Basden Family Ministry Guidance Endowed Scholarship
Basden Family Ministry Guidance Endowed Scholarship
The Basden Family Ministry Guidance Endowed Scholarship was established in 2021 by Jeter and Claudette Basden of Waco, Texas. This endowed scholarship fund provides assistance to deserving ministry students attending Baylor University, Waco, Texas. Scholarship recipients are selected on the basis of merit and need. The Basdens have spent decades in ministry and most of that has been preparing young men and women for leadership in vocational ministry. They started this scholarship fund so that they could continue to support deserving Baylor students in their pursuit of a life and career in ministry.
Jeter Basden is Professor Emeritus of Religion and retired Director of Ministry Guidance at Baylor University, serving at Baylor from 1989 to 2017. He held the endowed Raymond O. Hubler Chair of Ministry Guidance. He taught in the Practical Studies area (undergraduate preparation for vocational Christian ministry), and he gave overall direction to the University’s program of Ministry Guidance, centered in the Department of Religion.
Claudette Wells Basden, from Sylvania, Georgia, is retired from her teaching career, having taught music at St. Paul’s Episcopal School, Waco. She was also a private piano teacher with studios in Dallas, Grand Prairie, and Fort Worth. Claudette also served several Texas school districts as a substitute elementary school teacher. Both Jeter and Claudette Basden are actively involved as members of First Baptist Church, Waco.