Louisville Thirty-three students with ties to Kentucky graduated from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the winter commencement ceremony.
Southern Seminary conferred degrees to 230 Southern master’s and doctoral students on Dec. 11. Following are the students and their information:
Master of Divinity
Douglas Allison, Little Rock, Ark., Auburndale Baptist Church, Louisville
Changhae Baek, Daejeon, Young-Woon Baptist Church
Hopson Boutot, Circleville, Ohio, Belmar Baptist Church, Louisville
Jonathan Canler, Lexington, Ashland Avenue Baptist Church, Lexington
Steve Ham, Burlington, Grace Fellowship Church, Florence
Caleb Hughes, Louisville, Highview Baptist Church, Louisville
Andrew Mikels, Danville, Immanuel Baptist Church, Danville
Wesley Parsons, Whangarei, New Zealand, Hazelwood Baptist Church, Louisville
Calvin Payne, Louisville, Kenwood Baptist Church, Louisville
Brandon Porter, Whangarei, New Zealand, Hazelwood Baptist Church, Louisville
Randall Rearden, Hawesville
Chandler Snyder, Lexington, Porter Memorial Baptist Church, Lexington
Yonggang Tang, Ninth and O Baptist Church, Louisville
Brent Nelson Walker, Newport, Highland Avenue Baptist Tabernacle Church, Fort Thomas
Colin Wood, Toronto, Canada, Ninth & O Baptist Church, Louisville
Advanced Master of Divinity
Clara Christine Flores, Chapel Hill, Highview Baptist Church (La Respuesta), Louisville
Master of Theology
Donald Richard Carver Jr., Shepherdsville, Bullitt Lick Baptist Church, Shepherdsville
Master of Arts in Church Ministries
Jessica Cheatham, Bagdad, Clifton Baptist Church, Louisville
Joshua Looten, Columbia, Mo., Tunnel Hill Baptist Church, Elizabethtown
Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Steven Craft, Louisville, Ninth & O Baptist Church, Louisville
Barry Gibson, Pineville, Jenson Baptist Church, Pineville
Master of Arts in Christian Education
Cris Garrido, La Romana, Iglesia Bautista Int’l, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Master of Arts in Church Ministries
Ngang Dorchi Lama, Sankhuwasabha, Nepal, Asha Church, Louisville
Clifton Roth, Louisville, Sojourn Community Church, Louisville
Master of Theology
Allan Gregory Daigle, Erlanger,First Baptist Church, Cold Spring, Cold Spring
Doctor of Philosophy
Hopson Boutot, Circleville, Ohio, Belmar Baptist Church, Louisville
James Detwiler, Eminence, Ninth and O Baptist Church, Louisville
Keith McKinley,Louisville, Westport Road Baptist Church, Louisville
Doctor of Education
Randall Burns, Bowling Green, Monticello Baptist Church, Morgantown
Barry Gibson, Pineville, Jenson Baptist Church, Pineville
Justin Mason, Mayfield, New Hope Baptist Church, Mayfield
Matthew McCraw, Henderson, First Baptist Church, Henderson
Doctor of Educational Ministry
Cheryl Erwin, Nicholasville, Porter Memorial Baptist Church, Lexington
Doctor of Ministry
Donavon Ray Burton, Somerset, Beacon Hill Baptist Church, Somerset
Wes Pinkley, Ekron, Ekron Baptist Church, Ekron
One student with Kentucky ties graduated from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., during its fall commencement on Dec. 11. Receiving a
Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies degree was Tiffany Ramos, Walton. (WR)