Scholarship Recipients
For over 80 years Women’s Council has dedicated itself to addressing the needs of seminary students. In the early years this included such practical projects as making drapes and pillow cases for the dorm rooms, and setting up a small kitchenette in the residence quarters. In 1964 the Council purchased and donated a Chickering piano in ebony finish delivered from the Steinway Company.
In later decades attention focused more exclusively on the raising of scholarship funds. Between 1988-2010, exactly 3,000 individual gifts were received from Women’s Council members toward student scholarships in the amount of $194,598.
2012-2013 Recipients
Manuel Anchondo II, Master of Arts in Theology, 2012
Hometown: Rogers, AR
Education: Central Bible College - Bible and theology
“I am completing a MATH in hopes of receiving further training so that I might be adequately trained for a local pastorate position in the Assemblies of God. Four years ago, my wife and I had been pastoring a small rural church in northwest Arkansas where we had been since 2003. At that time in 2008, I left our church to finish my Bible degree at Central Bible College in Springfield, MO. After I graduated, I had a desire to continue my education by pursing a graduate degree. While many other graduate programs looked enticing, Gordon-Conwell was where God was calling us.”
Michael P. Elmer Jr., Master of Divinity, 2014Hometown: Marietta, GA
Education: Georgia Institute of Technology - Industrial & Systems Engineering
“I left the business world after working for several years in Nicaragua in real estate development to pursue the call on my life to preach the Word of God and devote my life to ministry. My passion is to inspire young men and women of my generation with the redemptive story of God's Kingdom in the world through preaching, mentorship and discipleship training, and social justice initiatives at home and abroad.”
Ricky Graf, Master of Divinity, 2014Hometown: Long Island, NY
Education: St. John’s University - Accounting
“As part of my internship, [my wife] Ramona and I are rolling up our sleeves and serving a church in Rye, NH. I get the opportunity to preach there, but our primary ministry is leading the youth group. It’s been a wounded church and Ramona and I feel blessed to be part of the healing process, yet we receive so much from them. My passion is apologetics and evangelism, my hero is Ravi Zacharias, and I wish to lovingly and creatively speak the truth and good news to anyone and everyone I come into contact with. I have much to learn, so here I am!”
Eric Yoo, Master of Divinity, 2014Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Education: Central Bible College - Bible and theology
“I was born in Seoul, Korea, and moved to the U.S. when I was 13 years old, so I speak and write fluent Korean. I believe this is where God is calling me to do his ministry. There is a big generation gap between the first and the second generation Koreans. Great work is needed in this area. I believe that God wants to use my language skills to bring the gospel to both generations. So I continually pray that God will use me in this direction and that my education here will help me to be better equipped.”
Kenneth Michael Young, Master of Divinity, 2014Hometown: Macon, GA
Education: American Baptist College - Bible and theology with a concentration in religious studies
“While in Nashville, I had the opportunity to work with many community service organizations such as A. Philip Randolph Institute, Red Cross, Urban Epi Center and many more. These organizations and American Baptist College help fuel my passion for ministry. I believe my ministry is driven to seek the lost and care for the least of these, which is stated in the Gospel of Matthew. I chose Gordon-Conwell because of its fervent voice to evangelize and its diversity. After Gordon-Conwell, I plan on going back to impoverished areas to help with education, job information and preaching the gospel. It is in desolate areas where ministry definitely needs to take roots.”
2011-2012 Recipients
Uchenna Anywanu
Michael Brown
Molly Donohue
Aaron Kook
Rachel Linton
Yuna Oh
