfield
Cairo, Georgia

Bradley Lawrence Huff

Marianna, Florida

Carolyn M. Johnson
Alexandria, Virginia

Robert Samuel Johnson

Decatur, Georgia

J. Bruce Lancaster

Monroe, Louisiana

B.A., Old Dominion University

Norfolk

B.A., Presbyterian College
Atlanta

B.A., Emory University
Atlanta

B.A., Oklahoma University
Covenant

B.S., Oglethorpe University
United Methodist

B.S., Jacksonville State University
North Alabama

B.A., University of Florida
Suwannee

B.S., Bethel College
Cumberland Presbyterian

B.A., University of North Carolina at
Charlotte

Mecklenburg

B.S., Westminster College, Utah
Arkansas-Union

B.A., University of Alabama in
Huntsville

Fayetteville
B.A., University of Florida

Suwannee

B.S., University of Tennessee

Atlanta

B.S., Livingston University
John Knox

A.B.J. , University of Georgia
Athens

B.A., Presbyterian College
Atlanta

A.B., Valdosta State College

Southwest Georgia

B. A., University of West Florida

Florida

B.A., University of Minnesota
M.Ed., Boston University
Atlanta

B.S., University of Louisville

Atlanta

B.B.A., Northeast Louisiana University
Pines

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C. Russell Lee, Jr.
Hamer, South Carolina

Gregory Ennis Loskoskl

Anderson, South Carolina

W. Tyler Martin
Atlanta, Georgia

Edward Lewis Mcllwain
Columbia, South Carolina

Richard Montgomery Nelson
Swainsboro, Georgia

John-Nelson Buttermore Pope

Bradenton, Florida

Christopher Allen Price
Atlanta, Georgia

William Hunter Ralston
Atlanta, Georgia

Kris K. Ramsahai
Trinidad, West Indies

Gary Clemons Record
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Peter R. Roest

Columbia, South Carolina

Kathryn Hooks Sandifer
Tucker, Georgia

William Judson Shaw
Prospect, Kentucky

Kate Elizabeth McGregor
Simmons
Decatur, Georgia

Gary Robert Soop

Winter Park, Florida

John Hillman Stuhl
Orlando, Florida

Bruce D. Swanson

St. Louis, Missouri

Jacalyn Watson Thomas

Charlotte, North Carolina

Richard Ellsworth Thomas

Charlotte, North Carolina

B.A., Atlantic Christian College
Pee Dee

B.A., Presbyterian College
Piedmont

B.I.E., Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta

B.A., University of South Carolina
B.A., University of Maryland
Congaree

B.A., Presbyterian College
Savannah

B.A., Stetson University
Westminster

B.A., University of Georgia
Southern Baptist

B.A., Davidson College
Atlanta

B.5., Oglethorpe University
Atlanta

B.A., Temple College
M.A., Peabody College

Knoxville

B.A., University of South Carolina
Congaree

B.A., Queens College

M.C.E ., Presbyterian School of

Christian Education

Atlanta

B.G.S., University of Kentucky
Louisville Union

B.A., Agnes Scott College
Atlanta

B.A., University of Florida
St. Johns

B.S., Maryville College

St. Johns

B.A., Pacific Lutheran University
Southeast Missouri

A.B., Wesleyan College
Atlanta

B.A., Boston University
Atlanta

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George M. Walton
Washington, Georgia

Philip Albert Williams
Chipley, Florida

B.B.A., Georgia State University

Augusta-Macon

B.A., University of Florida

Florida

B COMPONENT

Ronald Joseph Allen
Clinton, South Carolina

Ashton Edwin Ayers, Jr.

Decatur, Georgia

Georgianna Via Brabban

Falls View, West Virginia

Richard Henry Brooks

Sheffield, Alabama

Elwyn Blake Bryant
Dallas, Texas

Dean Walter Chapman
Orlando, Florida

Wendell Harvey Colson, Jr.
Leesburg, Florida

Albert Thomas Cramer

Johnson City, Tennessee

Carl Roberts Crawford

Atlanta, Georgia

Mark Evan Diehl
Lubbock, Texas

Scott Gregory Downing
Coral Gables, Florida

Kerry Perron Duncan
Lubbock, Texas

Richard Thomas Gillespie, IV
Alachua, Florida

Ronald Jerald Gilreath
Columbus, Georgia

Julian Decherd Guess
Union, South Carolina

Sam Lewis Hall, Jr.

