Scheduled in October
Dunn to underscore
Baptist history, heritage
Dr. James M. Dunn, Executive
Director, Baptist Joint Committee
on Public Affairs, Washington, DC,
has been engaged as featured
speaker for a Baptist Heritage em
phasis on campus, October 9-12,
1988. Scheduled in conjunction with
the Fall Revival meeting of Mur
freesboro Baptist Church, Dunn’s
campus appearances will include
the annual Founder’s Day address,
October 10, and a series of
“dialogues” on Baptist distinc-
tives, October 11 and 12. He will
preach a series of sermons for the
Murfreesboro Baptist
Church—Sunday morning, Oc
tober 9 through Wednesday even
ing, October 12—under the rubric:
‘Our Heritage—Our Hope.”
A native of Texas, Dunn received
the Bachelor of Arts degree from
Texas Wesleyan College, and both
the Bachelor of divinity and Doctor
of Theology degrees from
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary. In addition, he has done
post-doctoral study at the London
School of Economics and Political
Science. Prior to his assumption of
his current position in 1981, Dunn
served for the previous twelve
years as Executive Director of the
DR. JAMES M. DUNN
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Christian Life Commission, Bap
tist General Convention of Texas.
He is a past recipient of the
Distinguished Service Award of
the Christian Life Commission,
Southern Baptist Convention.
The Washington-based Baptist
Joint Committee on Public Affairs
is a “watchdog” agency dealing
with matters related to religious
liberty and separation (rf church
and state on behalf of eight conven
tions and conferences in the United
States: American Baptist Chur
ches, Baptist General Conference,
National Baptist Convention of
America, National Baptist Conven
tion, USA, North American Baptist
Conference, Progressive National
Baptist Convention, Inc., Seventh
Day Baptist General Conference,
and the Southern Baptist Conven
tion.
“We count ourselves fortunate in
being able to secure the services of
a scholar and preacher ai the
character and distinction of Dr.
James Ehinn,” noted Dr. R.
Hargus Taylor, Chaplain to the
College. “In a time of increasing
concern with the erosion of Baptist
principles, the college community
and the Murfreesboro Baptist
Church do well to take a fresh look
at those distinctives which have
shaped Baptists and Baptist-
related institutions. Dr. Dunn is
uniquely qualified to guide us in
this regard.”
Alumnus cited
for outstanding
work with NCNB
NCNB National Bank has
honored an officer of its Mur
freesboro bank, a Chowan alum
nus, as an outstanding lender.
Henry L. MiUer was feted in
Charlotte recently for loan per
formance superior to that of most
of his 784 counterparts across
North Carolina during 1987.
“Henry turned in an outstanding
loan performance in 1987. He was
among only seven NCNB lenders
designated for honorable mention
in statewide competition,” said Sid
Warner, executive vice president
of NCNB’s Cwnmunity Banking
Division.
Miller lent more than $1.6 million
for the year, maintained high loan
yields and kept credit quality
strong, Warner said.
An assistant vice president.
Miller began his career with
Farmers Bank of Woodland and
came to Murfreesboro in 1956. He
remained in Murfreesboro when
that bank merged with NCNB in
1972.
He is married to the former
Joyce Parker of Murfreesboro and
they have an adult son and
daughter.
Miller attended Chowan College.
NCNB National Bank is a sub
sidiary of Charlotte-based NCNB
Corp.
Bibles in foreign languages donated to library
Mrs. Geneua J. Nethercutt, mother of Chowan
English professor Mrs. Betfy Batchelor, has
donated four Bibles, two in the Japanese
language and two in the Thai language, to
Whitaker Librarii. Mrs. Batchelor heard of the
need of the Bibles while teaching a course for in
ternational students “English as a Foreign
Language”, when several Japanese students
asked if the library has Bibles in their language.
When Mrs. Nethercutt heard of the request, she
volunteered to purchase four Bibles, a donation
Mrs. Batchelor called a “sacrifical gift. ” Mrs. Bat
chelor said her mother, a member of the Rocki)
Mount First Baptist Church, has a long-time in
terest in missions. At the age of 83, she has
recently retired from teaching children in Sunday
School for 45 years. “She's enjoying being a
member of her own class now,” noted Mrs. Bat
chelor. Reading the Bibles are current students,
Fumuhiro Imai, left, from Japan, and Suwong
Saekim, from Thailand.
Taylor named to Historical Committee
Dr. R. Hargus Taylor, Chaplain
to the College, has been elected to
fill a three-year, unexpired term
on the Historical Committee, Bap
tist State Convention of North
Carolina. His election to the Com
mittee came upon recommenda
tion of the Convention’s Committee
Antique donated to library
Librarian Geraldine Harris shows an old trunk donated by the late
Miss Emily Barnes of Newsoms, Va., to Dr. Bela Udvarnoki, pro
fessor emeritus, who visited the Antiquitites Room of Whitaker
Library during National Library Week. Miss Barnes' grandmother,
Jethro W. Barnes, was one of the college’s founders. The D. Emily
Barnes Music Scholarship, awarded annually to a piano major, was
established in his honor from a gift from her will.
on Committees, and by action of
the Convention in etnnual session,
November 11,1987.
Makes Recommendations
The Historical Committee, con
sisting of twelve members, is
charged with the task of recom
mending appropriate measures for
the preservation of Baptist history.
The Committee works in close
collaboration with the historical
researcher employed jointly by the
Baptist State Convention and
Wake Forest University, who
works directly with the Baptist
Collection housed in Wake Forest
University Library. It makes an
annual report to the Baptist State
Convention, and cooperates with
the work of the Historical Commis
sion of the Southern Baptist Con
vention.
Taylor, whose doctoral studies
were completed in the area of the
history of Christianity, has engag
ed in considerable research in Bap
tist history.
Authored Several Books
His publications include The
Baptist Church at Cashie,
1770-1970; and A Century and a
Quarter of Service: A History of
Murfreesboro Baptist Church,
1848-1973.
He is also contributor of
historical articles which have been
published in the Encyclopedia of
Southern Baptists, Dictionary of
Nortii Carolina Biography, Hert
ford County; The First Two Hun
dred Years, 1584-1789, and The
Biblical Recorder.
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