Seminaries confer degrees on Alabamians

A number of Alabama Baptists graduated from Southern Baptist seminaries with degrees at the master’s level or above during the fall 2011 semester.

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

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary
• Doctor of Ministry — Ronald Glyn Griffin, Mobile; Donald Allen Hays, Birmingham; and Derrick Jason Jarvis, Alabaster
• Master of Arts in Biblical Studies —  Karren Suzanne Davis, Andalusia
• Master of Arts in Christian Education — Michael Lewis Barksdale, Birmingham; Edward Earl Barron, Troy; Angie Bates Green, Hartselle; Matthew M. Green, Jasper; and Daniel Spurgeon Tankersley, Dothan
• Master of Divinity — Rhett Whitley Baxley, Pansey; Joshua David Britt, Madison; Joel Jay Dison, Trussville; Joshua Paul Malone, Cherokee; Christopher A. Mills, Greenville; and Jared Daniel Morgan, Clay

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies — John Richard Sorrell, Ashville
• Master of Divinity with Advanced Biblical Studies — Alex Shane Carr, Dora
• Master of Divinity with Christian Ministry — Alex Shane Carr, Dora; Thomas Jonathan Jackson Jones, Attalla; William Forest McGee, Scottsboro; and Troy David Nicholson, Tuscaloosa
• Master of divinity in worship leadership — Bradley Jackson Cleveland, Mobile

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Doctor of Philosophy —  Jason Keith Allen, Mobile, and David Edward Prince, Montgomery
• Master of Arts in Theological Studies — Lindsay Liles Deedrick, Birmingham
• Master of Divinity  —   Diana Friend Foster, Grove Hill; Charles Wesley Smith, Montgomery; Deric Delane Thomas, Sterrett; Woodrow Donavan Turner, Dothan; and Brooks Anthony Vinyard, Hartford

Beeson Divinity School
• Doctor of Ministry —  Travis Stewart Boline, Birmingham; Clifford Daniel Gillenwater, Montgomery; and Tony Curtis Scott, Montgomery
• Master of Divinity — Joel Thomas Busby, Birmingham; Grant David Francis, Birmingham; Judith A. Mason, Birmingham; Benjamin Michael Smith, Birmingham; and Dillon T. Thornton, Birmingham  (TAB)