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South America Mission (SAM) celebrated 100 years of God’s
faithfulness by gathering in Panama from Sept. 21-26, 2015.
Over 300 people enjoyed worship, teaching, and lots of
fellowship. In attendance were current missionary families, home
office staff, board members, national partners, and guests.
CIU Alumni in attendance included: William Ogden (‘68),
Laura Norwood Ogden (‘68), David Simmons (‘71), Domna
Colepaugh (‘82), Dan Snyder (‘00), Jonathan Howard
(‘05), Dana Wilson (‘06). A featured speaker was author
Philip Yancey (‘70) and his wife Janet Norwood Yancey
(‘70). Other SAM missionaries who have taken courses at
CIU include: Gertrude “Trudy” Seng, Marilyn Simmons, and
Danielle Potter.
CIU Alumni Celebrate with SAM
CIU alumni, current students, and faculty met with 400
educators from 70 nations in Antalya, Turkey Nov. 5-11, 2015
for the triennial consultation of the International Council for
Evangelical Theological Education (ICETE). Those associated
with CIU include:
Frew Tamrat (’13), Vladimir Degtyarov (’01), Ralph Enlow
(‘72/’82), Traugott Hopp (Faculty), Bernhardt Ott (Faculty),
Yohanna Oliveira (’10), Jason Ferenczi (’12), Eric McCauley
(Ph.D. candidate), Renata Hanscamp (’93), Paul Sywulka
(’61), Shirl Schiffman (’94/Faculty), Sue Ferris (wife of Bob
Ferris), Joachim Pomrehn (Ph.D. candidate), Robert Ferris
(Former Faculty). Attended but not in the photo: Paul Bowers
(’63), Hans-Peter Rüegg (’01), Johann Vanderbijl (’97), and
Paul Penley (’01).
Evangelical Theologians Meet
With The Lord
Laura Gordon Williams ’42 – October 2015
Ruth Rhymer Hegler ’44 – December 2015
Lucille Burdick Kemper ’44 – October 2015
Sarah Rowlett Lewis ’45 – February 2015
Douglas Cather ’46 – September 2015
E. Jocelyn Gordon ’46 – December 2015
Mary Irwin Gordon ’47 – October 2015
Archie Davis ’51 – August 2015
Lorraine Gienko McWIlliams ’55 – November 2015
Guy “Gene” Bell ’61 – September 2015
Joan Givens ’62 – November 2015
George Simon ’62 – March 2015
Richard Milroy ’68 – October 2015
Stuart Baliles ‘68/’72 – December 2015
Allan Vivona ’70 – August 2015
Rachel Engel ’74 – October 2015
Franky Noell ’77 – November 2015
Hedy Jones ’81 – November 2015
Michael Morgan ’92 – September 2015
Gladys Friesen, wife of Jerry Friesen
(Former Faculty) – August 2015
ALUMNIClass Notes
ALUMNI
Daniel Stevanus (’09) moved to Long Island, New York after
graduating from CIU where he served as a middle school
youth pastor for five years. In November 2014, he followed
God’s leading to move back to South Carolina to be the
middle school coordinator at Mt. Horeb United Methodist in
Lexington.
Tim Jones (‘10/’13) and Nazia Jones are
the proud parents of David Aslam Jones,
born June 19, 2015. Tim is a youth pastor
at Fellowship Baptist Church in Lexington,
South Carolina and Nazia is a pediatrician
at Carolina Pediatrics.
James Lewis (’15) began clinical pastoral
education at Palmetto Health Baptist Medical Center in
Columbia, South Carolina. He was ordained into ministry on
September 13, 2015 by The Reverend Christopher Waters at
Thankful Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia.
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