ALUMNI/AE NEWS

Marilyn Broome ('03) married Brian Bennett on June 23, 2006.

Richard Chung's ('95) baby, Eden Taran Chung, was born on March 11, 2006.

H. James Hopkins ('83) was elected President of the Alliance of Baptists.

Laura Keller ('02) was the conference pastor of the Eighth Annual Spring Conference of the Pacific Coast Baptist Association on May 6, 2006.

Ramshang Lolly ('05) gave birth to a boy, Wungsem Zingkhai, on June 1, 2006. She is married to a current ABSW student, Jonathan Zingkhai.

Rick Mixon ('73) became the pastor of First Baptist Church, Palo Alto, Calif., on July 9, 2006.

Caleb Elroy Shikles ('39) represented ABSW at the inauguration of Dr. Stuart Dorsey, president of University of Redlands, March 18, 2006.

Lauren Ng-Kushner ('05) and husband, David Kushner, welcomed baby girl, Sage Shih Kushner, into this world on May 23, 2006. Lauren is the associate minister at First Chinese Baptist Church in San Francisco and will be ordained on October 1, 2006.

Carlton Rhoden ('05) had a baby boy, Carlton Rhoden II, on February 20, 2006.

Thuiyarintam Rumthao ('06) and wife, Yokmila, had a baby girl, Rimi Rumthao, on April 26, 2006.

Nancy Smith ('03) was called as pastor of First Baptist Church in Oakland on May 27.

Robert Sturdivant ('96) and wife Jennifer welcomed Nicholas Robert Sturdivant born April 1, 2006.

Yen Tsung ('05) is associate pastor of First United Methodist Church of Alhambra in Los Angeles.

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