CBF Global Missions coordinator Rob Nash, left, and Bluefield College president David Olive sign a memorandum of understanding Nov. 14 about Bluefield’s commitment to provide scholarships for children

Bluefield College to provide scholarships for children of CBF field personnel
By Carla Wynn Davis

ATLANTA – Bluefield College in Bluefield, Va., will offer undergraduate tuition scholarships for children of Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions field personnel.

The school formalized its commitment Nov. 14, when Bluefield College president David Olive and leaders from the Fellowship signed a memorandum of understanding at the Baptist General Association of Virginia meeting in Richmond.

"Bluefield College is a willing and active partner with Baptists and Baptist organizations, and we have historically modeled a passion for missions and missionaries through mission experiences for our students and through the offering of a missionary residence on our campus for those on furlough," said Olive. "This scholarship opportunity for children of missionaries is just an extension of who we are, our commitment to missionaries, and our mission to transform the lives of young people."

To each field personnel dependent who meets the school’s admission standards, Bluefield will offer an eight-semester scholarship for full-time study. Room, board and other costs will be funded through one of the Fellowship’s endowments. The Fellowship is working to increase the existing $870,000 endowment to $2.5 million in order to provide for these expenses.

"With the decision to grant this scholarship to the children of missionaries, Bluefield College has demonstrated its concern for missionary families around the world and provided peace-of-mind to parents who have made huge sacrifices to mission and ministry on behalf of the kingdom of God," said CBF Global Missions coordinator Rob Nash.

"Bluefield College is a fine Baptist institution," said CBF executive coordinator Daniel Vestal. "It is a privilege for CBF to partner with them, and we are deeply grateful for these scholarships for the children of field personnel."

Bluefield’s commitment brings the total to nine Baptist schools that will offer scholarships to field personnel dependents. The other schools are Mercer University in Macon, Ga., and seven North Carolina schools: Campbell University in Buies Creek, Chowan University in Murfreesboro, Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, Mars Hill College in Mars Hill, Meredith College in Raleigh, Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem and Wingate University in Wingate.

CBF is a fellowship of Baptist Christians and churches who share a passion for the Great Commission and a commitment to Baptist principles of faith and practice. The Fellowship’s mission is to serve Christians and churches as they discover and fulfill their God-given mission.

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