New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary - Student Organizations

Student Organizations

In additional to the academics provided at NOBTS, the seminary also offers activities for students and their children.

  • American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) - designed to encourage those seeking to become professional counselors. The purpose of this group is to provide students with educational resources enabling them to strengthen their counseling skills.
  • Campus Youth Challenge - designed to promote fellowship among 7th and 12th grade youth and provide Bible study and planned activities.
  • Christian Association of Student Social Workers - designed to create professionalism and camaraderie among social work on-campus.
  • Christian Home Educators Support System - consisting of families within the seminary who participate in the home education of their children.
  • Dead Preachers Society - encourages preachers in the passionate proclamation of God's Word through weekly meetings and other special events.
  • Fellowship of Black Seminarians - devoted to reconciliation issues, especially racial reconciliation.
  • International Student Fellowship - exists to promote fellowship among members through Bible studies and planned activities.
  • Letria Student Worship
  • Quest Student Women's Ministry - student led fellowship for women students. This organization is designed to provide encouragement for women during their time in seminary through Bible study, small groups, and monthly socials.
  • Shepards Fellowship Forum - pastoral ministries faculty-sponsored organization for students, undergraduate and graduate, who serve or are preparing to serve in the office of pastor or in pastor-type positions (e.g., chaplains, staff members, missionaries, and church planters. SFF meets once a semester to mentor, encourage, and expose students to exemplary practitioners involved in effective pastoral ministry and to NOBTS pastoral ministries faculty on a more personal basis.
  • Student Missions Fellowship - seeks to promote through its activities a vital missionary spirit among students, to encourage students who are preparing for missionary service, and to help others consider their individual responsibility toward missions.
  • Student Theological Fellowship - student-led organization whose purpose is to complement and enrich the student's theological education.
  • Student Wives Fellowship - designed to provide encouragement to student wives on the campus through Bible study, fellowship, and planned activities.
  • United Chaplains Ministry - This group of students, committed to the pastoral role of chaplaincy, whether hospital, industrial, military, or law enforcement, hold regular programs of interest to those preparing for this specialized type of ministerial service.

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