The American Baptist Home Mission Societies’ (ABHMS) Office of the Ecclesiastical Endorser presented Central alum, Rev. Joy Freeman '01, BCC, with the American Baptist National Network Merit Award for commitment to effective service as a specialized minister. The ABHMS website said, "Freeman provided excellent leadership during the initial stages of COVID by implementing a care plan that...
Joanna Harader, M.Div. ’08, serves as pastor at Peace Mennonite Church in Lawrence, Kansas. She is currently on sabbatical from this ministry while she engages in renewal, as well as study and discernment exploring ways other congregations integrate in-person and online worship. In recent months Joanna has participated in The Well: Central Alumni Thriving in...
Rev. Richard Copeland, B.D.'65, MDiv '70, began serving as pastor at DeSoto Baptist Church in DeSoto, Kansas in 1967. This month he will retire from the same church after 55 years of ministry there. We asked Rev. Copeland to share some of the highlights and challenges of ministry, his time at Central Seminary, and advice...
Central’s global community of faculty, staff, students, and alums offers support, networking, and resources. At Commencement 2022, two Central graduates from different degree programs and different parts of the country were united as they discovered how one graduate’s Bible Study on the book of Ruth and refugee border areas was utilized by another student at...
Central Seminary is pleased to announce that Christine King recently joined our community in the role of Business Office Manager. An experienced office manager, Christine succeeds Connie Mohr, who retired on May 27 after serving on Central’s staff for twenty-six years. Christine has held similar business manager roles over the past twenty years in a...
졸업생 스포트라이트: 양 성준(피터) Peter Sung Jun Yang, MDiv ’20, was ordained on Tuesday April 26, 2022 in Houston, Texas by the Korean Hanbit Presbyterian Church. Rev. Yang began his Central journey in 2016 as a student the Houston, Texas Central site. In a note sent to Central’s alumni office, he fondly recounts that through...
“God has us at a rest stop,” Rev. Melissa Newberry, ‘03, commented regarding her congregation’s current journey. As pastor of Grandview Baptist Church in Kansas City, Kansas, Melissa led her congregation through a journey of discernment to sell their building. Three years later the church continued on that journey of discernment and transition as they...
My country, Myanmar, is a beautiful land, but it is also known for injustice, government corruption, a decade-long civil war, and the current military coup. The unjust political structure is reflected in churches that are under the leadership of the Kachin Baptist Convention (K.B.C). Although the Kachin religion changed from ‘nat’ worship (spirit worship in...
Central Seminary is pleased to announce that Scott Wedel has joined the organization in the role of Chief Financial and Administrative Officer. An experienced business leader, Scott succeeds George Townsend, who announced in October 2021 that he would be leaving the seminary to pursue new vocational endeavors and complete unfinished educational initiatives. Scott comes to...
Rev. Robert Molby BDiv ’60, MDiv ’70, was born in 1930 in Kansas, where he attended a one-room schoolhouse and worked on dairy farms. He answered a call to ministry at the encouragement of his pastor, Rev. Floyd L. Boyd, and decided to enroll at Central Seminary in 1956. In 1960 Rev. Molby graduated with a...
Yonga 'Joy' Choi, MDiv '21, and LeAundra Stewart-Boyice, MDiv '21, are currently serving as Coaches-in-Training with Central Seminary's Reshaping Church: Thriving Congregations project. 최용아(조이)와 LeAundra Stewart-Boyice 는 2021년도 목회신학석사과정 졸업자로서 현재 ‘건강한 교회로 성장하기 프로젝트’라는 주제로 진행중인 센트럴 신학대학원의 교회변화 프로그램에서 코치훈련생으로서 섬기고 있습니다. Why did you choose Central's MDiv program? 왜 센트럴의 목회신학석사과정을 선택하셨습니까? LeAundra...
Rev. Walter Lanier is a recipient of Central Seminary’s 2021 Alumni Award for Ministry Excellence. Rev. Lanier is a 2011 Master of Divinity graduate who currently pastors Progressive Baptist Church Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He carries many roles within his community including pastor, community leader, lawyer, father, and husband. He is a tireless advocate for justice in...
Rev. Soozi Whitten Ford is a recipient of Central Seminary’s 2021 Alumni Award for Ministry Excellence. Rev. Ford is a 1982 Master of Divinity graduate who very recently retired from her role as Executive Minister of the American Baptist Churches of Indiana/Kentucky after serving over 40 years in congregational and denominational ministries, including at Mid-American...
