Mclnteer Bible and World Missions Center Serves Harding and Community College of Bible & Religion Wilen Dr. Car l Mitcl1cll beccirne clean of til e o llege of Bible rn1ci 1-{c lig ion in 1989. Dr. Davie! Burks t'xpressecl his desire for c-1 ce11trally Joca teci building fo r Bible studies 1ha1 woulcl cmpl1as ize tl1e Bible cis tl1e cente r o f tlJC university. Tlle:1t clrearn became rea lit y w ith til e open ing of !Ile .Jirn B ill Mcl11teer E ilJle and worlcl Missions Center . Tile Mclnteer Cent e r is a utilil ar ian IJu ilcling w ith 45 o ffi ces. 20 c lassrooms ancl assor teel labora to ri es. Recognizing more tllar1 just til e newness anci sp21ciousness. ass is tant professor .Joe I:3rumfi e lcl sa ici. "Tile new building is goocl e \ ·iclencc of tile lo ng- term cornmi1ment to world missions and evange lism. .. ccording 10 Ross Cochran. ass is tant professor. tl w ultimate goa l o f tl IC univers ity is to ha\ 'e one missionar:->'- in-res iclc nce from eac l1 continent as resources on w o rl cl miss io ns . 1\ s w;;1s expec1c cl . 1l1c re vr1s c-m exci temc1110 11 c2m1pus al)ou t tl1e building. Part of !his exc itemeni was gcnera1ec l by tl1e 1cclmo logica l potential o f tile new cen te r. A second media cent e r witl1 s1a te-o f-tl1e-a r1 equipment is ho usccl in the new bui lding. ··w e are rig l1t on tl1e cutting edge o f tecl1no logy and onl y a s tep aw a:-. ' from linking up wi th sa te llit e ." Mitrhc ll sa id. "We will be able to of fe r m enus to c l1Lirches. ~l1 c l1 e:1s .Jimmy A llen 0 11 Homans o r lectures 0 11 how 10 prce:1cl i. There a re eve11 broacler possibili1ies for tl1e future ... A 110 11ler cause for cxc i1 crne111 vvas tl1e presence of the Mc-11-riagc ancl Fami ly Therapy program (MFT) . 111 it s second ye<1r . 11le MFT program was able to func 1ion c ffic iernl y w i1l1 til e resources o f til e Mc lntecr Cc11t c r. 'Tl1i s facility provides a s1ate-o f-tl1e-art c linica l se11ing." Dr. Lew Moore. directo r o f tl1e MFT Program. sa id. "I lowcvc r. it is more t11an a l1ighly advanced technol og ica l se tting. It provides a warm. confidential place for tl1ose wl10 com e in fo r counse ling ... Tl1e Mcln1eer Cente r providt's observa ti o n rooms wl1cre s tuden ts enrolled in !he MFT program observe counse ling and then a re observed by tl1e ir professors as rl1cy counse l. Thi s audio and/or video observat ion is a requirem ent of tl1 MFT program. "It is a disc ree1. high-quality setting," Moore sa id. Scores of people have fo und the ir way to the third fl oor o f the c lnteer Cent e r. enriching I Iarcling. Searcy. \ Vh ite Courny and A rkansas because the cente r works with scl1ool districts and ment a l hea lth agenc ies in .J onesboro and Little Rock . "The ramifica ti ons are trem endous as this fac ility is used to serve the community." Moore sa id. A lso inc luded in tl1e MFT section is tl1c unive rsity 's counse ling cente r . whicl1 provides servi ces for s tudents . s taff and faculty. A rl1ird reason for excitemen t about the b uilding was the new l1om e for tl1e Harding Scl1ool o f B ibl ica l Studi es (f-ISBS). a two -yea r preache r tra ining program. It has it s own c lassroom , lo unge and resource fac iliti es on tl1e third floor o f tl1e new building. Tl1i new bu ild ing was tl1c foca l po int fo r many activ ities. Mitche ll a id l1e hoped tha1 tl1e enthus iasm and acceptance o f ti l e Mc lntcer Cen te r \Nas no t because o f it s beauty but because of wl1at lwppc ned on 1l1e ins ide. - Lois Voyles /Ir . ' \<lri<lll llic/·'1111!11 (fl<j/11 ) Sl<'ll<ifr •-; I )('(II] .ICllllC'S , \11<i<'rsrn1<111ml<Jl)l<'TO))('-;("()(/fSC'. ·'c111uc111 •il!J<>/l)ll' p/c •<i<}<' II '('('/, r<' l' l<'ll ' C<JllllllillC 'C' ) //Ck/I Ifill /111-; n JI i-;1n wwcl 11 _..,11111/ur du 11/C'llCJC' n i11rs<' /<Jr 11'-ic ' 111 II IC' ,\/Fl /ir<i<JrCllll , \ /11/Jony Tu11/or. u !J01lll1 mi11is1ry mujor. Kl'll<iru Clwri u11<I Cluy /Jrn11d l'ISll in 1/w rri11111<1u o/ 1/w .\lcl111c·c.,. H11il<li11r1- Tlw tWtl' li11licli11<111 •us u/<Jutl J!Uilll o/ CC/111/!US illlC'r<'SI lllIS !JC'Clr. l'/J()/() l!!J .111111)1!1 IJru<JkS. ,\I (/ r r i (/ (I (. I ~ I: (I I)) i I ! j T / 1 (. r (I I) !J 2 1 1\ (' (/ cl (' Ill i c s
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