Those with Georgia ties join New Orleans Seminary graduates

NEW ORLEANS — On Dec. 14 New Orleans Seminary and Leavell College held commencement services. Those with Georgia ties who participated include:
- Sylvia Ann Smith, adult spiritual formation director for Elizabeth Baptist Church in Atlanta, Master of Arts in Christian Education
- Jonathan Thomas Wood, student pastor at First Baptist Senoia, Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry
- Brian James Petersen, of Salem Baptist Church in McDonough, Master of Arts in Worship Studies
- Clayton Mullins, of Roswell Street Baptist Church in Marietta, Master of Arts in Missiology
- Brently Darrell Moon, of Dewy Rose Baptist Church, Master of Arts in Discipleship
- Jeremy Robert Jordan, worship pastor for First Baptist Blakely, Master of Arts in Worship Ministries
- James Stapleton Patterson, of First Baptist Newnan, Master of Divinity
- Noah Wayne Madden, of Washington, Master of Divinity
- Ellen Dawn Eklund, of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in Marietta, Master of Divinity
- David Aaron Lambert, lead pastor of First Baptist Thomson, Doctor of Ministry
- Gregory Scott Smith, president of InStep International in Atlanta, Doctor of Ministry, and
- Christopher Matthew McElmurray, pastor of First Baptist Church in Haralson, Ph.D.