Olivia, North Carolina

B.A., Presbyterian College
South Carolina

B.M., Florida State University
M.M., Florida State University
Florida

8.S., West Liberty State College

Greenbrier

8.5., University of North Alabama

North Alabama

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

St. Andrew

A. B., Oberlin College

St. Johns

B.B.A., Stetson University
St. Johns

tf.5., East Tennessee State University
Holston

B.A., Emory University
Atlanta

B.A., Texas Tech University
Palo Duro Union

B.A., Florida International University
Southeast U.P.U.S.A.

A. B., University of Georgia
Palo Duro Union

B.A., University of South Florida
Suwannee

B.A., Methodist College

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education

Southwest Georgia

B.A., Presbyterian College
Piedmont

B.A., Atlantic Christian College
Fayetteville

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William Hugh Hamilton, III
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Dolores M. Hayward
Tucker, Georgia

Robert Steven H udder
New Haven, Missouri

Michael Walker Jackson
Columbus, Georgia

Crawford Abel King, III
St. Louis, Missouri

Robert Eugene Lee

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Billy Troy Lowe
Honea Path, South Carolina

Sara Catherine Mason
Aiken, South Carolina

Robert H. McBride, Jr.
Conway, South Carolina

Leland Graves McCullough,

Shreveport, Louisiana

Cliff Hill McLeod, Jr.
Sumter, South Carolina

James Lauder Morgan, Jr.
Laurel Hill, North Carolina

Daniel Allan Nail
Jacksonville, Florida

Frank Xavier Nunez

Guayaquil, Ecuador, S.A.

Leon D. Page

Dillon, South Carolina

John Stephen Park
Lithonia, Georgia

William Clark Pender
Marietta, Georgia

Kevin Frederic Price
Gainesville, Georgia

Maria Rutland Price
Macon, Georgia

Carleton T. Pridgen
Anderson, South Carolina

B.A., Wake Forest University

Piedmont

B.A., Skidmore College

Atlanta

B.5., Westminster College
United Church of Christ

B.B.A., University of Georgia
Southwest Georgia

B.G.S., University of Iowa
Southeast Missouri

B.A., Evangel College
Concord

B.A., Newberry College
South Carolina

A. B., Mary Baldwin College

M.A., Presbyterian School of Christian

Education

Congaree

B.5., The Citadel

Charleston

B.A., Washington & Lee University
Pines

B.A., Presbyterian College

Harmony

B.A., Wake Forest University
Fayetteville

B.S.Ed., University of Florida
Suwannee

B.S., Toccoa Falls Bible College

Georgia, U.P.U.S.A.

B.A., Still man College
Pee Dee Presbytery

B.A., Georgia State University
Atlanta

B.A., Dartmouth College
Cherokee

A. B., Harvard University
Athens

B.A., Emory University
Augusta-Macon

5.5., University of South Carolina
Asheville

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William Joseph Reggin

Tampa, Florida

Jeanne' Hoechst Ronner
Orlando, Florida

John Lewis Sanderford

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Daniel Neil Sansbury
Darlington, South Carolina

Charles Mark Scott

Chamblee, Georgia

Robert Hoyt Sells
Lawrenceville, Georgia

John Michael Stuart

Atlanta, Georgia

Joseph William Taber, III
Columbia, South Carolina

Albert Roy Thompson

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Eleanor Thompson Timmons
Spartanburg, South Carolina

Marilyn Diane Roberts Washburn
Avondale Estates, Georgia

Clyde McPherson Wiley, Jr.
Fort Walton Beach, Florida

Edward James Wojtczak
Monroe, Georgia

Joseph Rennie Woody, Jr.

