Asbury Seminary announces Hundredfold Campaign W

Wilmore, KY, Sept. 06, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asbury Theological Seminary announces the public launch of the Hundredfold Campaign on Sept. 5, 2017. This fundraising campaign proposes several ways Asbury Seminary will support worldwide renewal and revival to prepare “theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world.”

With an ambitious goal of $100 million, the campaign is the largest in school history. Its primary goals are to significantly increase funding to support students and programs, as well as renovate Estes Chapel.

“When Jesus spoke the parable of our generous God (the sower) who scatters the seed, some of which falls on good soil and yields a lavish harvest, he uses the number ‘hundred’ as a symbol of the idea of limitless growth in God’s Kingdom on Earth,” Dr. Timothy C. Tennent, President of Asbury Seminary, said. “For more than 90 years, the Seminary has stood firmly rooted in the historic Christian faith found in the biblical text and our Wesleyan tradition. The Hundredfold Campaign supports our 2023 Strategic Plan and will propel the Seminary into its 100th year in 2023 and beyond.”

The campaign prioritizes student scholarships, church planting, support for Seedbed and our Hispanic and global programs, endowment of a chair of theology, enhancement of Estes Chapel, and the undergirding of our Campaign Fund. For more information about the campaign and its vision, visit Asbury.to/hundredfold .

The campaign has already been through a two-year quiet phase under the direction of President Tennent. To date, campaign commitments total $68,611,086 million.

“The Hundredfold Campaign is a God-sized vision,” Jay Mansur, Vice President of Advancement, said. “With more than 10,000 graduates in less than 100 years, God has blessed us with a great harvest. We seek to prayerfully and financially support our students to be sowers who will plant the Good News of the Whole Bible for the Whole World for the next hundred years.”

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Asbury Theological Seminary was founded in 1923 by H.C. Morrison with a class of three students and an audacious seal that said, “The Whole Bible for the Whole World.” Its mission is “to prepare theologically educated, sanctified, Spirit-filled men and women to evangelize and to spread scriptural holiness throughout the world.” Almost 100 years later, the Seminary has more than 10,000 graduates serving in every time zone around the world through social justice initiatives, government, art, mission organizations, education and the church.

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Deb Adams Asbury Theological Seminary 859-858-2309 deb.adams@asburyseminary.edu