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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF RELlGIO

July 1990

Dear Reader

The f ollowing r ef lective paper was prepared f or t he Admi nistration of Campbell Univers i ty in place of the usual annua l evaluation I invite you to travel down memorys lane with me

S i ncerely

Dona l d Keyser Howar d Professor of Religion

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Buies C reek North Carolina 27506

AND PHlLOSOPHY (919) 893-41 11

Donald B Keyser DD 1957-59

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Dr Keyser is the son of Mr and

Mrs Bernard Keyser of Ottoman

Virginia He earned an A A degree

from Cornpbell College in 1943 and

a BA degree from Woke Forest Uni-

versity in 1945 - graduating cum laude

He was awarded o B D degree from

Sou thern Baptist Seminary in 1948 and

o Th D in 1955

He was married to the former

Betty Bell of Statesville in 1945 Our

hearts shared his sadness in her death in March of this year (1972) Three children

ore a part of this family group

Dr Keyser was a student pastor in Indiana while at the Seminary His

major studies have been Bible and church history He was pastor of Hollsboro

Baptist Church 1951-1957 and at Long Creek Memorial Baptist Church 1957-1959

He also served as- Moderator of Columbus Baptist Association for two years in early

1950s

Since 1959 Dr Keyser has been an Associate Professor in the Department

of Religion at c~mpbell College (his alma mater) He was elected for membership

in ADK (Leadership fraternity)

He hos continued active in the preaching ministry - serving through

1967-68 as founding pastor of Memorial Baptist Church recently established in the

Campbell College community

Dr Donald Keyser served as interim iastor i n 1962 and led our orsh ip

on other occasions He is a native of Ottoman Virginia and a graduate of

Lively fljgh School He holds degrees from Campbell LJnjversity Wake forest

University and Southern 13aptjst Theological Seminary Whj le at Southern

he served as student nastor of West ~ork Baptist Church of Madison Indiana

Before assumi ng his present posit ion as Howard Pofesso r of Religion at Camp be 11

he served pastorates in Halsboro North Carolina and llallas North Carol ina

Since coning to Campbell he has fil l ed the pulpits of numerous churches in

North Carolina He is a member of Memorial Baptist Church in Bu ies Creek

Ur Keyser is the father of two sons a ltlaughter a stepdaughter and the

grandfather of eight His first wife the former Betty Sue Bell dieltl in 1972

He is presently marr i ed to the former Allie Jane Faison They reside on Po1vell

venue in 13uies Creek

(copied from The light on the Hil 1 - - A Bicentennial Iii story of Nei lls Cree k

Bapt -1st Church ages 30-31)

THE LIGHT ON THE HILL -- A BICENTEN IAL HISTORY OF NEILLS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev Leonadais L Johnson 1928 - 1931

Rev George Scott Turner 1943 - 1956

Rev Ford A Burns 1939 1942

Dr Donald Keyser ~ Interim - 1962

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Dr Keyser To Serve As middotPastor Over 100 Join

Dr Donald Keyser assoclmiddot ate professor of religion al Campbel) College has accept ed appointment III interim pastor for the newly founded Memorial Baptist Church or Buies Creek

The apl)Olntment was con-firmed b) the church Wed-nesday evenin_g on recommiddot mendation of Kenneth Barmiddot bour chairman of the interim pulpit committee or Ure new group

Dr Keyser will speak Sun-day morning on bull Progreaslon In Spiritual Ltfc The sermon will continur a sequence de-signed 10 redefine and clarify for a new rongregation the nature and function of a Chris-tian church

The speaker who joined the Campbell staff in 1959 has had earlier service as pastor of rhurches in Hallmiddot horo md Dalla In North Carolina An alumnus or Campbell he ls a Rraduate alMgt of Wake Forfft College nnd of Southern Baptist The-ological Seminary

Dr Ke)ser wu principal speaker last Sunday when Memorial Baptist Church ob-terved formal sermiddot1ces of conbull nltution and opened its door for the hrst time to new memmiddot bers

In a formal charge of the new Bui~ Creek tOngrega-llon Dr Keyser said then that todays apocalyptic ron-quests urc famine and Jk5middot

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Dr Donald Keyser tilenrc confront church memmiddot bers ilh the same obligations that faced the earl) Christians and the liCe or death of a church depends still he said on whether iU people will go out at whatcmiddoter necessary riut to heal some of the vlb and suffering in the world outside their walls

