Columbia Theological Seminary Vantage, 76, number 3, Winter 1985

Winter, 1985

Columbia Seminary

Vantage

Craddock, Keck, Ford at Forum

1960 - P. Randolph Kowalski
1965 - John Allen
1970 - Cecil B. Murphey
1975 - Joyce C. Tucker
1980 - Richard T. Gillespie, IV
1984 - Warren McKinney
The Classes prior to and including
1930 are issued a special invitation
by their Chairperson, Louis La-
motte. It is hoped we will have a
large turnout of alums from this se-
lect group.

Women Students and Women al-
ums will enjoy a special supper to-
gether on Thursday evening. There
is also scheduled a symposium on
peacemaking led by the Columbia
students' Peace Fellowship and
three times set aside for informal
questions and conversation with the
lecturers and the preacher. The
week is full and promises to be the
most exciting event of the '84-'85 ac-
ademic year.

C. E. program cited

Annual Alumni lac Association luncheon and meeting highlights Forum

Three of the nation's foremost
churchmen will highlight the 1985
Columbia Forum. During the First
week of February each year CTS
sponsors a four-day forum built
around a guest preacher and two lec-
turers. There are three evening wor-
ship services, this year to be led by
Fred B. Craddock, Professor of
Preaching and New Testament at
Candler School of Theology, and two
lectureships consisting of three lec-
tures each.

The Thomas Smyth Foundation
Lectures was begun through a be-
quest of the Rev. Thomas Smyth,
Pastor of Second Presbyterian
Church, Charleston, South Carolina,
1831-1873. It is held this year by Dr.
Leander E. Keck, Dean and Profes-
sor of New Testament at Yale Divin-
ity School. The Alumni/ae Associa-
tion also funds a series of lectures,
the Alumni/ae Lectures, which are
being delivered this year by one of
our own alums, Dr. Leighton Ford,

who is well known as an evangelist
with the Billy Graham Association.
The lectures, which promise to be
excellent, will be presented at 9 a.m.
and 11:30 a.m. February 6, 7, and 8.
Forum week is also a time for
alumni/ae festivities, including class
reunions. This year all CTS alumni/
ae will enjoy the annual Alumni/ae
Association Luncheon and business
meeting. Dr. Erskine Clarke, past
Dean of Students and current Pro-
fessor of American Church History,
will address the group and deliver an
amusing and informative 'history' of
the Seminary. The Reunion Classes
and their spouses will hold their
luncheon on Thursday. The follow-
ing will serve as Reunion
Chairpersons:

1930 & earlier - Louis Lamotte
1935 - Stephen J. Sloop
1940 - Tom B. Anderson
1945 - J. Philips Noble
1950 - James Eade Anderson
1955 - Joseph Whitner

Columbia Seminary's continuing
education program was in the spot-
light in the November/December is-
sue of Church Management - The
Clergy Journal. James Allen Sparks
is the author of an article entitled
"Putting Adventure Ahead of
Notebook," in which he writes about
three of the annual week-long, off-
campus continuing education events
offered by Columbia.

Speaking of Doug Hix, the Direc-
tor of Advanced Studies at Colum-
bia, he writes:

. . . This seminary professor has
discovered how to teach busy
and bedazzled parish ministers
the meaning of community
outside of the classroom and
without lectures or assigned
term papers - a departure from
the usual fare of seminaries. As
his students trek off into the
woods, cloister in a monastery,
or set out on a Caribbean ad-
venture, they look at three quite
different examples of how peo-
ple form communities and care
for each other.

Mr. Sparks then looks at A Week
in the Winter Woods, "a week's hike
into the heart of the Smoky Moun-

tains in the middle of winter." Quot-
ing Dr. Hix, he says, " 'The hostile
environment of backpacking in the
mountains really molds a group into
a community. . . . Because minis-
ters also live in an environment of
abstract ideas and work at tasks that
that never seem to be finished, they
don't have a feeling of accomplish-
ment and self-affirmation.' " But the
week is a combination of group ac-
tivity and time alone. ". . .the six or
seven hours [each day] spent on the
trails force solitary reflection about
where one has been in life and where
one is headed." This is a lonely task.