Rev. Dr. Jeremy L. Spencer serves as pastor of Odessa Baptist Church in Odessa, NY 1. What was your life or faith or ministry journey before coming to seminary and how did you decide to attend Central? I grew up in the home of an American Baptist minister who served small churches in the Midwest,...
Traci, tell us about your Central origin story. How did you come to be a student at Central? What led you to Central? I was accepted into Central in January of 2014 and took my first class that summer. Rev. Dr. Julie Kilmer was the interim pastor at my home church. I shared with her...
Gyounghee ‘Gina’ Lee had been serving as a social worker in Chicago when she felt a tug from the Holy Spirit to make a change within her life and ministry. While serving immigrant families and the elderly as a social worker, she found herself wanting to harness the power of faith to assist individuals and...
CJ, tell us about your Central origin story. How did you come to be a student? What led you to Central? My journey into theological education has been a long, winding road with many deep valleys of discovery, exhilarating peaks of joy, and pitstops to ponder. After completing undergrad (BA in Religion, Faith International University),...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
Check out the latest alumni spotlight of one of our newest Central alums, LeAundra Stewart-Boyice, MDiv'21, in her own words! Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was involved in a ministry planted by my wife, Rev. Dionne Boyice, which housed people who have been morally injured by the church. Although COVID brought about an abrupt cease...
이 은희님은 2014년 센트럴 졸업생의 추천과 더불어 신학 공부에 대한 열정으로 센트럴에 지원하였습니다. 또한, 센트럴의 온라인을 통한 뛰어난 교육도 중요한 지원 계기가 되었다고 합니다. 이 은희님은 2020 겨울 신학석사과정을 마치고 현재 어스틴한인장로교회에서 어린이 사역을 맡고 계십니다. 다른 학생들과 마찬가지로, 이 은희님도 팬데믹 기간동안 많은 어려움을 겪어야 했습니다. 센트럴 학생들은 경제적인 어려움, 건강상의 염려, 이에 더하여...
Lal* began his ministry as a pastor at a church in Myanmar in 1992. He enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry program at Central Seminary in 2015 to continue developing his ministerial gifts to serve his congregation of over 2,000 members. In 2018, he completed his dissertation, Spiritual Formation for Chin Immigrants, and graduated from...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
Rev. Dr. Joshua Paszkiewicz, BCPC, BCCC Executive Director of the Greater Kansas City Interfaith Council Josh’s history with Central Seminary goes back to 2017 when he first came to Central as a visiting student to complete a couple of classes to transfer into a local seminary at which he was completing an MA in Religion....
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters and sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS CENTRAL. I invite you...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you, I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters, and each week I am sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS...
Central Baptist Theological Seminary is a very unique place and is blessed with faculty and students and support staff who are very competent and clearly demonstrate Christ-like behavior in their work assignments and personal interaction with one another. As a teacher of Interpersonal Skills, I am amazed at the diversity of students I have in my classes and...
As I get to know the Central Baptist Theological Seminary community, I want you to hear some of the amazing stories that I am hearing. To share those stories with you I am “interviewing” students, alums, faculty, staff, board members, and supporters, and each week I am sharing an interview on my blog, THIS IS...
By Rev. Ruth Rosell, Ph.D., Director of the Buttry Center for Peace and Nonviolence, Central Seminary With the mid-term elections just weeks away, it's again the season for yard signs. The sign placed in our yard reads, "Vote Climate! For Our Children." Pictured are children of diverse skin tones holding hands and encircling the earth....
Prof. Joungmin Lee CEDM, 또다른 예배 찬양 문화 될 수 있다 현재 전 세계 CCM 에 가장 영향력 있는 젊은 뮤지션을 꼽으라면 반드시 등장하는 이가 싱어송라이터 겸 워십 리더인 크리스 탐린(Chris Tomlin)이다. 그의 2013 년 앨범 버닝 라이트(Burning Lights)는 발매되자마자 빌보드 크리스천 뮤직차트 1 위를 달성했을 뿐 아니라, 기독교 음악으로서 역대 네 번째로 빌보드 200...
I have received many kind well wishes for my retirement from full-time work on the faculty of Central Seminary. Along with them, images of retirement have also been expressed - expectations of spending time resting, relaxing, traveling, being with family, and simply enjoying life. And I do hope for more of these. In fact, living...
