THE
ALBANY CONNECTION
Albany, Georgia Office
The Albany Campus (originally known as Center) was established in
Albany, Georgia during the summer of 1988. Its first class consisted
of nine students who registered the third Saturday in August. At
its inception, the Center consisted of video instruction with Dr.
Sherman serving as class monitor. With the rapid growth in attendance
and varying student interests, the instructional program was expanded
to include instruction by on campus teachers. Dr. Sherman taught
the first class, but soon found it necessary to acquire the services
of adjunct professors.
The Albany Campus provides an opportunity for
students to obtain a Bible based education while maintain full time
employment and without having to drive nearly two hundred miles
( round trip ) to study at the main campus.
The instructional modality encompasses residential/classroom
study, directed study ( originally known as correspondence) and
occasionally scheduled seminars. The Albany Campus has total Bill
Edge responsibility for the recruitment, advisement, teaching, counseling,
and monitoring the academic matriculation of its students. Upon
the fulfillment of all requirements for graduation, the students’
recorded are carried to the main campus in Dothan for review and
inclusion on the list of graduates. No degrees are issued at the
Albany Campus; instead students must either attend the commencement
exercise in Dothan or graduate in absentia.
The Albany Campus has students from the Southwestern
area of Georgia and the Northeastern area of Florida. As of the
June 2007, the Albany Campus had graduated 295 students. Its graduates
are serving as pastors, evangelists, teachers, counselors, administrators,
chaplains, and lay leaders in churches. The Albany Campus has a
National Alumni Association of Bethany / Albany students along with
regional four (4) chapters based upon the geographical areas of
its students.
The Albany Center will enter its third decade
of existence with the fall registration of 2008.
ALBANY ADJUNCTS AND CONSULTANTS
Andrew Lovett ( CFO and Bible )
Doctor of Ministry, Bethany Divinity Seminary ( Pastoral Studies
) Doctor of Ministry, Bethany Divinity Seminary, DPT, Evansville
Theological Seminary
Iris W. Davis ( Mission Studies )
Doctor of Ministry , Bethany Divinity Seminary, M.S., Georgia State
University
Brenda E. Powell ( English, Church Music )
Doctor of Religious Education, Bethany Divinity Seminary, M.S. Valdosta
State University.
Michael Orok ( Church Administration )
Doctor of Biblical Studies, Bethany Divinity Seminary, Ph.D., Clark-Atlanta
University.
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