Seminaries to host annual luncheons in Indianapolis June 16

Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary will feature Jeff Iorg, the newly elected president of the school, at a luncheon for alumni and friends June 16 at noon in Wabash room 3 at the Indianapolis Convention Center. Tickets, at $10 per person, will be available at the seminary’s booth in the SBC exhibit hall or by calling 1-888-442-8709.

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate Russell Shinpoch and First Baptist Church of Snellville, Ga., offer a complimentary luncheon for the school’s alumni association June 16 at noon in Indiana Ballrooms, E,F and G at the Indianapolis Marriott. Scheduled to speak are Phil Roberts, MBTS president, and Paul Negrut, president of Emmanuel University of Oradea, Romania. Call 877-414-3720 for reservations, or e-mail office@mbts.edu by June 9.

New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary’s luncheon meeting is June 16 in Wabash Ballrooms 1 and 2 of the Indiana Convention Center following the Wednesday morning session of the SBC annual meeting. The meeting will include a special report from NOBTS President Chuck Kelley on the ongoing transformation of the seminary’s campus as well as the faculty’s annual presentation of the distinguished alumni awards. Tickets are $10 each until June 1 and $12 per person at the NOBTS booth in the SBC exhibit hall. To purchase a ticket before the SBC, mail a check, made payable to the NOBTS, to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Attention Denise Wrye, 3939 Gentilly Blvd., New Orleans, LA 70126, or online at www.nobts.edu/alumni.

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will feature its president, R. Albert Mohler Jr. at a 12:30 p.m. luncheon June 16, in the Sagamore Ballrooms 3 and 4 on level 2 of the Indiana Convention Center. Call 502-897-4143 for reservations.

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s eighth president, Paige Patterson, will lead the seminary’s National Alumni Luncheon at 12:30 p.m. in the Sagamore Ballroom 5 of the Indiana Convention Center. Patterson will present the seminary’s annual report and the 2004 distinguished alumni awards. Tickets may be purchased at $15 per person before June 1 by mailing a request to Southwestern’s Alumni Relations Office, P.O. Box 22480, Fort Worth, TX 76122-0480, or at the seminary’s booth at the convention for $20 per person. Checks should be made payable to Southwestern Seminary. For more information, call 817-923-1921, ext. 7260, or e-mail alumni@swbts.edu .

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary’s new president, Daniel L. Akin, will address the seminary’s annual alumni luncheon noon June 16 in the Sagamore Ballrooms 1 and 2 of the Indiana Convention Center. Tickets are $12 per person and may be ordered by calling Southeastern’s alumni office at 919-761-2202 or purchased at the seminary’s booth in the SBC exhibit hall.