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leadership insightWilliam O. Crews, President

Leadership Insight

We believe seminary training is most effective whenit occurs within the context of a student’s ministry.Just as the demands on ministers are different inColorado,Arizona,Washington, or California, so is theeducational experience at each of our campuses. Asthe International Mission Board’s ultimate goal is totrain indigenous leadership in their own culturalcontext, we want to train our students in their owncultural context. A person trained in his or her owncultural context will be a more effective leader forthe churches of the West.

Each of our campuses is strategically located in thepopulation centers of the Western United States. Inthe states where Golden Gate operates its five cam-puses, there are more than 52 million people. Thereare nearly 26 million people in the counties withinreasonable driving distance of our campuses. Thismeans that Golden Gate is accessible to half of thepopulation living in the west.

Golden Gate is strategically located on the Westcoast of the United States and on the east coast ofthe rest of the world. Approximately 50 percentof our students upon graduation expect to serve ininternational missions. Our students have the oppor-tunity to be trained for effective leadership in themidst of cultures that can be found anywhere in therest of the world.

The challenge of equipping leaders to reach the Westand the world will challenge the best there is in us.That is the dream that drives and energizes thisSeminary. It is a dream worthy of our Lord and of thismission field in which He has placed this Seminary.

or almost 60 years,Golden Gate has setabout the task of

........equipping effectiveChristian leaders for thechurches of tomorrow.During the past 20 years,

Golden Gate has taken theseminary experience directly

to students in the West throughcampuses strategically placed

throughout the western United States. In doing so,Golden Gate is bringing a contextualized and individ-ualized education at each of our five campuses.

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Equipping the West and the World4. Ken Albert

Pastor and student -- remaining in ministry while attending seminary

5. Chang S. MoonPastor ministers diversely and worldwide

6. Kresten FroistadLeader who helps homeless mothers get back on their feet

7. Dan CokerPastor restores health to dying church

8. Lee BradleyMissionary with field white with harvest

9. Taylor FieldNY City pastor emphasizes fighting for what's right after 9/11

Also in this issue2. “Leadership Insight” from President Bill Crews

10. Seminary receives affirmation of accreditation

10. New Master of Arts in Educational Leadership

11. Venezuelan mission trip bears great fruit

12. Carlton estate gift

13. Native American student equips himself to minister

13. Chaplain marries couple on national television

14. Alumni Updates

insideinside this issue

Fall 2003

PRESIDENTWilliam O. Crews

VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENTThomas O. Jones

EDITORJeff Jones

COVER DESIGN & INTERIOR LAYOUTSuzanne Lee DesignSanta Clara, California

CONTRIBUTING WRITERSClaudean BoatmanKaren L.WilloughbyJohn EaganMelinda J. FixxG.W. SchweerErin Curry

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Golden Gate Seminary offers a unique advantage tothose seeking a seminary education—there is no needto leave their ministries to go to seminary.This is a real-ity that Ken Albert learned personally.

Albert is the bi-vocational pastor of Mountain ViewBaptist Church in Calhan, east of Colorado Springs, anda student at Golden Gate’s Rocky Mountain Campus.He became a Christian as an adult and knew “early inmy Christian walk that God wanted me in full-time serv-ice.” He applied himself diligently to the study of God'sword and served his church in several leadership roles.

Those early experiences and study revealed a need toattend seminary and be equipped for what God wantedhim to do.At the time, Southwestern Seminary was theonly Southern Baptist seminary Albert knew of. He wasdetermined to be obedient to God’s call, even if it meantleaving Colorado. Then he heard aboutGolden Gate Seminar y’s RockyMountain Campus. “I realized immedi-ately that was where God wanted me.”

Albert is starting his fourth year at the Rocky MountainCampus and said he cannot picture himself going any-where else. “I would have come away a very differentperson.”

During his seminary experience he was called as pastorof Mountain View Baptist Church in 2002. He says,“Everything I’m doing, top to bottom, has been pro-foundly influenced by seminary.”

Seminary has taught Albert this key lesson: being pre-cedes doing.“Who we are as Christians must shape anddirect what we do.Who we are extends to every areaof our lives, individually and cooperatively.”

Albert has found lasting relationships at the RockyMountain Campus. Albert describes the friendships he

has made in seminary as “one of the unexpected sidebenefits.” One reason the relationships are special isthat all the students are in ministry right now. “We’redoing what we’re going to be doing,” he said.Those rela-tionships have made him “sharper, more focused andintentional about what I'm doing.”

