Alumni News
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Alumni Updates Spring 2008
Births
2002
James Brian Bunn and wife April Renee Bunn (2002) welcomed son William Isaiah Bunn, born on April 15, 2007 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ocean Oh, GGBTS alum and former employee in the student life office from 2003-2006, is now living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with wife Nicole Oh. They welcomed their second child, Julia Hanbie Oh, born December 24th, 2007 in Bangkok Thailand.
2003
Peter Swann and wife Shauna welcomed a second child, Timothy Lamar Swann, born January 25, 2008.
Jeff Jones and wife Melissa welcomed Alison Suzanne Jones born on July 24, 2007.
2005
Brannan Duncan and Kristie Duncan welcomed son Kade Mitchell Duncan, born in April, 2008.
2006
Elijah Tafao and Stacey Harris Tafao (2001) welcomed daughter Olivia Anne Tafao, born on January 8, 2008 in San Francisco.
Chris Farrington and Krista Farrington welcomed son Mason Christopher Farrington, born September 22, 2007. The Farringtons are missionaries in Nicaragua
Ministries
1965
(Harold) Gene Younger is presently in service as a Natural Vision Educator in the Portland, OR Metro area.
1978
John Christy, one of the world's leading authorities on global climate change, has been named a distinguished professor at The University of Alabama in Huntsville.
1983
Gary P. Lukas, former missionary to San Francisco and London, published his second book, Adventures in Evangelism, in October 2007.
1987
Stacy Lee (Haus) Miller is teaching/coaching wrestling, track and rugby. He is also church planting. His wife Donna is working for TSA.
1993
Charles R. Richardson has been endorsed by the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Endorsement Council of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Dallas, as a volunteer chaplain for Abilene (TX) Regional Medical Center. He retired in May 2005 as director of media relations, Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, TX. Charles previously served as news director of Golden Gate Seminary, 1961-62, and also with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, Baptist Standard of Texas, Biblical Recorder in North Carolina and Howard Payne University.
1994
Garry Thornton is command chaplain with First Recruit Training Battalion, Marine Corps Recruiting Depot, Parris Island. He and his wife now live in Beaufort, South Carolina.
Burt Schmitz and his wife, Suzanne have two adopted children. Both were orphans in the village where they ministered in Togo, Africa. They now livein Senegal.
2000
Rick Rogers and his wife Sally have four daughters. They are planting an SBC Church in Soap Lake, Washington which celebrated two years on Easter of 2008.
Randall Higgins has been teaching English in Lanzhou, China for the last four years. He and his family are planning to return to the United States in the summer of 2008. Son David is a sophomore art major at Fullerton College and Biola University. Daughter Lian is a junior communications major at Biola. Daughter Lauren is a high school sophomore.
2001
Ben (B.J.) Mathis serves as a Navy chaplain to a Marine regiment on Okinawa, Japan, and is currently on a six month deployment to Kuwait. He and wife Erin have two sons, Benjamin and Caleb.
2002
Alan Roberts is currently serving at South Peoria Baptist Church in Adult Bible Studies while working as the Director of Corporate Services at USAA in Phoenix.
Scotty Goldman transferred from Office of Collegiate and Student Ministries to Office of Global Missions with the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions.
2003
David Humphrey is on staff with Aid Sudan. He and his wife Danyel attend Humble, Texas.
Timothy Royal is pastor of Halcyon Baptist Church San Leandro, and serves as the Controller of Patten University, Oakland., California.
2004
James Clark is the new pastor at Sebastopol Baptist Church in Sebastopol, Mississippi. He served New Life Baptist Church and Northwest Collegiate Ministries for 7 years in Portland, Oregon.
2005
Matthew Scott Fite is Lead Pastor at Good News Community Church in Broomfield, Colorado. They have three kids: Elijah, 8-years-old, Savannah, 5-years-old, and Isaiah,
2-years-old.
2006
Carey Hall-Waldrop is currently teaching ESL at California Baptist University and at a language institute in Pasadena.
2008
Simone Lake currently serves alongside pastor husband at Church on Randall Place in Pine, Arizona. At the church Simone serves as Bible teacher and speaker, minister of prayer, minister of education and administration. At the associational and state level, Simone serves as Director of Ministers Wives of Arizona, member of state prayer team, and a board member of Arizona Baptist Children Services.
In Memoriam
1949, 1950
Charles Oren Mashburn
1958, 1972
Roy L. Cissna
1954
Eldon J. Van Fossan
1995
Terry Lee Nelson
1996
James Harold Ingram, Jr.