New Life Theological Seminary holds 2007 Annual Banquet

New Life Theological Seminary is holding an Annual Banquet to celebrate accomplishments of the past year and project the vision for fulfilling its mission in the coming year. Attending the event will be supporters of the seminary, faculty, staff, students, and representatives of churches served by the seminary.

Receiving the New Life Theological Seminary’s President’s Community Service awards this year are:

Exemplary Service Award – Dr. Hoyle Martin
Exemplary Service Award – Dr. Harvey Shropshire
Alumnus Service Award – Dr. Ronnie D. Farmer
Christian Non-Profit Ministry Award – Love INC of Mecklenburg County
Christian Media Award – Warren Smith
Pastoral Leadership Award – Dr. Leonzo D. Lynch
Volunteer Service Award – Rick Hurt
Volunteer Service Award – Carl White

Keynote Speaker for the 2007 Annual Banquet will be Carl White, Executive Director of Life in Charlotte and founder of International Business Men of Faith. His insight on diverse cultures and the great command, to love your neighbor as yourself will stimulate and empower the listener to consider the practical call to be an Ambassador of Gods Love to all people.

Musical artists for the event will be Jasper Hall and the AJC Trio accompanied by instrumentalists from Calvary Church and Harrison United Methodist Church. Jasper Hall and the AJC Trio recently released a new recording of contemporary and classic worship songs on the Lamon Records label. Jasper Hall leads worship for congregations and conferences, performs concerts and sings for weddings and special events. Jasper and the members of the trio have a passion for Christ, love for singing and a desire to engage all people in worship.

Annual Banquet Date: Thursday, April 19, 2007

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Banquet Location and Address: The Extravaganza Depot
1610 North Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28206

Background:
On January 20, 2002, the historic Whiting Avenue Baptist Church of Charlotte, North Carolina, voted to donate its property and facility to New Life Theological Seminary. This decision relocated the seminary from her home within New Life Baptist Church on Harrisburg Road, where the seminary had met since its conception in June 1996.

The 37,000 square foot facility was built in two phases, the older red brick building in 1952, and the newer brown brick building in 1962. It is the newer building that is being renovated. The buildings sit on 2.5 acres of prime urban real estate in the artsy NoDa section of Charlotte, just two miles from the Charlotte's Bobcat Arena.

The donation was conservatively valued at 2.5 million dollars, the largest single gift ever received by the Seminary. Renovations of the main campus building have begun and, once completed, the students will enjoy a wireless campus, clean spacious classrooms, and a library facility worthy of one of the top theological libraries in the State. The Seminary is investing about $500,000 in the renovation in order to provide education in urban ministry for a future generation, "that a people not yet created may praise the LORD." (Psalm 102:18)

For More Information Contact: Dr. Ken Morrison –
Vice President of Institutional Advancement
Seminary Address: 3117 Whiting Avenue, Charlotte, NC 28205

Seminary: 704-334-6882
Dr. Morrison’s Mobile: 267-664-2311

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