“The context in which I’m receiving that (seminary)education is unmatched,” Albert says.He appreciates thefocus on leadership development and learning it in thecontext of ministry.

Seminary has been a place of growing and maturing forAlbert. “I am coming out humbled, amazed at what Ihave learned and in awe of what I don't know. My walkwith God is closer, richer, more meaningful than before,”he said.

Adapted from an article in the Rocky Mountain Baptist of the ColoradoSouthern Baptist Convention."

Equipping the Saints Impacting the ChurchReaching the Lost

By Claudean Boatman

Ken Albert interacts with visitors at a county fair in Colorado.

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Closer to home, Tacoma First members planted twochurches recently, and minister at a rescue mission indowntown Tacoma.

The church also provides a daycare center forpreschoolers and is in the planning stages of building anapartment building near the church for senior citizens.

"Together" is a key word, the pas-tor said. The purpose of theSunday fellowship dinners is tobuild a sense of togetherness,which helps Tacoma First to con-tinually increase its effectivenessin ministry.

The Korean meal is served eachSunday to about 800 people, fund-ed by the contributions of thosewho participate. Eight groups ofladies cook and serve in a rota-tion-type ministry that has beengoing on for many years, the pas-tor said.

Tacoma First also owns a 10-acreretreat center near Mt. Rainierthat it hopes to expand in thenext five years. Its present sizelimits it to children's camps andmissions groups' prayer retreats.

"Tacoma First Baptist Church hasgrown because of God's grace,"Moon said, working through"prayer, a plan for growth, dedicat-ed laypeople, and an easy to under-stand and practical message.”

Adapted from an article in Baptist Press.

Twenty-one years ago, Tacoma FirstBaptist Church was a Korean SundaySchool department at First BaptistChurch of Lakewood in Tacoma,Washington. Chang S. Moon, a 1973

graduate of Golden Gate Seminary, wascalled to pastor this 120-member group.

Today nearly 1,400 people wor-ship in three adult Sunday servicesat Tacoma First -- two services inKorean and one in English -- and inthree youth-oriented English-lan-guage services -- a ContemporaryMinistries service for the col-lege/career crowd, a youth servicefor teens and a children's servicefor youngsters through the sixthgrade. Tacoma First is the largestchurch of the nearly 450 congre-gations that affiliate with theSouthern Baptist Convention andNorthwest Baptist Convention.

"The purpose of a church is toreach out to the lost and helpthem to grow spiritually," Moonsaid, "and to equip them to servethe Lord.We are Southern Baptistbecause it is a Bible-believingdenomination that is workingtogether to reach out to a lostworld."

Mission teams from the church go to East Asia provid-ing intensive Bible training to about 20 house churches.Each of Tacoma First's 58 cell groups/house churchessponsors one house church in East Asia.The church alsohelped start -- and continues to help with -- a noodlefactory to ease hunger needs in one part of East Asia.

In addition, mission teams go once or twice a year tothe Philippines to share the gospel and provide medicalcare.The church also assists a missionary with the Maoritribe of New Zealand.

Tacoma First Baptist, Reaching

Beyond Tacoma to the World

By Karen L.Willoughby / Baptist Press

Youthful outreach: Youth camp participants in thePhilippines enjoy a meal during the outreach aided byTacoma First Baptist Church in Washington. (BP)

Port presentation: Paul Peterson,Tacoma First BaptistChurch's English-language associate pastor, presents thegospel as part of the Washington church's port ministries. (BP)

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The Gilead House was nearly forced to close at onepoint because of a shortage of money, but local church-es rallied to their aid and committed to keep the houseopen. Eight churches of various denominations current-ly support the faith-based nonprofit Christian organiza-tion. Funding is 60 percent from churches and individu-als, plus grants from the state and local communityfunds.

Kresten was born and raised in Nevada in a Christianhome, graduated with a journalism degree fromUniversity of Nevada-Reno and attended the NorthernCalifornia campus of Golden Gate Seminary for threeyears, serving as vice president of the student body.

Her vision is to see the concept spread over a wide areaand assist more women and children in need.

“When a single mother enters our program, our goal isto not just help her transform her life, but to break thecycle of poverty and struggle for her children as well. Inthe end, who knows how many generations are affectedwhen one life is changed for the better?”

As a young girl, Kresten Froistad had a stirring in herheart to help homeless children.Today the graduate ofGolden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary is puttingthat calling to work as executive director of GileadHouse, a refuge for homeless women and their children.

“God initiates a vision in ourhearts; we need to carry out thatvision,” Kresten says. “Peopleshould consider doing somethingthat changes people’s lives…find away to get involved.”

