One moment in time can change everything,” New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary President Chuck Kelley said, reporting to the Southern Baptist Convention for the first time since Hurricane Katrina hit last year. Katrina forced a campus evacuation and caused about $38 million in damage to the seminary.
Kelley expressed deep appreciation to the convention for helping the seminary community recover.
Katrina significantly damaged student and faculty housing, and the school’s repair bill may top $38 million. But God spared the campus from the more significant damage experienced by two nearby universities, he reported, as well as from widespread looting in the area.
The seminary granted 241 certificates and degrees May 13 to those now known as the “Katrina class.”
“New Orleans Seminary is open for business … and come August, we are going to be home once again,” he promised. (Editors’ Network)
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