Dr. Bob Jones III to speak December 10th
Dr. Bob Jones III will be speaking at Brookside Baptist Church, Sunday December 10th at 8:30 AM and 10:45 AM.
About Dr. Bob Jones III
Dr. Bob Jones III, chancellor of Bob Jones University, has been greatly used of the Lord in Christian education and in the pulpit ministry.
Dr. Jones attended Bob Jones Academy and Bob Jones University, receiving the bachelor of arts and the master of arts degrees. He has taken additional graduate work at Northwestern University and New York University and holds honorary doctorates from Pillsbury Baptist Bible College, Owatonna, Minn.; San Francisco Baptist Theological Seminary, Calif.; and Maranatha Baptist Bible College, Watertown, Wis.
During his professional career, Dr. Jones has served in numerous capacities at Bob Jones University, including those of speech teacher, assistant dean of men, assistant to the president, and vice president. In 1971, Dr. Jones was appointed president of the university and served in that office for 34 years. He retired from the presidency in May 2005 and was elected chancellor. He will remain as chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Each year the Bible-believing minister receives more requests than he is able to fill for evangelistic campaigns, youth rallies, and other religious gatherings. His speaking engagements have taken him to all parts of the world, and he has conducted tours to the Holy Land and Europe.
An accomplished actor, Dr. Jones performs regularly in Shakespearean productions presented by the internationally recognized BJU Classic Players. He has also played several dramatic roles in Christian films produced by the university's motion-picture unit, Unusual Films.
In connection with the university's tax case before the U.S. Supreme Court, he appeared on such national TV programs as "Nightline" and "Good Morning America" on ABC-TV, on Multimedia's "Donahue" program, on "The MacNeil/Lehrer Report" on PBS-TV, and "Freeman Reports" on Turner Broadcasting's Cable News Network.
In recognition of Dr. Jones’ interest in and friendship to the State of South Carolina and her people, Governor David Beasley presented him with the state’s highest civilian award, “The Order of the Palmetto.” This was presented in conjunction with the university’s 70th year celebration and 50th year in Greenville.
He is president of the board of directors of the Gospel Fellowship Association and its mission board. He is chairman of the International Testimony to an Infallible Bible, which is an ad hoc committee of the World Congress of Fundamentalists, Incorporated. He is also chairman of the board of directors of the Bob Jones University Museum & Gallery, Inc., which houses one of the most prestigious collections of religious art in America with 30 galleries containing over 400 paintings by the old masters.
He and his wife, Beneth, have three children.
Bob Jones University has more course offerings and majors than any other independent Bible-believing Christian school in the world. Each year, thousands of students from all 50 states and 46 countries enroll at BJU.