COVID-19 팬데믹이 미국에 상륙했을 때 당황스러웠습니다. 이미 여러 나라에서 기승을 부렸던 바이러스가 미국의 허술한 방역시스템을 뚫는 데는 그리 오래 걸리지 않았습니다. 이전에 경험하지 못했던 생경함과 불안함으로 살아야 했습니다. 더 심각한 것은 바이러스의 공포가 삽시간에 퍼지면서 차별과 혐오, 편견과 배제의 바이러스가 만연해졌습니다. 신앙적으로도 큰 타격을 입었습니다. 당장 교회에서 예배를 드릴 수 없는 상황이 벌어졌습니다. 혼란스러웠지만 급조된...
It has been a busy week and a half at Central Seminary where the Buttry Center has been hosting an intensive 10-day Training of Conflict Transformation Trainers (TCTT) led by Dan and Sharon Buttry, and assisted by Stephanie Parham. Participants came by plane, train, and car from as far away as South Africa and as...
비관론자 치고 별의 비밀을 발견하고 미지의 땅을 항해하고 인간 정신의 새 지평을 연 사람은 없었다. -Hellen Keller - 최근 인터넷 속어인 가스라이팅(gaslighting)이라는 단어가 심심찮게 들리더니 급기야 정신과 의사가 운영하는 한 유튜뷰 채널 부모와의 관계 강의에서 가스라이팅이라는 단어가 거침없이 언급되는 것을 보며 소리 없이 무너져 가는 가족 관계의 민낯을 그대로 보는 것 같았습니다. 국립국어원은 가스라이팅이란...
“Think globally, act locally!” 풀러 선교대학원에서 찰스 벤 엥겐 교수님 통해 들은 말입니다. 새관점을 확정해주고, 제 삶에 영향을 준 말입니다. 모든 신자는 구원의 주를 고백하면서, 필연적으로 온 세상을 다스리시는 하나님의 역사(Missio Dei)에 동참하게 됩니다. 전 세계에 영향을 끼친 코비드 시대가 이제는 엔데믹이라고 말합니다. 과연 바이러스와의 전쟁이 종식되는 것일까요? 성경은 또 다른 형태의 팬데믹이 출현 할...
This article was published by Baptist News Global on June 17, 2022 and was re-published by Central Seminary with permission. This is the fourth in a series based on new research by Pam Durso and Carol McEntyre conducted among Baptist pastors who have left their congregations during the pandemic. Baptist churches may soon face clergy shortages like other...
인간은 희망하는 존재다. 희망한다는 것은 무엇일까? 희망은 희망하는 행위와 희망하는 내용으로 구분할 수 있다. 지금보다 더 나은 것을 희망하기 때문에, 희망하는 행위는 그 자체로 좋은 것이다. 내일 해가 뜨기를 희망하는 것은 좋은 것이다. 그러나, 역설적이게도 희망때문에 절망도 있다. 희망이 희망 고문이 되는 현실때문이다. 절망적인 상황때문에 오히려 희망이 필요하다고 생각할 수 있다. 그러나, 완전한 절망에서는 희망이...
저자에 대해: 윤영혁 교수는 리전트 대학교에서 신약학으로 박사학위(Ph.D)를 받았다. 달라스 지역에 새본 교회를 개척하여 섬기고 있고, 센트럴 신학교의 겸임교수로 신약 과목을 가르치며, 달라스 분교 디렉터 (디플로마)를 맡고 있다. 약 2년간에 걸쳐 세계적으로 600만명 이상의 생명을 앗아간 코로나 사태가 이제 거의 진정되어 가는 상황이다. 오랫동안 기다려왔던 긴 터널과 같은 답답한 코로나의 상황을 이제 거의 빠져나오게 된...
Prof. Joungmin Lee이정민 교수는 오하이오주립대 작곡 박사학위를 받고 센트럴신학대학원에서 예배와 음악 겸임교수로 가르치고 있다. 우리는 지금 팬데믹이라는 긴 어둠의 터널을 지나고 엔데믹에 와 있는 듯 하다. 아직종식되지는 않았지만 작은 ‘희망’을 가져본다. 지난 2년간 우리는 어떻게 지내왔는가?사랑하는 가족과 죽음 앞에서 이별을 해야 했고 전 세계 150 만 명의 아이들이 부모를잃었다. 배고픈 자식들을 위해 빈 솥에 돌을...
