Boatman to speak at LCU Founders' Day

[April 30, 2011]  On Tuesday, Lincoln Christian University will celebrate its Founders' Day with a special chapel service featuring Seminary Dean Dr. Paul Boatman speaking from 2 Timothy 2:22 on "A Persistent Mission in a Changing World." The Founder's Day service will be in the Earl C Hargrove Chapel at 9:30 a.m.

Boatman has led the pastoral care and counseling department at Lincoln Christian since 1978. In the 15 years prior, he was involved in preaching, inner-city ministries and campus ministries in Missouri and Illinois. He and his wife have also served in short-term mission work in Mexico, St. Vincent, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Austria, Ukraine, Kenya, Congo, India, Thailand, Indonesia, China and the Philippines.

Boatman holds degrees from St. Louis Christian College (Bachelor of Arts, 1966), Lincoln Christian Seminary (Master of Divinity, 1974), and Eden Theological Seminary (Doctor of Ministry, 1977). He has also studied in the School of Theology at St. Louis University. He has received certificates for clinical pastoral education and for pastoral counseling from Care and Counseling of St. Louis. He is a charter member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Locally, Boatman has served as an elder and ministry leader at Lincoln Christian Church. He also serves on the Chaplaincy Endorsement Commission and on several mission and service agency boards.

Boatman was raised in Minneapolis, Minn. He and Mary have been married since 1966. The Boatmans have two married daughters, Angela and Rachelle, and seven grandchildren. His outside interests include running, canyoneering, mountain climbing, motorcycling, fishing and photography.

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Founded in 1944, Lincoln Christian University is a Christian higher education community whose mission is to nurture and equip Christians with a biblical worldview to serve and lead in the church and the world. The university serves lifelong learners in three schools: Undergraduate Studies, Adult & Graduate Studies and Seminary.

[Text from file received from Lincoln Christian University]