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NFL Chaplains
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“The number one
challenge with players
is gaining their trust,
...everyone and their
uncle is trying to get
on their platform or in
their pocketbook.”
– Joe Urcavich
by Dave Hardy
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ultnomah Bible College and
Biblical Seminary alumni can be
found—quite literally—all over the world.
Some minister as lay-leaders, some as
pastors, some as missionaries, and some
in the secular workplace. While every
follower of Christ has a place in God’s big
picture, some individuals play roles that
are more unusual, ministering to people
to whom most pastors don’t have access.
Joe Urcavich and Karl Payne are two such
individuals chosen by God for the unique
task of volunteering as NFL chaplains.
Karl Payne is the chaplain for the
Seattle Seahawks who just finished his
twelfth season with the team. He also
serves as pastor of leadership development at
Antioch Bible Church
in Seattle, Washington.
“Originally, I was doing
Bible studies with some
retired players, ex-Seahawks
mostly,” Payne said. “My
boss is an ex-NFL player, so
the church has always been
a draw for professional athletes.” When
the Seahawk’s previous chaplain stepped
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“Because athletes are given
a free pass to speak,
visit schools, etc., if you
can equip an athlete or
musician with truth, they
can take that with them
wherever they go. They can
walk through doors that
you as a pastor can never
go, in arenas I will never be
invited to be in.”
– Karl Payne
down, some players went to Coach
Dennis Erickson and asked specifically
for Payne. Because Payne already had
connections with several players, they
offered him the job. “I told them that
if my boss, Hutch, and my wife are ok
with it, and if I get a peace that passes
all understanding, I’ll do it—those three
things,” Payne said. “As I prayed, I felt
like God opened the door and said, ‘Go.’”
For Joe Urcavich, becoming the
Green Bay Packer’s chaplain was more
straightforward. “I got connected with
the Green Bay Packers through Mike
Sherman (he was the head coach at that
time). He approached me because he
wanted a local minister to be connected
with the team,” Urcavich said. For the
past eight years, Urcavich has served as
chaplain of the Packers and, since 1983,
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has been the senior pastor of Green Bay
Community Church.
“I work both jobs at all times
because the players stay in the community,” Urcavich said. “Because of the age
of most of these guys, I’m a father-like
figure to them, so it’s been a great situation. My wife is very involved, too, and
interacts with the players’ and coaches’
wives.” This spring, during the offseason, Urcavich will take a group of
players and their wives on an outreach
event in Alaska to interact with troops
in the Third Striker Brigade. “Mike
McCarthy, the head coach, has been able
to allow me ample access to the players
and coaches,” said Urcavich. “Being a
relational person, he understands the
importance of visibility and access.”
For Payne, the chaplain job is more
seasonal. “So few of our players live
in town,” Payne said. “I may still have
a study with the guys who are here
year round, but there are only four
or five who live in town year round.”
He considers his job at Antioch Bible
Church his primary responsibility.
As with any other ministry position,
blessings and challenges abound for
NFL chaplains. Both Urcavich and Payne
agree that chaplaincy consists of more
than leading Bible studies and worship
services, hanging out with players and
coaches, and going to football games.
“The number one challenge with
players is gaining their trust,” Urcavich
said. “Everyone and their uncle is trying
to get on their platform or in their pock-
etbook. Sometimes, even the families of
players demand more than they should.”
Urcavich notes that “you cannot be a fan
and work with professional athletes. It
has to be about relationships, and you
have to gain trust to build relationships.”
“They’ve been hit by the best,”
Payne said. “Some professional athletes
on the outside looking in think the
only reason chaplains hang around is to
mooch memorabilia, tickets, or money.
It’s important that chaplains prayerfully
minister to the athletes instead of using
the guys. If you want free tickets… it’s
easy to slip into that role.” Payne added,
“I’ve run into more Christian conmen since I started doing this—people
thinking I’m obligated to give out
names so they can approach the guys.”
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At this year’s Alumni Chapel, Dr.
Lockwood utilized the traditional
“coin toss” to determine who would
speak first.
P r e sid e n t ’ s
C o l u mn
Designer
or Delusion?
debating God’s existence
Three Modernist Attacks
ne of the blessings of
postmodernism is that
many have forsaken the
critical hostility that
marked modernism.
Though postmoderns
may not embrace Christianity, they are
curious about stories of genuine faith. We
Christians have a remarkable opportunity
to tell of lives transformed.
But we should not assume that
modernists have abandoned their attacks
on the Christian faith. Three recent,
public attempts are Richard Dawkins’s
The God Delusion, Daniel Dennett’s
Breaking the Spell, and Sam Harris’s The
End of Faith. Whether these represent a
successful challenge to Christian belief
or the dying throes of a futile worldview
remains to be seen.
In this article, I will focus on the work
of Richard Dawkins, a British scientist
who once said, “Evolution has made me
an intellectually fulfilled atheist.”
hominem arguments, and, in the case of
describing God in the Old Testament, a
vicious diatribe. Two of the early chapters
are devoted to naming scientists and
statesmen who are closet secularists. Why
it is important to acknowledge that these
atheists and agnostics lack the integrity to
clarify their own beliefs escapes me.
