By Gary D. Myers, NOBTS communications NEW ORLEANS, La. (NOBTS) – The board of trustees at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and Leavell College approved a $12 million plan to make critical campus renovations including updates to student housing, the cafeteria and the student center during their spring meeting April 12 and 13. In addition, the board voted to rename the student center in honor of Fred Luter, pastor of Franklin Avenue Baptist Church in New Orleans. The renewed cafeteria will be named in memory of Landrum P. Leavell II. Jamie Dew, president of NOBTS and Leavell College, shared the news of the student center naming with Fred Luter and the members of FABC on Easter Sunday. “Proverbs chapter three verse number 27 says this ‘Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due when it is in your power to do so,” Dew said during the naming announcement. “Pastor Luter you are clearly a man to whom honor is due and it is within our power to do so.” The newly renamed Fred Luter Jr. Student Center interior restoration is nearing completion after more than a year of work. Trustees also approved much-needed exterior upgrades to the student center to beautify the campus entrance and improve the center's … [Read more...]