Feb. 1, 2016
For Immediate Release
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| Former Major League Baseball player Josh Anderson, sixth from left, receives the Campbells- ville University Leadership Award at a Pastor Appreciation Luncheon at the Larry and Beverly Noe Somerset Education Center. From left are: Jasmine Barnett, ministry coordinator of Campbellsville University’s Church Outreach; Joey Bomia, discipleship coordinator of church outreach; John Rausch, assistant director of church outreach; Greg Gover, Southeast Kentucky Fellowship of Christian Athletes area director; Wes Carter, assistant director of church outreach, adjunct instructor in business and theology at Campbellsville University; Anderson; Heather Anderson, Anderson’s wife; and Dr. G. Ted Taylor, associate vice president for development and church relations and director of church outreach. (Campbellsville University Photo by Nathan Adcock) |
SOMERSET, Ky. — Josh Anderson, former Major League Baseball
player, was presented the Campbellsville University Leadership Award at a
Pastor Appreciation Lunch held recently at Campbellsville University’s Larry
and Beverly Noe Somerset Education Center.
Anderson
coaches baseball at Pulaski County High School and is a Campbellsville
University graduate student.
Thirty-two
local pastors, members of the local Fellowship of Christian Athletes and
Campbellsville University Church Outreach staff were in attendance.
Dr.
G. Ted Taylor, associate vice president for development and church outreach who
serves as director of the Office of Church Outreach, and Wes Carter, assistant
director of church outreach, shared about Campbellsville University’s Church
Outreach program.
CU’s
Church Outreach is composed of 41 students, split into four teams that travel
throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky sharing the gospel with churches.
The
students vary in race, age and denominational background.
On
an average Sunday, these students minister to 200 people per congregation
conducting full church services. In the fall of 2015, the Church Outreach Teams
conducted full church services in over 84 churches. Church Outreach Life Teams
are available for any church, regardless of denomination.
Greg
Gover, Southeast Kentucky Fellowship of Christian Athletes area director, said,
“I want to say a special thank you to Campbellsville University for a great
luncheon honoring and giving Josh Anderson the Leadership Award.
“We
are fortunate to have folks like Campbellsville University; they are a great
addition to our city, the City of Somerset. Their work is going to grow here.”
“It
was a great day in honoring the long standing partnership between
Campbellsville University and Kentucky pastors,” Carter said.
To
find out more about Campbellsville University, course offerings in Somerset or
to schedule a Church Outreach Team to come to your church, call Leanne Weddle,
marketing/admissions counselor for Campbellsville University-Somerset, at (606)
451-8474 or mlweddle@campbellsville.edu.
Campbellsville
University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more
than 3,500 students offering over 80 programs of study including 24 master’s
degrees, seven postgraduate areas and eight pre-professional programs. The
website for complete information is Campbellsville.edu.