Remember The Lost
Columbia International University Graduates to Impact the Nations with the Message of Christ
by Bob Holmes
The 2008 commencement exercises for the Undergraduate School at Columbia International University will take place on Saturday, May 3. The ceremony will begin at 9:00 a.m. in Shortess Chapel on the campus of CIU.
CIU President Dr. William H. Jones will present degrees to 100 graduates, including the Bachelor of Science degree, Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bible Certificate.
The commencement address will be delivered by Sinclair B. Ferguson, senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, S.C. and professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Ferguson is the author of two dozen books, numerous articles and has contributed to various symposia. His writing interests have ranged from works of scholarship to books for children. Ferguson has also served as minister of two congregations in Scotland.
The ceremony will include the new CIU tradition of presenting a bag of seeds to each graduate, as they are encouraged to sow the seed of the gospel in accordance with CIU’s purpose statement: CIU educates people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ.
The Columbia International University Graduate School and the CIU Seminary & School of Missions will hold commencement exercises on May 17 at 9:00 a.m., also in Shortess Chapel.
Columbia International University is located at 7435 Monticello Road in Columbia, S.C. two miles north of I-20. (click here for map)
CIU President Dr. William H. Jones will present degrees to 100 graduates, including the Bachelor of Science degree, Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bible Certificate.
The commencement address will be delivered by Sinclair B. Ferguson, senior minister of the First Presbyterian Church of Columbia, S.C. and professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. A graduate of the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, Ferguson is the author of two dozen books, numerous articles and has contributed to various symposia. His writing interests have ranged from works of scholarship to books for children. Ferguson has also served as minister of two congregations in Scotland.The ceremony will include the new CIU tradition of presenting a bag of seeds to each graduate, as they are encouraged to sow the seed of the gospel in accordance with CIU’s purpose statement: CIU educates people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ.
The Columbia International University Graduate School and the CIU Seminary & School of Missions will hold commencement exercises on May 17 at 9:00 a.m., also in Shortess Chapel.
Columbia International University is located at 7435 Monticello Road in Columbia, S.C. two miles north of I-20. (click here for map)
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