NOBTS trustees approve $12 million campus renovation plan, rename student center in honor of Fred Luter
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The board of trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College approved a $12 million plan to make critical campus renovations including updates to student housing, the cafeteria and the student center during its spring meeting April 12-13.
TRUSTEES: NOBTS creates Jim Henry Leadership Institute, revises master’s programs in ‘extensive’ meeting
NEW ORLEANS – The board of trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College approved revisions to the master’s degree programs, elected three faculty members, and approved the creation of the Jim Henry Leadership Institute during their spring meeting April 12-13.
Newsom named Caskey Center director at NOBTS
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College announced the appointment of Blake Newsom, senior pastor of Dauphin Way Baptist Church in Mobile, Alabama, as the next director of the Caskey Center for Church Excellence.
NOBTS tool addresses youth ministry effectiveness
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – A 2019 Lifeway Research study found that 66 percent of young adults stop attending church between the ages of 18 and 22. While the same study found that some eventually make their way back to the church, the data is staggering.
FIDEICOMISARIOS: NOBTS aprueba nuevo título e iniciativa en español en línea
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Los fideicomisarios del Seminario Teológico Bautista New Orleans (NOBTS) aprobaron un nuevo título de plantación de iglesias y tres nuevas especializaciones de Leavell College durante su reunión de primavera el 12 y 13 de abril.
TRUSTEES: NOBTS approves new degrees and online Spanish initiative
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary trustees approved a new church planting degree and three new Leavell College majors during their spring meeting April 12-13.
SBDR prepares Zeta response; NOBTS avoids major damage
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – Hurricane Zeta made landfall as a Category 2 storm in southeastern Louisiana on Wednesday evening (Oct. 28), passing over New Orleans around 7:30 p.m. before trekking across the southeastern United States and into the mid-Atlantic states as a tropical storm, leaving more than 2.5 million without power.
TRUSTEES: NOBTS approves Leavell College initiatives, elects Tyler Wittman to the faculty
NEW ORLEANS (BP) – The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary trustees approved three initiatives to bolster the work of Leavell College, elected Tyler Wittman to the faculty and affirmed changes to the doctor of ministry program.
TRUSTEES: NOBTS approves $21.5 million budget, looks to resume in-person classes in the fall
NEW ORLEANS (BP) -- The Executive Committee of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Trustees approved a 2020-2021 budget of $21.55 million -- approximately 9 percent less than in 2019-20 and 10 percent less than the original budget proposal for 2020-21 -- during their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday (June 2).
TRUSTEES: NOBTS votes to close seven extension centers, delays budget finalization, approves new degrees
NEW ORLEANS -- The Executive Committee of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Trustees approved new degrees, elected four faculty members and voted to close seven extension centers during virtual meetings April 14 and 15. The board voted to defer approval of the 2020-2021 budget until the regularly scheduled Executive Committee meeting June 2.
