In this issue:
• Message from the Dean
• Ready for renewal, deeper studies?
• OASIS Renew for the Journey
• Congratulations Class of 2013
• Hispanic Theological Program Honors Drs. Jean and Charles Allen
• Visiting the Holy Land
• National Honors Society for Religious Studies Holds Induction
• CUDS Grad Named CBFSC Moderator
• A Very Special Graduation
• Upcoming Events — Mark
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Dear Friends,

It is my privilege to introduce you to our new Associate Professor of Church Music and Worship, Dr. Larry G. Dickens, who has been Minister of Music at Snyder Memorial Baptist Church in Fayetteville, NC, since 1999, and is a 1975 Campbell University graduate. He is the first person selected to fill the Gay T. and Haskell A. Duncan Chair of Church Music at Campbell University Divinity School.

While at Snyder, Dickens served as an adjunct professor at the Divinity School from 2006 until the present and served as a Church Music Intern Supervisor for the University Music Department from 2003-2006 prior to that. He will begin his full-time duties on July 1, while assisting Snyder for a few months during the transition. As Associate Professor of Church Music and Worship, Dickens will give leadership to the M.Div. Church Music concentration and teach courses in that concentration as well as guide the planning of weekly chapel services. Read more...

Campbell University Divinity School has several options for you.

NEW TESTAMENT CLASS ON SATURDAYS THIS FALL

This fall, I will have the opportunity to teach a New Testament survey class that covers the life of Christ. It will be taught at the Norman A. Wiggins Law School of Campbell University in downtown Raleigh. It will be offered from 9 to 3 on the following Saturdays: Sept. 14 and 28; Oct. 29; and Nov. 9. This class is open to degree-seeking-students and to non-degree-seeking students. Non-degree-seeking students who want to enroll must apply for special student status by July 1.

NEW CERTIFICATES IN BIBLICAL STUDIES AND YOUTH MINISTRY

If you are not able to pursue a graduate degree but would like to dig deeper into the Bible, a new certificate in Biblical Studies might fulfill your desire. It requires 17-18 credit hours, a total of six Biblical courses that will be offered at varying times and in different locations and offered in a blended way to encourage community but with added convenience. The same is true for the new Certificate in Youth Ministry, designed particularly to help the person who is already serving in this capacity without a theological degree. It requires six courses, with foundational Biblical courses, and then Christian Education courses and courses designed specifically for youth ministers. These certificates are open to both degree-seeking and non-degree-seeking students. Non-degree-seeking students who want to enroll must apply for special student status by July 1.

D.MIN DEGREE

For those who have earned the Master of Divinity degree, the Doctor of Ministry Degree might be a great way for you to study in an area where you have always had a passion, doing it in a context of invaluable resources, encouragement, and accountability. It is a great context for spiritual renewal and mutual support as you gather with others in similar situations on the ministry journey.

The application deadline for the study opportunities listed above at Campbell University Divinity School is July 1. Contact Kelly Jorgenson at jorgensonk@campbell.edu or 800-760-9827, ext. 1865 for more information or go online at http://divinity.campbell.eduunder Admissions.

Come to the Creek for a time of enrichment, renewal and recreation at the OASIS renew for the journey Church Music Conference July 15-17. You can enjoy worship and worship-related seminars without having to plan them! Learn with nationally known church music talent and dedicated Christians—Randy Edwards, Joseph Martin and Pepper Choplin. A special bonus includes Writer and Church Leader Mark Wingfield and nightly worship with the North Carolina Baptist All-State Youth Choir, Joseph Martin and Pepper Choplin in concert and dialogue, and a reproduction of the Carnegie Hall production by local choirs with Martin and Choplin. It’s a great opportunity for church musicians and worship leaders but will be an inspiration for anyone who participates! Go to http://divinity.campbell.edu/oasis.aspx.

We are proud of you and your service to the Lord.

D. Min. Graduates, from left to right: Laura Johnson, Brad Williamson, David Hallingshead and John Hill

Dr. Michael G. Cogdill, Founding Dean of Campbell University Divinity School, recognizes Drs. Jean and Charles Allen for their part in the beginning of the 10-year-old program and for the support they have given it throughout the years. They are retired Southern Baptist missionaries to Colombia.

