July 3 - Second Orientation - Part Two - Beginning a Good Work

The second and third persons that we got better acquainted with were Dr. David Rambo and his wife Dr. Ruth Rambo. Ruth will be working with us, guiding us through several personality assessments that we have taken part in, as well as giving us vocational guidance.

David was one of the people who interviewed me for acceptance into the Beeson program. He is the dean of the international component of the Beeson Pastor program. Once a year for four years, for six weeks at a time, international students come to earn there Doctor of Ministry degrees. These students must defend their dissertations on the third of their fourth visits and must submit the completed dissertation on the fourth visit. This spring the first class of International Beeson Pastors will graduate. What a historic time to be in Wilmore!

The fourth was Dr. Leslie Andrews, Dean of the Doctor of Ministry Program. She will be teaching our dissertation course. Dr. Andrews is a licensed minister in the Christian and Missionary Alliance. In 1993, she became just the fourth woman this century to be elected to the Christian and Missionary Alliance Board of Managers – that denomination’s highest administrative board. She has also served on numerous administrative boards and task forces in both Canada and the United States.