After working as a student intern, she took over lead-ership of Gilead after receiving her Master of Divinitydegree in June 2003.

Gilead House was founded in 1997 by several con-cerned Christians who wanted to help at least some ofthe estimated 1,200 homeless children living in affluentMarin County, many of them with their single mothers,many of them victims of abuse.

The rented house in Novato, a few miles north of theSeminary, is where 15 mothers and 23 children found asafe refuge and a fresh start with job counseling, men-toring and financial disciplines.

Three women with their children live in Gilead for oneyear, transitioning into a stable life for the future.

The name Gilead refers to a region in ancient Israel,which was famous for the production of a healing oint-ment known as “The Balm of Gilead.” The area was alsoknown as a place of refuge and healing.

By John C. Eagan

A Graduate’s Vision

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“Your ego cannot be on the line. We cannot afford tolose churches,” Dan Coker tells students at the ArizonaCampus of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary.

Dan has pastored churches throughout California and isnow pastoring Love Baptist Church in Phoenix,Arizona.He is also the first vice president of the ArizonaSouthern Baptist Convention -- and the 2003 recipientof Golden Gate Seminary’s Alumni Achievement Award.

Since early in his own seminary days, the pastor of theonce-declining Love Baptist Church in Phoenix has hadan interest in transitional churches.“We are closing toomany churches,” he shares.

With his seminary training and assistance from theNorth American Mission Board, he learned to helpdeclining churches become healthy again. Now, heteaches those principles to others while he practicesthem himself.

Before Dan came to Love Baptist in 1998, the churchaveraged 55 in worship.Worship attendance now aver-ages 170.The pastor of a declining church must be seen,Dan believes. “He must be there for the congregation,be there at workdays, roll up his sleeves, and work twiceas hard as he asks his people to do,” he says.

Dan also believes it is important not to focus so muchon reaching others that he neglects those who arealready under his care.

A pastor in a declining church “has tobe a pastor first to the people whocalled him, which means visiting andworking with them, understanding theirneeds, and taking them along in thegrowth process,” he says.

Today, Dan believes Love is on a “solid foundation.” Thechurch’s giving has more than doubled, and Love is debt-free.The church is renovating its buildings, making themuser-friendly.

Love gladly follows Dan’s leadership in the growthprocess. “The people had to be willing to go throughchanges, and their comfort zone was tweaked,” he says.

He praises his congregation: “They have kept everypromise they have made to me, and I think that is com-mendable.”

Adapted from an article in Portraits of the Arizona Southern BaptistConvention.

2003 Alumni Achievement AwardRecipient Dan Coker a Leader in SouthernBaptist life and a committed pastor

By Melinda J. Fixx

Dan Coker in front of Love Baptist Church that he helped togrow, in his six year tenure, into a healthy church.

Dan Coker greetschurch memberswhom he feelsshares the creditfor the success ofLove Baptist.

Lee Bradley, an IMB missionary in Albania, invited Dr. andMrs. G. W. Schweer to come to Albania for an evangelisticeffort aimed at establishing two new churches. The Schweershad made a previous trip three years earlier. Dr. Schweer isthe retired senior professor of evangelism at Golden GateSeminary.

Lee Bradley, a 1992 graduate of Golden Gate Seminarywas the only International Mission Board missionary inAlbania until this year. Appointed in 1996, Bradley didnot get to focus on his work in Albania until March1998. Due to political unrest, he had been forced tomove to Skopje, Macedonia, although even there hefocused on Albanians while working on his languagestudy. Lee has worked hard to learn the language andafter much effort now converses and preaches quite fluently.

Friends who know Lee say that he hasa Caleb-like spirit. He is dedicated toa hard place. A number of other missionarieshave come to Albania, but after a few months, for onereason or another, they have transferred to other fieldsor gone home.

Recently, Charlie and Marianne Pitchford were assignedby the International Mission Board to help Lee inAlbania. Charlie had served in Albania before returninghome and marrying Marianne, a 2002 graduate ofGolden Gate Seminary.

The last dictator of Albania, Enver Hoxha, had boastedthat he would build the first thoroughly atheistic com-munist country in the world. Before 1991, even beingcaught with a Bible or Koran could result in three-yearprison term. During that time most religious leaderswere executed, starved in prison, or escaped. Churcheswere turned into museums, restaurants or gymnasiums.Under such conditions Christians were largely silencedand lived in terror.

