34  ANNUAL YEARBOOK

Baptist
By Donna Wells, Convener

REPORTS FROM THE SEMINARIES
Baptist Theology Seminary, Nigeria
The Seminary is part of the African Baptist Theological Network.  
There are three seminaries in Nigeria. One campus was burned in  
2000 in a Muslim uprising and is now being rebuilt. The new campus 
will be three times the size of the old one. 

Burmese Bible Institute
Thaum Khai attended the meeting to bring awareness of his school  
in Syracuse, New York. The school trains pastors to lead Burmese 
congregations in America. Dr. Khai grew up in Myanmar. 

Gateway Baptist Theological Seminary
They are closing the Brea campus and moving the Phoenix campus  
to a new location. The seminary has settled into its new location in 
Ontario, California after moving from the San Francisco area. Bob  
Phillips and Patsy Yank presented a poster session documenting the 
move. The seminary maintains a smaller campus in the Bay Area in 
Fremont.

The Ontario campus has opened a Jonathan Edwards room, and 
they have subscribed to LibGuides.

At Fremont, monthly luncheons are held in the library for students. 
The main focus is library-information literacy, but also some guest 
speakers are invited. Tremper Longman was one of the speakers this 
past year.

Julie Hines from the Arizona campus is retiring. 

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
A few new staff members joined, while others gained new titles and 
promotions. The head and assistant archivists left this past spring, 
and two new employees were brought aboard—Jonathan Lawler 



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and Dustin Toone. Also, Donna Wells is now Associate Direc-
tor, as well as Head of Technical Services. Dougald McLaurin is the 
Research and Outreach Coordinator, as well as Head of Reference.

SUM Bible College & Theological Seminary
SUM is a fairly new institution in El Dorado, California. Gary Averill  
has been appointed their new librarian, and he is a one-man opera-
tion. He is trying to get the library up and running. He is looking for a 
new ILS, unpacking boxes, generating an e-proxy, and putting together 
information literacy programs. 


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