A bit of humor was injected when
he wrote: "Too timid to press the
matter, I thought there was one in-
consistency in the program's design.
Under 'clothing you will need,' (from
the brochure describing the event] I
found one rather formidable stum-
bling-block to community-building -
only one change of underwear was
specified and that was optional.
Dear me!"

The Week at the Monastery of the
Holy Ghost, held each March, is an-

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Claypool seminar an overwhelming success

John Claypool, noted ecumenical
and spiritual leader, led a two-day
seminar recently at CTS, receiving
praise from the participants and the
seminary community. Dr. Claypool
lectured, led discussion groups, and
preached for the whole seminary
community at the regular daily wor-
ship service.

Thirty ministers attended the
seminar, directed by Dr. Ben John-
son, Professor of Evangelism, and
were led by Dr. Claypool in an expe-
rience designed to renew their inner
energies for ministry and outreach
by going through their own "faith

journeys." Each participant did this
by looking into his or her journey at
the various life stages of childhood,
adolescense and adulthood, and at
the present stage of life as well. The
hypothesis is that reflection on one's
own journey will deepen the minis-
ter's spiritual life and enable him or
her to develop skills in guiding other
persons in their growing relation-
ships with God.

A Southern Baptist pastor and
graduate of Southern Baptist Theo-
logical Seminary in Louisville, Dr.
Claypool is noted for these kinds of
continuing education events and has

brought his gifts of teaching and
group leadership to many noted in-
stitutions over the years, including
Princeton Theological Seminary,
Yale Divinity School and Perkins
Divinity School. As one participant,
Steve Sloop of Atlanta, put it, "It
was something that I needed and
benefited from tremendously ....
It was practical and down to earth
and really applied to me. The com-
bination of sharing from the teacher,
private reflection and interaction
with two other people in the class
made it a lively and enlivening expe-
rience for me."

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Highlights

from the board meeting

New Hoard member-, poH with President Philip* and Hoard Chairman Hill Adams at Fall
Hoar, I to R) Dr Philips, Margaret Greer Miller, Warnrr Durnell, Mary Virginia

Allm. Marshall Chapman and Hill Ado

The Fall Board of Directors meet-
ing began with a special presentation
of plaques of appreciation to the fol-
lowing retiring directors: Mary G.
Russ, Mary Ellen Alexander, W.
Tom Neal, Edward P. Perrin, and
Mary Boney Sheats. Then new
members, Mary Virginia Allen,
Warner Durnell, Margaret Greer
Miller and Marshall Chapman were
introduced and welcomed.

Other Highlights included: .

1. The Executive Committee was
authorized to act as a nominat-
ing committee for the process of
recommending nine at-large di-
rectors with three directors each
in the classes of 1985, 1986, and
1987 to be officially elected by 5.
the Board.

2. The 15-year Long Range Capital
Financial Plan, subject to future
modification by the Board, was
adopted and the administration

was asked to develop a com-
prehensive financial plan includ-
ing all sources of income. The
Administration was also granted
the authority to implement
Phase I of the Capitol Financial
Plan. Board Chairman, William
A. Adams, in consultation with
the administration, is to appoint
a committee of nine to fifteen
persons to occupy a leadership
role in this effort.
President Philips was authorized
to develop a master plan for the
projected use of land and facili-
ties, utilizing the services of a
qualified professional firm which
shall be approved by the Board's
Executive Committee.
The administration was author-
ized to contract with an archi-
tect to develop preliminary plans
for a Continuing Education/Me-
dia Center, together with cost
estimates.

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Nease succumbs to cancer

The ebony Steinway stands in si-
lence near the window. The fingers
that one coaxed intricate melodies
and triumphant chords from the
keys are gone. Theron Nease has
died.

On Mon., Nov. 17, 1984, at 10
a.m., T crossed the finish line. There
were no medals and no trophies,
only rest and peace from the cancer
that doggedly chased T down the
course of his final footrace.

Cancer took T's life, but not his
victory. T won that race, fighting the
disease with every physical and emo-
tional resource he could muster, and
with a bravery that was surpassed
only by his faith in God.

The race was long and tiring. T
was diagnosed as having advanced
prostatic cancer in August, 1982. Af-
ter radiation therapy, he entered re-
mission, but came out of it in the
spring of 1983.

