Seminaries confer degrees on Alabama Baptists

Seminaries confer degrees on Alabama Baptists

A number of Alabama Baptists graduated from Southern Baptist seminaries with degrees at the master’s level or above during the spring 2012 semester.

Their names, hometowns and degrees were provided by their schools.

  • New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary:

Doctor of Ministry — Alphonso Brady Sr., Mobile; William Bryan Camp, Chandler Springs; Barry F. Cosper, Graham; Blake Samuels Kersey, Trussville; Christopher O. Moses, Greenville; Robert Hudson Mullins, Tuscaloosa; and D. Clarke Skelton, Brantley

Doctor of Philosophy — Arthur Gene Rice, Loxley

Master of Divinity — Robert Locke Bowden, Montgomery; Walter Mark Bristow, Columbia; Nathan Dale Farris, Montgomery; Jonathan Andrew Hill, Mobile; Zachary David Ritchie, Guin; and Brad Franklin Robertson, Millerville

  • Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary:

Doctor of Educational Ministry — Leslie Parker Umstattd, Cullman

Master of Arts in Counseling — Katherine Allison Brooks, Florence

  • Beeson Divinity School, Samford University:

Master of Divinity — Benjamin John Birdsong, Birmingham; Brett A. Brandewie, Tallahassee, Fla.; Shannon Craig Cobb, New Albany, Miss.; Otis Dion Culliver, Monroeville; Tom M. Gardenhire III, Harrison, Tenn.; Ruby Heard-Bustamonte, Calera; Brian Robert Hinton, Northport; Chad B. Keathley, Homewood; Ralph Robert McCracken Jr., Corner; Jason Nathaniel Odom, Pleasant Grove; Antonio Owens, Birmingham; Timothy Scott Rutherford, Cullman; Fred Wilks Senko, Birmingham; and Laura Alicia Zappia, Fontana, Calif.

Master of Arts in Theological Studies — Clyde Timothy Ray Jr., Florence

Master of Theological Studies — Matthew Steven Bracey, Ashland City, Tenn., and Stephen Keller Greene, Birmingham

  • Southern Baptist Theological Seminary:

Master of Divinity (School of Theology) — Patrick Tyler Gordon, Rogersville; Timothy Dale Hirsbrunner, Cullman; and Alexander Ray Roberts, Decatur

Master of Theology (School of Theology) — Raymond Michael Johnson, Chunchula

Master of Divinity (School of Church Ministries) — David Charles Brown, Birmingham, and Aaron Benjamin Hung, Auburn

Master of Divinity (Billy Graham School of Missions and Evangelism) — Kenneth William Lovett, Auburn, and Curtis William Worshek, Huntsville

Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling — Amanda Nicole Battles, Birmingham

Master of Arts in Missiology — Joshua Stan Albright, Jacksonville; William Gregory Hyche, Birmingham; Glynn Clayton Reeves, Hueytown; and Robert Martin Smith, Birmingham

Master of Arts in Worship — Andrew Parker Hendon, Hokes Bluff

  • Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary:

Master of Divinity with Christian Ministry — William Lucas Dillard, Gordo; Jonathan Lee Harris, Aliceville; Joshua Ross Hoomes, Prattville; Stephen Noah Reid, Selma; Jonathan A. Sorensen, Cowarts; David Russell Talbert, Gadsden; and William Rocky Wright, Montgomery

Master of Divinity with Biblical Counseling — Dianna Lynn Cagle, Birmingham, and Lindsay Nicole Core, Birmingham

  • Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary:

Doctor of Ministry — Harold James Spikes Jr., Mobile

Master of Divinity — Dustin Blaine Bruce, Mexia

Master of Divinity in Biblical Languages — Wesley Bates, Grand Bay, and Christopher Brent McNeal, Dothan

Advanced Master of Arts in Christian Education — Nathan Edward Ziglar, Ozark

Master of Arts in Missiology — Sharon Copeland Traywick, Hokes Bluff