Central Bible College - Cup Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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g QlefT To righTj: Dr. Charles Rev. Maurice Lednicky, lvlr. T by The General iTion of policy and The The Board of DirecTors ionsTiTuTion and By- af This insTiTuTion, id purposes for which whom are SpiriT-filled e eighT ordained TdenT of The General al DirecTor of The anT of CenTral Bible cuTive CommiTTee. of DirecTors beTween :1Tes, hearing reporTs, ie financial needs of iTs revenue. IT is funds, and properTy. or admission and irds, and generally To implemenT The President: Phlllp Crouch From 4957-T963 BroTher Crouch served Ceniral Bible College as a full-Time Teacher and Chairman of The Missions DeparTmenT, In 1963, he Took The office of PresidenT aT a Time when The image of CenTral Bible College was blurred, and sTudenT enrollmenT was confinually dropping. The fuiure of C.B.C. resTed on The answer To The auesiion many faculTy members had begun To ask --- VVhaT was The purpose of The college? Presideni Crouch underfook The Task of re- esTablishing The original goal of The lnsTiTuTe To be a Bible College for minisferial Training --- noT a Liberal ArTs College. lvlany changes, besides The change in name, and in academic sTrucTure. had To Take place under The new leadership of Presidenf Crouch. ln his second year of adminisTraTion, Presidenf Crouch soughf professional help To esfablish The physical goals of C.B.C. As a resulT, This campus has seen a new building erecTed every Two years. To make a lisT of all The presenf duTies of The Presidenf would require many pages of wriiing. Despiie The demands placed upon him, BroTher Crouch has lefT his office open To sTudenTs and faculTy alike. One sTudenT, recalling The Time he eniered The PresidenT's office in his muddy, greasy work cloThes, said, You don'T have To be anyone buT yourself when you Talk To The PresidenT. BroTher Zimmerman besT summarized The characier and leadership of Philip Crouch when he said of The President He is a man of greaf abiHfy, buf profound humiwy. CenTral Bible College has only one regreT To menTion abouT Their y leader --- having To say farewell To him. Dr, Thomas F. Zimmerman General Council of The Assemblies of God Dear BroTher Zimmerman: l y f T Sevemeen years ago' you called me inTo your office and offered me The opporiunify To begin one of The mosT exciTing careers of my life, ThaT of being presidenT of CenTral Bible College. Before This. l had spenT six years as a member of The faculTy of This college: previous To ThaT, my wife and l had spenf TwenTy years in missionary service, T The joys of These years of minisTry cannoT be expressed in words. BuT, There comes a Time when There is a need for change. The needed abilify To be creaiive, The abiIiTy To handle difficulT decisions and To resisT carrying heavy loads home af nighT, make one realize ThaT The load of being presidenT of This college needs To resT on younger shoulders, li has been a joy To work wiTh you on The board of This college, To work wiTh The faculTy of This college, To work wiTh The alumni associaTion of This college, buT, The Time has come when we are requesTing reTiremenT. l give you my assurance, ThaT in The monihs ThaT lie ahead, i will assisT The college in every way l can To make an easy and comforTable TransiTion for a new adminisirafion, Our prayers will always be wiTh The college, Thai iT will conTinue To be The kind of Training ground ThaT will prepare young men and women for careers of minisTry in The church, aT home and abroad, in The years ThaT lie ahead, and unTil ChrisT comes again. Yours sincerely in Him, Philip Crouch, presidenT cemroi Bible College NN L Philip Crouchf 19

