Background
Day, Tyanna Yonkers was born on February 9, 1959 in Hagerstown, Maryland, United States. Daughter of Gerald Edward Yonkers and Lillian Belle Ruth Yonkers Pickens.
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Tyanna Yonkers Day
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Education
Associate of Arts in Liberal Arts, Hagerstown Junior College, Maryland, 1979. Bachelor in Special Education, Hood College, Frederick, Maryland, 1981. Master of Divinity, Southea.
Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 1990. Doctor of Ministry, Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond, Virginia, 1999. Postgraduate, Catholic University America, Washington.
Career
Special education teacher Berkeley County Board of Education, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1981—1982, Washington County Board of Education, Hagerstown, Maryland, 1982—1987. After-school coordinator Wake Forest Baptist Church, 1987—1990. Educational assessment specialist Duplin County Board of Education, Kenansville, 1990—1995.
Pastor Garner's Chapel Baptist Church, Mount Olive, 1992—1997. Associate professor religion Mount Olive College, since 1995. Pastor Holly Grove Presbyterian Church, Clinton, since 2001.
Council member North Carolina Baptist State Convention Council on Christian Life and Public Affairs, 1998—2001. Member committee Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, 1998—2004, chairperson 2000 general assembly program committee, North Carolina, 1999—2000, moderator-elect, moderator, past moderator, 2000—2003.
Achievements
Membership
Board member, leader Business and Professional Women's Organization Southern Wayne District, North Carolina Baptist Women in Ministry, 1996—1998. Board member, secretary North Carolina chapter Alliance of Baptists, 1991—1995. Member of Religious Education Association, North America.
Baptist Professors of Religion, American Academy Religion, Baptist Women in Ministry (convenor, co-convenor 1996-1998, Anne Thomas Neil award 1999).
Interests
Connections
Married Gregory Allen Day, July 14, 1979. 1 child Joshua Caleb.
Education
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1979
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1981
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1990
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1999
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Career
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1981 - 1982
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1982 - 1987
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1987 - 1990
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1990 - 1995
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1992 - 1997
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1995
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2001
Awards
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Named North Carolina State Young Careerist, Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1994. Recipient award, Southern Baptist Religious Education Association, 1990, Thomas R. Morris award for excellence in teaching, Mount Olive College, 2001. Risden P. Reece scholar, Southea. Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989.Named North Carolina State Young Careerist, Business and Professional Women's Clubs, 1994. Recipient award, Southern Baptist Religious Education Association, 1990, Thomas R. Morris award for excellence in teaching, Mount Olive College, 2001. Risden P. Reece scholar, Southea.
Baptist Theological Seminary, 1989.