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Gardner-Webb University M. Christopher White School Of Divinity Celebrates 20 Years, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Individuals who dared to dream that a Baptist seminary could one day be established in the foothills of Western North Carolina gathered at Gardner-Webb University on Monday to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the M. Christopher White School of Divinity. Dozens of former and current faculty, staff members, and students attended a luncheon celebration followed by the 20th Anniversary Convocation, held in the Dover Chapel on the Gardner-Webb campus. Since its establishment in 1993, hundreds of people have achieved their post-baccalaureate educational goals through the Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity, which also began offering the Doctor of Ministry degree in …

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine 2013, Spring (Volume 48 No. 1), Noel T. Manning Ii

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine, previously titled The Webb Magazine, focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue includes an article about the progress Gardner-Webb made with their Higher Ground Campaign as well as several articles detailing honors and achievements within athletic programs. There are also numerous articles highlighting various noteworthy career paths of alumni and past faculty members including Neal Alexander and Sharon Decker being named to serve in North Carolina cabinet posts.

2013 - 2014, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2013 - 2014, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

Office Of Christian Life & Service Guides Gwu Students Toward Spiritual Relationship With God, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Preparing students to think critically, succeed professionally, and to serve faithfully are elements of the mission and vision of Gardner-Webb University. University leaders say their desire for Gardner-Webb students is that they, like Christ, “grow in wisdom and stature, in favor with God and man.” (Luke 2:52) Nonetheless, a goal is nothing without a plan to achieve it.

Dr. Douglas Dickens: International Expert On Pastoral Care & Counseling, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

As a child, Dr. Douglas Dickens didn’t have grandiose visions of becoming a world-renowned authority on the care and education of ministers. He never dreamed of the intricate ways God would lead him around the world to serve men and women in ministry. But as Sir Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.”

Gardner-Webb University Welcomes New Faculty Members, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The 2012 fall semester is bringing hundreds of new faces to the Gardner-Webb campus, students and faculty members alike. On Tuesday, the University announced one of the largest new faculty groups in its history. The following 19 new faculty members are listed in alphabetical order:

Gardner-Webb Awards Nearly 700 Degrees In Three Commencement Ceremonies, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Monday was a day of milestones for Gardner-Webb University and its graduates. For the first time, a record three separate commencement ceremonies were broadcast online via live stream. In total, nearly 700 degrees were awarded, including the University’s 25,000th degree since becoming a senior college in 1971.

Gardner-Webb Celebrates Employees’ Long Service And Honors 2012 Retirees, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University recently recognized faculty and staff members for long tenures of service and presented retirement awards to six employees at the annual “Apples and Accolades” awards ceremony. One retiree, Patricia Harrelson, was also inducted into the “Faith, Service, and Leadership Hall of Fame,” an honor reserved only for faculty with at least 40 years of service to Gardner-Webb. Harrelson, a longtime music professor and vocal coach, will retire in 2012 after exactly four decades of teaching in Gardner-Webb’s music department.

Watch Gardner-Webb Commencement Online–Important Updates For Graduates, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University will award approximately 690 degrees during its spring commencement exercises on Monday, May 14. Three separate commencement ceremonies will take place throughout the day in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). For the first time in University history, the ceremonies will also be broadcast live via online stream for those who cannot physically attend.

Advent 2012, Gardner-Webb University

Advent Devotions

Annual Gardner-Webb University Advent devotional book from the year 2012 with contributions from various students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members. Each page in the book represents a day of Advent and contains a scripture and short devotion. There are also spaces provided for prayer requests and advent reflection.

2012 - 2013, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2012 - 2013, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

2012 - 2013, Gardner-Webb University Graduate Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Graduate Academic Catalogs

2012 - 2013, Gardner-Webb University Graduate Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

Moving Toward Shalom, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Three representatives from Gardner-Webb University’s School of Divinity will participate in an upcoming conference focused on the intersection of physical health and spiritual wellbeing in the community. The conference, titled “Healing Communities: Conversations Toward Shalom,” will take place at Wake Forest University on Sept. 30. GWU Divinity Professors Dr. Jim McConnell and Dr. Sherri Adams helped plan the conference, and McConnell will give a presentation focused on the communal nature of peace and wholeness in the biblical story.

Mission Work Impact Comes Full Circle, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

This spring, Dr. Tracy Jessup, vice president for Christian life and service and senior minister to Gardner-Webb University, received a phone call from a school principal in Key Largo, Fla. Though Jessup did not know her, the woman and her husband had encountered a Gardner-Webb mission team at an ice cream shop in Key Largo. The team had spent half an hour listening as they spoke about God’s work in their lives, and she was so deeply touched that she felt compelled to call Jessup to share the story.

