NEW ORLEANS (BP) - New Orleans Seminary trustees promoted one instructor to senior professor and elected five new faculty Oct. 13.

In additional business, trustees endorsed a new Saturday master of divinity plan.

Dan Parker, a part-time teacher at the North Georgia Campus in Decatur, will serve as senior professor of pastoral ministry at Leavell College, the seminary's on-site undergraduate school.

Last year, Parker retired as director of undergraduate extension centers. However, he has continued to teach at the NOBTS extension center in Decatur.

The Saturday M.Div. will be offered on the main campus and at extension centers in Atlanta, Jacksonville, Fla., and Orlando, Fla. Students at extension sites must complete a minimum of 30 hours of the degree on the main campus.

In other action trustees voted to purchase property adjacent to the seminary's North Georgia Campus in Decatur. The large lot will help with the continuing development of the metro Atlanta extension center.

The 91-hour Saturday master of divinity plan is designed for students in full-time jobs or ministry positions who have scheduling conflicts during the week.

It follows the pattern of the seminary's basic master of divinity, including work in biblical languages. Students are introduced to the Greek and Hebrew grammars and must take one exegesis course in each biblical language.

The degree exposes students to courses in theology, pastoral ministry, Christian education and biblical studies.