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Angola inmates earn seminary degrees
By ksla.com- Rachael Thomas
Published: 12/21/2018

ANGOLA, LA (WAFB) - On Thursday, Dec. 20, the Leavell College of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary Angola (NOBTS) - Joan Horner Extension Center held commencement ceremonies for 2016 through 2018 at Louisiana State Penitentiary.

Sixty-four inmates earned their BAs in Christian Ministry, while another 23 graduate certificates in Mentoring were also awarded. Those who earned these graduate certificates will go on to earn their master’s in Pastoral Ministry. The master’s program at Angola began in 2017 and is the first program of its kind offered through NOBTS in a prison setting, says the Department of Corrections (DOC).

The graduates will be used in ministry throughout the Chaplains Department. Some will become missionaries and sent to other prisons in Louisiana to assist those chaplains departments.

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