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Moore, first to complete Graduate Program
By: Eden Bacher
Issue date: 11/29/06 Section: News
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Eden Bacher
Staff Writer
The evening of Dec. 7 will be a high point for the T. Walter Brashier Graduate Program when Joseph Kenneth Moore will become the first North Greenville University student to graduate with a Master of Christian Ministries degree.
Previously, Moore received his bachelor's degree from NGU. He then enrolled in the extension program at Southeastern Seminary. Through this program, he took classes at Anderson University, as well as several classes in Charlotte, N.C. He considered moving and attending classes on the campus of Southeastern after completing all the extension classes, but he was able to enroll in the NGU program when it opened last spring.
Moore appreciates the different aspects that both programs have brought him. "The classes at North Greenville are applicable ... something I can use right now," said Moore. In comparison, Southeastern Seminary is geared to prepare students for future ministry.
In the first classes Moore took at NGU, he was taught by Dr. Samuel Isgett, vice president and dean for graduate studies, and Dr. Charles Morton, assistant dean for graduate studies. Moore called these professors "great men, who really want to help."
Moore's master's project is based upon the work he is doing as youth pastor at Davidson Street Baptist Church. The project includes the expansion of its youth ministry and a building project for its youth facilities.
Moore likes to credit his church for giving him the support he needed to make it through the master's program. "My church has been tremendous," said Moore. "Without a good church this would have been impossible."
After graduation, Moore plans to continue working with his small church. He also hopes to continue taking at least one class each semester, "just to keep up," said Moore.
Staff Writer
The evening of Dec. 7 will be a high point for the T. Walter Brashier Graduate Program when Joseph Kenneth Moore will become the first North Greenville University student to graduate with a Master of Christian Ministries degree.
Previously, Moore received his bachelor's degree from NGU. He then enrolled in the extension program at Southeastern Seminary. Through this program, he took classes at Anderson University, as well as several classes in Charlotte, N.C. He considered moving and attending classes on the campus of Southeastern after completing all the extension classes, but he was able to enroll in the NGU program when it opened last spring.
Moore appreciates the different aspects that both programs have brought him. "The classes at North Greenville are applicable ... something I can use right now," said Moore. In comparison, Southeastern Seminary is geared to prepare students for future ministry.
In the first classes Moore took at NGU, he was taught by Dr. Samuel Isgett, vice president and dean for graduate studies, and Dr. Charles Morton, assistant dean for graduate studies. Moore called these professors "great men, who really want to help."
Moore's master's project is based upon the work he is doing as youth pastor at Davidson Street Baptist Church. The project includes the expansion of its youth ministry and a building project for its youth facilities.
Moore likes to credit his church for giving him the support he needed to make it through the master's program. "My church has been tremendous," said Moore. "Without a good church this would have been impossible."
After graduation, Moore plans to continue working with his small church. He also hopes to continue taking at least one class each semester, "just to keep up," said Moore.
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