A remarkable degree of religious freedom now prevails.Many years of the most radical form of atheistic com-

munism, however, have left the majority with a firmskeptical indifference toward spiritual things. Progressin all Christian groups has been slow.

A difficult economy has caused many converts to leave,compelled to move to other European countries to findwork in order to support their families. Nevertheless,Lee has established one church in the capital city ofTirana and has two new ones in the making in rapidlygrowing sections of the city.While Albania is a nominallyMuslim nation with a representation of Roman Catholicand Greek Orthodox churches, only three tenths of onepercent are evangelical Christians.

Lee does not seem to mind the long hours withoutelectricity, the almost impassable streets off the mainthoroughfares, the heavily polluted air, or the fact thathe is a single missionary often quite alone. He is con-vinced that he is in the center of God’s will, doing justwhat the Lord would have him do. God has given him agenuine love for the Albanian people.

He is convinced that church planting must be priority.He is committed to building reproducible indigenouschurches and training the workers to lead them.

When asked what he needs besides concentratedprayer, Lee replies, “Help!” He is earnestly hoping thatthe Lord will soon lead other seminary graduates, likethe Pitchfords, to join him in the work in Albania.

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Missionary with field white with harvest By Dr. G.W. Schweer

Lee Bradley and Dr. Schweer preparing to speak at evangelistic service.

In the two years since the tragedy of 9/11,Taylor Field hasdeveloped a habit of looking for ways in each moment tofight for what is right -- in order to keep from fighting, lateron, against what is wrong.

Field, an alumni and current trustee of Golden GateSeminary, is pastor of East Seventh BaptistChurch/Graffiti Community Ministries inNew York City and a missionary with theSouthern Baptist North American MissionBoard. And after washing the dust of theWorld Trade Center from his clothes, he setout to minister to a city forever changed bya sudden act of evil.

He has written a book called Mercy Streets,released by Broadman & Holman, the pub-lishing arm of LifeWay Christian Resources.In the book, based on the Ephesians 1:18concept of "having the eyes of your heartenlightened," he recounts stories and lessons learned fromyears of working in the inner cities of Berlin, Hong Kong,San Francisco and, since 1987, New York City.

In thinking about the effect 9/11 would have on the world,Field found help in the writings of Abraham JoshuaHeschel, a rabbi who lost his family and community in thefires of World War II.

"We have failed to fight for right, for jus-tice, for goodness; as a result we mustfight against wrong, against injustice,against evil," Heschel wrote.

That quote set in motion a prayer Field has since prayedconcerning 9/11 and its implications.

"I knew in my heart that if we did not fight for what wasright for the children I saw on the streets in New York, wewould end up fighting against them as grown-up drug deal-ers and perpetrators of violent crime," Field writes.

He concluded that in some small way, each person can beas brave as a firefighter, a policeman or a soldier overseasbecause each person has the opportunity each day to livesacrificially in developing the habit of fighting for what isright.

In the two years after 9/11, East SeventhBaptist Church/Graffiti CommunityMissions has followed a commitment todeal with three areas of need in the city:grief and support, direct benevolence andjob development.

"What I see now for people in LowerManhattan and for a number of people isthat the long-term effect has been a greatdeepening of their spiritual walk," Field toldBaptist Press. "It hasn't been easy.There are

people we work with that had to leave New York or hadto deal with fear or difficulties, but what I've seen after twoyears is that they say, '9/11 changed my life and brought mecloser to God rather than drive me away.'"

He has also seen so many people drawn to help and shareChrist in Manhattan and has seen people be more recep-tive there.

Other long-term effects Field has seen stem from lost jobsafter 9/11. Now those people are being evicted from theirapartments in a ripple effect of the difficulties.That's whythe benevolence and job development ministries are soimportant.

But some New Yorkers believe the first major test of howthey've changed since the World Trade Center crumbledwas the blackout that struck the city Aug. 14.

Field said he was talking with people about the blackoutrecently, and they were proud that it wasn't like the black-out of 1977 when there was so much crime.

"I asked them, 'What do you think the difference is?' andone said, 'I think it's 9/11. It's because we realize we needto pull together in this time, and we approach it in a dif-ferent way.'"

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NY City pastor emphasizes fighting for what's right after 9/11

By Erin Curry / Baptist Press

Sharing hope -- Field reads Scripturewith long-time member Adele Kiranduring a midweek Bible study at theGraffiti Baptist Center. Photo byGibbs Frazeur / Baptist Press

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The Association of TheologicalSchools (ATS) has reaffirmed fully-accredited status to Golden GateBaptist Theological Seminary. TheCommission on Accrediting of theATS in formed Golden GateSeminary officials of its decisionJune 24, 2003.

