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Advancement Feature: Breaking Fallow Ground
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement I grew up in southeastern Virginia where my grandfather was a peanut farmer. Unless you are from there you probably wouldn’t know that the area is one of several laying claim to being the peanut capital of the world. Planters Peanuts called the area...
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Advancement Feature: A Missionary Cleverly Disguised
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement My father was an engineer. Well, that is not precisely accurate. His college education and...
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Advancement Feature: $24.5 Million Uncommon Community Campaign Exceeded!
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement In February 2018 the Johnson University community embarked on a challenging journey. We...
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Advancement Feature: Not Ashamed
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement My life and ministry were completely changed when I came to understand grace as expressed...
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A Generosity Autobiography
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement My earliest memories are a mishmash of people, places, and stories I have rehearsed in my...
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Don’t Miss out on Joy
By Philip Eubanks, Assistant Vice President for Stewardship and Planned Giving When asked why they give to Johnson, many friends and alumni...
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Purveyors of Joy
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement When I tell people I am vice president for advancement at Johnson University, the response...
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Alumni in Ministry
By Richard Clark, Vice President for Advancement Preparing and sending the next generation of ministers is a mission Johnson has taken...
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