Next, Dawkins addresses some of the
Arguments Against Theism
Dawkins’s approach may surprise
you. Rather than a serious-minded,
scientifically reasoned assessment of
God’s existence, Dawkins resorts to biting
humor, anecdote, homey illustrations, ad
historical arguments for God: Aquinas’s
inferences from causation, Anselm’s ontological argument, and proofs from beauty
and personal experience (or revelation).
He even considers Pascal’s Wager and a
strange argument based on Bayesianism.
Disappointingly, Dawkins does not engage
the strongest of the arguments but breezes
through them with a sardonic shrug. He
misses the point of C. S. Lewis’s “trilemma”
and ignores the stronger teleological arguments from human personality, human
morality, and spiritual yearnings.
His “arguments from Scripture”
section is regrettably one-sided. For
“Rather than a serious-minded, scientifically
reasoned assessment of God’s existence,
Dawkins resorts to biting humor,
anecdote, homey illustrations, ad
hominem arguments, and, in the case
of describing God in the Old Testament,
a vicious diatribe.”
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example, he cites apparent disharmonies
in the Gospels that Multnomah freshman
could easily resolve. Apparently unaware of
conservative biblical scholarship, Dawkins
embraces Bart Ehrman’s critical approach
to textual formation, adopts a conspiracy
theory regarding the Canon, and overlooks
the resurrection. When he later criticizes
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leap. Natural
selection, says
Dawkins, is better
understood as
climbing the
gradual slope of
that mountain
from the other
side, where
a successful
approach
becomes virtually
inevitable.
Creationists
creationists because they “haven’t looked
respond to the natural selection argument
carefully enough at the details, or thought in two ways. One is Michael Behe’s idea of
carefully enough about them” (p. 121), we “irreducible complexity.” This idea asserts
wish he followed his own advice.
that many systems (even simple cells) are
so complex that they could not originate
Arguments Against Design
or develop gradually over time; they must
But the heart of Dawkins’s book is his
come into existence as an entire system.
attempt to explain the appearance of
Hence, design is not just an illusion; it
design in nature. Creationists believe
actually makes the most sense.
design comes from the act of an
Dawkins explains how Behe’s flagella
Intelligent Designer. Dawkins, rejecting
bacteria “motor” example might arise
this “God hypothesis,” believes design is
by natural selection, but his descriptions
only an illusion that can be explained in
are filled with conjecture. Further, he
at least two ways.
resorts to personal innuendo that Behe is
First, design in our world is the
unconcerned about medical science or that
product of natural selection. “Any creative
he hasn’t read his literature. These strike
intelligence, of sufficient complexity to
me as hollow.
design anything, comes into existence only
More seriously, Dawkins never
as the end product of an extended process
addresses the creationist’s second objection
of gradual evolution,” says Dawkins (p. 31). to natural selection: namely, while it can
For the development of life in our existing be observed on a micro level, the macro
world that process is natural selection.
level of forming entirely new forms of life
Creationists, he says, believe the
remains unobserved. How can natural
only option to intelligent design is sheer
selection stand as a fact of nature?
chance. They ignore the important—and
Second, the origin of life can be
compelling—third alternative of natural
explained by the “planetary anthropic
selection. Theism sees the whole process
principle.” Dawkins has the good sense
as an “on-off switch” where, in fact,
to recognize that natural selection cannot
natural selection is a cumulative process
explain the singular event of how life
that breaks the problem of improbability began. To explain this huge gap, Dawkins
into small pieces. The creationist views
appeals to the “anthropic principle.”
the evolutionary development of a
This interesting approach
complex system (like, say, an eyeball)
understands that the conditions necessary
to be as improbable as climbing the
for complex life to exist on a planet are
sheer face of a mountain in a single
rare indeed: things like abundant liquid
“Creationists believe design comes
from the act of an Intelligent
Designer. Dawkins, rejecting
this “God hypothesis,” believes
design is only an illusion...”
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water, a “Goldilocks zone” (just the right
distance from the sun), a circular orbit,
a large single moon, a large neighboring
planet like Jupiter, and a single, nonbinary sun. Add to this two other singular
“gaps” (the development of the human
eucaryotic cell and human consciousness)
and the improbabilities soar.
What, then, are the chances such a
planet would exist for life to begin? Enter
the anthropic principle. “Since we are alive,
eucaryotic, and conscious,” Dawkins says,
“our planet has to be one of those intensely
rare planets that has bridged all three gaps”
(p. 140-41). In other words, because we
are living on such a planet, “our planet
necessarily has to be one of them.”
Never mind that this sounds a lot like
faith! Never mind that when a creationist
says our planet is uniquely designed for
human habitation, he is delusional; but
when an evolutionist says the same thing,
he is rational and scientific.
Conclusion
Dawkins’s philosophical and scientific
arguments against theism reflect the views
of many nonbelievers in the scientific and
academic community. While I have not
found these arguments compelling, the
insights are revealing.
Unfortunately, Dawkins’s The God
Delusion contains sections that hit
closer to home—examples of religious
institutions and people who have lost
their first love and expressed hatred and
inhumanity toward others. These stories
do not undermine the gospel, of course,
but they do call us to embrace a moral
character that matches our theological
orthodoxy. M
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Dr. Daniel R.