2011 - 2012, Gardner-Webb Goal Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

GOAL Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2011 - 2012, Gardner-Webb University GOAL Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

2011 - 2012, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2011 - 2012, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

Advent 2010, Gardner-Webb University

Advent Devotions

Annual Gardner-Webb University Advent devotional book from the year 2010 with contributions from various students, alumni, faculty, and staff members. Each page in the book represents a day of Advent and contains a scripture and short devotion. There are also spaces provided for prayer requests and advent reflection.

Transforming Attitudes And Commitment To Missions At The Mt. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church In Greenville, South Carolina, Jermaine A. Boyce

Doctor of Ministry Projects

This ministry project's goal was to seek transformation in attitudes and commitment to missions at the Mt. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, South Carolina. The goal of transformation was to guide the congregation's mission practices to be exemplary of its 'Missionary' name and the overall mission of the church as discovered in Luke-Acts and in the Abrahamic Covenant.

The project tested the attitudes and commitment to missions from the Missionary Society in comparison to the general congregation. The project revealed both strengths and weaknesses in the attitudes and commitments of the Missionary Society and the congregation about missions. The …

Developing A Process For Missional Formation: A Ministry Project In The Baptist Church Of Beaufort, Sc, Eric Thomas Spivey

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Traditionally, Christians and church leaders compartmentalize their lives into growing spiritually and serving other people. One studies the Bible, worships or serves others without much thought for how these spiritual disciplines of formation and missional living impact and influence one another. Through a designed pastoral experiment involving twenty-four individuals in three community groups, this project proves that missional living combined with spiritual practices increases the spiritual growth in the members of The Baptist Church of Beaufort (SC).

2010 - 2011, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2010 - 2011, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine 2009, Summer (Volume 43 No. 2), Noel T. Manning Ii

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine

Gardner-Webb, The Magazine, previously titled The Webb Magazine, focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. Much of this issue is dedicated to the many different outreach programs that Gardner-Webb is involved in. Additionally, this issue recognizes several different accomplishments of GWU students, alumni, and faculty/staff. A summary of graduation is provided along with a list of donors to Gardner-Webb and a new and recurring article called "Scenic Impressions" is introduced to the magazine.

Spiritual Care For Missionaries Within The Ministry Context Of Make Way Partners, Milton R. Smith

Doctor of Ministry Projects

Spiritual Care for Missionaries Within the Ministry Context of Make Way Partners is the report of a research project. The objective of this project was to study the spiritual care of missionaries within the ministry context of Make Way Partners (MWP). The ministry context of MWP is to prevent and combat human trafficking. The context of this project was in the country of Sudan, in and near Darfur.

In particular, the study addressed the possibility that the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator might aid the leadership of MWP in predicting how missionaries might respond to stress in the field. Also, the project …

Ordination Training For Bi-Vocational Clergy In The United Cornerstone Churches International, Inc. Of Thomasville, North Carolina, George Bernard Jackson

Doctor of Ministry Projects

In many rural communities there exists a stereotype about clergy education perpetuated since slavery. This project offered bi-vocational clergy opportunities to be equipped, empowered and certified for servant leadership. Data captured from 2006 through 2008 was taken from the 25 ordinands. Questions that guided this study were grouped into two sets: examination by quantitative measurements through the passing of a catechism; and by qualitative measurements from personal and telephone interviews. The results of the research revealed a discrepancy in the ordination process where prerequisites and retention studies must play a greater role for future ordinands.

2009 - 2010, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2009 - 2010, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

The Webb Magazine 2008, Summer, Noel T. Manning Ii

The Web Magazine

The Webb Magazine focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. Much of this issue's subject matter reached beyond campus grounds and into the world; for example, articles about novels on Islam, community service, teaching across the globe, and working for international governments can all be found in this issue. Also, several scholarships are mentioned, such as the Martha Mason Challenge Endowed Scholarship. The issue concludes with the announcement of the newly implemented Center for Continuing Professional Education that GWU created.

2008 - 2009, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2008 - 2009, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

2008 - 2009, Gardner-Webb University Goal Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

GOAL Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2008 - 2009, Gardner-Webb University GOAL Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

The Webb Magazine 2007, Spring, Noel T. Manning Ii

The Web Magazine

The Webb Magazine focuses on alumni news and campus events from Gardner-Webb College; now Gardner-Webb University. This issue highlights many of GWU's recent actions around campus, such as sending students on mission trips, hiring new faculty/staff, participating in Will Graham's Crusade and providing relief/aid to Hurricane Katrina victims. One article features Frank Page, a Gardner-Webb alum who was elected as President of the Southern Baptist Convention. This issue also provides sports updates and a list of distinguished graduates.

2007 - 2008, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2007 - 2008, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.

2006 - 2007, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog, Gardner-Webb University

Undergraduate Academic Catalogs

2006 - 2007, Gardner-Webb University Academic Catalog. A. Frank Bonner, president.