During a meeting at the Midwestern campus on Aug. 16, Dr. David Tolliver, Executive Director of the Missouri Baptist Convention, presented Dr. Philip Roberts, MBTS President, with a generous gift to assist with the endowment of an academic chair.
The $200,000 contribution completed the funding of the Missouri Baptist Chair of Partnership Missions and is the first completely endowed chair at MBTS.
“The generosity of the gift from the people of the Missouri Baptist Convention is a most welcome and fabulous contribution to Midwestern,” Roberts said. “It is very fitting that Southern Baptists in Missouri provide the avenue to accomplish the first endowed chair in MBTS history. I believe it shows a true understanding of the direction MBTS is headed in providing Bible and Christ-centered education.”
The MBC Executive Board voted July 13 to award the gift to Midwestern from their reserve funds and enabled the chair to exceed the $1 million needed for completion.
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