At Dr Keysermiddot invitation Tlmotll) Johnson 1 lmiddot)ear-old son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Johnson of Bu1es Greek be-came the church11 fint catldi-date for membership through Baptism and ll 1 others rombull Ing to the front of the audlmiddot lorlum in family group re-quested l1dllissio11 as charter membe1s through transfer (If nlmbershlp Crom other churches

Robert L King as modera-

tor presided at the service King indicated that the ros-ter for charter members wiJI be held open through Septemmiddot ber to accommodate prosptC tl-e m~mbers who are away from Buies Creek through the summer months

The N C Baptist State Convention and Little River Association were officially represented al the constitu-tional ceremony Sunday llfld at the fellowship dinner that followed The Rev Richald J Brown Jr of Raleigh was spokesman for the convention und the Rev Julius Holloway as missionary and Rev Tom Freeman as moderator spoke for the association

Re Roald H Sorensen was co-ordinator for the events of Constitution Sunday at Me-morial Baptist which iamp meeting temporarily at Buies Creek Public School Soren sen earlier had Jed a six membull her committee In draftinR a constitution which the pros-~ctive members bad approYmiddot ed at the service of Sunday June 30

Memorial Baptist Church has been In proceq of organimiddot zalion for more than three months and has bad a full program In operation since errly in May First forwal serv1ees were conducted in the Pine Crest Gommuntty Building near Hules Creek with Dr Paul CihoRd Dr

(Soo I_ r S Herbert C4ekburn as first prt5idang ministers First youh programs were conductbull ~~ in homes of various mem-~lll

Coordin1t1ng the develop rn~nt has Ix-en a steering combull rn1ttee composed of D Cockburn Robert L King o~ Bruce B Blackmon Lewis JnhnWn Mrs B P Marshbull banks Jr Kenneth Barbour Rev Roald Soreruien O Pe Q 1anpton a~d o Lc11he H Campbell the chaJr nan

Others In positions of mlti al lcaoership have m-en Mrs J~ K llaxwell naming com m1ttee Perry Q Langlton educ~tion committee Mrs Maurine Sorensen director c-r ch_urch-member delopment Miss Mabel Powell womens mlsii1onary activity Mrs Iewis Johnson youth pro ram and John Johnson sup-erintendent of the Sunday ScbOltll Mrs A E Lynch ~airman of the musk coun cil and Mary Jo Howard di rector of the choir

A committee led by Dr ~ruc-c B Blackmon la plant mg for a church bulldlng to be erected on one of five

~~alla~le sit~ Lewu Johnson ts ct1111rman of the site com-m1ltce

Dr llJIII middot~h~~w bace chartbull of tbe monu wonbip lffYlce at tbe We aptut CblllClb Sunday J 20 nle empbaa will be OD ChrlltUan hltler education ltWhidl is empnaaimaa by Baptist daurebes of Nortl~arolllna etldl Fathers

Spe te Dr lB feuor of at Campbell Collep nr Keyaer la a native of VlrllDia but received bis ed-ucation at CUDpbell Collbull and Weke Foreet College end at the Southern Baptw Tblololiml 8eminary Loui8ville Kentudly eefore 8 o I n I t o Campbell to teach be aerveda paator of BlptJ8t cburchea 1n lndlana ud 1n North Carolina at HaJ+oro ad Della

Herman 8bearin pNllldeot of the Mena Brotherhood wf1l lead the aervtce

Professor Interim Pastor

Buies Creek Gets New Baptist Church BUIES C R E E K - D r

Donald Keyser associate pro-fessor of religion at Campbell College has accepted ap-pointment as interim pastor for the ~ ~ founded Memorial Baptist hurch of Buies Creek

The appointment was con-firmed by the church Wednes-day evening o n recom-mendation of K e n n c t b

DR DONALD KEYSER

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Barbour chairman of the in-terim pulpit committee of the new group

Dr Keyser will speak Sun-da_ morning on Progression in Spiirtual Life The sermon will continue a sequence designed to redefine and clarify for a new congregation on the nature and function of a Christian church

The speaker who joined the Campbell staff in 1959 bas had earlier service as pastor of churches in Hallsboro and Dallas in North Carolina An alumnus of Campbell he is a graduate also of Wake Forest College and of ouhern Bapbull list Theological Seminary

