The Caskey Center provides resources, including a designated number of scholarships, for ministers who serve smaller Southern Baptist churches in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Indiana. |
What Caskey Scholarships Offer |
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Eligibility Requirements |
Louisiana - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a LBC church with 250 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify.
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Mississippi - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a MBCB church with 150 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify. |
Alabama - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a ALSBOM church with 150 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify. |
Indiana - Serve as paid staff (bivocational or full-time/part-time minister) in a SCBI church with 150 or fewer in worship. - Affirm the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 (www.sbc.net/bfm2000/bfm2000.asp) and the Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (Danvers Statement). - Engage in personal evangelism and submit reports on evangelistic activity. - Be interviewed by a Caskey Center director. -For Graduate level applicants: this must be your first theological masters degree in order to qualify. |
Application |
Click Here for the online LA application form. Click Here for the online MS application form. Click Here for the online AL application form. Click Here for the online IN application form. Aplicación a Beca del Centro Caskey para la Excelencia en la Iglesia
Application deadline for the Fall semester is June 15th. Application deadline for the Spring semester is November 15th.
InterviewsAll applicants must be interviewed by a Caskey director in order to proceed in the application process. Caskey Center staff will contact applicants the month prior to the application deadline in order to schedule the interview. Interviews will be scheduled for the month before and the month of the application deadline. |
New Students |
Before you can be interviewed for the Caskey application process, admission to New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary or Leavell College must be finalized. Please forward your acceptance letter to caskeycenter@youronlinefilings.com when received. |
For additional information about the Caskey Center for Church Excellence, contact caskeycenter@youronlinefilings.com or 504.282.4455, Ext. 8227. |