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OUR DIRECTOR

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Michael A. Stewart, Gallatin, TN 
Diploma, Nashville School of Preaching.  Preaching 19 years.

 
THE COLLEGE GROVE ELDERS

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MTSP is under the oversight of the elders at the College Grove church of Christ.  As part of the teaching program of the church this eldership continually oversees the school's efforts with vigilance that all is done according to the Word of God (Acts 20:28).

Front Row: Leon Reed (left), Maurice Armstrong (center), Roger Brake (right)
Back Row: Ed Cothern (left), Bob Greathouse (right)

 
Evangelist Jerry Ladd

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FACULTY
 
Jim Boyd, McMinnville, TN
David Lipscomb College; graduate of Vanderbilt University; M.A., Alabama Christian School of Religion (now Southern Christian University); several other schools in additional post-graduate work.  Preaching: 54 years.
 
Gary Colley, McMinnville, TN
Freed-Hardeman University. Preaching: 52 years.  Prolific writer for brotherhood journals and author of three books, four tracts and edited and published his father's book, Fundamentals of Christianity, which has been used in training many preachers.
 
Maggie Colley, McMinnville, TN
Freed-Hardeman University.  Teaching Children's and ladies bible classes in local Bible schools for the past forty years.  Several lectureships for ladies each year.  Taught wives in Preacher's School for several years.
 
Charlie Dykstra, Holladay, TN
Charlie works with the Beasley Street church of Christ in Huntingdon, Tennessee and is presently involved in planting a church near Camden. 
 
Frances Greathouse, College Grove, TN
She began teaching a Bible class for young children at the age of 17 in a small white-framed country church that had a "little class, a middle class, and a big class."  She has taught classes of all ages, including Ladies Bible classes, for over fifty years.  With a heart for an increasing knowledge of the Word, Frances has been a life-long student of the Bible, and has attended several Ladies Bible classes and other intensive Bible studies.
 
David W. Hester, Manchester, TN
B.A. in Bible, Freed-Hardeman University; M.A., Southern Christian University.  David has preached the gospel for more than 25 years and is a third-generation gospel preacher.  He has published articles in the Gospel Advocate, The Gospel Journal, and Words of Truth.  In 1994 he published his book Among the Scholars addressing the problem of change agents in the churches of Christ.
 
Andy Irwin, Fairview, TN
Andy is a 2003 graduate of MTSP and is the full time preacher for the church at Burns Tennessee.  He is presently completing the requirements for his B.A. degree in Bible from Southern Christian University. Andy has been involved in a number of public as well as written debates.    
 
Jim Lewis, Chattanooga, TN
Clemson College; graduate, East Tennessee School of Preaching and Missions; Certificate of Religious Education, Alabama Christian School of Religion; B.A., Tennessee Bible College; postgraduate studies at Tennessee Bible College.  Preaching: 36 years.
 
James McGill, Nashville, TN
Freed-Hardeman College; B.A., David Lipscomb College; M.A., Ed.S. (Specialist in Education), and Ph.D.,  Peabody College of Vanderbilt University.  Preaching more than 54 years.
 
Phil Randolph, Murfreesboro, TN
Phil majored in Mass Communications at Freed-Hardeman and is well qualified for our Speech communication course working in the radio industry for a number of years, the latest with Radio 650 WSM in Nashville.  Phil served as a deacon for 9 years and is now the associate minister at the Mead's Chapel congregation in Nashville.  He is the son of a gospel preacher.
 
Rob Whitacre, Hillsboro, TN
Graduate, Southwest School of Preaching and Biblical Studies; B.A, Southern Christian University; Graduate work, Southwest School of Preaching and Biblical Studies.  Preaching: 13 years.
 
Matt Yuhas, Columbia, TN
B.S. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, M. Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, and the M. A. in New Testament (all from Freed-Hardeman University).  Matt has been preaching for the Sharp's Corner congregation in Columbia, TN since 2001.

Pictured from Left to Right:
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Michael A. Stewart, Jim McGill, Jim Boyd, Maggie Colley, Gary Colley, Jim Lewis, and Matt Yuhas

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