Lockwood is President
of Multnomah
Bible College and
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Seminary
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Author Bio
Eric F. Rice, CFP® is the Vice
President of Advancement at
Multnomah Bible College and
Biblical Seminary. He lives in
Woodland, Washington, with
his wife Deanna and daughters Lindsey
and Courtney.
Modern-Day Slavery
Ministering to victims of the sex-trafficking industry
by Mike Richeson
praying about how to begin her new
calling. She even quit her job against the
advice of those around her.
For about four months, she house sat
for professors while trying to build contacts
within the red light district. Her initial
strategy was to knock on brothel doors and
ask for help with her Korean flash cards.
“I would end up with these madams
and prostitutes laughing at me and helping
hat began as a late-evening drive
me with my Korean,” Potter said.
turned into a worldwide vision to
The language barrier was such a
combat human trafficking and to minister problem that Potter decided to move
to enslaved women.
to Seoul and attend a Korean language
Multnomah Bible College graduate
school. While in Seoul, she met with other
Rochelle Potter was driving through a city Christians and began prayer walks through
in South Korea—she worked there as a
massive red light districts.
teacher at a boarding school for missionary
All her original questions about the
kids—when she passed through a red light life of prostitutes still plagued Potter.
district. In one of the brothel’s windows, a
young woman sat brushing her hair.
“Usually I just pretended they weren’t
there,” Potter said. “But then I thought,
‘That’s not right. Women are people, and
God loves them. I should acknowledge
their existence.’ I suddenly had all these
She took a translator and headed to the
questions I wanted answers to. Why is she
brothels to find some answers. Conversing
there? What was her family like? What goes with the girls proved difficult.
on in her head day after day?”
“The madams stand outside and
Potter’s disturbing experience soon
solicit business,” Potter said. “You couldn’t
got lost in the busyness of teaching and
get close to the girls. All the girls wear
an unconfessed reluctance to address the
wedding dresses and sit under black lights.
issue, both of which slowly began to erode They don’t look happy.”
her peace with God.
The madams directed Potter to the
“I was confused for about four
man in charge—the head pimp whom
months,” Potter said. “My relationship with Potter called the Chief. Potter’s initial
God started to decline, and I didn’t know
meeting with the Chief didn’t go well. She
why. I was getting really desperate and I
offered to teach the girls English for free,
finally just said ‘God, whatever it is, I’ll do
but the Chief thought Potter was a radical
it. Just tell me.’”
feminist who was trying to steal his girls.
The answer came back loud and clear:
When Potter offered to teach him and
“You forgot the prostitutes.”
the other men English as well, everything
Potter spent the next three weeks
changed for the better. Suddenly, the Chief
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was taking her on a tour of the district and
offering her free advertising and office space.
“God really opened the doors,” Potter said.
Unfortunately, Potter’s savings ran out
a couple of weeks later, and she returned
to the United States to raise support. Her
attempts at raising money were fruitless.
Churches were afraid for her and suggested
she join an official organization, but none
of the organizations she contacted had
positions available to do the kind of work
she felt called to do.
Potter finally found open arms at
Youth With A Mission. Currently stationed
at their base in Salem, Potter is now partnering with a couple in charge of YWAM’s
Slavic Ministries. God has shaped her
initial vision of working with prostitutes in
Korea into a global effort to help women
“Usually I just pretended they weren’t there. But
then I thought, ‘That’s not right. ...God loves them.
I should acknowledge their existence”
enslaved in the sex trafficking industry.
More than four million women from
Russia alone are trapped in it.
Potter is developing a ministry
skeleton with basic principles that can
be implemented all over the world. “I
want it to be a ministry that is replicated
because this is a global problem,” she said.
“Trafficking is modern-day slavery.”
Anyone interested in supporting
Potter’s ministry can contact her at
[email protected]. M
Author Bio
Mike Richeson lives in Kalispell, Montana
where he is a sports reporter for The Daily
Inter Lake. He is a 2005 Journalism graduate
of Multnomah Bible College.
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ultnomah’s faculty, staff, and alumni arrived from
around the country to celebrate over 40 years
of dedicated service by Dr. Pamela Reeve on Feb. 17. Over 300
enthusiastic guests attended the event, honoring Dr. Reeve’s life
of faithfulness and showed their appreciation to her because of
the Christ-like impact she had on them.
Dr. Reeve ministered as Multnomah’s dean of women for 23
years, where she pioneered the first ever women’s ministry minor
in the U.S. Later she developed the first seminary level women’s
ministry program. In a further expansion, Dr. Reeve started
women’s ministry conferences, serving churches throughout the
region by preparing women with ministry skills. “Pamela Reeve
legitimized, validated, and empowered women in an age when
the Christian Church did not,” Professor Dave Jongeward, the
associate academic dean remembered.
In commemoration of Dr. Reeve, Dr. Lockwood unveiled
the rededication of White Hall- now named F. Pamela Reeve
Hall- to her. “Our fear [was] that she may some day slip out the
back door and be gone and never be recognized and honored
properly for her significant contribution to Multnomah and to
the Christian community at large. The celebration [was] to give
honor to whom honor is due,” Prof. Jongeward said.
