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24-February-1998 
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    News of Theological Institutions 
 
    by Alexa Smith 
 
ATLANTA, Ga.-Charles F. Easley Sr. has joined the Johnson C. Smith 
Theological Seminary Office of Development as the volunteer coordinator of 
planned giving.  A graduate of Knoxville College and Clark/Atlanta 
University, Easley is an elder at the Radcliffe United Presbyterian Church 
in Atlanta.  He recently retired from the position of vice president for 
student affairs at Atlanta Metropolitan College. 
 
PITTSBURGH-"`A Ransom for Many': Reformed Perspectives on the Atonement" is 
the subject of the annual Schaff Lectures to be delivered March 17-18 at 
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary by the Rev. Brian A. Gerrish.  Gerrish is 
the John Nuveen professor emeritus in the Divinity School, University of 
Chicago, and the Distinguished Service professor of theology at Union 
Theological Seminary in New York.  The lectures are set for 11:15 a.m. and 
7:30 p.m. March 17 and at 11:15 a.m. March 18. 
 
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-"Single in the Community of Faith" is the topic for the 
spring conference of the Center for Congregations and Family Ministries at 
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, March 19-21.  Keynoters 
include Martin E. Marty, the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service 
professor at the University of Chicago; Freda A. Gardner, the former Thomas 
W. Synnott professor of Christian education at Princeton Theological 
Seminary; Herbert Anderson, professor of pastoral theology at the Catholic 
Theological Union in Chicago; and Rodger Nishioka, coordinator for youth 
and young adult ministries for the General Assembly of the Presbyterian 
Church (U.S.A.).  Subjects include single parents, homelessness and 
ministry with older adults. 
 
PRINCETON, N.J.-"Inheriting the Promise," Princeton Theological Seminary's 
seventh annual conference on women in ministry, is under way, March 2-4. 
Susan L. Nelson, associate professor of theology at Pittsburgh Theological 
Seminary, is the keynoter, addressing the theme "Clothing Ourselves in 
Garments of Hope."  Ann Belford Ulanov, professor of psychiatry and 
religion at Union Theological Seminary in New York, is the speaker for the 
seminary's annual Women in Church and Ministry Lecture on the topic "The 
Gift of Consciousness."   There are workshops on designing clergy stoles, 
spirituality and eating disorders, and women's health concerns throughout 
their life spans. 
 
AUSTIN, Texas-The Austin Seminary Association honored the Rev. Walter M. 
Crofton Jr. and the Rev. Frank Diaz with the seminary's 1998 "Awards for 
Service" Feb. 4.  A 1962 graduate, Crofton served churches in Texas, 
Oklahoma and Arkansas and served as moderator of the Synod of 
Arkansas-Oklahoma.  He also served on the seminary's board of trustees. 
Diaz graduated from the seminary in 1982, after careers in electronics 
engineering and real estate. He is now interim executive director of the 
General Assembly Council of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). 

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