At the annual spring meeting of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary (NOBTS) trustees, an Alabamian was elected as new Foundation board member. Aubrey Dennis Scott of Birmingham, along with six others, was elected to the board during the March 12-13 meeting.
The trustees also approved four new master of arts degrees. Two of the new degrees, in theology and biblical studies, are designed to prepare students for research doctorate studies and subsequent teaching or research positions. The other two new master of arts degrees in missiology and worship ministries are designed to equip students for specific ministry callings. The missiology degree allows missionaries to complete a focused training in missions before going to the mission field; and the worship ministries degree combines training in both music fundamentals and ministerial skills.
In addition, the trustees approved a new master of social work degree and a youth ministry certificate for bivocational and volunteer youth ministers.
Associated with the seminary’s Youth Ministry Institute, the certificate is structured in a convenient weekend and workshop format to allow for participation by both veteran youth ministers who desire continuing education and master’s and bachelor-level students who are currently studying and other disciplines.
The master of social work (MSW) degree is offered due to an increasing need for Christian social workers and from an increased interest for trained professionals to serve in the Southern Baptist Convention’s church-based evangelism and Christian social ministries, said NOBTS Provost Steve Lemke.
Social ministries are performed through mission centers, children’s homes, homes for the aged, crisis pregnancy centers, centers for abused women and children and Baptist hospitals.
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