Nazarene Bible College

Rev. Clarence Bowman and his brother, Dr. Roger Bowman, faithfully served within the African American church and the Church of the Nazarene for decades. Their influence is easy to find from West Virginia to California, reaching through multiple Bible colleges like Nazarene Bible College and through local congregations they built up and expanded in communities where they lived. Nazarene Bible College is pleased to announce the formation of an endowment fund in their honor, The Clarence and Roger Bowman Legacy Scholarship.

The Legacy

Clarence’s son, Ed Bowman, remembers his father working as a pastor and college professor while also washing trucks for the local bakery – a display of his total dedication to ministry. Clarence defined this dedication as freedom, saying, “Holiness means freedom; freedom from a love for and an attraction to things that cannot bring satisfaction and fulfillment.”

“I remember from my youngest years,” says Roger’s daughter Suzanne Williams, “hearing [my father] say, ‘Your walk talks and your talk walks, but your walk talks further than your talk walks.’ His walk still talks in this scholarship to support people coming into ministry, his great passion.”

Read more here: https://nbc.edu/news/42133/legacy-of-faith-and-service-the-enduring-impact-of-clarence-and-roger-bowman/

More Photos!
Here are some of the NBC faculty from the 1970s at work. Who do you recognize?

Names below:
1: Prof Ramon Unruh, Prof Dwight Neuenschwander, Dr T Crichton Mitchell and students
2: Dr Audrey Williamson, Prof Milo Arnold, Bicentennial Committee
3: Prof John Bowling, Dr Norman Oke, Prof Jack Seaney, Dr Richard Spindle
4: Prof Janet Williams, Prof Ronald Attig, Dr Clarence Bowman, Prof Charles Baldwin

"And His gifts were that some should be . . . pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ . . ." (Eph. 4:12-13).

NBC has been blessed by some wonderful faculty members! Here are a few who were here in the 1970s - do you recognize anyone?

NBC is the premier ministry training college for the Church of the Nazarene. We exist to prepare people for ministry.

Why, then, do we have so many program options? Because the Church needs different people in different roles, and we are committed to offering the preparation they need.

The Right Fit
The NBC Enrollment Management Team walks students through the entire entrance process, guiding their early conversations with the question, “Is NBC is a good fit for this potential student?” To answer that question, we explore 4 possible fits.
Read more: https://nbc.edu/news/42129/ministry-training-options--why-are-there-so-many/

At a special retirement dinner to celebrate his time at NBC, some of Dr. Alan Lyke’s long-time colleagues shared memories and called him a “man for all seasons” in his more than three decades at Nazarene Bible College. One called him “an exceptionally versatile, reliable, and principled person” who had answered God’s call to be a Spirit-led leader who has helped shape the academic excellence of NBC.

Lyke is retiring as provost in June after serving in the top academic post since 2013.

Read more here: https://nbc.edu/news/42127/provost-chaplain-and-a-man-for-all-seasons--31-years-at-nbc/

The numbers for April 28’s event are exciting, but the real impact is in the growing relationships being built.
Read more here: https://nbc.edu/news/42126/what-an-impact/

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