Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1953-01-24
Mississippi.


he worlds greatest field Of ser
vice.
During its early years the stu
dent body was composed to a large
extent of veterans who were being
educated under the CT Bill, how
ever with fewer veterans in train
ing than ever before, the Seminary
which graduated its first class in
1913 showed the largest enrolment
in its history as it opened for the
1928 session.
The Seminary is wholly a work
of faith and therefore is supported
annually with love and free-Wlil
offerings. Substantial, dependable
contributions are received annually
from the Mississippi Baptist State
Convention. The Home Mission
Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention makes amicable grants
of salaries for two teacher-m
sionaries and six small SCHOLAR
ships. Many churches make sub
stantial contributions to the bud
get of the centers of their respect
i've areas. Many make annual con-
tribution as part of their regular
budget. The National Baptist Con-
vention Of America has recently
placed the Seminary in its budget.
Although the Mississippi Bap-
fist Seminary is owned and oper-
ated by the Missionary Baptists
and primarily for Baptists, it gra-
ciously offers its services to those
of all other church groups without
distinction or discrimination.
The outstanding success and
growth of the Seminary, with due
regard for the work of its COM
petent staff of instructors and
teachers, is viewed by those who
have been close to its success and
growth, as an outstanding tribute
to it's founder and President, Dr.
Herbert l.. Lang.
The Mississippi Baptist Semi
nary is the outgrowth Of undaunt-
ed courage, untiring sacrifice, and
unselfish efforts on the part Of
the founder and president, DR..
Lang. While still serving as pres
ident of the first Seminary he
founded, the Union Baptist Sem
mary in New Orleans, many stu
dents attending this institution
were from southern Mississippi.
Thus, his interest was aroused in
the possibilities for Christian train
ing in the state, and as a result
of this growing interest in Mis-
sissippi, calls pressed upon Dr..
Lang from the Gulf Coast, south
central Mississippi, and as deep
in the state as Indianola, and as
far north as Sardis for him to con-
duct Bible Institutes and extern
sions classes. Thus, in the course
of years the Influence and the
great need of this extension work
grew and made such an impact for
good that resigning as president
of the Union Seminary, DIR. Lang
chose the office of Dean of Ex-
tension.
In this newly chosen field the
Home Mission Board of the South
ern Baptist Convention through
DR.. Noble Y. Bell, the Director of
Negro Work continued assisting
After many months of growing
success in this phase of the train
ing service sufficient demands or
requests were brought to bear by
the communities of Negroes of
southern and eastern Mississippi
and the Committee on Negro Work
of the Mississippi Baptist Conven-
ton Board, that in the summer of
1912, DR.. Lang resigned the double
urge to become the co-founder of
the Union Baptist Theological Sem
mary of Mississippi with Prentiss,
Jeff Davis County, Mississippi as
it's domicile and affiliated with the
Prentiss Institute. The Negro Bap-
lists of that area, the State Bap-.
fist Convention Board through its
Committee on Negro Work and it's
Executive Secretary-Treasure DR..