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Payne considers protecting players from
endless solicitation for handouts part of
his ministry.
Ministering to NFL players has its
challenges, but just as many blessings.
“I love the mission work,” Payne said.
“Because athletes are given a free pass to
speak, visit schools, etc., if you can equip
an athlete or musician with truth, they
can take that with them wherever they
go. They can walk through doors that
you as a pastor can never go, in arenas I
will never be invited to be in. The time
I’m investing is being multiplied over
and over, preparing missionaries who
have already been given free passes by
our culture.”
NFL chaplaincy also has the benefit
of building relationships. “It is a tremendous blessing getting to know the players
for who they are,” Urcavich said. “They
all have unique abilities. They are very
bright and focused people, which isn’t
the impression that people get about
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Joe Urcavich spent some time with the
Lions basketball team.
major blessings Urcavich and Payne
experience working as chaplains in the
NFL. When asked about their time at
Multnomah, the things that influenced
them the most were similar.
“The relational element at Multnomah
was most valuable,” Urcavich said. “There
was certainly the education, but the
relationships had
the most influence.
“Because of the age of most of these guys, Ed Goodrick used
to come to my
I’m a father-like figure to them...”
home and we’d talk.
– Joe Urcavich
athletes. If this were ancient Rome, they
Ed Goodrick had a
would be the gladiators.”
big influence on my life in positive ways.”
According to Urcavich, there
“I remember John Mitchell’s
are more Christians in the NFL than
spiritual life class,” Payne said. “This
many would suspect. “Key guys on the
guy made me feel like a peanut. I used
[Packers] are followers of Christ—players to think I knew the Bible, but this is the
and coaches,” Urcavich said. “In fact, 87
first guy I met who knew the Bible. I told
percent of players come out of Protestant myself, ‘I want to know the Bible like he
backgrounds. Many come out of school
knows it.’ He used to say, ‘Laddies, you’re
with a good understanding, if not a
going to figure out sometime that you
personal relationship, with Christ.”
wished you paid attention to my class.’
Urcavich said this surprises many people I’ll always be grateful for him.” M
because of the rough nature of the sport,
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but part of the roughness comes from
simply talking like men. “These guys
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don’t want to be talked to like women.”
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College Class News
elderly women. The Waltons have four
grown children and twelve grandchildren.
1961 Julie (Hartmann) Wysocki and
1955, 1954 John and Dorothy
(Berndt) Davis, of Lakewood, Colorado,
initiated a true Multnomah family.
Two of their children, Brian Davis
(‘91), and Randy Davis (‘87), attended
Multnomah, along with their spouses,
Lori Endres Davis (‘83), and Kathleen
Dewey Davis (ex ‘85). Their daughter,
Shari Davis Hansen, worked in the
admissions office while her husband,
her husband, Paul, are retired and living
in Surprise, Arizona. They attend First
Baptist Church in Sun City West. The
Wysockis still spend their summers in the
Pacific Northwest.
your latest news. Just visit
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services and says that both the Seattle
Times and the Dallas Morning News
(Texas) listed them as their Web site of
the week in their religion sections. They
have 40,000 visits per month from people
looking for short-term mission opportunities. If you are interested, go to
www.ShortTermMissions.com.
Ex 1978 Leslie (Wayland) Walt and
1962 A group of friends from the class
of 1962 celebrated a milestone birthday
together by throwing a Red Hat Party in
August 2006. This class holds a reunion
every five years, usually inviting the class
of 1961 to join them. Their next reunion
is planned for October 19-20, 2007.
her husband, Scott, are working near
Vienna, Austria, where Scott is pastoring a
German-speaking church. They have three
sons and one daughter, ages seventeen to
twenty-five. Leslie says that their lives and
ministry are full of God’s blessings and
they are grateful for His leading to Austria.
1981 Stan
Primer
and his
wife, Cathy,
pastored a
church in
Idaho for
twentyone years,
Randy, Shari, & Brian Davis
Members of the Class of ’62
The Quezada Family
and have
Jon Hansen (‘99), was a Multnomah
Back row, l-r: Dolly Bell Wyttenberg,
just celebrated their third year at a rural
student. John and Dotty met at
Sherrill Heeren Grimes, Janet Goodrick, church in Rancho Tehema, California. The
Multnomah. They spent fourteen years
Jan MacKenzie Heitschmidt. Front row,
Primers are encouraged by church growth
as OMF missionaries in Laos (before the l-r: Jacaline Kleinert Sowers, Karla
that is taking place.
Communist takeover). They now work
Turner Libby, Gail Stark Lundquist,
with International House of Philoxenia, Marti Dodson.
1983 Cindy Rea Lynch lives in Spokane,
a mission ministry to international
Washington, with her three children,
students and others who are away from
1973 Chris Hagerman, of Kailua-Kona,
Bailey, age ten, Olivia, age eight, and
their homelands.
