Hyles Anderson College - Caber Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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a a a een —————————— — —— — —— — ——== 244 — Graduation DOCTOR OF DIVINITY DR. THOMAS LESLIE HOBBINS, SR. Dr. Les Hobbins has been a close friend of Hyles-Anderson College for many years. Dr. Hobbins has pastored for over a decade in the Toledo, Ohio, area at the Lewis Avenue Baptist Church. He has been responsible for seeing scores of changed lives and hundreds of people brought to Christ during his tenure there. Dr. Hobbins is a true friend of Hyles-Anderson College. Thomas Leslie Hobbins was saved at fourteen years of age at a youth meeting in London, Ontario, Canada. He received a Bachelor’s degree from a Bible college, and later a Master of Divinity degree from seminary, where he received an award for excellence in preaching. During his ministry, he has pastored four churches — two of which were located in Canada. For the past fifteen years, Dr. Hobbins has pas- tored the Lewis Avenue Baptist Church. The church is located on twenty-five acres of land in Temperance, Michigan, which is a suburb of the greater Toledo, Ohio, metropolitan area. The church maintains an attendance of over 500. They have had a high day of over 3,000 in attendance. The church land and building are valued at $2 million.

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DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES -— Sy YG ” Gs DR. RONALD ALLEN HAMILTON Dr. Ron Hamilton has achieved nation-wide renown as “Patch the Pirate”. His ministry through records and tapes has literally blessed the lives of tens of thou- sands of children across the country. Dr. Hamilton blessed the assemblage at gradu- ation by singing a song, “Rejoice in the Lord.” He has been a blessing to the Hyles- Anderson student body through his speaking on the subject of the right type of music. We are thankful for Dr. Hamilton and his influence on Hyles-Anderson Col- lege and America. Ronald Allen Hamilton graduated from Bob Jones University with a Bachelor’s degree in sacred music in 1973 and a Master’s degree in 1975. He taught at the university from 1973 until 1978, when he resigned to enter a full-time ministry of music and preaching to fundamental churches. In the spring of 1978, Dr. Hamilton discovered he had cancer, and his left eye was removed. Through this experience and subsequent events, God led him into a ministry of children’s music as “Patch the Pirate.” In this role, he has completed six “Patch the Pirate” recordings which have become synonymous with children’s music in fundamental churches. He also wrote the song, “Rejoice in the Lord,” which is the title song of his weekly nation-wide broadcast. Dr. Hamilton says, “God took my left eye due to cancer and gave me a worldwide ministry.” aa Graduation — 243

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DOCTOR OF HUMANITIES DR. ROBERT GLYNN GRAY Robert Glynn Gray came to Hyles-Anderson College in 1974 after graduating from a secular school and being a cost accountant with General Motors for seven years. He graduated from Hyles-Anderson College in 1976 with highest honors. After this, he pastored the Faith Baptist Church in Bourbonnais, Illinois, for four years. During this time, the ministry there experienced God’s blessing and grew rapidly. In 1980, he became the pastor of Longview Baptist Temple in Longview, Texas. In the last six years, that church has grown to an average attendance of over 2,000. In 1985 the church baptized 2,991 people. The ministries of the church include Longview Christian Academy, Texas Baptist College, a television program, a bus ministry, a chapel ministry, and a nursing home ministry. a I TT A A AE LL ALP AL LE LL APA LDAP LE APPEL ALPE PD DAE DPI EDA I LE EOS DE AGREE eer eee reser see eres see ee se ese ree eS TS ST ETS ee Graduation — 245