Letter from the
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President
BREWTON-PARKER COLLEGE:
World Missions
in South GA
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> Opening Doors in Russia
Where could you travel on our planet and share Christ with a student
> Rebuilding in Mississippi
from Columbia over breakfast, enjoy a cup of cof
with a Christian co-worker from Moldova, have lunch with an athlete
fee at mid-morning
> Reaching out in Vidalia
from Canada, and enjoy a Bible study in the evening with intellectually
gifted young men and women from Montana, New Mexico,
> Liberty County
> BPC Youth Music Camp
New Jersey and Vermont?
Texas,
> Daniell Baptist Association
Action Group
Youth Camp
I suppose that if you owned a jet and wanted to buy the fuel needed
for such an ambitious journey
those locations over the space of three or four days.
, it would be possible to visit each of
Parker College, such interaction is a daily fact of life.
At Brewton-
Georgia’s only institution of
As South
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education, BPC has become one of the most impressive mission
fering baccalaureate Christian higher
outposts supported by Georgia Baptists. W
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nations and 37 states, Brewton-Parker unites cosmopolitan,
ith students from 19
> Staff Spotlight - Roger Byrd
ance Rhoades
international students with talented young people from the rural
southeast under the umbrella of Christian education.
students may speak a dozen dif
Though BPC
tongue, they all hear of the saving grace of our Savior and learn of the
ferent languages as their primary
dynamic power of spiritual growth while they study under some of the
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finest and most intellectually-prepared faculty in our state.
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> BPC
Thigpen
Athletic Hall of Fame
Alumnus of the Year
In the spirit of Lottie Moon and thousands of Southern Baptist
missionaries serving around the globe, BPC spans the width and
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breadth of Georgia with satellite campuses bringing Christian higher
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. Don Hattaway
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learning to folks who cannot pack their belongings and relocate to
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higher education, it becomes our task to go to them.
ernon. Since they can’t come to us to experience Christian
our external program provides to those who want to grow intellectually
And that is what
and spiritually in places like Savannah, Hinesville, Glennville, Baxley
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Norman Park and Newnan.
,
How can you support this important mission outreach which is taking
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place in the very heart of our state and is provided partially through the
generosity of Georgia Baptists? We can:
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> External Commencement
1) Pray daily for the leaders, faculty and students who are a part of the
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. Kevin McCranie’s book
2) Realize that whenever you give to the GBC Cooperative Program,
BPC family;
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Appreciation Dinner
All
3) Encourage the young people you know to consider enrolling in
a portion of your gift supports mission outreach through BPC;
Brewton-Parker College, where academic excellence and Christian
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4) Consider establishing a scholarship or contributing financially to the
discipleship merge in the hearts and minds of graduates;
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5) Examine your estate plan to see if you can arrange a final gift to the
mission work of Christian higher learning in South Georgia;
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College that would provide your family members an even greater
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inheritance and make a Kingdom impact as well;
isit the campus and encourage those who work and study there.
Brewton-Parker College is one of the most comprehensive and
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productive mission ministries supported by Georgia Baptists.
> Memoriam
for being a part of it, and pray that many more people will join us in the
Thanks
important work of training gifted Christian leaders for the professions
and leadership opportunities of tomorrow.
Dr
President
. David R. Smith
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