Surgery and hormone therapy
gave T another chance, but the can-
cer struck again in the spring of
1984, this time taking his life.

T viewed the cancer as an oppor-
tunity to live life to its fullest. He
took up running 10-kilometer road
races, which he said were "a way of
celebrating every day."

The cancer made T appreciate
"the fullness of the day," he said,
and in his last days he was alive
"more than I've been in 51 years."

T grew up in Savannah, GA,
where he was born on Nov. 17, 1931.
He attended Austin College in Sher-
man, TX, graduating in 1954. He re-
ceived a Bachelor of Divinity from
Austin Presbyterian Theological
Seminary in 1958 and was ordained
that year.

Between 1957 and 1963 T received
his clinical training in pastoral care
at hospitals in Texas and New
Jersey. In 1973 he earned a Ph.D. in
pastoral theology from Princeton
Theological Seminary.

Columbia hired T as Professor of
Pastoral Theology and Counseling in
1966. He had supplied the pulpit of
Forest Park Presbyterian Church,
Forest Park, GA, since 1975.

T is survived by his wife Judith
and his two daughters Susan, 20,
and Alison, 17.

T. Nease

International community grows
at Columbia

Internationalizing Theological Ed-
ucation at Columbia has become a
vital and significant contribution to
the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Under the direction of Dr. T. Er-
skine Clarke the program continues
to expand and enrich the life of the
Seminary community.

There are 26 Internationals on
campus this year from countries in
Europe, Asia, Latin America, the
Caribbean, and Africa. Several
Asian-Americans are pursuing their
first professional degrees, while
others are working on various ad-
vanced degrees. There are visiting
scholars and special students in-
volved in independent study and
continuing education.

Two countries are being repre-
sented for the first time this year.

Margit Balogh and Gyorgy Horvath
are two pastors from the Reformed
Church of Hungary and Sophia
Bietenhard comes to us from Swit-
zerland by way of the World Alli-
ance of Reformed Churches.

Columbia's students are enjoying
international experiences as well.
There are currently four students
studying at seminaries in the Carib-
bean and Costa Rica and three stu-
dents taking intern years in Korea
and Japan.

The international presence was
particularly strong earlier this fall
when the CTS community cele-
brated International Week. Begin-
ning with World-Wide Communion

Continued on page 3

FROM the PPE6IDENT

The three major purposes of Co-
lumbia Seminary expressed in care-
fully phrased statements are: 1) the
education of ministers for service in
the Church, 2) the provision of nur-
ture for ministers through life long
education, 3) and the development
of Biblical and Theological programs
for lay persons. In connection with
the latter we have had significant re-
sponse to our Monday Evening. Jan-
uary Lay School of Biblical Studies,
our Evangelism and Spiritual
Growth seminars and the Summer
Session courses. In addition there
are regular opportunities on Tues-
day, Wednesday, and Thursday eve-
nings from 7-9 PM to take for credit

or audit, electives in Bible, and
other basic courses.

A Seminary cannot do everything,
and thus we must focus carefully on
the major tasks given us by the
Presbyterian Church. Thus, the pro-
grams for lay leaders are carefully
planned and prepared using our
faculty and visiting professors.
Professors Hix, and Johnson have
led us in these areas in most effec-
tive ways. I commend the program
to you!

In the new year, we move forward
with gratitude to you, and to the
Christ whom we serve. We will be
carrying out the program of the
Seminary sustained and guided by

the mission we share which is so vi-
tal to the Church and the world just
now. The word "indispensable" is
not a bit too strong a word to de-
scribe it. Join us in a prayer for the
supply of all our needs and for the
strength and wisdom needed here in
this decisive moment in our history.
Above all, pray for our students,
their families, and their futures.!

Faithfully yours,

CTS Vantage

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Internationals

(cont'd from p. 2)

Sunday on October 7, a week was set
aside to focus on the Internationals
in the life of the seminary, the
Church and the world.

Special attention was given to a
different area of the world each day
with flags and maps adorning class-
rooms and daily chapel services led

by Internationals from the various
areas represented on campus. Spe-
cial meals representative of the dif-
ferent areas were served in the refec-
tory throughout the week to bring
even more of the international 'fla-
vor' to the community.

