By Casie Anderson, student news writer
CAMPBELLSVILLE, Ky. – Dr. Scott Wigginton, associate professor of pastoral ministries and counseling at Campbellsville University, will be the guest speaker at CU’s chapel/convocation Wednesday, Feb. 7 at Campbellsville Baptist Church.
Wigginton’s address, titled “Divorce-Proofing Your Marriage Before it Starts,” is at 10 a.m. and is free and open to the public.
Wigginton, a licensed marriage and family therapist, has a master of divinity, master of theology and his Ph.D. degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a clinical member and approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy as well as a clinical member of the American Group Psychotherapy Association and a fellow with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
In addition to counseling and teaching, Wigginton has written a family column for the Western Recorder, the weekly newspaper for the Kentucky Baptist Convention, since 2001.
Before coming to Campbellsville University, he was an adjunct professor at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for almost 10 years and served full time as associate professor and chair of the counseling area at Boyce College for two years.
Wigginton served from 1993 through 2004 as executive director of LifeCare Counseling Center and counseling minister at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville, Ky.
He is married to Elizabeth Wigginton, who is the family and consumer sciences teacher at Campbellsville High School.
The couple has been married for over 20 years and are the parents of Auburn, Hope and Caleb.
For more information about chapel/convocation contact the Rev. Ed Pavy, director of Baptist Campus Ministry and chair of the university’s chapel/convocation committee, at ecpavy@campbellsville.edu or at (270) 789-5227.
Campbellsville University, now celebrating her Centennial year, is a private, comprehensive institution located in South Central Kentucky. Founded in 1906, Campbellsville University is affiliated with the Kentucky Baptist Convention and has an enrollment of 2,310 students who represent 100 Kentucky counties, 32 states and 28 foreign nations. Listed in U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” 14 consecutive years as one of the leading Southern master’s colleges and universities, Campbellsville University is located 82 miles southwest of Lexington, Ky., and 80 miles southeast of Louisville, Ky. Dr. Michael V. Carter is in his eighth year as president.