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The Courts Redford
College of
Theology and Ministry
9 & 10 October, 2009
Courts Redford College's Annual Tailgate Party, October 10, 2009
The SBU 2009 Homecoming was October 9 and 10. We hope you were able to attend; whether or not you were, please enjoy the assortment of snapshots recording the 2009 tailgate party. The food and fellowship were situated at a center of activity along the Homecoming parade route between Beasley and Leslie Halls on Saturday morning at 10:00 AM.
In addition, snap shots of earlier years' tailgate parties are also available.
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Furthermore, all these pictures are also available among the Redford College pictures at 
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October 10, 2009
Redford College Trustees Report
Department of Christian Ministry
Dr. Jim Frost preached in the FBC, Humansville, Southern Hills Baptist, Bolivar, Chestnut Baptist, Ellensburg, Washington, and at Windermere. He has also written the Life Stories of his parents called "A Good Name".
Dr. Mike Fuhrman has been active preaching in area churches. He reports also that SBU currently has 192 students receiving the Church-Related Vocation Scholarship, with 12 more student applications pending completion and anticipated approval.
Dr. Duke Jones recently spoke at a youth worker's retreat for the Two Rivers Church in St. Louis.
Dr. Kelly Malone preached at Glidewell Baptist Church and at Robberson Prairie Baptist Church.
The ICS Retreat at the beginning of the fall semester had about 70 people participate. Four students have returned from their ICS six-month internships in Jordan and South Asia. There are now thirteen students doing the ICS internships in South Asia, East Asia, and Niger.
Department of Theology
Dr. Clint Bass joined the Redford faculty this year. He is a graduate of SBU, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDIV), Duke University (ThM), and Oxford University (DPhil). His expertise is Church History, in particular early Baptist History. He is currently revising his dissertation for publication.
During the summer, Dr. Bing Bayer preached in the following churches and church camps in Missouri: FBC, Lamar; Southern Hills Baptist Church, Bolivar; Windermere Baptist Encampment, Hopewell Baptist Church, Quincy, Corticelli Baptist Church, Corticelli.
This summer, Dr. Zach Manis completed the manuscript, Philosophy of Religion: Thinking About Faith, second edition, coauthored with C. Stephen Evans (Baylor University). The book is scheduled to appear from InterVarsity Press in October. He completed an article, entitled "Could God Do Something Evil? The Problem of Divine Goodness and Freedom," which is now under review by the journal, Faith and Philosophy. During Welcome Week, Dr. Manis gave a talk to incoming students on the purpose and value of a Christian liberal arts education. He also gave a short presentation on Molinism and the problem of divine freedom at the Fall Faculty Workshop.
Dr. Rodney Reeves had a book proposal accepted by InterVarsity Press, the working title is "Imitate Me: Pauline Spirituality." The study will introduce students and laity to the spiritual formation of the apostle Paul to show how he expeted his converts to imitate him. The book should be published sometime in 2011. Reeves recently sopke on the topic, "Paul's missiological perspective," at the 121 Forum, an event organized by the Missouri Baptist Convention. He was a member of a FBC Bolivar Mission team that worked in El Salvador last summer. He also spoke at FBC, Bolivar and the First Evangelical Free Church, Springfield; and he recently spoke during revival services at FBC, Springfield. Reeves finished an interim pastorate at South Haven Baptist Church, Springfield, and began the interim pastorate of the Southern Hills Baptist Church, Bolivar.
September 11-21, 2009
Special Topics Course in September
Intercultural Studies is offering a new special topics course this Fall,
"HIV/AIDS Ministry," taught by Carolyn Klaus, M.D.
Because AIDS and HIV are such a scourge on Africa and vast numbers of people in other parts of the world, students, with hearts for missions, need to know as non-medical person nel how to help the sufferers and how to help prevent the spread of the disease. Dr. Klaus has pioneered an inner city health center in Philadelphia and authored the story of that center in PRESCRIPTION FOR HOPE. She has also traveled abroad several times for similar health missions and is the executive director of Hope In View, An International Development Strategy. The Redford College of SBU is very pleased to offer such a relevant course for students committeed to health issues in the world. The Course will be taught as an intensive, September 11-21. --Dr. Jim Frost.
For more information, contact Dr. Jim Frost, ICS Faculty Director.
