April 16, 2024
About 60 graduates, some pictured in the bottom photo, have received certificates in theological training in the past year through classes offered by New Orleans Seminary, said Robert Wilson, Certificate Center director for Georgia and Alabama. One set of recent graduates pose with NOBTS President Charles Kelley, top, at the seminary's campus. In the middle photo, Wilson stands with a set of graduates at Liberty Baptist Church in Fayetteville in December. ROBERT WILSON/SpecialPastors and lay leaders around Georgia were recognized for their scholastic efforts and leadership through a New Orleans Seminary program that seeks to expand opportunities for theological education.
Church leadership certificates are composed of eight one-hour classes accredited through Leavell College at NOBTS, and are designed to benefit pastors who cannot travel to the seminary campus or an extension center as well as lay leaders wanting to build their skills in ministry for the local church.
“Most every area of the church was represented … in the most recent set of graduates,” said Robert Wilson, who began January as the director over the 22 certificate centers located in Georgia an Alabama.
Certificates available include:
Two sets of graduations for the certificates took place in December, said Wilson, with one at Liberty Baptist Church in Fayetteville and the other on the New Orleans Seminary campus.
Nikole Parks and Linnell Cameron stand with NOBTS Provost Steve Lemke in New Orleans upon receiving their Pastoral Ministry certificates. ROBERT WILSON/Special