Some 37 Campbell University Divinity School students, graduates and friends took a tour of Israel in May where they studied the Scriptures on site with Divinity School professors. They are shown here on the Mount of Beatitudes overlooking the Sea of Galilee where they gathered for a devotion. Next May, the Divinity School plans to host a study tour to Turkey and Greece. For more information, contact Irma Duke at duke@campbell.edu or 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1847. You will always read the Bible with better understanding after this pilgrimage.

The local Campbell University chapter of Theta Alpha Kappa conducted its seventh annual induction ceremony, inducting three undergraduate religion majors and seven Divinity School students. From left to right, they are (first row) Corey Lee Forrester, Charleston, SC; Amy Renee McClure, Clyde, NC; Anna Caitlin Jones, Raleigh, NC; Hannah Michelle Grantham, LaGrange, NC; Karen Wilson Pruette, Plymouth, NC; (second row) Clayton Doyle Harrington, Broadway, NC; Micah B. Royal, Fayetteville, NC; Christopher Dale Walk, Coats, NC; and Kimberly Anne Whitted, Lillington, NC. (Not pictured is Alicia J. Turner, Kernersville, NC.)

Membership in Theta Alpha Kappa requires a 3.5 GPA in religion classes for undergraduate students and Divinity classes for graduate students. Theta Alpha Kappa is a national organization with over 200 chapters in colleges and universities across the country. The Campbell University chapter has been in existence since 2007.

Amy Stertz, a 2002 Campbell Divinity School graduate, has been elected moderator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina. She has served as Associate Minister in Christian Education at First Baptist Church, Aiken, SC, since 2008. Previously, she served at churches in North Carolina and Virginia. Her husband, Joe Stertz, a 2000 Divinity School graduate, is a Human Resources Specialist for Aiken-Barnwell Mental Health.

David Vesper is one of the oldest students to graduate from Campbell University Divinity School. Living in Newport, NC, and commuting from there and from Mount Olive since 2006, he is the Pastor of Beaufort Original Free Will Baptist Church. By his side figuratively and literally has been his wife, Roxie, who was awarded a bouquet of roses at the Divinity School’s last chapel service.

June 27

Campbell University Students, Alumni and Friends Luncheon
Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly, Greensboro
Contact: Irma Duke at 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1847 or
duke@campbell.edu by June 17; reservations requested; $20 per person

July 1

Campbell Divinity School Application Deadline
Contact: Kelly Jorgenson at jorgensonk@campbell.edu or 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1865

July 15-17

OASIS renew for the journey Church Music Conference
For professional and volunteer church music and worship leaders
http://divinity.campbell.edu/OASIS/aspx
Contact: Sandy Browde at 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1830 or browde@campbell.edu

September 17

Campbell University Divinity School Commissioning Service
Butler Chapel, 10:30 a.m.

Visitation Day
Attend the Commissioning Service, visit a class, and meet the faculty. Bring a prospective student. Contact: Kelly Jorgenson at 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1865, or jorgensonk@campbell.edu

September 24

Reavis Ministry Lectures
Dr. Andrew Root, Associate Professor of Youth and Family, Luther Seminary. Contact: Joyce Mashtare at mashtare@campbell.eduor 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1849
10:40 a.m. and 7 p.m., Butler Chapel

November 4

Prevatte Biblical Lectures
Dr. David Moffitt, Assistant Professor of New Testament and Greek,
Campbell University Divinity School
Biblical Passages: 1 & 2 Corinthians
Latest book, Atonement and the Logic of Resurrection in the Epistle to the Hebrews
10:00 a.m. and 1:45 p.m., Butler Chapel

November 26

Visitation Day
Attend the Thanksgiving Chapel Service, join in our Thanksgiving meal, visit a class, and meet the faculty. Bring a prospective student. Contact: Kelly Jorgenson at 1-800-334-4111, ext. 1865, or jorgensonk@campbell.edu