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27-July-1999 
99245 
 
    News of Theological Institutions 
 
    by Alexa Smith 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Grants from $4,000 to $12,000 are available to pastors 
and other religious leaders for sustained study and reflection through the 
Louisville Institute's annual Study Grants for Pastoral Leaders Program. 
The grants are available to Protestant and Roman Catholic pastors, church 
staff members, and denominational or diocesan staff. Applicants must be 
full-time employees. The application deadline is Sept. 15. The Institute 
was founded in 1990 at the Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary as 
a center for research and leadership education in American religion. For 
application materials, contact the Rev. David J. Wood, associate director, 
Louisville Institute, 1044 Alta Vista Rd., Louisville, KY 40205-1798. The 
telephone number is 502-895-3411, ext. 543. 
 
RICHMOND, Va. - The Board of Trustees of Union Theological Seminary and 
Presbyterian School of Christian Education named three new faculty members 
during an April 31-May 1 meeting. They are: Ronald Byars, of Birmingham, 
Mich., professor of preaching and worship; Frances Taylor Gench, of 
Baltimore, Md., professor of New Testament; and Fernando Cascante, of San 
Jose, Costa Rica, assistant professor of Christian education. Byars and 
Gench begin their new duties in the fall. Cascante will begin in January. 
 
SAN ANSELMO, Calif. - The Richard and Helen Peterson 1985 Trust has awarded 
San Francisco Theological Seminary/Southern California a $1.15 million gift 
to be used for the education of Southern California students. According to 
a seminary spokesperson, the gift was a result of a friendship between 
Helen Peterson and Julie Richwine, a former student who received her master 
of divinity degree in 1998. SFTS/SC is a non-residential, congregationally- 
based commuting program on the campus of the Claremont School of Theology. 
Students are encouraged to adapt their programs to their own cultural 
contexts. "Really, this is a gift from God," said the Rev. Jack Rogers, a 
former SFTS/SC vice president. "Nobody planned it; nobody worked for it. 
Mrs. Peterson gave this gift because she liked one of our students." 
 
CHICAGO - A $1.5 million grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., will 
establish a faculty chair in world Christianity and mission at McCormick 
Theological Seminary. The chair was named in honor of Dr. Henry Winters 
Luce, a Presbyterian educator in China at the beginning of this century. 
His son, Henry R. Luce, a co-founder and former editor-in-chief of "Time" 
magazine" who was born in China during his parents' missionary service, 
established the New York-based foundation in 1936. 
 
DECATUR, Ga. - Six new faculty members and one new administrator will be 
joining Columbia Theological Seminary: Mark Douglas, instructor in 
Christian ethics; Margit Ernst, assistant professor of systematic theology; 
William Harkins, instructor in pastoral care and theology; Sharon Mook, 
assistant professor of pastoral care and theology; Rodger Nishioka, 
associate professor of Christian education; and Charles Raynal, director of 
advanced degree programs and associate professor of theology. Richard T. 
DuBose will join the administrative staff as vice president for development 
and seminary relations on Aug. 1. 

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