Torch, Spring 1995

CAMPUS NEWS College Announces Ministry Center Campaign C edarville College has announced a fund raising campaign to finance a 120,000 square foot Ministry Center which will house a new chapel and two other vital areas of college life under one roof. The chapel will bring the college family together in a 3,400 seat auditorium which can be expanded to seat 4,000. New facilities in the building will enable the Christian Ministries Department to better serve students who are volunteering in record numbers for regular weekly ministries and global outreach. And the Department of Music will have a teaching and performing facility commensurate to the quality of its premiere faculty and students. Rohm Named VP for Christian Ministries R obert Rohm, director of planned giving at Cedarville College, has been named Vice President for Christian Ministries at the College. He replaces retiring director Dr. Harold Green who will continue to serve the College in the area of church relations. A graduate of Cedarville College with a degree in business administration, Rohm pursued a business career in Dallas, Texas for several years. He earned a Master of Religious Education degree at Grand Rapids Baptist Seminary and then served with Bethel Baptist Church in Fruitport, Michigan for 12 years. His responsibilities in associate pastoral ministries included working with college-age young people. Rohm returned to Cedarville to join the Development Division in 1986. His involvement with ministry included leading a Missionary Internship Service (MIS) team to Australia and teaching in the Pastors Bible Institute in Togo, West Africa. He also led Bible studies for Cedarville College graduates teaching in China while he was in Beijing to renegotiate contracts for the teachers. A member of Grace Baptist Church in Cedarville, Rohm chaired both the Board of Deacons and the search committee for the present pastor. He has taught various Sunday School classes and currently provides pulpit supply for other churches.