Dr Keyser was principal speaker last Sunday when Memorial Baptist C h u r c h observed formal services of constitution and opened its doors for the first lime to new members

In a charge to the new Buies Creek congregation Dr Keyser said then that todays apocalyptic conquests wars amine and pestilence con-front church members with the same obligations that fac-ed the early Christians and the life or death of a church

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depends still he said on whether its people will go out at whatever necessary risk to heal some of the evils and suffering in the w o r I d outside lheir walls

At Dr Keysers invitation Timothy Johnson elevcn-year-old son of JI r and Mrs Lewis Johnson ot Buies Creek became the churchs first candidate for membership through Baptism and 111 others coming to the front of the auditorium in family groups requested admission as charter members through transfer of membership from other churches

Robert L King a s moderator presided at the service King indicated that the roster for c h a r t e r members will be held open through September to ac-commodate prospective mem-bers who are awav from Buies Creek through the sum-mer months

The North Carolina Baptist State Convention and Little River Association were of-ficially represented at the constitutional ceremony Sun-day and at the fellowship din-ner that followed T h e Reverend Richard J Brown

Jr of Ra I e i g h was spokesman for the con-vention The Rev Julius Holloway m1ss1onary and Rev Tom Free m an moderator spoke for the association

The congregation i meeting temporarily at uies Creek Public School

Memorial Baptist Church has been in process of organization for more than three months First formal services were conducted in the Pine rest Community Building near Buies Creek with Dr Paul Ciholas and Dr S Herbert Cockburn a s presiding ministers

Coordinating the develop-ment has been a steering committee composed of Dr

ockburn Robert L King Dr Bruce B Blackmon Lewis Johnson Mrs BP Marshbanks Jr Kenneth Barbour Roald Sorensen Dr Perry 0 Langston and Dr Campbell t h e chairman A committee led by Dr Bruce B Blackmon is plan-ning for a church building to be erected on one of five available sites Lewis Johnson is chairman of the site com-mittee

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~~~~ u lnterium pastor Rt the Bccond ~ t lst Church until the church secures -another pastor to replace Rev Oli-ver Murphy who resigned to accept a position with a church In South Carolina

Dr Key11er a Bules Creek pro-fessor Is head or the rellgtou5 de-pamiddottmnt at Campbell College

TIie eh111Ch which has been In a buUdin1 program during the last year ts now In the process of mov-ln Into their new building A I cordial invitation Is extended to all to come and w

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ch Names Dr Donald Keyser 8880clate aaid the roster for charter mem-

prafeaor cl religion at hers will be held open through Campbell CoUege1 bas accepted September to accommodate pro-appointment aa interim pastor spectlve members who are away for the newly founded Memorial from Buies Creek through the ~ Church of Buies Creek summer months

Dr bull wf1l speak Sunday = on Progression in Sp Ufe The sermon wl1l eaalhme a aequence design-ed to redefine andclarify for a new COIIINlbulltioa the nature and Jlmdion of a Cbriatian cburch

lbe speaker who joined the Campbell staff la 1959 bas bad earlier ervice as pastor of dmrcb8I in Hallsboro and Dallas la North Carolina An aJamnua of Campbell be is a sractuate allo of Wake Forest Collele and of Southern Baptist 1beolollcal Seminary

Dr Keyser WU princlpa1 apeaker last Sunday when Memorial Baptist Charcb Gbeerved formal services of con-ltitution and opened its doors for the flnt time to new members

Ia a formal charge to the new Buies Creek congregation Dr Keyser said then that todays apocalyptic conquests wars famine and pestilence confront DR DONALD KEYSER c1mrcb members with the same bull bull lnamperim patter bull bull obligatiom that faced the ~art____=-- --~ anutians and the life or ~ middot a ~b __ n1 Ii 1ltaJr1-h amp acvar W IJIU - - - Ral-L-h Tlns Afd OD whether its people wi I Jt - rnlv Jamp ID out at whatever aecessar Rblt~ Ridvnoni c rw1 risk to heal some or the evit middot---------irIiiT and suffering in the wod ciatBlde their walls

bull At Dr Keysers invitation Timothy Jobmon eleven-year ekl lOD of Mr and Mrs Lewi Jobmon o( Bwea Creek became the churchs first candidate for membership through baptism i and 111 others coming to the