During an earlier visit by theCommission in 2001, committeemembers expressed concern thatthe Seminary had sustained accu-mulative losses in its operatingbudget for several years. Therecent affirmation from ATS com-mended the Seminary “on its solidand significant progress on areasand concerns identified in past visits.”

“The accreditation affirmationreceived from the Association ofTheological Schools is affirmationof the ability of our trustees, facul-ty, staff and students to worktogether as a team in addressing anumber of critical issues surfacedin our last visit by our accreditingagencies,” stated President Crews.

“The Commission’s action reaf-firms our commitment to provid-ing contextual theological educa-tion in the West,” commentedPresident Crews. “My congratula-tions and thanks to all at theSeminary who worked diligentlyto make this fine hour possible.”

The new Master of Arts in Educational Leadership (MAEL) is the latestinnovation of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary to equip thosewho will prepare others in local churches.

The MAEL, which will replace the existing Master of Arts in ChristianEducation (MACE), is a two-year, 49-hour program designed to enablepersons to specialize their training according to the needs of their ministry.It allows students to focus in areas of early childhood, student or collegiateministry while also receiving a foundation in Bible, theology and discipleship.

“The Master of Ar ts inEducational Leadership degreeis a right-sized replacement forthe tested but somewhat aging66-hour MACE program inplace at most seminaries,”commented Rick Durst, VicePresident of Academic Affairs.“The Christian Education facul-ty at Golden Gate Seminary

have worked intensely for three years to re-engineer a discipleship-leader-ship development degree for the 21st century.”

The objective of the MAEL is to produce ministry leaders who can designand lead educational ministries. The program will focus on equippingstudents to become competent leaders in preparing potential leaders forministry in local churches.

“The church of yesterday focused on educating people, butthe church of today must think about developing leaders. Thisis the goal of the MAEL--to replicate effective leadership within the church,”stated Leroy Gainey, Chair of the Christian Education Department.“This isa degree program that will be very helpful and relevant to the church.”

One of the distinctive features that sets the new MAEL apart from the oldMACE degree is the agility the degree offers to meet the needs its studentsare facing. The programs seeks to provide “on the job training” for thestudents while meeting specific needs within the church. MAEL studentswill gain knowledge of small group leadership, curriculum evaluation, com-munication techniques and volunteer leadership development.

“The faculty of the MAEL can provide our students with a very high levelof expertise in the areas of educational processes, multicultural models, andage-level ministry development,” affirmed Bill Crews, President of theSeminary.

The MAEL began during the Fall 2003 semester on the Northern Californiaand Southern California Campuses.

Introducing aNew Master of Arts

in Educational Leadership

SeminaryReceivesAffirmation ofAccreditationHealth

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A 30-person team of Golden Gate students and localchurch members conducted a 12-day evangelical and med-ical mission trip to Venezuela this summer.

The Golden Gate students were from three of GoldenGate’s five campuses: the Pacific Northwest, SouthernCalifornia, and Northern California; the rest of the teamwas from Seattle Korean FirstBaptist Church.

Kyung Chung, a Golden Gatestudent and leader of the group,has ministered in Venezuela for25 years. Chung worked as aresearch sc ient ist at theVenezue l an In s t i tu te o fOceanography. During this time,he began ministering to theVenezuelan people.After comingto Golden Gate as a student, hebegan recruiting students for asummer mission trip to theSouth American country.

BeyondTeams (formerly SiiPTeams) organized the team.BeyondTeams, a programoffered by Golden Gate, allowsstudents to earn seminarycredit during the summer whileministering around the world.

The team held eight evangelicalworship services at six differentchurches. Local churches led thepraise and worship. The teammembers led in drama, dance, testimonies, and preaching.

For many on the trip, the poverty they saw was shocking.One of the members recounts seeing a Venezuelan childdigging through the trash trying to find food someone hadthrown away.

“It really made me realize how much food we have here inthe U.S. and how we waste so much food,” recalled GabrielLee, a youth from Seattle Korean First Baptist Church.“You’re not going to realize this until you’re in a third-world country and experience it. The trip really humbledme.”

Dr. Erik Suh, member of Seattle First Korean BaptistChurch, was the only doctor on the team. “The povertywas unimaginable and the pictures of the small kids withmalnutrition are engraved in my mind.

“I am most grateful for the fact we were able to deliverhealth care to these people who don’t even have money to

buy Tylenol.They were so grate-ful for a small bottle of Tylenoland Robuttusin.”

