Baptist Trumpet Insert, August 4, 2014

Vision 2020 Update I am pleased to report that Vision 2020 is a plan to Project #3, Dickson Hall, is well Central Baptist College has complete 10 major construction within our sights! been blessed abundantly since projects over a 10 year period And, all of the success of the launch of the campaign in to accommodate an enrollment Phase 1 of Vision 2020 would February of 2011! By the time of 2,020 students. In late 2010, not be possible, first without you read this, Project #3 of I, along with a small group of Christ’s continued blessings, but Vision 2020, Dickson Hall may people, was praying about and also without each of you who be completed. dreaming about the launch of have come alongside CBC in this Contributions and pledges to a capital campaign for Central endeavor. To date, approximately date total over $16.3 million! The Baptist College. At that time 424 donors have made 2,380 Phase 1 goal of $21 million to we decided that when we did gifts towards the Phase 1 goal! launch the campaign This includes 68 CBC our theme verses would employees, 59 alumni, I am pleased to report that Central Baptist be Ephesians 3: 20-21 47 churches, 17 board College has been blessed abundantly since which reads, “Now unto of trustee members, 4 Him who is able to do foundations, and hundreds the launch of the campaign in February of far more abundantly than other individuals and 2011! By the time you read this, Project #3 of of all that we ask or think, businesses who do not fit Vision 2020, Dickson Hall may be completed. into these categories…we according to the power at work within us, to Him be like to call you “friends”. glory in the church and in Christ fully cover Project #1, the David And there are countless other Jesus throughout all generations, T. Watkins Academic Building; “friends” out there who are lifting forever and ever. Amen.”

Project #2, the Story Library; and us up in prayer on a regular basis.

We know you are, because you have told us!

I want both our financial contributors and our prayer warriors to know that each of you mean so much to me! You keep us going as we press on toward seeing Vision 2020 through to completion! And even though we are raising funds to build and renovate buildings always remember that the mission of Central Baptist College remains

the same. Central Baptist College exists to integrate Christian faith and academic excellence!

Central Baptist College exists to serve students so that they may experience the transforming power of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ! Thank you for all you have done and will continue to do! Central Baptist College would not exist without YOU! CBC President Terry Kimbrow

New Residence Hall Named in Honor of Dickson Family Central Baptist College will name its new residence hall in honor of David and Shelley Dickson, Baptist Missionary Association of America missionaries who have served the

Baptist College. The Dickson’s four children, David and wife Stacy “Epperson” Dickson, Josh and wife Anna “Wiles” Dickson, Aimee “Dickson” Hughes and husband Jason, and Jamie “Dickson” Miller and husband Loren, are all CBC alumni. David’s twin nieces, Nikki and Amanda, are recent CBC alums. Other extended family members also attended Central Baptist College.

Their time at the College in the late ‘60s to early ‘70s led them to what is now over fifty years of ministry, the Missionaries David and Shelley Dickson majority of which has been devoted to the foreign BMAA since they were elected mission field. In 1971, David and missionaries to Nicaragua in Shelley were elected missionaries 1971. by the Baptist Missionary Dickson Hall, located facing Association of America (BMAA) west on Conway Boulevard, is to Nicaragua. They later served scheduled to open in time for the BMAA as missionaries in new student move-in day on El Salvador, Honduras (working August 16 this fall. The 150with the Garifunas), Guatemala, bed residence hall will be the and Puerto Rico, founding the first housing project on the CBC “Church Without Walls” in campus in 49 years.

Guayama, Puerto Rico. During The relationship with the their fifteen years in Puerto Dickson family began in the late Rico, David and Shelley also 1960’s when David and Shelley played an important role in both enrolled in classes at Central missionary expansion in other

areas of Latin America, including the Dominican Republic, Peru, Columbia and Central America.

The Dicksons returned to the United States in 2010 and entered a new ministry with Bro. David serving as a field consultant for Latin America to provide mentorship, training and encouragement to BMAA national missionaries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.

The Dicksons make their home in Magnolia, Ark. where they are members of First Baptist Church. In addition to their four children, they have seven grandchildren.

The $6.7 million residence hall will be three stories with design elements that include: generous main lobby space on the ground floor for student games, lounging, and group study; a covered main porch entry area, Resident Director Apartments, study tables and chairs, lounges on each floor, patio space, private bathrooms, and exterior plaza space for students to congregate.

A financial commitment of $6,000,000 from Max and Debbie Story of Magnolia, Ark. is funding the vast

majority of the cost of the new residence hall. The design and construction team is comprised of Rik Sowell Architects, Inc. of Conway and Clark Contractors, LLC of Little Rock.

Dickson Hall is the third of ten major construction projects called for in the institution’s Vision 2020: A Miracle in the Making capital fundraising campaign.

According to CBC President Terry Kimbrow, “The Storys have been instrumental in the success of the first two projects in Vision 2020. They gave a lead gift toward the construction of the David T. Watkins Academic Building which opened two years ago, named in honor of their long-time pastor and friend, Bro.

David Watkins. They helped fund the new Story Library, which opened its doors in January 2014 and bears their name.”

Max and Debbie are known for being extremely “missions minded,” and have funded numerous missions projects.

The decision to honor David and Shelley Dickson is an appropriate tribute. “The Storys have never sought recognition for any of their giving or even requested naming rights,” commented Kimbrow. At the dedication of the Library, Mr. Story said, “I believe God blesses us to be a blessing to others.”

The Dickson Hall Dedication and Open House will be held Friday, Sept. 26 at 1 p.m.

CBC DAY FOR VISION 2020 CBC Day for Vision 2020 is fast approaching! If you haven’t already, mark your calendars for September 7. On this day, churches are asked to take a one-time offering for Vision 2020 and/or make a pledge to give additional offerings over the 12 months to follow. To date, 47 churches and one Sunday School class have given special offerings totaling over $160,000 toward the $250,000 Vision 2020 Church Campaign goal.

For CBC Day for Vision 2020, churches are being asked to stretch and sponsor a room in Dickson Hall. Residence Hall rooms can be sponsored for $5,000, and churches have the opportunity to have their church name displayed on the room or name the room in honor of or in memory of an individual.

Information and resources for your church are available at http://cbc.edu/cbcday. More information will be added so keep checking back! Also, churches in the past have asked to have current CBC students come and speak to their church on this day. We will honor those requests on a first come first served basis. To request a student to speak to your church, to request contribution envelopes or other materials, or to request more information, please contact Sancy Faulk, Vice President for Advancement, at either sfaulk@cbc.edu or (501) 205-8799.

Dickson Hall Dedication and Open House September 26, 2014 1:00pm

Still Time to Enroll for Fall 2014 We are preparing for our largest fall enrollment in the history of the institution! I can’t wait to announce final enrollment numbers in late September. Pray with us for the hundreds of students that are making final decisions about attending CBC! We can’t wait to welcome new and returning Mustangs in August! Our enrollment management team, led by Vice President for Enrollment Management, Ryan Johnson, has given more tours and processed more applications than ever before. But, there is still room for you! There is still time to contact Admissions at (501) 329-6873, schedule your personal campus visit, and find out how you can enroll for the Fall 2014 semester!