Decatur, Georgia

Bowling Cox Yates, III
Marietta, Georgia

David Logan Young

Asheville, North Carolina

Emmie Caldwell Young
Atlanta, Georgia

B.A., University of South Florida
Westminster

B.A., Berry College
St. Johns

8.S., University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill

Concord

B.A., University of South Carolina
Pee Dee

A.B., Georgia State University
Atlanta

B.A., Hampden-Sydney College

Southern Baptist

B.A., Presbyterian College
Atlanta

B.A., Clemson University
Congaree

B.S., Guilford College
Concord

B.A., Winthrop College
Piedmont

B.A., Emory University

M.D., Emory University School of

Medicine

Atlanta

B.S.J., University of Florida

South Louisiana

B.A., Southeastern Bible College

Atlanta

B.A., King College

Highlands

B.S., Georgia State University
Cherokee

8.S., Virginia Commonwealth
University
Asheville

B. A., Vanderbilt University
Atlanta

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A COMPONENT

Janet Briscoe Aldridge
Blackshear, Georgia

Rebekah Perkins Alexander
Leesburg, Florida

Frank Jackson Allen, Jr.
Welch, West Virginia

David John Bailey
Huntsville, Alabama

Edwin D. Bernard
Rome, Georgia

Elliotte LeRoy Brewton, Jr.
Orlando, Florida

John Houston Cale
Monroe, Louisiana

Randolph S. Calvo, Jr.
Anderson, South Carolina

David Melvin Cameron

Gastonia, North Carolina

Robert Lindsay Carroll, Jr.
Greenville, South Carolina

Janice Elizabeth Catron

Laurel, Mississippi

Craig Dudley Childs
Dothan, Alabama

Marcus Graham Coker
Pineville, North Carolina

William Donald Coker
Pittsburg, Texas

Mary Jane Kerr Cornell
Decatur, Georgia

Michael Achim Daffin
Marianna, Florida

Stanley Allen Dawson
Decatur, Georgia

JoAnne Dyson

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Donald Roy Frampton

Orangeburg, South Carolina

B.A., Vanderbilt University
M.Ed., Georgia State University
Savannah

B.A., Stetson University
St. Johns

B.A., Baylor University
M.A., Radford College
Highlands

B.A., Davidson College
North Alabama

B.S., University of Tennessee-Knoxville
Cherokee

8.S., Florida State University
St Johns

B.A., Louisiana State University
Pines

B.S., Clemson University
Piedmont

A.B., University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill
Concord

8.S., University of South Carolina
Piedmont

B.S., Millsaps College
South Mississippi

B.S., University of Alabama
John Knox

B.A., Presbyterian College
Mecklenburg

B.A., University of Texas
Del Salvador

B.A., Agnes Scott College

Atlanta

B.A., Presbyterian College

Florida

B.B.A., Georgia State University
Atlanta

B.A., King College

Knoxville

B.A., University of South Carolina
Pee Dee

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A COMPONENT

Jack Edwin Fuqua

Nashville. Tennessee

Robert David Gamble
Cocoa Beach, Florida

Bruce William Gourlay
Clemson, South Carolina

George Sidney Gunter
Tucker, Georgia

Garland Stokes Hart

Williamsburg, Virginia

Margaret Ann Hegeman
Sanford, Florida

Robert G. Hess

Homestead, Florida

Robert Lamar Hooks
Scottsboro, Alabama

John Edwin Jayne
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Thomas Alan Johnson
Lawrenceville, Georgia

Howard Kee Johnston

Columbus, Georgia

Michael S. Jones

Milton, Florida

Mark Andrew Jumper
St. Louis, Missouri

Deborah Lee Kyser
Greenville, South Carolina

Charles Walter McCanless
Orlando, Florida

Bryan Hoover Mickle

Atlanta, Georgia

Gwin Eugene Pratt, Jr.