Since returning from the trip,Dr.Suh has a new perspective andhas started volunteering at afree health clinic in Seattle oncea month. “I shouldn’t have totravel halfway around the globeto help people. God has givenme a talent to heal people andSeattle people need healingtoo.”

The mission trip had a lastingimpact on many in the group.Kim Ko, a team member andspouse of a Golden Gate stu-dent, shares, “Our Lord demon-strated His willingness to use usif we made ourselves available toHim. Pastor Chung and his wifehave dedicated lives that arebeautiful to God and HisKingdom, and their lives are liv-ing examples for all Christians.”

“It was a very rewarding experi-ence and it goes to prove that God can truly use yourefforts in amazing ways,” states Daniel Suh, a Golden Gatestudent.

By the end of the trip, the team had provided 1,500 peo-ple with free medical and dental treatment.They saw 300people commit their lives to Christ, and 100 rededicatetheir lives.

For more information on opportunities to becomeinvolved in mission work with BeyondTeams, contactStacey Harris toll-free at 1-888-442-8710.

300 People Commit to ChristDuring Summer Mission Trip

Spiritual Conversation: Sang Cheuk Kim, a Golden Gate student,shares the gospel. God moved in the lives of hundreds of peopleduring the two week mission trip.

Medical Treatment: Dr. Erik Suh treats a Venezuelan child, one ofover 1,500 people who received free medical and dental treatment.

Photos by Daniel Suh

By Jeff Jones

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Golden Gate Seminary received a bequest from the estates of Doyle and Mildred Carlton, long-time friends of theSeminary. Mrs. Mildred Carlton passed away on January 24, 2003 and Mr. Doyle Carlton on May 10, 2003. TheCarltons resided in Wauchula, Florida and were active members of First Baptist Church of Wauchula for 55 years.

Mildred Carlton served Golden Gate Seminary as a member of theBoard of Trustees for seven years.As vice chairman she helped guidethe Seminary through the library building project at the NorthernCalifornia Campus.

Active in Florida Baptist work, she served in many leadership posi-tions, including vice president of the Florida Baptist StateConvention from 1972-73. She also served on the boards of theFlorida Baptist Children’s Home and the Hardee Memorial Hospital.

Doyle Carlton, Jr. taught a Sunday School class and served as a dea-con at his local church. In addition, he served on the Southern

Baptist Convention (SBC) Foreign Mission Board from 1964-69, the SBC Executive Committee 1970-78, and the SBCPeace Committee 1985-87. He was the vice president for the Florida Baptist Convention in 1960 and a member ofthe Baptist World Alliance. Mr. Carlton also served as a state senator in the Florida legislature for ten years.

“The Carltons included the Seminary in their will and by doing so have left a lasting imprint in the lives of countlessstudents seeking a seminary education,” said Tom Jones, vice president of Institutional Advancement.“We are grate-ful for their leadership and support of the Seminary throughout their lives and for remembering the Seminary intheir estate.

The funds will be used for renovation projects at the Northern California Campus and the Student SponsorshipAnnual Fund.

Seminary Receives Estate GiftFrom Florida Couple

1. Dr. Gary McCoy, Professor of Worshipand Church Music, led the team who performed at several churches while on athree-day evangelistic music tour. Abovethey are performing at North Han RiverBaptist Church in Seoul, Korea.

2.The team recordedthree Christmas cantatas for the

Korean Baptist ChurchDevelopment Board.

3. (left to right) Jim Ailor, IMB Missionary,Hae Won Seo, Director of Korean Baptist Mission,Mary Nell McCoy, Adjunct Professor,Gary McCoy,Han Sun Lee, student, Sara Johnson,AdjunctProfessor,Yae Hee Kim, student, Andrew Pyo,student, Sammy Kim, student.

“Golden Gate Seminary and I havelost two great friends,” said Dr.William Crews, president of theSeminary.“They are certainly two ofthe most prominent supporters ofthe mission and ministry of GoldenGate Seminary.Their friendship iswell known on this campus and theirefforts have had significant impacton the success of this institution.”

Korean Musical Mission Trip

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Greg Redhorse was reared in a poor butChristian home and remembers what hisgreat-great-grandfather, an Apache medi-cine man, said: “The answers are in thewhite man’s book.” That reference to theBible has stuck with Greg from his child-hood.

In his Native American area in the FourCorners area of New Mexico, Greg said,“A lot of boys get saved and on firefor the Lord, but don’t know whereto go. They need someone to helpshow them the way.”

