By Marilyn Stewart, NOBTS Communications NEW ORLEANS (NOBTS Communications) - Two faculty additions by presidential appointment were announced at the April 11-12 trustee meeting of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, along with reports of God at work. Appointed were Don Wilton, recently retired senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Spartanburg, South Carolina, and W. Andrew “Ted” Williams, coming from his position as pastor of Galilee Baptist Church, Zachary. Jamie Dew, NOBTS president, welcomed trustees by reporting excitement on campus due to spiritual formation taking place. “This is a very vibrant season of life right now,” Dew said. Dew pointed to the more than 6500 gospel conversations held by students this academic year that yielded more than 800 decisions, a student-led prayer walk in the community, and student participation in Serve Day where students and faculty participate in door-to-door evangelism and in various service projects in the community. The spring semester Serve Day came the day following the spring meeting. Trustees whose schedule permitted them to stay participated. Returning to the NOBTS faculty, Don Wilton was appointed ministry-based professor of preaching and pastoral … [Read more...]