2014 Miracle Yearbook

DR. WHITE INAUGURATION “This is the Lord. And this is where He has us, and this is where He wants us. There may be some hard days, and there may be some fun days, but ultimately, it’s all about being where God wants us." According to White, it is the people who make Cedarville special: “The Cedarville story is wrapped up in the stories of the people who come through this place: What they did while they were here, what they did when they had gone, where God will take them and use them in the future.” When his time at Cedarville has ended, when we have all breached the bubble and ventured into the world beyond the fields and the lake, Dr. White hopes that he isn’t the focus of what we remember. If there should be a legacy at all, he doesn’t want it to belong to him. “I don’t want people to look back and think, ‘What a great president.’ 1want them to look back and say, ‘What an incredible movement of God. What a special time to be at Cedarville.’” October 4th saw the inauguration of the tenth president of Cedarville University, Dr. Thomas White. Dr. White grew up the son of a preacher, devoted first to sports and secondarily to the Lord. But in His grace and goodness, God used the fleeting joy martial arts championships brought White to hint at the everlasting hope that awaited him in Christ. After he was saved in 1993, White pursued the call into ministry, attending Anderson University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he met his wife, Joy. Eventually, the Lord led White to teach and lead at Southwestern Seminary in Texas, where he served until coming to Cedarville. 1. Dr. White is presented with the Presidential Medallion. 2. Dr. James Hilton prays over the White family. 3. Dr. White signs the doctrinal statement, the first president and professor to do so publicly. 4. Dr. Brown, chancellor, opens the ceremony with a reading from 1 Corinthians.