Investiture Ceremony of Dr. Jin Young Choi as Baptist Missionary Training School Professorial Chair in Biblical Studies
Tuesday April 13, 2021 11:00AM
Alma Mater All Hail The Pow’r of Jesus’ Name (DIADEM) All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ Name! Let angels prostrate fall, Let angels prostrate fall; Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him, crown Him, Crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him, Lord of all. Ye saints redeemed of Adam’s race, Ye ransomed from the fall, Ye ransomed from the fall; Hail Him who saves you by His grace, And crown Him, crown Him, Crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him, Lord of all. Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget The wormwood and the gall, The wormwood and the gall, Go, spread you trophies at His feet And crown Him, crown Him, Crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him, Lord of all. O that with yonder sacred throng We at His feet may fall! We at His feet may fall! We’ll join the everlasting song, And crown Him, crown Him, Crown Him, crown Him, And crown Him, Lord of all. And crown Him, Lord of all, Crown Him, Lord of all, Crown Him, Lord of all, And crown Him, Lord of all.
Words by Rev. Edward Perronet (1779); Music by James Ellor (1938)
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Mission Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School forms students in theological and multi-religious studies to serve, care, and advocate for all peoples and the earth.
Vision Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School will be faithful to its distinctive Christian identity as the institution becomes a seminary of and for the community, committed to practices of peace, service, and justice.
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Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School and the Baptist Missionary Training School The 19th century was a period of great ferment and social change. While the Social Gospel movement concentrated on the widening gap between the rich and poor, the Baptist Missionary Training School, founded in Chicago in 1881, was created to address another issue: the role of women in the Church. BMTS Campus, Chicago IL
Its founder, Mrs. Rumah Crouse, possessed a vision both local and global. She created a community for women who were “responding to God’s call as revealed in Jesus Christ,” even when the Church failed to recognize their call.
BMTS Seal
Typical of its graduates was Joanna P. Moore, a graduate of its first class in 1881, who worked with African-Americans for more than 40 years, instituting “fireside schools” to teach literacy skills to women and children. To prepare its graduates for such forms of service, the training school innovatively combined classroom work with field education to equip its students to minister wherever the need was greatest.
In 1961, the Baptist Missionary Training School joined Colgate Rochester, adding another important branch to the school’s lineage.
BMTS Gospel Choir 1951
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The BMTS Professorship was established in 1996, the first fully endowed chair at CRCDS. The chair honors the rich legacy brought to this divinity school by the BMTS. The chair honors the foresight of the women who led BMTS and the unfailing faithfulness of their support of CRCDS. The first person to hold the chair was Professor, Dr. Werner Lemke.
Dr. Werner Lemke
Over the years the BMTS alumnae have remained connected through Alumni/ae reunions, Echoes – annual newsletter and their continued support to the BMTS Professorial Chair and BMTS Scholarship. The legacy of BMTS is alive and well as CRCDS continues to impact the world by educating women for leadership in a diverse range of ministries. BMTS Reunion, 1999
Today, we remember our BMTS sisters who have passed and also honor the presence of those that are able to be with us in today’s ceremony. We continue to see the legacy of the Baptist Missionary Training School lived out in Colgate Rochester Crozer’s Divinity School’s mission to form students in theological and multi-religious studies to serve, care and advocate for all peoples and the earth. BMTS Prayer Meeting, 1951
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Jin Young Choi, Ph.D. Dr. Jin Young Choi is Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins and today will be installed as the Baptist Missionary Training School Professorial Chair in Biblical Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in New Testament and Early Christianity from Vanderbilt University and was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Louisville Institute as part of the Institute’s Vocation of the Theological Educator Initiative. By weaving biblical narrative together with diverse interpretative threads, her work focuses on the intersection of race/ethnicity, gender, empire, and early Christianity. Choi is the author of the book, Postcolonial Discipleship of Embodiment: An Asian and Asian American Feminist Reading of the Gospel of Mark (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015) and co-editor of the volumes, such as Minoritized Women Reading Race and Ethnicity: Intersectional Approaches to Constructed Identity and Early Christian Texts (Lexington Books, 2020); Faith, Class, and Labor: Intersectional Approaches in a Global Context (Pickwick Publications, 2020); and Systemic Racism and the Global Pandemic: Negotiating Race and Ethnicity in Asian American Biblical Criticism (The Bible and Critical Theory journal, 2020).
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Attuned not only to the local church but also to the life of global Christianity, Choi has authored Bible study books and lectionary resources for the church and has given lectures and presentations to diverse audience—most recently for the Council for World Mission (2017-2019) and the Society of Asian Biblical Studies (2018). Her scholarship is also dedicated to the wider academic society in the U.S. and internationally. Choi has served the Society of Biblical Literature in several capacities and currently is a co-chair of the Minority Criticism and Biblical Interpretation steering committee and a member of editorial boards of Semeia Studies; and International Voices in Biblical Studies.
