“We as Alabama Baptists have healthy institutes of higher education,” said John Gates, chairman of the Education Commission, during his report to the Alabama Baptist State Convention Nov. 14.
According to the report, the presidents of Alabama’s three Baptist colleges — Judson College in Marion, Samford University in Birmingham and the University of Mobile — met three times with commissioners during the year and stressed their collective commitment to the distinct values represented in Alabama Baptists’ program of Christian higher education.
The institutions have “wonderful leaders and a wonderful spirit of cooperation between them,” Gates said.
Sam Davidson, chairman of the Board of Aid for Students in Church Related Vocations, said that through the board this year, Alabama Baptists had provided for $252,805 in scholarships for students at these three institutions who are “giving their lives and their futures to go … into the field that are white unto harvest.”
“Thank you for your generous support investing in the lives of those who are seeking to know God’s truth,” Davidson said.
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