Scoffield Eversley will retire as president of Caribbean Nazarene College this month. He became the college’s 10th president in 1998.
The college experienced a major transition during Eversley’s 16 years as the school’s leader.
“When I was elected and accepted as the college’s president, I knew where it was at,” Eversley said to Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday. ”It was pretty much exclusive, catering mainly to persons studying theology courses. This was beginning to prove counter-productive and we knew we had to become more inclusive.”
Under his leadership, CNC grew from approximately 50 students to more than 600. The college also added several undergraduate and graduate programs, in addition to a Decentralized Continuing Studies Programme for students who cannot attend classes on campus.
Eversley and his wife, Margaret, will retire to their native Barbados, where they plan to continue ministry work.
“We are ministers in our own right,” Scoffield told the newspaper. ”Unless God dictates that we do something specific, I think we would be working as consultants in churches, preaching in crusades and at retreats, that sort of thing.”
Previously, Eversley served as superintendent of the Barbados District from 1988 to 1998. He was a pastor on the district for 33 years and led numerous churches, including Western Light Church of the Nazarene, which he founded in 1992. Eversley’s other district leadership positions included Sunday School director and youth/camp director.
From 1999 to 2011, he served as English Caribbean Field strategy coordinator. Eversley also held several positions in the global Church of the Nazarene, serving as a General Board member and as the Caribbean representative to the denomination’s International Board of Education.
From: http://www.ncnnews.com/nphweb/html/ncn/article.jsp?sid=10005006&id=10013543
