Dr. Alan Dan Orme

This is a re-post from Sept. 4th, 2015, but I re-share it, because I feel it sets forth, perhaps not eloquently but truthfully, a few of the images I remember when doctor Orme preached. Rest In Peace, Dan. I love you & miss you & Thank You for bringing the Word of God to Life for so many of us through so many years. Sept. 4, 2015: I've been thinking a lot about the void left in the world for over a week, now. I was lucky. I was a student at UGA at the time. I found in Dr. Orme a spiritual...

I've posted numerous times about the how the "legacy" that Dr. Orme's teaching, preaching and good-natured, gracious living has impacted my heart & spirit. In a world these days of shrill and divisive voices, I find myself "going back" to what we use to call bed-rock of faith & wisdom. I'll take it! Thank You, good doctor for living such virtues out among us all at University Church those many years we had you with us!

I still a great deal about my "luck" & good fortune in meeting Dr. Alan Dan Orme; In spending some 30 years of nurture and education with one of the finest pastors to ever preach and "hold forth the Word of Life." Dan's departure left a void in the world for so many of us; From my development and nurture from young believer to knowing a bit about who I was and how Jesus's life in me worked, Dan's preaching was there through-out the journey; 1974? I was lucky. I was a student at UGA at the...

Dr Orme Was my greek professor at Carver Bible College between the years of 1968 and 1969. He was one of the finest Christian man that I have met. May God continue blessing his family. Respectfully submitted. Rev. Dr. Stanley Webb. Email: [email protected]

Dan, we miss you & we love you, sir, Thank you for bringing God's word to me...and to so many of us thru those many years at University Church with clarity, wisdom, joy and with the "full confidence" that St. Paul spoke of in Romans 1:16

I knew the Rev. Dr. Orme for over 30 years. He knew the Scripture well and his ability to draw from the deep well of it's truth and apply it to every day life was and still is of great help to me on life's journey.
He was one who possessed a love for life & a great sense of humor, as well. His endearing directness & honesty, when it came to counseling believers, made "Dan" a mentor to many.

Dr. Orme was one of the most interesting people I have ever met. You could tell that he loved people. His caring manner, wit and wisdom drew me to his little home church community and I still think of him every time I attend services there.

I'd like to share five things that characterized Dan's life that meant a lot to those around him:

When Dan moved to Georgia in 1962 he served as Dean of Carver Bible College in Atlanta, a historically black school of training for men entering Christian ministry. Dan refused to attend any church that was not racially integrated, which for the time was an especially isolating stand for him to take.

Throughout his time as minister of University Church Dan never had much more than...

I've been thinking a lot about the void left in the world for over a week, now. I was lucky. I was a student at UGA at the time. I found in Dr. Orme a spiritual father, a mentor. A scholar who held many degrees and was of a reformed Presbyterian nuance. He pastored a small house church in Athens. I was hooked from day one. The church was informal, passionate about the Good News of Christ & intellectually responsible. 25 years of nurture. As I said, I was lucky. So many have to make it up, try...