Education:
	Paradis Elementary School - grades 1 through 4 Hahnville High School - Graduated 1961 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond LA - Graduated 1961, BA Degree Major: Sociology; Minor: Psychology New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary - Graduated 1968, MRE Degree Internship in Campus Ministry, Tulane University BSU Additional study, January 1997
Family
		Wife:
		Married to Shirley (Crain) Sims, May 30, 1964
		Children:
		Ralph Warren Sims Rebecca Lynn Sims Donna Colleen Sims Anne Victoria Sims (Deceased March 25, 1975) Six grandchildren
Employment
	Louisiana Department of Child Welfare, Social Worker, 1965-1966 Texas Pacific/Missouri Pacific Truck Lines, Driver 1966-1968 New Orleans Seminary, Director of Field Missions, 1967-1968 Arkansas Baptist State Convention, 1969 to present BSU Director, University of Arkansas at Monticello, 1969-1977 Member of Collegiate Ministry Team, ABSC, Little Rock, 1977 - Present Student Missions Program, 1977- 1993 BCM Building Maintenance, 1991- present Supervisor of Small Campus BCM, 1993 - present Supervisor for Mission Service Corps Campus Ministers, 1998 - present BCM Endowment Funds, 1993 - present
Hobbies and Interests
	Wood working, photography, fishing, boating, reading fiction and history, travel.