The week was highlighted by the

Associate in seminary
relations resigns

Emmie C. Young, Associate Direc-
tor of Seminary Relations and Asso-
ciate Dean of Students at Columbia
Seminary, has resigned her position
to further her clinical pastoral edu-
cation at Emory University Hospital
in Atlanta.

Young, who serves as editor of
Vantage, came to the seminary as
Associate Director of Seminary Rela-
tions and Ministerial Advisor to
Women on July 1, 1982. In the fall
of 1982, she was appointed Ministe-
rial Advisor to Women of the Com-
munity and in April, 1983, she was
named Associate Dean of Students.

Prior to arriving at CTS, Ms.
Young served as associate pastor to
Good Shepherd Presbyterian

Church, Lilburn, GA, a position she
held for 18 months.

Ms. Young is a native of Nash-
ville, TN, where her mother is a staff
writer for The Nashville Tennes-
seean. She received her B.A. in his-
tory from Vanderbilt University in
Nashville and graduated with dis-
tinction from Columbia in 1980 with
an M.Div.

Before entering the ministry, Ms.
Young taught school in Nashville
and, Omaha, NE. She also worked
for two years as recreational coordi-
nator at an Omaha hospital inten-
sive care unit.

She has two children: Braden, 14
and Mac, 13.

THIS DEPARTMENT
CAN HELP YOU*

The Bible Department

Charles B. Cousar

J. Will Ormond
James D. Newsome, Jr.

David M. Gunn

David Moessner

Professor of New Testament

Language, Literature &

Exegesis
Professor of Biblical Exposition
Professor of Old Testament

Language, Literature &

Exegesis
Professor of Old Testament

Language, Literature &

Exegesis
Associate Professor of New Tes

tament Language, Literature

& Exegesis

This article initiates a column that will highlight in each edition of Vantage a different
department of the Seminary that can provide you with help We hope you will not be i
tate t<> write it call anj "t OUT faculty or administrative Btafl foi help.

annual Missionary Coffee, sponsored
by the Women of the Church ol
lanta Presbytery and held to pro\ ul.
an opportunity to meet the mission-
aries on furlough at Mission Haven,
the residential community adjacent
to the seminary campus for housing
missionaries on leave.

The week's celebration was ended
with the seminary community's par-
ticipation in the PATH (Preabyte
rian's Answer to Hunger) Metro At-
lanta Hunger Walk. The proceeds ol
the walk went to benefit the PATH
programs locally and at the interna-
tional level.

hit, rnational ttltdmti gather uround the ta-
ble " ' I ./. re< itet the :
o/ institution

UPCOMING EVENTS IN CONTINUING
EDUCATION

January 28-February 1, 1985 - A WEEK IN THE WINTER WOODS

Fourth annual hike in the winter beauty of the Great Smokv Mountains; confronta-
tion with a hostile environment; a group experience of sharing and interdependent \
self-examination.

March 10-15. 1985 A WEEK AT THE MONASTERY OF THE BOL1
GHOST. Conyers. Georgia

A week of spiritual enrichment, living at the monastery with time spent in prayer,
meditation, and work

April 8-15. 1985 A WEEK IN JAMAICA

A pilgrimage following Easter in a Third World country where the Church il
and vibrant. A week at United Theological College in KingltOD and in Ocho
visiting the countryside seeing urban and rural parish work Fur las pi i ..m mil
clergy.

May 5-12, 1985 STUDY / RETREAT AT THE BEACH, Sunset Beach.
North Carolina

A week of study and discussion, combined with recreation and relaxation

June 12-24, 1985 - IN THE STEPS OF JOHN KNOX: A Pilgrimage into
our Presbyterian Heritage

Lay people and clergy will visit Edinburgh, London, and I leneva to learn church his-
tory, theological issues, and contemporary church 1 1 1 < Leaden Kaj and Davison

Philips, Margot and Stuart McWilliam, and Pat and Doug lli\

June 13-July 1, 1985 - BACH FEST AND GERMAN DELIGHT

Explore music, art, theology and culture ol central Kuropi- l.e.nlei I- n-.len. k t>
Bonkovsky, Columbia Seminary.

