Record Number Graduates in May 2003

     Twenty students received degrees Saturday, May 17, from Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary in Jacksonville.  Students completed from two to four years of intensive studies in preparation for various leadership roles in Christian ministry.         

     Dr. James L. Silvey, Executive Director of Baptist Publishing House for the Baptist Missionary Association of America, gave the commencement address.

     Receiving an Honorary Associate of Divinity degree was John Thomas Trotter of Nacogdoches, Texas.  The Associate of Divinity degree was awarded to Terry W. Bolton of Sulphur Springs, Texas and Ula A. Emmons of St. Clair, Missouri.  The Bachelor of Arts in Religion degree was awarded to Darlene E. Carey of Flint, Michigan; Dustin D. Cross of Carthage, Texas; Keith J. Fielder of Palestine, Texas; Lisulo C. Lisulo of Zambia, Africa; and Jeffrey L. Thompson of Emory, Texas.

     The Master of Arts in Religion degree was awarded to Curtis J. Cooper of Texarkana, Arkansas; John W. Glenn of Flint, Texas; James H. Guo of Changsha, Hunan, China; Kevin L. Guthrie of Palestine, Texas; David B. Moari of Wulugu, Walewale, Ghana; and Magdalena Studzinska of Warsaw, Poland. 

     The Master of Divinity degree was awarded to Michael R. Fink of Vilonia, Arkansas; Billy L. Higginbotham of Magnolia, Arkansas; Michael S. Jeffress of Nacogdoches, Texas; Michael K. Mast of Tyler, Texas; Willis J. Romero, III of Hemphill, Texas; and Howard T. Thompson of Athens, Texas.