Hawaii, works in the home healthcare field, Timothy, age seven. Starting in her midhelping elderly and disabled patients in
20s, Cindy spent eight years in the Air
1956 Patti (Rasmussen) Walton and
their homes with personal care and chores. Force, and after spending ten years at
her husband, Tom, live in Bellingham,
She also assists with hospice patients in
home raising her children, she is now
Washington. They are retired after having
their homes. Chris attends Hope Chapel, a a single mom and is returning to the
been involved for many years in Christian
Foursquare church plant.
workplace.
camp and conference ministry at The Firs
Conference Center in Bellingham. Music
1978, ex 1969 Dave and Mary
1983, 1983 Eleazar and Lila Joy
was a great part of Patti’s life, and she says (Couture) Armstrong, of Siloam Springs, (Haynes) Quezada have been involved
that her ministry now seems to be visiting, Arkansas, serve with Mission Data
in Spanish-speaking ministries since
encouraging, and praying with several
International. Dave is director of agency
1986, and have spent the last five years
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in Oaxaca, Mexico, producing audio and
video Scripture resources with Missionary
Ventures International. Lila has written
a book called Diving off the Pedestal
- Demystifying the Full-time Ministry
Mystique in which she calls those in
ministry to consider who God is and how
He works through honest and humble
people. Lila can be contacted at
[email protected] for more information.
The Quezadas have eight children ranging
in age from two to twenty.
1990 Marcus Brotherton is a full-time
freelance author and book editor. He has
written several books for teens as well as
a biography of Henrietta Mears. See
www.mpbooks.com or go to Multnomah’s
Web site at www.multnomah.edu/
bookstore. Marcus and his wife, Mary
Margaret, who is currently working
on her master’s at Multnomah Biblical
Seminary, live in Vancouver, Washington,
with their daughter, Addy, age three.
have two children (Tyler and Kira) and
hope to return to mission work in Latin
America in the spring of 2007.
Ex 1992, 1998 Eric and Kathi (Healey)
Schlosser, along with their daughter,
Maggi Rose, have been accepted to work
with Mission Aviation Fellowship. Eric will
be working with the Learning Technology
team at the MAF headquarters. They will
continue to live in Vancouver, Washington,
1985 Scott Manley and his wife, Nancy,
of Olympia, Washington, have served in
the pastorate at Tumwater Evangelical
Free Church and Westwood Baptist and
have recently planted a church with the
Baptist General Conference in downtown
Olympia. This new work, called “Flood
the Sound,” meets at the Veritas Cafe
The Brotherton Family
on Capitol Way. The Manleys have four
children, Aaron, age twenty-two, Kevin, age 1992 Julie (Keller) Degollado and her
twenty, Jered, age twelve, and Linsy Rose,
husband, Ruben, are active in the work of
age four (Princess Supreme!).
their church, Trinity Project, where Julie
is a worship leader and an administrative
Ex 1987 Ida (Patterson) Smith and her
assistant. Julie worked as an x-ray technihusband, Rick, live in Lewiston, Idaho. Ida cian until their son, Elijah, age one, was
home schools their son, Sam, and attends
born. Ruben is an assistant principal in the
classes at Lewis-Clark State College. They
Hillsboro, Oregon, school district.
are also in the process of adopting a little
girl from China. The Smiths are actively
1993, ex 1979 Roger and Margie
involved at Orchards Community Church. (Roseberry-Cripps) Lanier live in
Portland, Oregon. Roger works for an
1987, 1986 Trenton and Debbie (Wicks) athletic club as a custodian / maintenance
Derrick live in Rathdrum, Idaho. Trent
/ security person. Margie teaches kinder(who was known at Multnomah as Trent
garten at a private school in Vancouver,
Dick) teaches physics and chemistry and
Washington, and high school art at
is the boys’ basketball coach at Lakeland
another. Margie was the widow of Dan
High School. Debbie is a substitute teacher Cripps (G ‘86) who was killed in 1993.
for the local school district. The Derricks
Roger and Margie were married in 1997,
have three sons, Taylor, age fourteen, Tyrel, and Roger adopted Margie’s son, Isaiah,
age nine, and Travis, age five.
now eighteen.
Commencement 1967
until sometime in 2007, then move to
Nampa, Idaho.
2000 Nathan Wallbaum is currently
working for the Clackamas County
Juvenile Department as the gang task force
coordinator. He and his wife, Jocelyn, live
in Gresham with their two boys, Elijah
Ryan, age two, and Noah Zachary, age four
months. They are helping to start a new
house church plant in Aurora, Oregon.
2003, ex 2000 Chris and Sarah
(Robbins) Chambers live in Beaverton,
Oregon. Chris and Sarah both work for
Iron Mountain, Inc., a records management company. Chris drives a semi-truck
as a courier, and Sarah is an administrative
assistant. They have two children, Jonah,
age four, and Jaelle, age three.
2003 Sky Cady is the director for Summer
1988 Kevin Van Der Linden, and his
wife, Kathleen, live in Lincoln, California.
Kevin is the pastor of Reformation
Orthodox Presbyterian Church in
Roseville, California.
1994 Greg Burch and his wife, Christina,
Discipleship School. He has ministered in
are currently living in Pasadena, California, Asia, Mexico, and all throughout Europe.
while Greg works on his Ph.D. at Fuller
SDS is for any young person from the ages
Theological Seminary. Greg and Christina of sixteen to twenty-three who is ready to
serve God anywhere and is willing to take
Visit Multnomah’s online bookstore at
www.multnomah.edu/bookstore
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a risk and see what God can do with a life
fully committed to Him. If you would like
more information or would like to pray
for students, please contact Sky Cady at
[email protected].
