The 2018 Wayne E. Oates Award will be presented to Dr. Glenn Hinson for his outstanding scholarship, teaching, mentoring and leadership in promoting spirituality and drawing on the Christian Classics. The banquet is Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018 at 6 p.m. at Crescent Hill Baptist Church in Louisville. (Learn More & Purchase Tickets)
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Dr. E. Glenn Hinson is the 2018 Wayne E. Oates Award Recipient. The Oates Awards Banquet will be held Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 6 p.m. (gathering and heavy hors d’oeuvres) with the program following shortly after a 7 p.m.,…
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