“시카고 브릿지 교회 사례를 중심으로” 임무영 교수 I. 차세대란 누구인가? 최근 선교학 분야에서 다루고 있는 주된 관심사 중 하나는 차세대 전문인 선교에 대한 내용이다. 학문적 바탕과 배경을 견고하게 제시해 주어야 하는 신학교 현장이나, 실제 선교지에서 하나님 선교의 도구로 사용되어지는 모습 가운데 여전히 선교의 문을 두드리는 도전은 바로 차세대에 관한 선교전략임을 부인할 수 없다. 최근 10년동안...
노세영 교수 우리 부부는 여섯 분의 일행과 함께 지난 1월 17일부터 2월 3일까지 아마존 지역에 있는 마나우스, 파라과이 아순시온과 아르헨티나 부에노스 아이레스를 방문하였다. 우리는 마나우스와 아순시온에서는 선교사들이 세운 현지인 신학교를 방문하여 학생들과 면담도 하고 학생들에게 특강을 진행하였다. 마나우스에 있는 신학교에서는 15명의 학생들이 3년간의 과정을 마쳐서 졸업식도 거행하는 좋은 시간을 가졌다. 그렇지만 아순시온에 있는 신학교에서는 안타깝게도...
This is the sign of “welcome” at the farm where I grew up. There is something more traditional at the back entrance—a front door is rarely used up at the farm—where family and guests come and go. Small signs saying “Welcome!” and “Come again!” hospitably are posted there. But what one sees first out at...
This week Dr. Kwangsup Shin, Assistant Professor of Missional Church Studies, shared this devotional during our faculty meeting. We found it to be meaningful and want to share it with others during these troubling times. Isaiah 2:1-5 [1] This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem: [2] In the last days...
With outrage, horror, and deep sadness, we have watched images of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is outrageous that without legitimate reason or provocation, a large military nation would attack a much smaller one, and that Putin would so abuse his power for his own self-aggrandizement. Always the images of war are horrifying -...
This article was published by Baptist News Global on February 7, 2022 and was re-published by Central Seminary with permission. This is the third in a series based on new research by Pam Durso and Carol McEntyre conducted among Baptist pastors who have left their congregations during the pandemic. In the face of opposition to leadership, successful leaders...
사람은 때가 되면 죽는다는 사실은 상식이고 모두 인지하고 있다. 오늘도 널싱 홈(Nursing Home)에 들어가서 기도드렸는데 뭔가 이상해서 자세히 들여다보니 금방 돌아가시었다. 목 옆으로 맥박이 뛰질 않아 급히 간호사에게 말해 주었더니 영어로 'Expired' 되었다고 한다. 사람이 죽으면 주로 'Passed away'라는 말을 쓰는데 참 생소한 느낌이 들었다. 물건이 날짜가 지나면 'Expired'라는 용어를 쓰지만 돌아가신 분에게 미국 간호사들은 가끔...
This article was published by Baptist News Global on January 18, 2022 and was re-published by Central Seminary with permission. This is the second in a series based on new research by Pam Durso and Carol McEntyre conducted among Baptist pastors who have left their congregations during the pandemic. The recent surge of COVID cases led one of...
Dear Friends: We are delighted to inform you that a team led by Dan and Sharon Buttry will be conducting another intensive 10-day Training of Conflict Transformation Trainers (TCTT) at Central Baptist Theological Seminary (CBTS) in Shawnee, Kansas on August 2-11, 2022. The Buttry Center for Peace and Nonviolence is able to offer this program...
언젠가 어느 분이 내게 이렇게 말했다. “저는 지금 광야에 서 있는 것 같습니다!” ‘광야’(wilderness)라는 말은 사전적으로 ‘텅 비고 아득하게 너른 들’ 을 말한다. 모든 것을 잃고 희망이 사라지고 절망과 슬픔만 가득한 경우에 우리는 ‘광야에 서 있다’고 말할 수 있다. 우리는 살면서 슬픔의 광야를 지나가는 것과 같은 때를 경험할 때가 있다. 성경에는 이런 절망의 광야에서 방황하던...
흔히 우리는 미래가 “온다”고 말한다. 마치 미래라는 어떤 실재가 있어서 우리에게 다가오는 것처럼 생각한다. 이는 일종의 착시현상이다. 이미 1,500년전 어거스틴은 과거는 기억이라는 이름으로 우리 마음에 저장된 것이요, 미래는 기대와 희망이라는 이름으로 우리가 생각하는 것이고, 현재는 그것을 지목하는 순간 과거가 되어버리는 짧은 순간임을 통찰했다. 미래는 다가오는 어떤 실재가 아니다. 그것은 과거와 현재를 바탕으로 구성된 어떤 전망이다....