Community Bible Church in Central
Point, Oregon.
2002 Brenda Bellamy and Bryan Kearsley
were married on December 2, 2006, in
Yakima, Washington.
2003 Robin Haulk, who lives in
Longview, Washington, recently received
The Gorley Family
his Masters in Teaching and plans to teach
high school history.
The Green Family
1960 Marv Boyer and Sandy Hollifield
were married on October 7, 2006, in
Tucson, Arizona. Marv’s first wife, Sue
Perkins Boyer (ex ‘64), had died of
complications of cancer in December
2005. Sandy, a labor/delivery nurse at a
local hospital, had been widowed several
years ago. Marv is pastor of Coronado
Baptist Church and also teaches music in
an intermediate school.
1982 Bob Rolls and Arlen Edaloverio
were married on December 23, 2006, in
Toledo City, Cebu, Philippines. Bob is
a public school custodian in Medford,
Oregon, and Arlen is an area coordinator
with Child Evangelism Fellowship in the
Philippines. Bob says that after decades
had passed since his graduation from
Multnomah, God brought a wonderful
woman into his life for marriage. Bob
and Arlen both waited faithfully on God
and are very thankful for His provision for them. They will make their
home in Medford, Oregon, after Arlen’s
entrance visa is approved. They attend
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1945 Marjorie (Van Wechel) Rydman
passed away on October 6, 2006.
Marjorie was Multnomah’s registrar for
a few years in the 1940s. She and her
husband, Bert Rydman (’47), served
for many years in several pastorates,
The Richard Family
College Births
Ex 1996 Brett Gorley and his wife,
College Weddings
by his wife, Esther, and three adult children.
Tracy, a boy, Greggory Russell, born on
September 17, 2006, in Portland, Oregon.
Greggory joins big sisters Tanisha,
Katelyn, and Angelique.
Tea’ Marie Lutz
then served with ACTION Intl. ministries for several years. Marjorie enjoyed
attending Multnomah’s missions conference as a representative for ACTION
Intl. She was preceded in death by Bert
and their daughter, Carilou, who died as
a teenager. Marjorie is survived by five
sons and their families.
1998, ex 2000 Chris and Rachel
(Dragoun) Green, a boy, Ethan Scot, born
1950 Karl Ackley passed away on
November 26, 2006, in Aberdeen, Scotland. September 7, 2006.
The Greens live in Scotland while Chris is
pursuing a Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at 1951 Ex 1952 Yuvonne (Stanton)
the University of Aberdeen.
Helms passed away on January 2, 2006.
Yuvonne and her husband, Charles
2005, 2005 Stephen and Naomi
Helms (ex ‘53), were in the pastorate for a
(Johnson) Richard, a boy, Aedan Josiah,
number of years, and more recently were
born August 4, 2006. Stephen and Naomi
active in the work of First Baptist Church
anticipate starting a new youth retreat
of Kennewick, Washington. Yuvonne is
center in Canby, Oregon.
survived by Charles and their five grown
children and families.
2005 Teresa (Taylor) Lutz and her
husband, a baby girl, Tea’ Marie, born June Ex 1955 Earl Summers passed away on
8, 2006, in Vancouver, Washington.
September 10, 2006. Earl is survived by
his wife, Helen Reed Summers (’49), of
Portland, and one married son.
College Deaths
1944 Francis Nevan of Cannon Beach,
1957 Ray Posey, of Lemon Grove,
Oregon, passed away on August 18, 2006,
at the age of 83. Francis spent a lifetime
serving the Lord in several pastorates and
other areas of ministry. Francis is survived
California, passed away on July 29, 2006.
Ray served in Mexico with Wycliffe Bible
Translators where he was the director of
Jungle Camp for many years. Later on, he
Alumni News
was on staff at Wycliffe headquarters in
California, working primarily in partnership
development and related administrative
responsibilities. Ray is survived by two
sisters, one brother, and many dear friends.
Ex 1987 Daniel Bruns, of Salem, Oregon,
unexpectedly went to be with the Lord on
October 9, 2006. Daniel, who was manager
of the men’s basketball team in 1985-86,
wanted to reach beyond his limitations. His
health would not allow him to achieve his
high goals, but he was a true shepherd of
the heart who knew his flock of family and
friends, calling them often on the phone
and praying for them. He is survived by a
host of “best buddies,” as well as his loving
and supportive family, including his sister,
Becky Bruns Steffen (ex ‘85). M
Remembering Mildred (Bouckaert) Aldrich
M
imi, as she was affection-
Mimi shared
ately known, had suffered
in the life and
from cancer for several years. She
ministry of her
passed away on January 4, 2007.
husband and his extended family
A member of Multnomah’s first
which now totals over ninety
graduating class (1939), Mimi
individuals. Her primary love
married Multnomah’s president,
was her relationship with the
Dr. Willard Aldrich, following the
Lord and her servant’s heart was
death of his first wife (and Mimi’s aunt),
exemplified in her time and support of several
Doris Coffin Aldrich. In marrying Willard, she
Christian ministries. Mimi is survived by Dr.
took on the role as mother to Willard and
Willard and many family members including
Doris’ 9 children. During the next 46 years,
the 9 Aldrich children and their families.