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Board of Directors . Q, 4, SiTTlng ClefT To righTj: Dr. Philip Crouch, Dr. Hardy STeinberg. Dr, Thomas F. Zimmerman. Rev. G. Raymond Carlson. STanding fleff To righfji Dr. Charles Kendrick, lvlr. Charles Weffer, Rev. Norman L. SurraTT. Rev. George Vllesflake, Rev, Gene Jackson. Dr. J. Philip Hogan, Rev. Maurice Lednicky, Mr. Howard Genfry. Nof picTured: Rev. Raymond Hudson, Rev. Paul Lowenburg. lvlr. STeven Tomen. I . af ' Q01-gig V .QR ,' 1.6 4 no fi , 21 ev. r Dr. Thomas F. Zimmerman. Chairman. A 48fBoard Of Direcfors Cenfral Bible College is owned and operafed by The General Council of The Assemblies of God. The execufion of policy and The adminisTraTion of The college is delegafed To The Board of Direcfors in accordance wiTh The provisions of CBC's Consfifufion and By- laws. The Board of Direcfors is The guardian of This insTiTuTion, charged wiTh forever promoTing The ideals and purposes for which The college was founded. The Board consisis of fifTeen members all of whom are S iriT filled , 1 D - 'members of The Assemblies of God. There are eighT ordained minlsTers, four laymen, The General Superinfendenf of The General Council of The Assemblies of God, The Nafional Direcior of The Division of ChrisTian EducaTion and The Presidenf of CenTral Bible College. The Board also provides from iTs ranks an ExecuTive CommiTTee. The Execufive CommiTTee acTs for The Board of Direcfors befween meefings, approving qualified faculTy candidafes, hearing reporls, and oTher maTTers noT oTherwise provided for. The Board of Direcfors makes provisions for The financial needs of The insTiTuTion, adopTs iTs budgef and secures iTs revenue. IT is responsible for iTs endowmenTs, invesTmenTs, funds, and properfy. The Board also esTablishes The reauiremenfs for admission and graduafion, and auThorizes degrees and awards, and generally does any lawful acT which is deemed proper To implemenf The objecTives of CenTral Bible College. From 4957-4963 Cenfral Bible Co and Chairman c In 4963, he Took a Time when The College was blu enrolimenT was - fufure of C.B.C. The quesfion mc: begun To ask The college? Presidenf Croucl esfablishing The T To be a Bible Cc --- nor a Liberal changes, beside in academic sTrL under The new li Crouch. ln his ser adminisTraTion, P, professional help goals of C.B.C. 1 seen a new builc years. To make a lisf of The Presidenf wc wriTing. Despife 1 him, Brofher Crol To sfudenfs and recalling The Timm PresidenT's office cloThes, said, Yi anyone buf your President Brofhl summarized The of Philip Crouch Presidenfz He is profound humiif only one regrer leader --- havin rv I YA Y - v,. - . -.Nf.--ifrvuvwml-X .. ..,

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,,............,... There is no quesfion in my mind ThaT idenfifying wifh Sainf PauI's observaflons in boasTing only in weakness relafes a greaT aeal fo my concepf cocerning ChrisT living in and Through us. We live by faifh in The Son of Goa who gave His life for us and if we confribufe anyfhing meaningful To minisTry or our proTher He is worThy and due all praise. Chrisf is consfanfly The auThor of our evolulion in conformiTy info an increasing replioaTion of Himself Through us. If we have His mincl, will and purpose we will find liTfle dlfficulTy in relaTing To The commission To reach our world wifh The gospel. 2OfDean Phillips Dean: Alan Phillips 6 X,- ,, - v i 1 l9QCl9FSTS?9sS1 T'7922Q?Q0Z9?9995rf'5fUQ3f9?TlPh?5l?f0V5fEWT9f?lf33iWSTfGT ' i6sT,rqm'enfQlffifwiilheff lmblemehtdfidnigeff 6ur'Cl1rlsTlQn Off T T 1f77Q05feFQWf7OSelifur1ofiC?n,iii fogsnafoh ff7O56Pf7Ofl17V7l7Qf 2121ChfiszfaalifefTHHQWfhvivvcnlbeffvg: vssf i 'i 'rf 2ii vf fr vseeimeidifo sneak f?omfpersonc'lle'x eriencie: Above T all one ymusjlhaveya genuine love for peopleg Hegf 1 'T musl love Them deeply. f This love' expresses. ifselfin' T involvemenT.fAn involvemenT and an opennesslhaf Takes a chanoelof gefTing hurT.l A genuine love also communicaTes slnoerifys and inTegriTy,l doosfldo. if T f heigll love wa Man QEFWS 26043 Q 53 0,3-0502