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'''Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary''' is an unaccredited[2] religious institution for the training of Missionary Baptist pastors and church workers located in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

'''Louisiana Missionary Baptist Institute and Seminary''' is an unaccredited[2] religious institution for the training of Missionary Baptist pastors and church workers located in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].

==History==

==History==

According to the website Cortera, LMBIS has fewer than twenty employees and sales of under $500,000 annually.[6][13] The seminary is headed by president Don McCormick of Minden, another former pastor of Calvary Church.[11] Manta.com estimates the number of LMBIS employees at eleven, but it is unclear if that also includes Calvary Church employees.[11]

According to the website Cortera, LMBIS has fewer than twenty employees and sales of under $500,000 annually.[6][13] The seminary is headed by president Don McCormick of Minden, another former pastor of Calvary Church.[11] Manta.com estimates the number of LMBIS employees at eleven, but it is unclear if that also includes Calvary Church employees.[11]

The LMBIS faculty and administration are drawn from area churches, who over the years included Roy Edgar Chapman (1932-1994), a native of Hamburg, Arkansas, who in 1962 succeeded the LMBIS dean, [[A. T. Powers]] (1896-1975), as the pastor of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden. Chapman taught Bible analysis and evangelism and served as the LMBIS registrar. Other administrators included the late Dwayne Furlow, pastor of the since disbanded Central Missionary Baptist Church in Shreveport; Irvin Russell Roshto (born 1934), Clover's immediate successor in 1964 as pastor at Calvary Church, and Olen Johnson, the seminary dean during the middle 1960s.[14]

The LMBIS faculty and administration are drawn from area churches, who over the years included Roy Edgar Chapman (1932-1994), a native of Hamburg, Arkansas, who in 1962 succeeded the LMBIS dean, [[A. T. Powers]], as the pastor of Eastside Missionary Baptist Church in Minden. Chapman taught Bible analysis and evangelism and served as the LMBIS registrar. Other administrators included the late Dwayne Furlow, pastor of the since disbanded Central Missionary Baptist Church in Shreveport; Irvin Russell Roshto (born 1934), Clover's immediate successor in 1964 as pastor at Calvary Church, and Olen Johnson, the seminary dean during the middle 1960s.[14]

In 1972-1973, LMBIS reported thirty-three regular and twenty-one parttime students.[15]

In 1972-1973, LMBIS reported thirty-three regular and twenty-one parttime students.[15]

In 1996, more than two decades after pastor Clover's death, Calvary Church voted to relocate from 1000 Shreveport Road to 1400 Homer Road in east Minden. Construction began late in 2002, and the new facilities, including the adjacent LMBIS building, were dedicated on November 2, 2003.[16]The previous Calvary Church structure at 903 Shreveport Road was sold to an African American congregation, the Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church. Its pastor, Terrence A. McCray, Sr., is a graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a member of the Black Preaching Network.[17]

In 1996, more than two decades after pastor Clover's death, Calvary Church voted to relocate from 1000 Shreveport Road to 1400 Homer Road in east Minden. Construction began late in 2002, and the new facilities, including the adjacent LMBIS building, were dedicated on November 2, 2003.[16]The previous Calvary Church structure at 903 Shreveport Road was sold to an African American congregation, the Good Samaritan Missionary Baptist Church. Its pastor, Terrence A. McCray, Sr., is a graduate of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, and a member of the Black Preaching Network.[17]

==Notable alumni==

==Notable alumni==

*Bryan Sellers, a 2000 graduate of LMBIS originally from Ruston, Louisiana, is the pastor of the Valleylandmark Missionary Baptist Church in Spokane, Washington.[22]

*Bryan Sellers, a 2000 graduate of LMBIS originally from Ruston, Louisiana, is the pastor of the Valleylandmark Missionary Baptist Church in Spokane, Washington.[22]

*[[Jimmy G. Tharpe]] (1930-2008), the founder of Louisiana Baptist University in Shreveport[23], was among the first two LMBIS graduates, having been instructed in pastor Clover's home.[24]

*[[Jimmy G. Tharpe]] (1930-2008), the founder of Louisiana Baptist University in Shreveport[23], was among the first two LMBIS graduates, having been instructed in pastor Clover's home.[24]

==References==

==References==

*1.^ a b "Eastside dedication set for Saturday". http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7741&Itemid=57. Retrieved April 10, 2011.  

*1.^ a b "Eastside dedication set for Saturday". http://www.nwlanews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7741&Itemid=57. Retrieved April 10, 2011.