Seminary Class News
1967 Nancy (Hallett) Stansfield and her
husband, Nick, live in Rocklin, California,
where Nancy has returned to teaching
school as a half-time resource specialist for
the Rocklin Unified School District.
Ex 1974 Jim Mulvihill and his wife,
Janice, have been missionaries with Child
Evangelism Fellowship since 1985. They
pioneered the Belize, Central America,
field in 1997. Belize was the 140th country
that CEF has entered for ministry. The
Mulvilles have two children, James, age
fourteen, and Janelle, age eleven.
Ex 1981, 1972 Jerry and Ruby
(Bergstrom) Zimmerman live in Broken
Arrow, Oklahoma. Jerry is a human
resources specialist at the Orthopedic
Hospital of Oklahoma in Tulsa, and Ruby
works for Wild Oats Natural Market. The
Zimmermans, who have been married for
seven years, attend Tulsa Bible Church.
Several Multnomah seminary alumni
from the Bay area—including Owen
ex 1990 Keith Anderson is a singer/
in the teaching and training sessions of
the annual Home of Christ Retreat held
at Sonoma State University in July 2006.
Dr. Paul Metzger, associate professor
of Christian Theology and Theology
of Culture, director of Institute for the
Theology of Culture: New Wine, New
Wineskins, was the keynote speaker for
this retreat.
2004 Emily Kerry has moved to Gig
Harbor, Washington, where she is serving
with Fox Island Alliance Church in their
youth outreach to Romania. She has
been on two short-term mission trips to
Romania, and hopes to have a long-term
involvement there.
songwriter living near Nashville, Tennessee.
Keith says, “I’ve had to start going by my
middle name (Tim) due to the fact that
there’s a successful country artist by the
name of Keith Anderson, and he’s not me!”
For more information about Tim, go to
www.timandersonmusic.com.
1995 Wes Woodward is the new senior
pastor of Community Bible Church in
Winona, Minnesota. Wes and his wife,
Lisa, have four boys, Jeremiah, age ten,
Jonah, age eight, Josiah, age six, and
Joshua, age three.
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and Grace Chan Lee (both ‘95), Tim
Leung (‘95), Ja-Hye Pang (‘00), Michelle
Chung Linn (‘02), Dean Yuan (‘04),
and Sovann Pen (‘05)—were involved
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2005 Dave Zimmermann and his wife,
Andrea, live in Soda Springs, Idaho,
where Dave is the pastor of a small
Southern Baptist church.
2005, College 1968 Joel and Carol
(Forster) Bower have moved to the
greater Phoenix, Arizona, area to plant a
Persian church for the more than 30,000
Persians in the area.
2006 Andrea Culver and George
Dolansky (a current Multnomah
seminary student) were married on June
3, 2006. Andrea is continuing her studies
at Linfield College, working toward her
degree as a Registered Nurse. George and
Andrea hope to serve in Africa at some
point in the future.
in London, England. Baby Joel joins big
sisters Hannah, Aliyah, and Mariah. The
Meads serve with Operation Mobilization
in England.
2005 Peter Albahsous and his wife,
Sarah Albahsous, former Multnomah staff
member in the Development Department,
of Mayflower, Arkansas, a girl, Caroline
Jolie, on October 4, 2006.
Seminary
Deaths
1977 Ellen (Rogotzke)
Swope died on September
20, 2006. Ellen was
Multnomah’s beloved school
Joyce and David Fry
Andrea and George Dolansky
nurse and was at the allEllen Swope
school retreat at Wildhorse
Canyon near Madras, Oregon, when she
suffered a brain aneurysm. She died several
1954 Joyce Gill, of Lewistown, Montana, 2002 Reid Saunders and his wife,
days after being life-flighted to a hospital
was married to David E. Fry Sr. on June
Carmen, a boy, Tobin Josiah, born
in Bend. Ellen is survived by her husband,
10, 2006.
November 29, 2006, in Salem, Oregon.
Steve (who has been taking classes at the
seminary), sons Colin, and Ian Swope (ex
2003, 2004 Matthew Shuts and Nicole
2004 Peter Mead and his wife, Melanie,
‘05) and his wife, Clara Doede Swope
O’Grady were married on July 6, 2006.
a boy, Joel Peter, born November 18, 2006, (‘04), and their two children. M
Seminary Weddings Seminary Births
Upcoming Class/Alumni Reunions
The classes of 1957 will be celebrating
their 50 year reunion on Multnomah’s
campus the weekend of May 18-19,
2007. Graduates of these classes will
also be inaugurated into the 50 Year
Alumni Society and will march in cap
and gown in Multnomah’s commencement ceremony.
their website
at http://
multnomah.
myevent.com.
Colorado alumni will be reconnecting
in Colorado on July 1, 2007. Professor
David Needham will be speaking.
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The college classes of 1997 and
1998 will be celebrating their 10 year
reunion on Multnomah’s campus the
weekend of July 20-21, 2007. Go to
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Alaska alumni will be reconnecting in
Anchorage on July 27, 2007. Professor
Rob Hildebrand will be speaking.
on Multnomah’s
campus the
weekend of August
17-18, 2007.