July 8-12 and July 15-19. 1985 - SUMMER SESSION

For information contact: Douglas W. Hix, Advanced Studies Offlo

Columbia Theological Seminary. !><. ilui (.
(404) 378-8822

COME SEE COLUMBIA

DAY

THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1985

Campus of Columbia Seminary
and the Columbia Presbyterian Church

sponsored by

The Columbia Friendship Circle

Winter 1985

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New Facult\ Tim nhouses.

CTS junior. Karen Walkup. gets doused by a
water balloon flung by a little angel at the
children's Halloween party as middler Em-
ory David (L) looks on

Johnny Jones (R) and Dan McLean run the grills at the Village barbeque this fall

Community picnic in September marks the opening of another year at CTS.

nifae Association Officers (L to R) Vice President, Alan
Elmore, President, Joanna Adams and Secretary, John Hunter

Candlelighting ceremony at Community Christmas Banquet.

Dean of Studi "I I ' 7. ( (irru(h<r->, giut

minute instructions to incoming first
students before opening Convocation in
September

Middler, Emory David leads Christmas carols at annual
Christmas Banquet

Community Life

at
CTS

CTS Board member, Langdon Flowers, enjoys a time of fellowship with student, Mike Bragan,
at the Student-Board Dinner in November.

Steve Price, recreation director and senior student, leads neighborhood children in games every Wednesday afternoon with the help of
students such as Tom Bales, Vickie Thomas and Richard Hill (R-L. interspersed among children).

Photos by Rhett Talbert

Third year student, Butch Miranda, entertains the community

<ii the annual Halloa sen Pari

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C. E. program cited

(cont'd from p. 1)

other approach to learning about
community. "For 5 days a dozen
learners participate in the worship-
reading-working-sleeping routine of
a lifestyle" vastly different from the
ordinary. They worship with the
monks, rising at 4 a.m., work in the
bakery, on the grounds, or with
those doing sand casting. According
to Dr. Hix, " 'What this week
teaches clergy is the importance of
applying these rhythms to their own
haphazard and frenzied home and
work schedules. A week at the Trap-
pist monastery helps clergy appreci-
ate the need for discipline and
structure.' "

A Week in Jamaica, always held

the week following Easter, exposes
the learners to a "Third World per-
spective that involves them in semi-
nars and the day-to-day life of a lo-
cal congregation on this island south
of Cuba." Students get a sense of
the tropical lifestyle, staying in
"Seminary lodgings" and in the
homes of church members. A sense
of community is found as the par-
ticipants grapple together with some
of the problems of this Third World
island.

For more information about these
and other continuing education
events contact Doug Hix at the
Seminary.

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CTS first-year students

Patrick N. Bailey - East Point, Georgia

Thomas L. Bales - Morristown, Tennessee

Donald Johnson Barbour - Winter Park, Florida

John H. Bell, Jr. - Knoxville, Tennessee

Jerry E. Blacklaw - Atlanta, Georgia

John A. Blake - Winter Park, Florida

William H. Bland, Jr. - Raleigh, North Carolina

Mark S. Bryan - Mobile, Alabama

James D. Burton - Riverdale, Georgia

Carol J. Byrd - Berea, Kentucky

Joey T. Byrd - Berea, Kentucky

Catherine Childs - Atlanta, Georgia

Randall F. Clegg - Albany, Georgia

E. Leon Clymore - Atlanta, Georgia

Francis V. Daniell - Marietta, Georgia

Gail P. Deane - Rembert, South Carolina

Jon R. Faraone - Hurley, Virginia

Daniel W. Graham - Jacksonville, Florida

Colette Hamby - Tucker, Georgia

Richard G. Hill - Quincy, Florida

Ronald R. Milliard - N. Palm Beach, Florida

John Dale Hobbs - Kingsport, Tennessee

Johnny J. Jones - Cleveland, Tennessee

Young Kyong Kim - Mission Viejo, California

Robert K. Locklear - Bremen, Georgia

Joseph Wade Malloy - Jacksonville, Florida

Richard T. Maule - Atlanta, Georgia

William H. McKissack - Atlanta, Georgia

Wayne D. Morrison - Memphis, Tennessee

George V. Naze - Avondale Estates, Georgia

Stephen L. Nelms - Fayetteville, Georgia

Jun Ro Park - Korea and Montgomery, Alabama

William R. Patterson - Tuskegee, Alabama

Karen Petersohn - Atlanta, Georgia

Donald Putnam - Martinez, Georgia

Diane L. Ragsdale - Atlanta, Georgia

Robert P. Reno - Decatur, Georgia

Melana T. Scruggs - Temple Terrace, Florida

Catherine A. Sumrall - New Orleans, Louisiana

O. Rhett Talbert, Jr. - Georgetown, South Carolina

Vickie Jo Thomas - Youngstown, Ohio

Broadnax Joseph Virgil - Atlanta, Georgia

Louise P. Wade - Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Karen R. Walkup - Columbia, South Carolina