This article was published by Baptist News Global on November 30, 2021 and was re-published by Central Seminary with permission. This is the first in a series based on new research by Pam Durso and Carol McEntyre conducted among Baptist pastors who have left their congregations during the pandemic. In May 2020, during the early...
러시아에서 가까스로 회복된 나의 몸이 한국에 돌아와 다시 심한 오열을 앓았다. 어떤 음식을 먹어도 타는 듯이 아픈 식도를 넘기지 못해 김치물과 미음으로 연명하기 보름이 넘었다. 그러던 그날은 아마도 생의 마지막 날인 것 같았다. 남편도 유치원생 딸의 모습도 스쳐 지나갔다. 무엇보다 성전에서 기도하다 죽는 것이 좋겠다 싶어 새벽 4시에 교회로 가서 무릎을 꿇었다. 스러져 가는 기운을...
아직도 여전한 위세를 떨치고 있는 코비드-19 판데믹이 그나마 나에게 가져다 준 일상의 자그마한 변화는 대학생이 되어 집을 떠나 공부하고 있는 아이들이 없는 집에서 아내와 둘이 넷플릭스를 시청하는 시간을 갖게 된 것이다. 사실 아내와 나는 넷플릭스 취향이 무척이나 다르기는 하지만 함께 즐겁게 보는 장르가 몇 개 있는데 그 중 하나가 음식이 등장하는 드라마나 다큐멘터리이다. 최근 “심야식당”이라는...
The Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind was great in the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts was only evil continually. And the Lord was sorry for having made humankind on the earth, and it grieved God's heart. So the Lord said, "I will blot out from the earth...
요즘 전 세계적으로 한국의 드라마 ‘오징어 게임’의 인기와 열풍이 대단하다. 이제는 세계 어느 곳에서도 한국이라는 나라를 알지 못하는 사람이 없지 않을까 싶다. 그만큼 한국의 위상이 세계 속에서 높아졌다. ‘오징어 게임’의 열풍이 일어나기 전부터 이미 세계 곳곳에서는 한국의 대중문화에 매료되고 관심을 갖는 사람들이 점점 늘어나고 있다. 소위 K-POP 시대, ‘한류’의 시대를 맞고 있는 것이다. 아이돌 그룹인...
Last Saturday marked the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Memorial events occurred at each site, as well as at Shanksville, Pennsylvania. The whole nation paused to remember, each person in their own way. I spent part of the day listening to NPR's coverage, including interviews with...
(한글 Click to read in Korean) It’s been hard to practice online preaching during the pandemic. As we preachers are familiar with preaching in the brick-and-mortar church with actual people in it (i.e., in-person preaching), preaching in the empty church or office to the digital screen (i.e., online preaching or digital preaching) has been really...
(Click to read in English) 팬데믹 가운데 온라인 설교하기가 매우 힘들었습니다. 교회 본당 안에서 회중과 눈과 마음을 맞추며 설교하는 것이 익숙한 설교자들에게, 회중 없는 본당에서 혹은 교회 사무실에서 무미건조한 카메라를 보며 설교하는 것이 상당히 곤혹스러웠던 것입니다. 무엇보다 온라인 설교가 어려웠던 것은 온라인 설교를 갑작스럽게 시작해야 했기 때문일 것입니다. 별다른 장비의 준비나 마음의 준비 없이, 어쩔...
If you do NOT want to help prevent clergy sexual abuse, STOP READING NOW and go do something else. Especially if you do NOT want victims of clergy sexual abuse to come to you for help, STOP READING NOW. And whatever you do, NEVER get training regarding what to do about clergy sexual abuse. Just...
과연 코로나 시대가 우리에게 주는 의미는 무엇일까? 다양한 분야의 전문가들이 각자의 전문 분야에서 그 의미를 분석하고 대안을 제시하는 노력은 당분간 지속될 것이다. 1년여년 전 막 팬데믹이 시작되면서 주변의 성도님들이 이러한 시대에 대한 명확한 메시지를 목회자들이 전해 주면 좋겠다는 요청을 적지 않게 받았다. 그러나, 여전히 코로나 시대의 중심지점을 통과하면서도 개인적으로 그러한 질문을 가지고 이런 저런 묵상과...
