Dr. 彼得·詹姆斯·弗拉明斯

牧师，文学学士

彼得·詹姆斯·弗拉明出生于2月3日, 1934, in a farmhouse eight miles from the small town of Burlington, 科罗拉多州, 彼得和埃尔西·弗莱明. Jim began school in Flagstaff, Arizona, where his father was the pastor of the Baptist church. 这家人最终搬到了奥克斯纳德, 加州, where Jim was chosen as the outstanding athlete at Oxnard High School. This enabled him to earn a football scholarship to Hardin-Simmons大学 in 1951.

在HSU, 吉姆参加了三年的足球训练, 你是高年级的班长吗, named to the “Who’s Who in American 大学 and Universities,被收录在阿尔法气中, 全国大学荣誉协会, 担任其主席, 和毕业 优等生 在班上名列第二.

大二的时候, Jim laid aside his music major to become a minister, changing his major to history with minors in English and psychology. 他师从博士. 鲁珀特·N. 理查森,Drs. 霍伊特和莉娜·福特博士. Lindell哈里斯, the newly chosen chairman of the Bible and religion department, 在他们的影响下得到极大的鼓励.

当我还是学生的时候, 吉姆遇到了雪莉·诺斯卡特, the daughter of the former pastor of First Baptist Church in Abilene. They were married in 1955, shortly after Jim’s graduation.

这对新婚夫妇在东地开始了他们的事工, 德州, 在伯特利浸信会教堂, 最近刚刚庆祝了它的50周年纪念. 在伯特利服事的时候, Jim earned the bachelor of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth in 1959, and later earned his doctor of theology degree in 1963, 专门研究新约.

After serving as the director of the 浸信会的学生 Union and as a Bible teacher at 德州 Women’s University in Denton, Jim became associate pastor of Park Cities Baptist Church and then Royal Lane Baptist Church in Dallas, 分别, before accepting the pastorate of the First Baptist Church of Abilene in 1966. 吉姆在阿比林担任了17年的牧师, serving also on the Board of Trustees for HSU and for Hendrick Medical Center, and as chairman of the executive committee for the Baptist General Convention of 德州, 1972年在年度大会布道. 当选为BGCT副会长, Jim also served as a member of the Foreign Mission Board, 并担任哈佛大学校友会牧师. Locally, he served two terms as moderator of the Abilene Baptist Association.

In 1983, the Flammings were called to First Baptist Church of Richmond, 维吉尼亚州. Founded in 1780 during the Revolutionary War, it remains a vibrant historical inner-city church. 在里士满, Jim honed his leadership skills under the tutelage of Peter Drucker, often thought of as the dean of leadership and management in America. After serving the congregation and community of Richmond for over 23 years, Jim retired as pastor of First Baptist Church of Richmond on December 31, 2006.

除了他的宗教活动, such as serving on the Board of Trustees for Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University in Waco, 德州, 以及浸信会世界联盟总会, preaching for the Baptist Hour on radio and television, and becoming an adjunct professor of preaching at Richmond Baptist Seminary, 吉姆还出版了书籍和文章. 他的著作包括《澳门皇冠赌场平台》, 上帝与创造, Poking Holes in the Darkness and Other Sermons You Can’t Sleep Through. He assisted Peter Drucker in The Non-Profit Drucker, and has written articles for Sunday school curriculum and The Baptist Standard, 浸信会的学生, 向上, 西南神学杂志, 和《澳门皇冠赌场平台》.

Jim also has served as a guest preacher on numerous occasions, 包括复兴, 系列讲座, 学生周, 圣周礼拜, and for the East African Crusade in Kenya and 坦桑尼亚. In 2003, Jim was invited to preach the sermon for the state of 维吉尼亚州 at the National Cathedral, giving it the second largest attendance for a state Sunday. The invitation to preach was itself an honor, as Jim is a non-Episcopalian minister.

Jim has long been recognized as an exceptional man of integrity. In 1981, Jim was named as one of the ten most influential leaders in Abilene, 唯一被选中的牧师. His other awards include an honorary doctorate from HSU, 杰出校友奖, 也源自HSU, W.T. Conner Award as Outstanding Student in the School of Theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and was recognized as one of the “Outstanding Young Men in America.” He was the 2001 recipient of the Humanitarian Award presented by the National Conference for 社区 and Justice, and the 2006 recipient of the Good Shepherd Emblem presented by the Heart of 维吉尼亚州 Council of Boy Scouts of America. 最后一个奖项对吉姆来说意义非凡, since he received the God and Country merit badge when he himself was a Boy Scout. 作为里士满的公民, VA, he was recognized as “the most inspirational clergyman in Richmond,” and was chosen as one of the city’s hundred most influential leaders of the 20th century.

As well as giving their devotion to ministry state-side, 吉姆和他的妻子, 雪莉, 把时间花在传教上, giving part of their vacation time each year to service in such places Kenya, 坦桑尼亚, 巴西, 西班牙, 哥斯达黎加, 中国, 香港, 奥地利, 和英格兰.

吉姆还喜欢公民服务, 在阿比林的世纪委员会任职, 阿比林基督教青年会的董事会, 阿比林房屋管理局, 阿比林男孩俱乐部, 参加“俱乐部”,” a literary interest group of men and women in Richmond, 维吉尼亚州, 成立于1885年. His hobbies include gardening, playing the piano, photography, flying, and golf.

He and 雪莉 are the parents of three children: J.D., 戴夫(1991年因白血病去世), 和道格, with one of their greatest joys in life being their eight grandchildren.

Upon being notified of his induction into the 领袖堂, Jim给HSU发了这个声明, “从奥克斯纳德离开家的时候, 加州, 去澳门皇冠赌场平台, his mother handed him this verse from Philippians 1:6: ‘Being confident of this, that He who has begun a good work in you will continue until the day of Christ Jesus.’ He is honored to accept this honor from Hardin-Simmons on this day, from a school he dearly loves.”

It is the high honor of Hardin-Simmons大学 to recognize one of her own and to formally induct 彼得·詹姆斯·弗拉明斯 into the HSU 领袖堂.