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LBU Hispanic program
Shreveport, LA
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Louisiana Baptist University is one of the few
Bible schools that offer a full curriculum in the
Spanish language. For that reason, LBU is regularly
contacted by independent Baptist churches
and the Southern Baptist Convention seeking
Hispanic pastors.
The Hispanic program at LBU began just
four years ago. Four Bible courses in the Span-
ish language are offered on Thursday night and
every class is well attended. Some Hispanic students
drive three hours to take part in
the on-campus classes and additional
students study online. LBU also partners
with Fellowship missionaries in
Mexico and South America to train
national pastors through INSTEP
schools.
Juan Puente and Bill Sheffield
head the Hispanic program. Puente
is on staff at LBU and Sheffield is an
adjunct professor. As the program con-
tinues to grow, it will become necessary for LBU
to hire additional Spanish language professors.
Four students receive certificates for having completed 30 hours
of coursework.
Featured artist is LBU alumnus
Shreveport, LA
On January 27, Regent University, Virginia
Beach, VA, hosted a world premier entitled
“The Auschwitz Album Revisited.” The exhibit
featured a stirring collection of oil paintings by
artist Pat Mercer Hutchens, a 2005
Ph.D. graduate of LBU. The art was
inspired by photographs taken inside
a Nazi German death camp.
Hutchens teaches painting,
design theory, and print-making at
several Washington, D.C. universities
and is also the founder of Art
Works, an organization devoted to
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promoting visual arts in the Washington, D.C.
area. Her artwork is displayed worldwide, including
Israel, Russia, Chicago, and New York.
She is also a Hebrew scholar and has authored
articles and books on the Hebrew
Language.
Hutchens is married to James
Hutchens, a retired two-star general,
who is also a graduate of LBU.
She holds degrees from Wheaton
College, Northwestern, and National
Lewis University. She has
studied Hebrew at universities
in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Israel, and
also Fuller Theological Seminary. She is an adjunct
teacher at Corcoran College of Art, Washington,
D.C., and Northern Virginia Community
College.
Speaking about LBU Pat states, “After
treading water in so many places that gave me
the best that the world has to offer, I found myself
amazingly drawn back to basics. Every single
course brought me closer to the Lord. LBU
is a place of hope for God’s people — you offer
degrees about destiny.”
(Information provided by Louisiana Baptist University)
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