TRUSTEES: NOBTS adds sites, options
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s Trustee Executive Committee added five new certificate sites, one doctor of ministry site, and five new curriculum options to the school’s academic catalogue June 7. The Trustee Executive Committee also received a financial and enrollment update from seminary president Chuck Kelley and authorized the institution to partner with […]
Despite May 21 prediction, no one knows ‘the day or hour,’ scholars say
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The billboards dot roadsides worldwide and a fleet of buses spent months crisscrossing the United States -- all to announce that Judgment Day will occur this Saturday, May 21, with the end of the world following on Oct. 21.
NOBTS grads challenged to ‘get in there!’
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary conferred degrees to more than 225 students May 13-14, holding two separate graduation ceremonies for the first time since Hurricane Katrina due to the large number of graduates.
Inmates, lives changed, help lead chapel
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–Warden Burl Cain and several current and former members of the Louisiana State Penitentiary prison program led chapel at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in April, giving the seminary community a firsthand glimpse into the spiritual impact of the program. Chuck Kelley, the seminary’s president, said the Angola program can be traced to […]
NOBTS: Multiethnic churches seen by profs as vital
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–Cultural exclusivity in the church represents neither the power of the Gospel nor American society, and change is needed for the church to maintain relevance and vibrancy in the coming decades, Damian Emetuche and fellow professors tell students at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Emetuche, a Nigerian who came to NOBTS in early […]
Page at NOBTS: ‘Heed the command’
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–As he introduced Frank Page as the day’s chapel speaker, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary president Chuck Kelley asked the Executive Committee president to tell about the last time he shared his faith. Page said he led a woman to Christ during a flight from Salt Lake City to Denver recently. “It was […]
Ezell, at NOBTS, cites keys to ministry
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–“You will be remembered more for how you leave and how you depart than how you arrive,” North American Mission Board President Kevin Ezell said in a chapel message at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Ezell preached from Acts 20, which recounts the Apostle Paul’s farewell to the church at Ephesus. Like Paul […]
COMMENCEMENT: New Orleans Seminary
NEW ORLEANS (BP)–New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary held its largest fall graduation ceremony since Hurricane Katrina forced the seminary to move its December 2005 graduation to Birmingham, Ala. More than 200 students received degrees during the ceremony in a packed Leavell Chapel on the seminary campus. The seminary also saw its largest ever class of […]
Seminary is hub for Christmas shoeboxes
NEW ORLEANS (BP)--The mountain of boxes grew steadily outside New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Hardin Student Center throughout the day as shoeboxes packed for Operation Christmas Child arrived from ...
