Around the State: BUA offers tuition-free course; DBU to begin building residential college

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Baptist University of the Américas will offer a two-hour tuition-free college course on congregational leadership for new students. Mario Ramos, chair of biblical and theological studies at BUA, will teach the course, designed to help pastors and other church leaders learn theological, cultural and practical applications of church leadership from a Hispanic perspective. Classes will meet from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Mondays, beginning Aug. 21 and ending Dec. 8, in the BUA building at 7838 Barlite Blvd. in San Antonio. The class is limited to 30 students due to available seating. The only cost for students is a $25 application fee. No textbook is required. To apply, email [email protected] or call (210) 924-4338, ext. 229. For more information, click here

Dallas Baptist University will begin construction in the fall on its first residential college for students, a learning/living community that will focus on Christian servant leadership and how that affects a variety of vocations.  It is scheduled to open in the 2019 fall semester. The residential college is the driving force behind DBU’s Transform Campaign, an $8.5 million project. The college will be located in Ford Village, a 20-acre area on the east side of the campus that can accommodate up to 500 additional students, in addition to providing new academic and community facilities.  This construction is made possible through the support of donors John and Nita Ford. For more information about the Transform Campaign, click here or contact Jeffrey Johnson, DBU vice president for advancement, at (214) 333-5759 or [email protected]

Kelly Warren 150Wayland Baptist University named Kelly Warren dean of its School of Business. Warren started teaching at Wayland in 2005 and has served as a professor of management, as well as associate dean and interim dean of the School of Business. He earned his undergraduate degree from Wayland and earned both a master of divinity degree and a doctor of ministry degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He holds a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent University.

Anniversary

140th at First Baptist Church in Burnet. Doug Lindley is pastor. On Saturday, Aug. 12, the church will have a fellowship meal at 6 p.m., followed by a concert featuring the Singing Women of Texas. Two former members of First Baptist Church will lead the 10 a.m. worship service Aug. 13. Dennis Hoover will lead the music, and Mark Newton, pastor of First Baptist Church in Lufkin, will deliver the sermon. A churchwide luncheon will follow. All events are free of charge. For more information, call (512) 756-4481 or email [email protected].


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