1nat el tlle auditorium In famlly llGIIPI recwted sdmtsston bull ellmer memten tbrougb tnMfer of membership from atber ebmcbes

Robert L Kiili as moderator I presided at the service King ~

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At New Church J Dr Keyser To Serve As Interim Pastor

Dr Doaald Keyser associate pro-fessor or religion at campbe11 Col-lege has accepted appointment as ed Memorial Baptist Church of Buies interim pastor for the newly foundmiddot Creek

The appoinbnent was confirmed by the church Wednesday evening on recommendation of Kenneth Barmiddot hour chainnan of the interim pulpit committee or the new group

Drbull Keyser will speak Sundny morning on Progression In Spirlmiddot tual Life The sermon will t-on tlrtue a sequence designed to rede-fine and clarify for a new congre-pampioa the oature and function of a Chnltlan churcli

The speaker who joined the Camp-bell staff in 1959 has had earlier servke as pastor of clf~es in

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01 Igt r I Hallsboro ind Dallas in North = w Carolina An alwnnus of Campbell lhwJuh Otf ~ he ls a graduate also ofMake Forest rvtt1Uo deg3ltgtntel Collf- and of --middotmiddotmiddot- ~- w1J1IQNt Gu ttbull e~ ~na~ ~ Cl1uron -At Theological Seminary 11~ 011 NoWt Cnio 1ltwnl Df K-vser was principal speaker

JUL 191968 lasl SWldoy when Memorial Bap-tist Church observed formal servmiddot ues of constltution and opened its doors for the first lime to new members

ln u formal charge to the new Buies Creek congregatlon Dr Keymiddot ser said then that todays apocalyp-tic conquests wars famine and pestilence confront church members with the same obligations that faced the early Christians and the life or death of a church depends stlll he said un whether lls people will go oul al whatever necessary risk to heal some of the evils and suf-fering jJba warld outside their Wllfls

Al Dr Keyters invitation Timothy Johnson eleven-year-old son oJ Mr and Mrs Lewis Johnson cl Buies Creek became the churchs first cnndidnle for membership through Baptism and all others comirlg to the front of the auditorium in family groups requested admission os charter membfrs through trans-fer of membership from other churches

Robert L King as moderator pres1d~ at the service King indi-cated thnt the roster for charter members wlll be held open through September to accommodate pros-pective members who are away from Bufes Creek through the sum-mer months

The North Carolina Baptist State C-Onventlon and Little Ri~r Associa-tion were officially represented at the constitutional ceremony Sunday and at the fellowship dinner thal followed The Reverend Richard J Brown Jr of Raleigh was spokes-man for the convention and the Rev Julius Holloway as mission-

ary nnd Rev Tom Freeman as moderator spoke for the associa-tion

Rev Ronald H Sorensen was co-ordinator for the events of Cal-stllutlon Sunday al Memorial Bap-Ust -which is meeting temporanlf at Buies Creek Public School Soren-sen earlier had led a six member committee In draftinamp a consthu-bers had approved at the service t1on whJch the praspective mem-o( Sunday Jtme 30-

Memorlnl Baptb-t Church has had n run program in operation since early in May First formaJ services were conducted in the Pine Crest Community Building near Buies Creek with Dr Paul Clholns and Dr S Herbert Cockburn as first p~lding min1Sters First youth homes of variouI m~ programs were conducted in the

A committee led by Dr Bruce a Blackmon ls planning for a ~hurch building lo be erected on one of five nvullQble s Lewis Johnson

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Hallsboro Baptist Set Homecominl

Dr Donald Keyser wW be the guest speaker for Homecoming at Hallsboro Bapt1lt Cllurcb tbia SUnday There wW be an 11 am worship aemce followed by dinner on the grounds

Dr Keyser is a graduate of Campbell College Wake Forest University and Southern Ba1gttist Seminar)

with majGC studies in Bible and church biltory Be served u putor of clailel in Ballsburo and Da11II far seven years befare Jotnin1 the Campbell faculty in 1189

He hu continued to be active in the mlrdltry and be served in 1917-81 u foundlnc putor of Memorial Bailtilt Onrch recently lltllbltlbed in the Campbell Collete community

The son of Mr and Mn Bernard Keyser of Ottoman he ls married to tbe farmer Betty Sue BeD of Statemlle md they have three cbiknn - Harold PhUlp and Donna Sue

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J Dr Keyser To Preach Here Sunday