The classes of 1962 will be celebrating their 45 year reunion on
Multnomah’s campus the weekend
of October 19-20, 2007. The classes of
1961 are invited to join them.
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The undergrad class of 1977 will be
celebrating their 30 year reunion on
Multnomah’s campus the weekend of
August 3-5, 2007. See their website at
www.msb77.com.
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The Grad class of 1997 will be
celebrating their 10 year reunion
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For more information on any of
these events, contact Farrah Weinert
at [email protected] or
503-251-6455, or go to Multnomah’s
website https://www.multnomah.edu/
Alumni.
Experiencing Multnomah
Attend one of these events in your own neighborhood to experience Multnomah for yourself
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Dr. Ray Lubeck
Dr. Tom Hauff
Prof. Carley Wecks
Grace Community Church
Gresham, Oregon
May 20, June 3, and July 8, 2007
East Vancouver Community Church
Vancouver, Washington
Weekly, 2007
Village Missions
Scott’s Valley, California
June 4-8, 2007
Dr. Lubeck will be preaching at Grace
Community Church’s Sunday morning
services. Contact [email protected]
for more information.
Dr. Hauff is currently teaching Romans for
East Vancouver Church’s Adult Education
classes. Contact [email protected] for
more information.
Dr. Rex Koivisto
Prof. Jay Held
Prof. Wecks will speak to the wives of pastors
at the Village Missions Pastor’s Conference.
The event will be held at the Mission Springs
Conference Center in Scott’s Valley, California.
Contact [email protected] for more
information.
Spring Mountain Bible Church
Clackamas, Oregon
May 27, 2007
Journey Community Church
Camas, Washington
May-August, 2007
Dr. Koivisto will preach at Spring Mountain’s
Sunday morning services. Contact rkoivisto@
multnomah.edu for more information.
Prof. Held will be the interim pastor for
Journey Community Church. Contact
[email protected] for more information.
Dr. Daniel Lockwood
Prof. Carley Wecks
Chinese Faith Baptist Church
Portland, Oregon
June 29-July 1, 2007
First Baptist Church
Kennewick, Washington
May 4-6, 2007
Dr. Lockwood will speak at Chinese Faith’s
Church camp. It will be held at Drift Creek
Camp in Lincoln City, Oregon. Contact
[email protected] for more
information.
Professor Wecks will be speaking at First
Baptist Church’s women’s retreat. The topic is
Relationships. Contact cwecks@multnomah.
edu for more information.
Dr. John Wecks
Trout Creek Bible Camp
Corbett, Oregon
July 5-8, 2007
Dr. Wecks will speak at Trout Creek’s Family
Camp 2007. Contact [email protected]
for more information.
Village Missions
June 4-7, 2007
Professor Wecks will be speaking to Village
Missions Pastor’s Wives at the Village
Missions Staff Conference at the Mission
Springs Conference Center. Contact cwecks@
multnomah.edu for more information.
Dr. Martin Alphonse
Mar Thoma Syrian Church
Seattle, Washington
June 21-24, 2007
Dr. Alphonse will be speaking at the Western
Regional Family Conference for Mar Thoma
Syrian Church. Contact malphonse@
multnomah.edu for more information.
Prof. Miriam Gibby
Life Pointe Christian Church
Elk Grove, California
June 15-17, 2007
Prof. Gibby will be speaking and leading
worship for Life Pointe’s women’s conference.
Contact [email protected] for more
information.
Dr. Martin Alphonse
Church of South India
Chicago, Illinois
July 5-8, 2007
Dr. Alphonse will be speaking at the North
America Family Conference hosted by the
Church of South India in Chicago, Illinois.
Contact [email protected] for
more information.
Prof. Rob Hildebrand
Multnomah Alumni Event
Anchorage, Alaska
July 27, 2007
Prof. Hildebrand will speak at Multnomah’s
Alumni event in Anchorage. Contact
[email protected] for more
information.
For a complete listing of faculty
speaking engagements, or to
request your own speaker, visit
www.multnomah.edu/message
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A Bi blical Cruise / Tour
Dr. Daniel Lockwood and Dr. Don Brake would like to invite the
alumni and friends of Multnomah to join them on an exciting tour
that features the highlights of the Journeys of the Apostle Paul, the
Seven Churches of the Revelation, and the cradle of Christianity.
This one-of-a-kind trip emphasizes the Scriptures as they came from the
pens of Paul and John and how they were included as a part of the Canon of
our Bible. Paul’s three missionary journeys into Greece and Turkey set the
stage for the spread of Christianity.
Cities and sites visited will include Athens, Corinth, the islands of Rhodes
and Patmos, and Ephesus. The Turkey extension will include the ancient biblical
cities of Philadelphia, Sardis, Pergamon, Nicea, and Istanbul. Dr. Brake reminds
us this will not be a typical tour of ancient churches and endless ruins. Instead,
events and places will be viewed from the biblical accounts.
Write or call Multnomah Biblical Seminary for a brochure or more
information. 503.251.6700
Dr. Daniel Lockwood
Dr. Don Brake
October 15 -23 Tour of Greece $2,750
October 21-27 Turkey extension
$945