Central Bible College - Cup Yearbook (Springfield, MO)

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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

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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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S In , 2' ' 'hQQ 4 I ff ff , M!! ,s-'Z Z ,f 'W T , i .f g vw- 4 , if 1, 4,f, Q iff, W 7 , J' fi 'f fry Mu ffhfffk 14, ff Q g 'M my . ei gk JCZAW fwff 2 f Registrar: David Drake l G-od's highesT purpose for monkind is expressed in The sToTemenT, Chrisf in you, The hope of glory. The beIiever's union wiTh ChrisT is referred To os The mysTery of Godliness. The cdrnol mind connoT fc1Thom or comprehend The heighT ond The depTh of God's love Toword sinners, in ThoT He would give His Son To The world, ond ThoT The Son con indwell The believera Mon connoT roTiondlly hope for glory unless his sins ore pordoned ond his noTure is sdncTified, buT Gods provision is To puT men in possession of The SpiriT ond power of ChrisT, ond To moke Them pdrTokers of The divine noTure. In order To dccomplish This end, The AposTIe Poul expresses ThoT mon's pdrT in experiencing presenT fuIfiIlmenT ond fuTure glory is To lobor wiTh zeol ond edrnesTness ond wiTh dll The sTrengTh which God hos powerfully furnished us. To on incoming freshmon, four yeors seem like forever. WhoT Then could hold Dovid Droke, The DirecTor of Ad- missions ond Records, To CenTrol Bible College for ThirTy yeors? ThirTy yecrrs is d long Time on onyone's colendor. Is This posiTion jusT o sTop on The rood To greoTer success? ls There d Tremendous finoncidl income involved wiTh fringe benefiTs To The hiIT'? No, BroTher Droke's moTivoTion is much simpler ond yeT much more profound. AT The very cenTer of his heorT lies The exciTemenT ond Thrill of seeing young people Troin for The minisTry. He undersTdnds ond knows The reoIiTy of God's Kingdom, ond he pldys o cenirol role in influencing sTudenTs To Tdke Their world for ChrisT. WhoT could be more imporTdnT'? ThdT he pldys This cenTroI role is evidenT. Even before incoming freshmen or Trdnsfer sTudenTs drrive, BroTher Droke hos been in conTocT. His office hondles dll corre- spondence perTdining To odmissions. lVlosT ony inquiry is deoIT wiTh in such o personol woy ThoT eoch reply cdrries wiTh iT o wormTh ond openness ThoT sdys someone cores. He is olso in chdrge of direcTing The regisirofion process ond evoIuoTing Tronsfer crediTs. This is dll done before cldsses begin. During The yedr he is mosT visible in The cldssroom siTuoTion Tedching English LiTeroTure or Pdrlid- meniory Lows. Behind The scenes he is busy wiTh impor- TonT ddminisTroTive Tosks, commiTTee work, counseling, correspondence, ond moinioining reords. Dovid Droke X24 :.....-...a......,.... -H ..