Dr Donald Keyser will preach at First Baptist Church 408 College Street at 1100 am Sunday

Dr Keyser is a graduate of Capbell Wake Forest University and Southern

1 Baptist Seminary whose major studies have been Bible and t church history He served as I pastor of churches in Hallsboro and Dallas for seven years before joining the Campbell faculty in 1969

He has continued active in the preaching ministry and he served through 1967-68 as founding pastor of Memorial

1 Baptist Church recently ex-tablished in the Campbell College community

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fllt Yser Retires After 38 Years At The Daily Record Dunn C Thursday June 26 1997 - Pag~

Campbell Dr Donald Keyser Profes-

sor of Religion at Campbell University has retired after 38 yea rs of teaching

Dr Keyser has been a Pro-fessor of Religion at the school s ince 1959 and has ser ved as the Howard Pro-fes sor of Religion since 1972

T he Howard Chair honors the late Charl es B Howard and Alma Dark Howard

Dr Key sers association with ampb ell goes ba ck over SO years to his student days from 1941 to 1943

Held In High Esteem Dean of the Divin i t y

School Dr Micha el Cogdill sa id Dr Donald Keyser ha s bee n a beloved professor in the Department of Religion for 38 years Throughout his t enure he has endeared him-self to faculty and students He is held in hi gh estee m by all who know him and espe-cially by those many stu-de nts who have benefited from his scholarly mind excellen t teaching abili t y and compassionate heart H e is the ep itome of a Christian p rofes sor and will be sorely missed

Virginia Native Dr Keyser is a native of

Senor a Va He and his wife the for mer Allie Jane Har-r ington have three children e ight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren

H e graduated from Lively High School Lively Va and earned his Bachelor of Arts from Wake Forest Coll eg hi s Bachelor of Divin iJ

from Southern Bapti t Theo-logical Seminary in Louisville Ky and his PhD from Southern Baptist Theo-logical Seminary in Lo uisville Ky

Wrote About Baptist Education The subject of his doctoral

dissertation was A History of Baptist Higher Education in the South to 1865

Dr Keyser served pas-torates in Hallsboro (NC) Bap tist Church (1951-1957)

and Long Creek Memorial Baptist Church in Dallas NC (1957-19S9)

He served numerous inter-im and supply pastorates between 1959-1994

Dr Keyser middot service to Campbell University since 1990 has been as an adjunct professor

His specialities have been Biblical Studies Sociology and Church History

Among his many member-ships in professional soci-

eties and organizations are LC Baptist Professors of

eligion and P hilosop hy ssociation of Baptist Pro-

fessors of Religion Southern Baptist Histo rical Soc iety and Virginia Baptist Histori-cal Society

To Be Campbell Consultant Dr Keyser will continue as

a consultant to t he Camphell University Divinity School

He will become the firs t teachertheolog ian in r esi-

dence at Memorial Baptist Chur ch this summer

As he departs from Camp-bell and his Adjunct Profes-sor position Dr Keyser remarked Paraphrasing General Douglas MacArthur maybe old teachers never die t hey just fade away

However never let it be said of this teacher that he stopped tudying or that he stoppe d caring for his fellow pilgrim s in the uest for tru th Dr Donald B Keyser I(

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Donald B Keyser DD 1957-59

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Dr Keyser is the son of Mr and

Mrs Bernard Keyser of Ottoman

Virginia He earned an A A degree

from Cornpbell College in 1943 and

a BA degree from Woke Forest Uni-

versity in 1945 - graduating cum laude

He was awarded o B D degree from

Sou thern Baptist Seminary in 1948 and

o Th D in 1955

He was married to the former

Betty Bell of Statesville in 1945 Our

hearts shared his sadness in her death in March of this year (1972) Three children

ore a part of this family group

Dr Keyser was a student pastor in Indiana while at the Seminary His

major studies have been Bible and church history He was pastor of Hollsboro

Baptist Church 1951-1957 and at Long Creek Memorial Baptist Church 1957-1959

He also served as- Moderator of Columbus Baptist Association for two years in early

1950s

Since 1959 Dr Keyser has been an Associate Professor in the Department

of Religion at c~mpbell College (his alma mater) He was elected for membership

in ADK (Leadership fraternity)

He hos continued active in the preaching ministry - serving through

1967-68 as founding pastor of Memorial Baptist Church recently established in the

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