Orlando, Florida

James O'Neal Richardson

Shreveport, Louisiana

Carson L. Salyer, Jr.
Decatur, Georgia

B.A., David Lipscomb College
M.A., Ceorge Peabody College
Cherokee

B.S., U.S. Coast Cuard Academy

Mobile

B.A., Clemson University
Piedmont

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta

B.A., Wake Forest University
Norfolk

B.A., Florida State University
St. Johns

B.S., University of Florida
M.Ed., University of Florida
Everglades

B.S., Athens State College

North Alabama

B.A., University of Tennessee-
Chattanooga
Knoxville

B.A., University of Georgia
Southern Baptist

B.A., Columbus College
Southwest Georgia

B.A., University of West Florida
Florida

B.A., Oral Roberts University
Southeast Missouri

B.A., Furman University
Piedmont

B.A., Southwestern at Memphis
St. Johns

B.A., Presbyterian College

Atlanta

B.A., Florida State University
St. Johns

B.A., Louisiana Technical University
Pines

B.A., Georgia State University
Atlanta

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Lawrence L. Schenk
Winter Park, Florida

Joan Starnes
Monroe, North Carolina

Stephen Ryals Swain
Fort Pierce, Florida

John L. Tarrant, Jr.
Birmingham, Alabama

Rebecca Jean Taylor
Greenville, South Carolina

Stephen R. Vance

Decatur, Georgia

N. Kirk Werner
Chattanooga, Tennessee

John Haywood Williams, Jr.
Charlotte, North Carolina

E. D. Wilson, Jr.
Griffin, Georgia

John P. Wilson
Winter Park, Florida

Marvin Herndon Wilson
Savannah, Georgia

Susan M. Wyatt
Urbana, Illinois

Emmit Eugene Young
Spartansburg, Pennsylvania

B.A., Auburn University
St. Johns

B.A., Pfeiffer College
Mecklenburg

B.A., University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill
Everglades

B.S., Auburn University

M.A., University of Alabama-
Birmingham
Birmingham

B.A., Furman University
Piedmont

B.A., Hanover College
Everglades

B.S., Middle Tennessee State University
Knoxville

B.5., North Carolina State University
Mecklenburg

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Church of God

BA., Florida Tech University
St. Johns

B.B.A., Armstrong State College
Savannah

B.S., University of Illinois
M.S.Ed., Eastern Illinois University
United Presbyterian Church

B.A., Toccoa Falls College
M.A., Jeffrey School of Missions
Southwest Georgia

INTERNS

Earl Van Buren Blankenship, II
Talladega, Alabama

Kenneth Monroe Hicks
Florence, South Carolina

Robin Shane Owens

Clinton, South Carolina

B.A., Presbyterian College
North Alabama

8.S., Clemson University
Pee Dee

B.A., Presbyterian College
South Carolina

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MASTER OF THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

David Bruce Alexander
Los Angeles, California

Martin Asumang-Birikorang
Kwanyako, Ghana

Charles Markham Berry
Atlanta, Georgia

Elisabeth Bibby

Dallas, Texas

Robert Adair Blackwood, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia

Ira Lois Brown
Decatur, Georgia

Duke Bernard Crawford
Decatur, Georgia

Elizabeth Anne Dameron
Covington, Georgia

Edward Donald Dowdell
Cleveland, Tennessee

Sanford Milton Fitzsimmons
Atlanta, Georgia

Harriette Elaine Griffin
Monroe, Georgia

James Terry Guyton
Buford, Georgia

Nancy Lee Head
Washington, D.C.

Gary Leon Headrick

Doraville, Georgia

E. Walter Hood

Atlanta, Georgia

Amy Corley Lanier
Decatur, Georgia

Melvin Frank Schell, Jr.
Tucker, Georgia

B.A., Azusa Pacific College
Reformed Church in America

L.Th., University of Ghana, Legon
Dip. Th., Trinity College

Presbyterian Church of Ghana

B.S., Emory University

M.D., Emory University School of

Medicine

Atlanta

B.A., University of Arkansas
M.A., University of Dallas
Covenant

B.B.A., Georgia State University
Church of God

B.S., Georgia Southern College
Ml., Emory University
Dip., Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
Episcopalian

B.A., Texas Tech University
Atlanta

B.A., Agnes Scott College
Atlanta

B.A., Lee College
Church of God of Prophecy

A.B., Mercer University

I.D., Mercer University School of Law

A.B., University of Georgia
Atlanta

B.S., Georgia Southwestern College
Church of God

B.A., George Washington University
Florida

B.A., David Lipscomb College
M.A., Harding School of Religion

A.B., The Citadel

M.D., Medical College of Georgia

Atlanta

B.A., Agnes Scott College
Episcopalian

B.A., Tennessee Temple College

Christian Missionary Alliance

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Gerald Kirkbride Taylor, Jr.

