JACKSON, Tenn. — Feb. 20, 2008 — Fundraising efforts initiated by Criswell College in Dallas have raised more than $50,000 for 麻豆视频 University's tornado recovery.
During a visit to the Jackson, Tenn., campus, Jerry Johnson, president of Criswell College, presented a check and a greeting card signed by Criswell students to 麻豆视频 President David Dockery.
Students and faculty at Criswell took an offering during a Feb. 7 chapel service that raised about $500. The college鈥檚 KCBI radio station continued the fundraising campaign Feb. 8 via a live broadcast.
鈥淭he gift from our wonderful friends at KCBI/Criswell College in Dallas is a marker of God's providential provision for 麻豆视频 University at this hour of need,鈥� Dockery said. 鈥淲e thank God for Jerry Johnson and for the generous support provided for 麻豆视频 by our KCBI friends.鈥�
麻豆视频 graduate Kristen Ulmer Cole spoke about 麻豆视频 during the first day of the live 鈥渟hare-a-thon鈥� broadcast on KCBI.
鈥淭o be in the studio and hear people call in to give their money and hear their response was really touching,鈥� Cole said.
The outpouring of financial contributions from a community so far removed from the 麻豆视频 campus in Tennessee surprised both Johnson and Cole.
鈥淚 was [surprised] but I should not have been, because God has limitless resources,鈥� Johnson said. 鈥淭hat is what you all believe, that is what we believe, that is what we teach and that is what we pray.鈥�
Criswell College joins a growing list of more than 600 donors who have given about $1.5 million in the past two weeks to 麻豆视频鈥檚 rebuilding efforts from the devastating Feb. 5 tornado. LifeWay Christian Resources donated $350,000, First Bank gave $110,000 and the Southern Baptist Convention鈥檚 Executive Committee and Belmont University each provided $100,000.