Jan. 31, 2017
For Immediate Release

By Kyrsten Hill, student news writer, Office of University Communications

CAMPBELLSVILLE Ky. - Dr. Joel F. Carwile, a member of Campbellsville University's Board of Trustees who pastors First Baptist Church in Athens, Ala., will be speaking at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8 at chapel in Ransdell Chapel, 401 N. Hoskins Ave., Campbellsville, Ky.

The chapel service is open to the public.

Carwile has served on the board at Campbellsville University since 2012. His church in Alabama is 196 years old.

Carwile has the following degrees: a bachelor of science in religion, a master of theology, a doctor in ministry and a doctor in divinity. He graduated from Liberty University, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and George Fox Evangelical Seminary.

He received his Master of Theology from Campbellsville University in 2009.

Carwile graduated from West Limestone High School in 1982. He is the son of Bobby and Gayle Carwile of Athens, Ala. He is married to Jo Ellen Mahan Carwile and is the father of Zeke and Dani.

Carwile is a member of the Kentucky Baptist Mission Board.

Chapel is designed to provide opportunities for corporate worship and exposure through a variety of informative speakers and presentations.

All chapels are open to the public free of charge and are televised live on WLCU (Comcast Cable channel 10 and digital channel 23.0) and are streamed live on the internet at wlcutv.com.

For information about chapel, call the Office of Campus Ministries at (270) 789-5227.

Campbellsville University is a widely acclaimed Kentucky-based Christian university with more than 4,500 students offering over 80 programs of study including 19 master's degrees, six postgraduate areas and seven pre-professional programs. The university has off-campus centers in Louisville, Harrodsburg, Somerset and Hodgenville with instructional sites in Elizabethtown, Owensboro and Summersville and a full complement of online programs. The website for complete information is campbellsville.edu.