Liberty University - Selah Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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Finding out what it was all about is what Seminary for a Day was all about. Men and women came from out of state as well as from the local area to experience the atmos- phere of LBS. The Seminary ran a normal daily schedule to let those present get the idea of what LBS was like. An address by Dr. Hughes to kick off the day was a highlight. Challeng- ing the prospective seminarians to further their education, he spoke of the need for men and women who could rightly divide God's Word. The day included a chapel service, visits to classes, and a luncheon with LBS President, Dr. A. Pierre Guillermin, as the speaker. v i ,, 'x 0 , ! 220fSeminary

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Some 35 students have grad- uated from Liberty Baptist Sem- inary in the first four years of its experience, and several more did not graduate but came and went, and therefore joined the ranks of seminary alumni. The school began in 1973, offer- ing a three-year Master of Divinity degree for preachers and pastors and a two-year Master of Arts de- gree in Christian Education. It might prove interesting to see what some of the seminary alumni are doing at this time. The first seminary graduating class consisted of two students, John Lynn Horner and Donald James Pendley, in 1975. They both received the M.A. in Christian Education. Horner since has been ordained to the Gospel ministry and works as a school administrator at Calvary Baptist Church in Marion, Ill. Pendley also was ordained and now is associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Spring Lake, Mich. 7 In 1976, four students received the M.A.,,degree. Of them, Dr. Cheppanalil Thomas Abraham. now is a church pastor ministering to his own people in Kerala State, lndia, Robert William Farnsworth is princi- pal of a Christian day school in Ashland, KY., Leslie Woodrow Smith has been ordained and serves as principal of Gateway Christian Academy at Luster's Gate Baptist Church in Blacksburg, and Don- ald Banks Swanson is principal of Greenwood Village Christian Schools in Houston, Texas. That year also saw the first Master of Divinity degree gradu- ates. There were 11 of them. John Beck Cartwright is pastor of Cal- vary Baptist Church in Sharon Hill, PA., Don Lewis Crain is pastor of the First Christian Church in Holt- ville, CA., and Gary Glendon Elmore pastors the Faith Bible Church in Theodore, AL. Cartwright, Crain, and Elmore have all been ordained. James Lee Flanagan teaches part-time at Boulevard Baptist Schools while working on his Doctorate from Southwestern Bap- tist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX., and Norman Lynn Hedding, an ordained preacher, directs the Jolly 60's Senior Citi- zens Outreach here at Thomas Road Baptist Church. Peter Lewis Hilmar, also or- dained, teaches at the Hartford Christian Academy at Farmington Avenue Baptist Church in Hartford, CN., Harry Wayne Lewis also is working on his Doctorate at South- western, and John Grimsley Napier is working on a Doctorate from Dallas Theological Seminary. And last but not least, three other 1976 Master of Divinity gradu- ates are all pastors. David B. Overton leads the Mitchell Hollow Mission Church in Windham, N.Y., Frank Demetrio Papandrea serves at Union County Baptist Church in Clark, NJ, and Donald Wayne Rey- nolds ministers at Calvary Baptist Church in Denton, MD. There were 11 Christian Educa- tion graduates in 1977. Eugene Samuel Albert, Jr., has a tape ministry in Hurst, TX, Patricia Mc- Daniel Bellosa is on the staff of the soul-winning ministry at Thomas Road Baptist Church, Stephen