It is the Maranatha way. The young man you see playing trombone in the orchestra is also a starting linebacker for the football team, leads those who share his dormitory floor in devotions every week, and helps in his church’s rest home ministry. The young woman who becomes an audience favorite for her solid supporting [Continue Reading...]
Steve Carlson says he hopes to capture some of the best of the past as he guides the Registrar’s Office into the future. “This might sound a bit ironic, but the one thing I most want to maintain as constant is an openness to change and adjustment,” Maranatha’s new Registrar said. “An institution like ours [Continue Reading...]
Todd Linder (’77) is aware of the importance of his job—and the reward for doing it well. “I do look at my job as keeping soldiers alive, and that makes it a critical job,” Linder said. The 60-year-old Montana resident is working in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province. He trains American soldiers in the use of Ground [Continue Reading...]
See photos from the 2012 Maranatha Golf Classic here Doug Jackson and his golf partners just keep finding ways to top themselves. Jackson, pastor of Community Baptist Church in Saginaw, MI, and chairman of Maranatha’s Board of Trustees, teamed with Dave Clark, Adam Ray, and Kyle Snell (above) to win Friday’s 13th Annual Maranatha Golf [Continue Reading...]
See Graduation photo galleries here John Davis asked the Class of 2012 to consider the most important lesson they have learned at Maranatha, then speculated as to their answers. Nursing students, Davis guessed, might say performing an emergency tracheotomy; for teacher education majors, classroom management; for business majors, investment strategies; for biblical studies majors, proper [Continue Reading...]
On a March day, 16 college-age adults sang songs and told personal stories of critical spiritual decisions in their lives. The men preached from God’s Word. But this was no ordinary church service. The setting was a sidewalk near Times Square, the audience thousands of passers-by who help make up “The City that Never Sleeps.” [Continue Reading...]
See photos of Dr. Hershberger through the years on our Facebook page The most pressing item on Dr. David Hershberger’s retirement agenda is what to do first. “I have a pretty broad range of hobbies,” Maranatha’s veteran Registrar admitted. Perhaps he’ll build custom furniture. Perhaps he’ll add to his collection of hundreds of history books. [Continue Reading...]
Dr. Richard Weeks had many different titles: Historian, Academic Dean, Bible Faculty, Committee Member, and Sports Statistician. Now there has been a new title added to that list: Hall of Fame member. Weeks has been inducted into the Baptist Hall of Fame. This is an honor previously given notable Baptists such as Ann Judson, Bob [Continue Reading...]
Dinner at the home of Noah Lomax, Director of Student Activities, turned out to be more than a “hang out” time for six members of the student body government (above) who were there March 6. Lomax’s Jewish heritage led him to introduce the students to Purim, a Jewish holiday in March that celebrates God’s deliverance [Continue Reading...]
Ben Peterson always knows what the second question is going to be. “When people ask me to come speak to a group, the first thing they ask is whether I’m available on that particular date,” Peterson said. “The second question is always whether I can bring my gold medal for them to see. (Former Maranatha [Continue Reading...]