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Cooper School of Missions and Biblical Studies

Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Conference at WCU
Tuesday, April 16, 2013 - 10:35am

Hattiesburg, Miss., April 16, 2013 - William Carey University will host the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network (BSCLN) National Celebration April 18-20. The conference, titled “Networking with the Iron Men,” will include numerous meetings, lectures, music led by WCU’s School of Music, breakout sessions, a banquet, and other social events.

Program personalities include Dr. Philip Caples, professor of religion at Caskey Divinity School of Louisiana College, Pineville, La.; Bobby and Pennie Clark, Abbott Baptist Church of Mansfield, Ark.; Dr. Tim Dowdy, pastor of Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church, McDonough, Ga.; Don Dunavent, pastor of Clarksdale Baptist Church; Dr. Jim Futral, executive director of the Mississippi Baptist Convention; Dr. Sammy Gilbreath, director of evangelism for the Alabama Board of Missions; Ray Gilder, BSCLN National coordinator from McMinnville, Tenn.; Kenny Heath, associational missionary of Western Baptist Association of Cumberland, MD; Dr. Tommy King, president of WCU, and Joe Young, pastor and MRM coordinator from Charleston, Miss.

To register, interested persons can go to biovosmallchurch.net and click on “National Celebration April 18-20, 2013 Registration” or contact Ray Gilder at (931) 607-3146. The public can attend the general sessions.
 

Chilean Pastor and Teacher Speaks at WCU Chapel
Monday, October 15, 2012 - 2:45pm

Hattiesburg, Miss., October 15, 2012 - Rene Yaitul, chaplain at Antofagasta Baptist College and pastor of Amisadai Baptist Church in Antofagasta Chile, served as guest speaker for William Carey University’s chapel service on October 10. Dr. Tim Glaze, director Baptist Student Union (BSU) and assistant professor of religion at WCU, translated for Yaitul. Accompanying Yaitul was Christian Godoy, an English teacher at Eben Ezer High School in Antofagasta who served as a translator.
Yaitul and Godoy’s visit was part of BSU’s Global Opportunity Week (GOweek), which was a week of “mobilizing students for the kingdom of God.”  A Mission Banquet was held at on October 11 in the Student Conference Center. The theme was “Mission Possible,” and all donations will go towards BSU’s summer mission goal of $10,013.
 

WCU Student Awarded Ernest Pine Ministry Scholarship
Friday, January 13, 2012 - 1:23pm

Colby Lambert, a senior biblical studies major and English minor from Raleigh, recently received the Ernest Pinson Scholarship awarded by the Board of Ministerial Education, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board. Board member Dr. Daniel Caldwell, dean of the Cooper School of Missions and Biblical studies and professor of religion at WCU, presented the scholarship to Lambert.

The scholarship is given to outstanding church-related vocations students. Lambert serves as youth pastor, as well as interim pastor, at Lake Como Baptist Church.