That’s why he is in his second year ofstudying at Golden Gate Bapt istTheological Seminary to prepare himselfto be a missionary to his fellow poverty-stricken Navajo Indians.

“I want to go back to the reservation,maybe start a church or pastor a churchalready there, and maybe start a BibleSchool.”

He works at two part-time jobs to helppay his way at Golden Gate Seminary. Heis getting practical experience by workingwith Native Americans in the Catch ADream Ministry at nearby Vacaville,California.

Greg and his younger brother becameChristians while in junior college. Later hereceived a Bachelor’s Degree from DallasBaptist University in Texas, where he was adistance runner on the track team andstudied environmental science.

“I’m still struggling with my Christian life,but being here at Golden Gate has helpedme to mature and grow tremendously.”

It was the shortest wedding Navy Chaplain Michael Hall had everperformed, but it was probably the largest audience ever to watchsuch a ceremony live.

Millions watched the four-minute ceremony on ABC’s GoodMorning America television program. “This was the earliest andshortest wedding I have ever done,” recalled Hall, who receivedhis Doctor of Ministry Degree from Golden Gate BaptistTheological Seminary.

“It was broadcast live at5 a.m. Pacific time on May1, 2003. I had to be thereat 2 a.m.The groom wasvery nervous, but thebride was very calm andconfident. I knew that mytask was to make i tmean ing fu l to themdespite it being a very

public event.The bride’s tears let me know that I had succeeded,”he said. “Even though millions were watching, the ceremony feltvery intimate.”

About 75 people attended the actual ceremony in a hangar build-ing at Naval Station San Diego for David and Jean Kozminski. Heis a pilot stationed on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln.

Hall reports,“I became a Christian during Vacation Bible School inthe fourth grade. I was involved in church all of my life. I reallyunderstood what living as a Christian meant when I enlisted in theNavy. I felt the call to ministry and served as a JourneymanMissionary to Brazil from 1987-89. I then felt that God was call-ing me back to the Navy, so I became a Chaplain Candidate whilein seminary and came on active duty as soon as I was eligible inJune 1994.”

As millions watched on TV, Hall said:“God is love, and those whoabide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. In thesesacred moments, at the dawning of a new day, we have gatheredin the presence of God to give thanks for the gift of marriage, towitness the joining of David and Jeanie, to surround them withour prayers, and to ask God’s blessings upon them, that that theymay be strengthened for their life together and nurtured in theirlove for God.”

By John C. Eagan

By John C. Eagan

America Views Naval Wedding

Christ to theNavajos

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alumni updatesWade H. Robertson (’60) retired as Director ofMissions for LeFlore Baptist Association in Oklahoma andwas called as Pastor of Harvey Road Baptist Church,Seminole, Oklahoma on March 9, 2003.

Philip Tilden (’61) is the new pastor of First ChristianChurch of Fredricksburg,Texas at age 82.

Charles Reynolds (’82, ’89) is serving as a SouthernBaptist Chaplain for the U.S. Army in Fort Bragg, NorthCarolina.

Danny (’83) and Joyce Miller are currently running abusiness and ministry out of their home with Reliv,International outside State College, Pennsylvania. Dannycan be reached at relivdad@wmconnect.com.

Bob Dent (’84) is Director of Facilities and Services atthe Alabama WMU camp. Kathy Dent (’84) is reservationssupervisor at Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Centerin Alabama.

Pete and Bobbie (’84) Stifle are heading upReconciliation Ministries, which ministers to pastors, staff,and churches throughout the United States.

Julius “Rex” Gurney (’87) received a Ph.D. from UnionTheological Seminary in 1999 and is currently teaching his-tory on the faculty of San Jose Christian College.

Martin Chien (’91) is the Associate Professor and ActingDirector of Church Music at the Presbyterian BibleCollege in Taiwan.

Larry ('91) and Linda Holcomb ('91) have recentlyorganized "Urban Impact," a new ministry to Muslims andunreached people groups in New York City.

Rodney Harrison (’95, ’99) is serving as the ChurchPlanting Professor and Nehemiah Center Director forMidwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City,Missouri.

James Broadwater (’96) is running as a candidate forthe United States House of Representatives from theSecond District of Mississippi, www.jamesbroadwater.com.

Chase Crichton (’97) is the Co-Senior Pastor of MetroVineyard Christian Fellowship in Portland, Oregon.

Dave (’99) and Terrie Brown have four children and areserving in Taiwan. Dave has been pastoring the GraceBaptist Church in Taipei Taiwan for almost four years.

