Bible, Religion and Philosophy Department Hosts World Missions Workshop Undergirding the basic educational philosophy of Harding was the fundamental concept that "knowledge of the Bible is one of the most important aspects of the development of Christian character" and "the Bible is the heart of the curriculum, " To implement this philosophy, each student who enrolled for more than eight semester hours was required to include a Bible course each semester except for the semester in which a student was doing student teaching, super· vised clinical practice, or field placement. For the fall semester, the Bible Department generated 6,768 student semester hours of credit, almost twice as large as that generated by any other department and second only to the School of Business. This was the first year that the School of Business had exceeded the Bible Department in semester hours generated. Although the number of students declaring a major in Bible had decreased from 246 in the fall of 1977 to 180 in the fall of 1981, there were more students who graduated with a major in Bible, 51, during 1980-81 than in any other major. In addition, there were seven who graduated with a rna· jor in Biblical languages, two in missions, and one in religiOUS education for a total of 61 graduates in the department. Each major in the department was required to attend the weekly meetings of the Timothy Club. The programs were designed to supplement the regular academic program. Tom Steed, Bob Davidson, Owen Olbright, and Cline Paden were special guest speakers for the fall semester. Dr . Neale Pryor served as director of the annual fall Lectureship that developed the theme "Love One Another." 'TIhe format of the program was changed slightly this year with the lectureship opening on Wednesday evening and concluding on Saturday afternoon. A special highlight of the 1981 fall semester was the 22nd World Missions Workshop hosted on campus October 23·25. Co·directors were Dr. Don Shackelford and Dr. Carl Mitchell of the Harding Bible faculty. More than 900 guests registered for the workshop, coming from all parts of the United States and several foreign countries. Featured lecturers were Bob Brown, missionary in Venezuela; Keith Robinson, former missionary in Italy; Landon Saunders, founder of the Heartbeat Outreach Program; and Parker Henderson, former missionary to Thailand. Tom Eddins returned from a leave of absence for doctoral study in philosophy at Vanderbilt University. Eddie Cloer took a leave of absence to work on the Doctor of Ministry degree at the Harding Graduate School in Memphis. During the spring semester, Ed Sanders took a sabbatical leave to com· plete two textbooks - one on cults and the other on Biblical interpretation. Jack McKinney was one of three faculty members who received a Distinguished Teacher Award at the 1981 spring commencement. He was also approved for a year's leave of absence for 1982-83 to pursue graduate study at the University of Athens, Greece. Dr. Shackelford served as director of the Harding University in Florence, Italy, Program and director of the Mission/Prepare Program. L. V. Pfeifer, assisted by Dr. Bobby L. Coker, Dean of the School of Education, went to Florence in the fall_ Dr. Mitchell, assisted by Dr. Van Tate of the Department of Sociology and Social Services, went to florence in the spring. In May, a five-day seminar was conducted for those who were interested in youth ministry. In June, a three-day seminar on church leadership was conducted by Dr. Coker and Dr. David B. Burks, Dean of the School of Business, and a three-day workshop on Christian counseling was conducted by Dr. Jack Thomas, Chairman of the Psychology Department_ In July, a four-day workshop on expository preaching was conducted by Dr. Jerry Jones. Early in the fall semester, Dr. Jones completed plans for the 13-in-1 Workshop to be conducted August 2-5, 1982. Workshops were planned in the areas of Biblical studies, topical studies, mental health, Christian home, youth, preachers ... · church growth, leadership, teacher training. visual aids, mass media, death and dying, and evangelism. During the summer of 1981 . 86 students were involved in six weeks of campaigns in Brazil, Italy, Germany, England, Italy , Belgium, and Australia. About one million pieces of literature were distributed. Directing these campaigns were Tho_. C. Alexander, /ilTh Asst. Prof.. Bible James Allen, /ilRE, HhD Prof.• B"ible Eddie Cloer, /ilTh Asst. Prof., Bible Tom Eddlna. MA Asst. Prof., Bible Conard Haya. MA. BD Prof., Bible Robert Helaten, I'IA Assoc. Prof., Bible Allan laom. EdD Prof., Bible Jerry Jonea. ThD Prof., Preaching, Chairma~ Joe Jonea. MA. Asst. Prof.• Bible Richard King. MA lnstr., Bible Avon Malone. MA Assoc. Prof., Bible Dale /ilcAnulty, BA Visiting Prof., Missions
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