Celebrating Our Past. Embracing Our Future.
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In the last one hundred years, life has changed in almost every way, except one: the world still needs the Gospel. One hundred years ago we began training those who would take that Gospel to the world. Now celebrate with us as we continue in the Gospel task for the next one hundred years.
OUR THREE-FOLD CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
WHO WE’VE BEEN
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE HOPE TO BE
School of Providence and Prayer
Our Ministry Today
A Look Into the Future
It was a bold move. Founding a seminary in a city that knew little of the Gospel was risky but proved to be the perfect place to train leaders to reach a lost world. From humble beginnings, a legacy was born.
Around the globe or across the nation, the legacy lives on as NOBTS graduates serve boldly in a 21st century world with a message that remains unchanged: Christ, the hope of glory for New Orleans, for the nation, for the world.
The light from the past makes the future shine bright. God’s faithfulness over the last one hundred years is a legacy that spurs NOBTS forward to be more emboldened with the Gospel, more committed to the task, and ever watchful for God’s leading. The best is yet to come.
OUR CENTENNIAL GOALS MONEY
MISSIONS
MOVEMENT
$50
100
100,000
MILLION +
MISSIONS EFFORTS
GOSPEL
CONVERSATIONS
THE SECOND CENTURY INITIATIVE The seminary’s second one hundred years will be much different than its first – with new challenges and new opportunities. NOBTS is launching the $50 million “Second Century Initiative” in order to face the challenges, engage the opportunities, and keep the work of the Gospel central to all that we do.
CAMPUS RENOVATIONS $25 MILLION + Including technological advancements to creatively reach beyond the main campus.
FACULTY ENDOWMENTS $10 MILLION + Endowments invest in our current world-class faculty and help attract new professors.
STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS $7.5 MILLION + Scholarships help keep seminary affordable for students training for the ministry.
PROVIDENCE FUND $7.5 MILLION +
The Providence Fund helps offset rising education costs rather than passing the costs to students.
100MISSIONS MISSION EFFORTS 100 EFFORTS From the seminary’s earliest days when a bus marked “The Baptist Evangel” transported faculty and students across New Orleans for mission activities, carrying the Gospel to those in need has been a priority. Missions is in the seminary’s DNA. Join our students on the main campus and at our extension centers as we live out the Great Commission through 100 mission endeavors during our centennial celebration. Watch for ways to share about your mission experiences at www.nobts.edu/100
100,000 GOSPEL CONVERSATIONS
As a part of the centennial celebration, NOBTS hopes to mobilize our students, friends and alumni to engage in 100,000 Gospel conversations. A new phone app offering evangelism helps, a reporting tool, and follow-up assistance has been created Visit http://get.theapp.co/53c6 to download the app. WILL YOU JOIN US IN THIS EFFORT TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN AMONG THE NATIONS?
INTRODUCING THE TIMOTHY PLAN Many of us want to help, but so often the need seems bigger than we can afford. The Timothy Plan changes that by leveraging your giving with the thousands of other givers. If you’re an alumnus, consider “giving your year.” A 2017 graduate would give $20.17 per month. If you’re a friend of the seminary, pick a year that is significant to you. Any year works. Every amount matters. Partner with us as we partner with our students. Go to www.nobts.edu and click “GIVE.”
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING OUR CENTENNIAL 2017 EVENTS October 3, 2017 (Tu)
Founders’ Day Chapel/ Kick-Off Celebration w/ Junior Hill
October 18-20, 2017 (W-F)
Xcelerate Conference w/ Max Anders, Robert Coleman, & Michael Kelley
November 10-11, 2017 (F-Sa)
Greer-Heard Forum w/ N.T. Wright
2018 EVENTS January 29-31, 2018 (M-W)
Preaching/Evangelism Conference w/ Jim Shaddix
in partnership with Love Worth Finding *Alumni Officers Workshop immediately following
February 15, 2018 (Th)
Leavell College (25th) Celebration
March 6-8, 2018 (Tu-Th)
Campus Revival w/ Crescent City Praise
March 15, 2018 (Th)
Women’s Ministry Event w/ Anita Renfroe
March 16, 2018 (F)
Women’s Ministry Leadership Conference
April 6, 2018 (F)
Senior Fest w/ Dennis Swanberg
April 20-21, 2018 (F-Sa)
Caskey Conference w/ Frank Page & Robert Smith Jr.
June 12-13, 2018 (Tu-W)
Southern Baptist Convention (Dallas, Texas)
June – August, 2018
Community Ministry & MissionLab
October 2, 2018 (Tu)
Founders’ Day Chapel/Closing Celebration
Foundation Board meets Friday and Saturday
Alumni Luncheon (Wednesday)
Public Launch of Second Century Initiative
SPECIAL OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS Birmingham, AL (Nov. 2-3, 2017)
Nashville, TN (TBA) Jackson/Clinton, MS (Feb. 26, 2018) Orlando, FL (TBA) Marietta, GA (April 16, 2018) Shreveport, LA (TBA) Miami, FL (TBA)
COMMEMORATIVE BRICKS For one hundred years New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary has existed to train church leaders to take the Gospel far and wide. Many seminarians find that training in a special and eclectic place like New Orleans has given them an insight and edge to ministry they would not have received otherwise. Others have been a part of the NOBTS family online or through one of the school’s extension centers. With a brick at NOBTS, you have the opportunity to keep that connection open. Purchase a brick with your name, the names of family members, someone who helped you study at NOBTS, or pay tribute to the church that made seminary possible for you.
The brick program at NOBTS provides a tangible reminder of your time in seminary or allows you to honor a loved one.
$250 ea. BUY YOUR BRICK TODAY WWW.NOBTS.EDU/BRICK
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