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INVESTITURE CEREMONY PROGRAM Procession Call to Worship Rev. Boyung Lee, Ph.D. Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Practical Theology, Iliff School of Theology
Prayer Rev. Barbara Hedges-Goettl, Ph.D. Pastor, Makemie Memorial Presbyterian Church
Music (Great is Thy Faithfulness) Ms. Hyerim Yu & Mr. Jae Young Jeong
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Welcome & Special Greetings Rev. Angela D. Sims, Ph.D. President, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Reflection/Special Dedication Gale A. Yee, Ph.D. Nancy W. King Professor of Biblical Studies emerita, Episcopal Divinity School
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INVESTITURE CEREMONY PROGRAM Introduction of the Celebrant The Rev'd. Melanie Duguid-May, Ph.D. Professor of Theology, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Charge to the Celebrant Fernando F. Segovia, Ph.D. Oberlin Graduate Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity, The Divinity School, The Graduate Department of Religion; The Center for Latin American Studies, Vanderbilt University
Installation Deborah J. Rogers, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs, Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School
Community Prayer Deborah J. Rogers, Ph.D. Music You Raise Me Up Ms. Hyerim Yu Presentation/Lecture: "Antiracist Feminisms, the Politics of Solidarity, and Biblical Studies" Jin Young Choi, Ph.D.
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INVESTITURE CEREMONY PROGRAM Panelist Discussion Mitzi J. Smith, Ph.D. J. Davison Philips Professor of New Testament, Columbia Theological Seminary
Jacqueline M. Hidalgo, Ph.D. Professor of Latina/o Studies and Religion, Associate Dean for Institutional Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Williams College
Kwok Pui Lan, Th.D. Dean's Professor of Systematic Theology, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Closing Deborah J. Rogers, Ph.D.
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Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School Governing Trustees Rev. Kenneth I. Clarke Sr. (CRDS ’86) Rev. Dr. Michael J. Ford (CRCDS '12) - Chair Mr. George Hamlin IV Rev. Dr. Sandra DeMott Hasenauer (CRCDS '93) Dr. Katherine J. Mayberry Dr. Carey C. Newman Rev. Thomas G. Poole, Ph.D. (CRDS ‘77) – Vice Chair Rev. Cheryl L. Price, Ph.D. (CRDS ‘85) – Secretary Mr. Mike Schwabl The Rt. Rev. Prince G. Singh Rev. Paul Vick (CRDS ‘71) Kristin F. Zimar, Esq
Life Trustees Rev. Margaret Cowden, Ph.D. Rev. Larry W. Dobson (CTS ‘65) Ms. Mary Ann Geib (CRDS ’64) Mr. Preston T. Henderson Mr. Jay T. Holmes Ms. Jeanne B. Hutchins Mr. Jack F. Kraushaar Ms. Gloria M. Langston Annie Marie LeBarbour, Ph.D. Mr. Jerry W. Ligon Rev. J. Wendall Mapson Dr. James G. Miller Ms. Virginia S. Pacala Mr. Thomas S. Richards Ms. Dorothy R. Tasker Dr. Brian J. Thompson Mr. Thomas A. Tupitza Rev. Frank D. Tyson (CTS ’69) The Rev’d. Dr. W. Kenneth Williams (CRDS ‘76)
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CRCDS Community Rev. Angela D. Sims, Ph.D.
President Executive Leadership Team Rev. Paula Blue Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness Patricia Keenahan Vice President for Finance and Administration Deborah J. Rogers, Ph.D. Vice President for Academic Affairs Associate Professor of Theology, Culture and Practice of Ministry Courtney Wiley-Harris, D.Min Vice President for Institutional Advancement Lindsay Lucas Entre Computer Services
Staff Lisa Bors Director of Development
Marisely Marta Office Manager
Polly Bush Director of Admissions
David Riddell Director of Advancement & Communications
Meg Donovan Staff Accountant Qhamora Kimbrough Registrar and Coordinator of Financial Aid
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Desirae Zingarelli-Sweet Reference Librarian
Faculty Mark Brummitt, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Old Testament/ Hebrew Bible Assistant Dean of Students Jin Young Choi, Ph.D. Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Baptist Missionary Training School Professorial Chair in Biblical Studies The Rev’d. Melanie A. Duguid-May, Ph.D. Professor of Theology The Rev’d. Cindy Rasmussen, Ph.D. Director of Anglican Studies Hilary Jerome Scarsella, Ph.D. Director of Women & Gender Studies Assistant Professor of Ethics Rev. John R. Tyson, Ph.D. Professor of Church History Director of Methodist Studies
Faculty Emeritus The Rev. James H. Evans, Jr., Ph.D. Instructor of Theology and Black Church Studies 1979-1990 Professor of Systematic Theology 2000-2016 Rev. Richard Aurel Henshaw, Ph.D. Professor of Old Testament Rev. Dr. H. Darrell Lance Professor of Old Testament 1965-1993 Rev. Gail A. Ricciuti, D.D. Associate Professor of Homiletics 1998-2016
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