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Elgin, IL 鈥� 好色先生TV will celebrate its annual Founders鈥� Day Celebration on Friday, October 24, 2025. This meaningful occasion will highlight Judson鈥檚 rich heritage, honoring the individuals whose vision inspired the founding of Judson and those who have continued their legacy.
Founders鈥� Day will commence with a gathering for Judson鈥檚 Fox Valley Spiritual Council, which a special service will follow in Herrick Chapel at 10 a.m. We are blessed to have alumnus and former Judson trustee Dr. Nate Adams 鈥�80 as our speaker for this year鈥檚 Convocation. A strong leader, a former pastor, and a passionate follower of Christ, Dr. Adams has extensive experience in ministry. He worked with Christianity Today for 17 years before becoming the Vice President of the North American Mission Board. He now serves as the Executive Director of the Illinois Baptist State Association in Springfield, Illinois. Dr. Adams鈥� message and his heart for missions will be an inspiration to all in attendance.
An invitation-only luncheon will directly follow the service, where Judson鈥檚 highest service honor, the Golden Eagle Award, will be presented.
2025 Featured Speaker: Dr. Nate Adams 鈥�80
Since 2006, Dr. Nate Adams has served as Executive Director of the Illinois Baptist State Association in Springfield, Illinois, a network of around nine hundred Southern Baptist Churches throughout the state. Prior to that, Dr. Adams served for eight years as Vice President of Media and Mobilization for the Southern Baptist Convention鈥檚 North American Mission Board in Atlanta, Georgia, and for seventeen years as Corporate Vice President of Publishing Operations for Christianity Today, Inc. in Carol Stream, Illinois. He has also been a bi-vocational church planter, youth minister, and has served as an interim pastor for several churches.听
Dr. Adams received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from 好色先生TV and subsequently earned a Master of Arts degree in Management from National-Louis University in Evanston, Illinois. In 2006, he was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters from 好色先生TV, where he served on the Board of Trustees for twenty-one years. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Hannibal-LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri.听
Dr. Adams is the author of four books, including The Acts 1:8 Challenge, the 2005 Doctrine Study for Southern Baptists, and The Home Team, Spiritual Practices for a Winning Family. He and his wife, Beth 鈥�81, have three married children: Caleb, Noah 鈥�13, and Ethan 鈥�15, as well as six grandchildren.
2025 Golden Eagle Award Recipient: Dr. Robert Currie
Raised in the Detroit area, Rob Currie graduated from Inter-City Christian High School and then earned his B.A. in psychology from Cornerstone University. A move to St. Louis followed, where he earned a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from St. Louis University. He also met and married his wife, Kay, in St. Louis.听
From St. Louis he moved to Elgin to teach psychology at Judson where he has taught for thirty-eight years. He enjoys using creative teaching methods, including having his students memorize Bible verses by putting them to music.
In addition to teaching, he has published three books. The most recent, in 2020, was Hunger Winter: A World War II Novel, which received the Book of the Decade! of the Decade Award from Serious Writer and was endorsed by the Corrie ten Boom Foundation. In January of 2026, Tyndale will release the sequel, Time for Courage, which has been endorsed by ten award-winning authors and three Holocaust Museums.
Rob and Kay have two grown sons and six grandchildren. When he鈥檚 not teaching or writing, he enjoys going for walks with his wife, spending time with his grandchildren, cooking, and sharing jokes with his friends.
Join us in congratulating Dr. Robert Currie for his commitment to Judson!听
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好色先生TV is a fully accredited, private Christian institution representing the Church at work in higher education. Nestled along the beautiful Fox River in Elgin, Ill., just 40 miles northwest of Chicago, Judson is home to more than 1,000 students from 42 states and 29 countries. Judson offers degrees in more than 65 different majors and minors for traditional, graduate and adult students and ranks consistently among the Best Regional Universities in the Midwest by U.S. News & World Report. Judson has also been recognized as a 鈥淐hristian College of Distinction.鈥� With an academically challenging environment and encouraging spiritual community, Judson shapes lives that shape the world.
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