Fort Myers, Florida

B. Lynn Tolleson
Vancouver, British Columbia

Janice Marie Wiesner

Trinity, Texas

Lee Anderson Wyatt
Jackson, Mississippi

B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
M.C.P., Georgia Institute of Technology
Westminster

B.A., University of British Columbia
M.A., University of British Golumbia
Atlanta

8.5., Texas Christian University
Atlanta

B.A., Belhaven College
Atlanta

SPECIAL STUDENTS

Werner Amend
Partenstein, West Germany

Donald Lyle Brickhouse

Virginia Beach, Virginia

Billy Owen Fleming, Jr.
Atlanta, Georgia

David M. Fry
Atlanta, Georgia

Robert Burrows Gibson
Macon, Georgia

Norman William Hibbard
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

James Elwood Hollis, Jr.
Chattanooga, Tennessee

James A. Jones

Atlanta, Georgia

Casmero John Moriale
Tampa, Florida

Robert F. Murphy, Jr.
Jacksonville, Florida

Laney Shuler Spigener
Charleston, South Carolina

FHS-Reife, F.OS. Aschaffenburg
Religionspaedagoge, Gesamthoch-
schule Neuendettelsau

evanglisch-Lutherische Kirche in Bayern

B.A., Virginia Wesleyan College
Norfolk

B.A., Asbury College
Associate Reformed Presbyterian

B.S., University of Tennessee
M.A., Young Life Institute
Atlanta

A.B., Ohio Wesleyan University
S.T.B., Berkley Divinity School
S.T.M., Berkley Divinity School

B.S., University of Alabama
John Knox

A.B., Catawba College
Knoxville

B.A., Memphis Christian College
M.A., Harding School of Religion
Church of Christ

A.A., Hillsborough Community College
Westminster

B.A., University of North Florida
Suwannee

B.A., University of South Carolina
Charleston

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William Forest Stephens

Williamston, North Carolina

Elizabeth Anne Wilson
Martinez, Georgia

B.A., University of North Carolina-
Chapel Hill

M.Ed., University of North Carolina-
Creensboro
Albemarle

B.S., Medical College of Georgia
Augusta-Macon

UNCLASSIFIED STUDENTS

lley F. Behr
Judith Anne Brown
David Michael Currie
Gerald David Fikes
Richard Curtis Gates
Barry Keith Gribble
Judy Lee Holcomb
Larry Richard Hunt
William W. Lancaster

Maurice W. Lusk, ill
Isaac G. Moon
Mary-Anne Aleth Plaskon
Preston F. Sanders
Spencer Davenport Simril
Robert Dean Smith
Robert Stephen Taylor
Ellen Crane Weber

SUMMER LANGUAGE SCHOOL 1978

Janet B. Aldridge
Frank Allen
David J. Bailey
Edwin D. Bernard
Leon Franklin Bracey
Roy Brewton, Jr.
Donald L. Brickhouse
John H. Cale
Randolph S. Calvo, Jr.
Robert L. Carroll, Jr.
Janice Catron
William Donald Coker
Mary Jane Kerr Cornell
Tim M. Cyrus
Warren L. Dennis
Virginia Dobson Dillard
Donald Frampton
Nan S. Fries
Jack E. Fuqua
Robert D. Gamble
Carolyn M. Grier
George Sidney Gunter
Nancy Lee Head

Margaret Ann Hegeman
Robert G. Hess
D. Renee Hester
Norman W. Hibbard
Robert Lamar Hooks
John E. Jayne
Thomas Acan Johnson
Howard K. Johnston
Michael S. Jones
Robert E. Lee
Elisabeth Lunz
Sara Catherine Mason
Walter McCanless
Harry L. McCleary
Robert F. Murphy, Jr.
Harry D. Nicholas, Jr.
Leon D. Page
Edward P. C. Peterson
James E. Powell
William Joseph Reggin
T. Lee Richards
James O. Richardson
Lawrence L. Schenk

