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

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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

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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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Commencement ™ + oe 7 i 5 roe tw he ag 4 , ; i a ey Cee VEY . a a ‘ “ sss e. : : Abie A 5 ® 2% 2 e CS Se a ee wnt esos : hie ne eerie ——iemmmtemestnmiie Sammie oneppaeens Meme: From the time the first name was read until the strains of “Pomp and Circumstance” filled the air, it was truly a very special evening. For some 300 graduates, graduation was something that had been sought after and yearned for. As a result of dedication and diligence, the prize has been won. We congratulate you, 1986 graduates of Hyles-Anderson College.