George H. Waters - Knoxville, Tennessee

Walter Philip West - Richmond, Virginia

Judith Lynn Williamson - Florence, South Carolina

Keith Gore Wiseman - Oxford, Mississippi

Columbia honors Atlanta
area donors

October 23 marked the celebration
of the 1984 Atlanta Area Apprecia-
tion Dinner in the CTS Refectory.
This dinner is held annually for
friends of the seminary in apprecia-
tion of their generous and continu-
ing support of Columbia. President
J. Davison Philips presided and,
along with his wife Kay, issued a
warm welcome to these special
friends.

The principal address for the eve-
ning was given by Howell Adams,
Jr., prominent Atlanta businessman,
elder at Trinity Presbyterian Church
and member of Columbia's Presi-
dent's Advisory Council. He focused
on the history of Atlanta's close rela-
tionship with Columbia and on the
importance the Atlanta area to the
Seminary.

He reminded those in the audi-
ence, "We have not begun to reach
our full potential. We have the abil-
ity and the resources to be far more
supportive." Mr. Adams went on to
ask that Columbia's Atlanta friends
continue to support the seminary,
but he also suggested a few "basics"
that they might work on. Leading
his list was the suggestion that you

"first, place Columbia on your prior-
ity list for giving. Only you, of
course, can decide how much that
gift can be. Keep in mind there are
many ways to do this, some of you
can enjoy doing them all. For others
only a portion will fit. One which I
recommend for everyone is re-
membering Columbia in your will.
Wills are not just for the wealthy;
they are for everybody. Even if your
estate is very modest, don't miss out
on the privilege of making one more
statement to your family, and your
Lord, where your priorities are."

Mr. Adams offered other sugges-
tions on how Atlantans can help the
seminary, ending with this note:

"Let's resolve that we, as Atlanta-
area Presbyterians, will respond
with such zeal that our light can be
seen far and wide and that
Presbyterians, far and wide, will
catch fire with support and encour-
agement for Presbyterian seminaries
everywhere, raising their quality and
their impact as they go about the
church's indispensable task of pre-
paring and nurturing our
leadership."

CTS President J Davison Philips thanks the Seminary's supporters at the Atlanta Area Ap-
preciation Dinner

President's
advisors
to meet

The President's Advisory Council
will meet here at Columbia on April
23, 1985. This Council is a group of
leaders in the Southeast who have a
strong and abiding loyalty to the
seminary. The all-day meeting is
held yearly to acquaint and update
the group on the ever-changing face
of Columbia's mission to the
Church. It also gives the group an
opportunity to advise Dr. Philips,
the faculty and administration on
the state of the Church as they see it
and how Columbia might better
serve it.

vantage

Vol. 76, #3 Winter, 1985
Published quarterly by

Columbia Theological
Seminary
P.O. Box 520
Decatur, GA 30031

Columbia is a seminary of the
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and
is an accredited member of the
Association of Theological Schools
and the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools.

Editor

Emmie C. Young

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Whitener
joins
staff

The seminary is pleased to add
Olin Marsh Whitener Jr. to its ad-
ministrative staff as Associate Direc-
tor of Development. A 1976 Doctor
of Ministry graduate of Columbia,
Olin comes to us from the Allison
Creek Presbyterian Church near
Charlotte where he served as senior
pastor for nearly five years. He also
served a two-church field in Grover
and King's Mountain, North Caro-
lina, for three years immediately af-
ter graduation from CTS.

The son of a PCUS minister, Olin
Whitener is a BA graduate of the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte, the town in which he
spent his high school years as well.
In 1969 he married Ruth Anne
Sloop, began college and continued
as a full time sales representative for
the Standard Register Company, a
job he kept throughout his three
years at the University. He was
graduated in June 1972, and began
Greek School at CTS a month later.