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Marsha M. Snulligan
Laney S. Spigener
Joan Starnes
William Forest Stephens
Stephen R. Swain
John L. Tarrant
Rebecca J. Taylor
Stephen R. Vance
Bernice Warren

Marilyn Roberts Washburn
N. Kirk Werner
Janice Marie Wiesner
John Williams
E.D.Wilson, Jr.
Elizabeth Anne Wilson
John Wilson
Marvin H. Wilson
Susan M. Wyatt

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF STUDENT BODY

Alabama 17
California 2
Colorado 1
Florida 44
Georgia 120
Illinois - 2
Kentucky 2
Louisiana 4
Mississippi ~ 4
Missouri 6

New York 1
North Carolina 22
Oklahoma 1
Pennsylvania 1
South Carolina 34
Tennessee 16
Texas 9
Virginia 8
Washington, D.C. 1
West Virginia 2

Other Countries

Canada 1
Ghana 1
Korea 1
South America 1

Switzerland 1
Thailand 1
West Indies 1
West Germany 1

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CALENDAR

7978-79 7979-80
Summer

1980-81

Greek School

July 6- July 2- July 7-

Aug. 30, 1978 Aug. 24, 1979 Aug. 29, 1980

Fall

Student Faculty Retreat

August 31-
Sept. 1

August 29-30

Sept. 3-4

Introductory Term

Sept. 5-6

Sept. 4-5

Sept. 8-9

Classes begin

Sept. 7

Sept. 6

Sept. 10

Thanksgiving vacation

Nov. 23-26

Nov. 22-25

Nov. 26-30

Classes end

Dec. 8

Dec. 7

Dec. 12

Exams

Dec. 11-15

Dec. 10-14

Dec. 15-18

Classes begin
Classes end
Exams
Columbia Forum

Classes begin
College Conference
Easter vacation

Conference on Ministry
Exams for graduates
Classes end
Exams

Commencement
Evaluation Day

Winter

Jan. 3, 1979
Jan. 30
Jan. 30

Jan. 3, 1980
Jan. 29
Jan. 29

Jan. 5, 1981
Jan. 30
Feb. 2

Jan. 30-Feb. 2 Jan. 29-Feb. 1 Feb. 3-6

Spring

Feb. 12
Feb. 16-18
April 7-15

April 27-29
May 17-18
May 18
May 21-25
May 27
May 29

Feb. 11

March 29-
April 6

May 15-16
May 16
May 19-23
May 25
May 27

Feb. 16
April 11-19

May 21-22
May 22
May 25-28
May 31
June 1

97

Academic Information

Administration 63-64

Admissions Procedure 5

Alumhi/ae Association 56

Atlanta Theol. Assn. 54

Auditors 5

Awards and Prizes 54, 55, 75

Board of Directors 65-66

Bookstore 59

Calendar 97
Clinical Pastoral Education 56
Columbia Friendship Circle 56

Conferences 6

Continuing Education 56

Courses of Instruction 18-45

INDEX

Financial Information
Grading System
Graduation Class-1978
Greek School
History of Columbia
Housing

International Students
Lectures

Introductory Term
Library

Master of Divinity
(M.Div.)

Master of Theological
Studies (M.T.S.)

Master of Theology
(Th.M.)

Ordination Exams

Curriculum

16-17

Professional Assessment

Doctor of Ministry
(in-ministry)

13-14

Radio and TV

Doctor of Ministry

Roll of Students

(in-sequence)

7-9

Special Students

Doctor of Sacred Theology
(S.T.D.)

14-16

Student Organizations
Summer Session

Faculty

67-74

Transfer Students

Fellowships

55,

58,59

Unclassified Students

57, 59-60
47
75
49
2-3
58
6
54
46
54

7-10

9-10

11-13
49

9

56

76-96

5
61
50

6

5

98

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Concerning scholarships, financial aid, and student preaching
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national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions
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