Father and daughter make gift to Campbell chapel

     Dr. Richard Hollings, of Fayetteville, N.C., and his daughter Mary Hollings Whitehouse, of Apex, N.C., have made a significant gift to the Robert and Anna Butler Chapel capital campaign. The $6.8 million chapel will be part of the Divinity School campus, providing a spiritual sanctuary for the Campbell community and an exceptional worship and teaching facility for divinity students.

     Both Hollings and Whitehouse have received theological educations at Campbell. Richard is currently working on a Master of Divinity degree and Mary completed a Master of Divinity in 2006.

     Included in the Butler Chapel complex will be a sanctuary, gathering place, bell tower, the tallest point on campus, and a prayer room for quiet contemplation. Also planned are numerous sites in the surrounding gardens for study, fellowship and meditation.

     “With the construction of the chapel, ministry students will soon have a ‘laboratory’ to practice their ministerial and other professional skills,” said Dr. Michael G. Cogdill, dean of the Divinity School. “The presence of a new chapel will greatly advance the opportunities for worship, teaching and service our faculty is able to provide to our students.”

     The chapel will be the capstone of the university, said Campbell President Jerry M. Wallace, “a permanent statement to all of this university’s unashamed commitment to Christ and to the mission of Christian higher education.”

     For additional information on the Campbell chapel campaign, call the Institutional Advancement Office at 910.893.1215 or 800.334.4111, ext. 1224.