The energy and enthusiasm that
Olin exhibited in his college, semi-
nary, and parish careers is evident in
his work at Columbia. On the staff
since August, Olin has already put
new life into the Annual Fund Cam-
paign. He has assumed duties in the
area of Alumni/ae development with
special attention to the Alumni/ae
Council and with the Columbia
Friendship Circle. His love for the
parish and the church at large is evi-
dent and he looks forward to taking
Columbia's message out into it.

The seminary is indeed fortunate
to have Olin, Ruth Anne and their
three sons, Tripp, Jason, and Benja-
min, as part of our community.

Annual

Fund

increases

This year's ANNUAL FUND goal
is $485,000 and we are well on the
road to achieving that goal! As of
December 1 the ANNUAL FUND
total is $177,000. This is a significant
increase over the amount we had re-
ceived at this time last year. THAT
IS GOOD NEWS! We still have a
long way to go, but are confident
that we will be where we need to be
at the end of this fiscal year.

The ANNUAL FUND is a signifi-
cant part of Columbia's annual
budget of $3,300,000. These un-
restricted gifts from our Alumni/ae
and friends provide the necessary
financial relief our students must
have. It costs Columbia Seminary
more than $8,000 a year to educate a
candidate for the gospel ministry.
Though student fees, Synod gifts,
income from our endowment, and
designated gifts from local churches
meet the largest portion of this cost
there is a sizeable balance which
must be met by the ANNUAL
FUND.

Recently one of our friends who
contributes to the ANNUAL FUND
wrote to us and we want to share a
portion of her letter.

"Last February I was beginning
to contemplate beginning an in-
vestment program, now that my
private practice seems to be a
genuine success. I was somewhat
bothered by a concern for in-
vesting to make more money
when that concern was not bal-
anced by investing in God's
work. So I made a list of invest-
ments, prayerfully, which I be-
lieved to be in the interest of
furthering God's work. Colum-
bia Seminary headed the list
. . . and I haven't regretted it.
It 'feels good' to be a part of
this ministry."

God is using people of faith from
every corner of the world to support
Columbia's mission of training and
nurturing ministers of the gospel of
Jesus Christ.

Charitably Speakie;

Remembering Columbia
In Your Will

The following form of bequest or like form may be used:

"I give and bequeath to Columbia Theological

Seminary, Decatur, Georgia, the sum of

dollars (or specific real estate, securities, etc.).

And let us know of your intention to do so. We will be
grateful for your remembering of this fine institution.

By JIM DICKENSON

Vice-President

Development/Seminary

Relations

Property makes an excellent gift

You can give a gift of property to
Columbia Seminary and receive a
number of advantages to you and
your spouse. Of course, the main
purpose in giving a gift is to help
further, and strengthen, the work
and mission of the seminary itself.
To fulfill that purpose should be
first and foremost in our minds as
we seek to be good caretakers for
what God has provided.
By giving property to the semi-
nary you will receive several tax
advantages. For example, your in-
come tax deductions can be
spread over five years; in many in-
stances you can avoid capital gain
taxes; and, if you prefer, you can
receive a lifetime income for you
and your spouse.

Two ways to give property:

(1) As an outright gift: the semi-
nary received the property, dis-
poses of it, and uses the funds to
establish a scholarship fund in the
donor's honor, or it can be used
for any purpose the donor wishes,
in conjunction with seminary
policy.

(2) To establish a Gift Annuity or
a Unitrust: the seminary receives
the property, disposes of it, and
uses the funds to establish a
yearly income for the donor and
spouse. Then when the donor and
spouse have no further use of the
income the seminary will establish
an endowment (scholarship) fund
according to the donor's wishes.

Some examples of what can be
given:

Open Land: you may be holding a
few acres of property as an invest-
ment and would like to find a way
to turn it to income producing
means. By giving it to the semi-
nary and setting up a trust you
can receive an income lor life, and
avoid capital gain taxes.

A Home or Farm: you may give
your home in town oi youi I arm
tO the seminary by deed. You will
receive an enormous income tax

deduction, winch can be spread

over 5 years, and have the use of
either or both for the rest of your
life.

