The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is a private, non-profit institution of higher learning associated with the Southern Baptist Convention, located in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. The Seminary offers Doctoral, Master, Bachelor and Associate degrees. Dr. Charles Kelley is the current president of the seminary. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... University President is the title of the highest ranking officer within a university, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Chancellor or rector. ... Provost is the title of a senior academic administrator at many institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada, the equivalent of Vice-Chancellor at certain UK universites such as UCL, and the head of certain Oxbridge colleges (e. ... In an educational setting, a dean is a person with significant authority . ... Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based cooperative ministry agency serving Baptist churches around the world. ... NOLA redirects here. ...

History

The Southern Baptist Convention founded the institution as the Baptist Bible Institute during the 1917 convention meeting in New Orleans. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, or NOBTS for short, was the first institution created as a direct act of the Southern Baptist Convention. The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a United States-based cooperative ministry agency serving Baptist churches around the world. ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

The institutes's purpose was centered on missionary work, and initially established as gateway to Central America. The Seminary started as the Baptist Bible Institute in the Garden District and later relocated to the current location in the heart of Gentilly. The school purchased a 75 acre pecan orchard and transformed it into what is now a brustling campus over 100 buildings, including academic buildings, faculty and staff housing, and student housing.

On May 17, 1946, the SBC revised the institutes's charter to enable it to become a seminary, and the name was changed to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Missions and evangelism have remained the core focus of the seminary. is the 137th day of the year (138th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

NOBTS has had eight presidents since its founding: Byron H. Dement (1917-1928); William W. Hamilton Sr. (1928-42); Duke Kimbrough McCall (1943-46); Roland Q. Leavell (1946-58); H. Leo Eddleman (1959-70); Grady C. Cothen (1970-74); and Landrum P. Leavell II, nephew of Roland Leavell, (1974-95). On February 3, 1996, Dr. Charles S. “Chuck” Kelley became president. Duke K. McCall (b. ...

NOBTS currently offers a wide range of degree options for ministerial training. Leavell College houses the Seminary's undergraduate degree program, and offers associates and bachelors degrees in ministry as well as certificate and diploma programs intended to give concentrated training in a specific area (e.g., children's ministry). The graduate programs are quite varied as well. The faculty is divided into five working divisions: biblical studies, theological & historical studies, pastoral ministries, Christian Education ministries, and church music ministries. The primary degree offered is the Master of Divinity, but the seminary also offers the Master of Arts and Master of Theology degrees as an alternative. For music students, the primary degree is the Master of Church Music. Doctoral degrees are divided between research doctoral degree programs and professional doctoral degree programs. Most departments on campus offer a Doctor of Philosophy program. The Division of Church Music offers the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. The Seminary also offers the highly flexible Doctor of Ministry degree as an alternative professional doctorate. Newly instituted is the Doctor of Educational Ministry degree, which focuses on majors within the Division of Christian Education.

Hurricane Katrina

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina forced the seminary to evacuate its staff and students. Within a few days, temporary offices were established in Decatur, Georgia. The SBC overwhelmingly voted to keep the seminary in New Orleans and begin the necessary cleanup and repairs. This article is about the Atlantic hurricane of 2005. ... For the south-western Georgia county, see Decatur County, Georgia. ...

The Southern Baptist Executive Committee provided 6.2 million dollars from the Cooperative Program to the seminary following Hurricane Katrina. The money helped meet the budgetary requirements of the seminary and aided in the restoration effort. Many churches provided support clean-up and construction teams to assist the seminary in recovering. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 751 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1800 × 1437 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 751 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1800 × 1437 pixel, file size: 2. ... Cooperative education is a structured method of combining academic education with practical work experience. ...

Following Katrina, the faculty resumed classes at extension centers and online through the Blackboard Learning System. 85% of the students attending NOBTS continued taking classes during the 2005-2006 academic year.

In August 2006 classes fully resumed, and much of the repair had been completed on the campus including the restoration of the Providence Guest House and Leavell Chapel.

To date^{[when? — see talk page]} much of the repair is concentrated on restoring faculty housing. Most, if not all, of the student housing has been restored but at limited capacity. Many of the states housing (housing facilities named after the states in the United States) were demolished with no plans at this time to rebuild them. In addition to repairing facilities damaged or destroyed by hurricane Katrina, the seminary has decided to completely rebuild some buildings to facilitate today's demands. One such building which is currently being constructed is the new Operations Department building which is located at the back of the NOBTS campus.

Seminary's Role In Restoring New Orleans - Post Katrina

• Housing Volunteers for Rebuilding City
• Partnership with Operation NOAH
• Partnership with Community Churches
• Partnership with Louisiana and Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief Teams

Student Organizations

In additional to the academics provided at NOBTS, the seminary also offers activities for students and their children.

• Letria Student Worship
• American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)

This student chapter of the AACC is designed to encourage those seeking to beocme professional counselors. The purpose of this group is to provide students with educational resources enabling them to strengthen their counseling skills.

• Campus Youth Challenge

CYC is an organization designed to promote fellowship among 7th and 12th grade youth and provide Bible study and planned activities.

• Christian Association of Student Social Workers

This fellowship is designed to create professionalism and camaraderie among social work on-campus.

• Christian Home Educators Support System

CHESS is an organization consisting of families within the seminary who participate in the home education of their children.

• Dead Preachers Society

The Dead Preachers Society encourages preachers in the passionate proclamation of God's Word through weekly meetings and other special events.

• International Student Fellowship

This organization exists to promote fellowship among members through Bible studies and planned activities.

• Quest Student Women's Ministry

Quest is a student led fellowship for women students. This organization is designed to provide encouragement for women during their time in seminary through Bible study, small groups, and monthly socials.

• Shepards Fellowship Forum

Shepards Fellowship Forum is a pastoral ministries faculty-sponsored organization for students, undergraduate and graduate, who serve or are preparing to serve in the office of pastor or in pastor-type positions (e.g., chaplains, staff members, missionaries, and church planters. ) SFF meets once a semester to mentor, encourage, and expose students to exemplary practitioners involved in effective pastoral ministry and to NOBTS pastoral ministries faculty on a more personal basis.

• Student Missions Fellowship

Student Missions Fellowship seeks to promote through its activities a vital missionary spirit among students, to encourage students who are preparing for missionary service, and to help others consider their individual responsibility toward missions.

• Student Theological Fellowship

Student Theological Fellowship is a student-led organization whose purpose is to complement and enrich the student's theological education.

• Student Wives Fellowship

This fellowship of women is an organization designed to provide encouragement to student wives on the campus through Bible study, fellowship, and planned activities.

• United Chaplains Ministry

This group of students, committed to the pastoral role of chaplaincy, whether hospital, industrial, military, or law enforcement, hold regular programs of interest to those preparing for this specialized type of ministerial service.

Notable Landmarks

The NOBTS Post Office is located inside and at the front of the Hardin Student Center.

Lifesongs Radio station is located in the William Carey Building, attached to and east of the Hardin Student Center, next to Lifeway Christian Bookstore.

• Cafe' New Orleans
• Leavell Chapel Steeple

External links

• New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary website
• Greer-Heard Point-Counterpoint Forum