In Memoriam

Robert L. Caywood (’53) died at his home in Texas onAugust 27, 2003. He is survived by his wife Betty.

Eldon J. Van Fossen (’54) passed away August 4, 2002and is survived by his wife Billy Jo.

Clarence Wilton McCord (’60) died April 17, 2003 inMississippi after a battle with lymphoma at his home. He issurvived by his wife Jean.

Jo Ann Smith, wife of William E. Smith (’62) passedaway February 28, 2003.

Jacqueline Disselkoen (’66) passed away August 22,2003.

B. Elwin Gunn (’68) passed away and is survived by wifeRamona (’60).

Philip McGallian (’69) passed away January 4, 2003 andis survived by wife Joy.

Charles W. Barnes (’82) passed away August 13, 2003.

Paul Buddrius (’92) died of cancer on September 10, 1999.

Isma Martin served as registrar at Golden Gate from1955 to 1976 passed away February 6, 2003.

Floy Seawright, former Golden Gate staff, passed awayAugust 10, 2003.

Alumni Updates

Golden Gate’s 60th Anniversary

The next issue of Gateway will celebrate Golden Gate’s 60th anniversary.In order to make this issue special, we need your help. If you have any pictures, stories, or other interesting tidbits, please send them to jeffjones@ggbts.edu or Institutional Advancement at GGBTS,201 Seminary Drive, Mill Valley, CA 94941-3197.

Dr. Gary Arbino,Associate Professor of Archaeologyand Old Testament Interpretation and Curator of theMarian Eakins Archaeological Museum, served as VisitingScholar in the Near Eastern Studies Department at theUniversity of California, Berkeley. Dr.Arbino broadenedhis background in Near Eastern languages, history, andart; and Egyptian art and architecture. In addition to dia-logue centering on the Hebrew Bible with the scholarlycommunities at the University of California, Berkeleyand the Graduate Theological Union, Dr. Arbino spenttime in Italy and England researching classical archaeol-ogy and medieval Christian art.

Dr. Dwight Honeycutt, William A. CarletonProfessor of Church History, served as Senior VisitingScholar at Regents Park College of Oxford University. Inaddition to conducting research and visiting historicalsites in Germany related to Martin Luther, heresearched information related to a proposed book onJohn Clifford, a Baptist colleague of C.H. Spurgeon.

Dr. Joe Kim, Associate Professor of InterculturalEducation, studied evangelistic theories during hisrecent sabbatical. He researched specific theories whichaim at reducing the distance between the presenter andthe receiver of the gospel message for maximum king-dom impact.

Dr. John Shouse, Professor of Christian Theology,served as visiting Scholar at St. Andrews University inScotland and Talbot Theological Seminary during hisrecent sabbatical leaves. He delivered papers on TheDrama of Worship and Narrative Approaches inTheological Construction, and will be presenting a paperthis fall based on his sabbatical research on The Dramaof the Trinity to the Evangelical Theological Society.

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newsRinging the West…

Second Annual Golden GateGetaway Offers SeniorsInspiration and Relaxation

Senior Adults from throughout theWestern United States attended thesecond annual “Golden Gate Getaway”at Golden Gate Baptist TheologicalSeminary. Hosted by the NorthernCalifornia campus in Mill Valley, the four-day retreat offered worship, seminars,tours, and special music presentations.

The featured speaker was EstherBurroughs a nationally and internationallyrecognized speaker and author. Burroughsbased her presentations on her book,Splash the Living Water.

Seminar sessions were taught by GoldenGate faculty and other special guests.Seminar topics included biblical archaeol-ogy, Hebrew history, lay counseling tech-niques, historical reenactments, estateplanning, and other issues of interest tomature adults.

“We are gratefu l to the Cal i forniaSouthern Baptist Convention for partner-ing with us to provide this exciting event.It was a unique way to share the successfulimpact that Southern Baptists are havingin Kingdom work in the West,” said TomJones, Vice President of InstitutionalAdvancement.

The next Getaway is scheduled for July19-22, 2004. For more information callSharon at 888-442-8709.

Dr. William Wagner, E. Hermond WestmorelandProfessor of Evangelism, was elected Second VicePresident of the Southern Baptist Convention at the2003 Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Wagneralso published “A Comparison of Christian Missions andIslamic Da’wah” in the July 2003 issue of Missiology: AnInternational Review. The article compares the Christianconcept of missions with the Islamic concept of Da’wah.

Sabbaticals

The featured speaker was Esther Burroughs, Director ofEsther Burroughs Ministries...Treasures of the Heart.

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