Commercial Property: you may
own a grocery store building, or a
corner containing a service sta-
tion, or an old Posl Office build-
ing, or a warehouse. These are ap-
propriate gifts to make.

Shopping Centers: shopping cen-
ters provide excellent gifts, or
partial interests in these centers
can substantially strengthen the
seminary's financial position.

High Rise Office or Apartment
Buildings: for example, you can
give a 10- or 12 -floor building, a
floor at a time each year.

Other Possibilities: Partial inter-
est or partial holdings in various
kinds of negotiable properties, or
you may have something unusual
you wish to consider. Call us.

There is no charge to youl We will
be happy to consult with you
about any potential properties
you have in mind.

THIS DEPARTMENT
CAN HELP YOU

The Department of Development/Semi-
nary Relations

James F. Dickenson

Vice-President of Develop-
ment/Seminary Relations

Olin M. Whitener, Jr.
Associate Director of
Development

Position Temporarily Vacant
Associate Director of Seminary
Relations

Donald Bailey

Field Representative

Bonneau Dickson
Field Representative

Betsy Burgess
Secretary, Records, Mailing
Component

Mary Cowart
Secretary, Seminary Relations,
Mailing Component

June McDaniel

Records, Computer

Barbara Poe
Secretary, Administration of
Office of Development/Semi-
nary Relations

Winter 1985

CTS Vantage

CFC officers meet with administrative staff to plan for "Come See Columbia Day" in April

The Columbia Friendship

Circle

The Executive Committee of the Columbia Friendship Circle (CFC) met at
Columbia Seminary September 26 and 27 and made plans for what promises
to be another profitable and fun-filled "COME SEE COLUMBIA DAY."
Women (and men) from churches in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Mis-
sissippi, and other area states will gather at Columbia on April 18.

If you would like information about "COME SEE COLUMBIA DAY" or the
CFC please write or call the Office of Development at Columbia Seminary.

Have you made a commitment to
Columbia's 1984-85 ANNUAL FUND?

COLUMBIA THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY ANNUAL FUND

In consideration of the Seminary's needs, l/we accept the challenge to share in
Columbia's commitment to Shaping Christian Leadership of Excellence

Signed

My/Our Commitment $.
Enclosed $.

Remainder to be paid as follows:
monthly quarterly other

Name

Address

City

State

Zip

D Scholarship aid

Where most needed

D I would like to have infor-
mation about the Matching
Gift Program

I would like to talk to some-
one from the Seminary
about optional forms of
giving

Area Code Telephone
Mail to: Columbia Theological Seminary - Annual Fund
Decatur, Georgia 30031

Conferences scheduled
for ministry prospects

Two special conferences for men
and women who are considering
ministry as their vocation have been
planned here at Columbia. The Col-
lege Conference On Ministry is
planned for college students, or re-
cent graduates, who are considering
the ministry. The conference is
scheduled on Columbia's campus for
the weekend of February 22-24,
1985. Among the scheduled activities
are a worship service with the semi-
nary community led by Dr. Cathe-
rine Gonzalez, Professor of Church
History, and a Bible study led by
Dr. David Moessner, Associate Pro-
fessor of New Testament.

In addition the Conference On
Ministry, geared toward people con-
sidering a vocational change into the
ministry, is planned on campus for
the weekend of March 15-17, 1985.
Both of these conferences will offer
those participating the opportunity
to talk with Columbia faculty, staff
and students, to ask questions about
housing, work possibilities for
spouses and financial aid, and to ex-
plore their own sense of call to min-
istry. Persons interested in register-
ing for one of these conferences may
contact Ruth Tidd, Department of
Admissions, for more information.

THE COLUMBIA
FORUM

February 5-8, 1985

GUEST PREACHER - Fred B. Craddock
Professor of Preaching and New Testament,
Candler School of Theology, Emory
University, Atlanta, Georgia

ALUMNI/AE LECTURER - Leighton Ford
Associate Evangelist and Vice President
of The Billy Graham Evangelistic
Association, Charlotte, North Carolina

SMYTH LECTURER - Leander E. Keck
Dean and Winkley Professor of Biblical
Theology, Yale Divinity School,
New Haven, Connecticut

Columbia Theological Seminary

Second Class

Postage

Paid at

Decatur, Ga

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