Bricklayers
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Moses Lopez, left, watches as Rafael Ariza cuts the shape of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary rotunda into a layer of bricks in front of the Ralph M. Smith Leadership Development Complex. The bricklayers from Morgan and Associates braved chilly temperatures to complete three separate spaces on the sidewalk leading to the […]
Amid 40,000 NASCAR enthusiasts, they offer a quiet, clear witness
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–It’s spring, and a town of approximately 40,000 inhabitants has sprung up in the flatlands north of Fort Worth, Texas. It’s a town with its share of rowdies, roughnecks and rogues, but mostly a town whose citizenry is bound by a common love — NASCAR auto racing. The town arises anywhere a […]
Photojournalists at yearly gathering buoyed spiritually, professionally
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–People who spend their lives manipulating and capturing light spent a weekend at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary being shaped by the light of Jesus Christ at the annual Southwestern Photojournalism Conference March 24-26. About 180 photojournalists from across the nation and from as far away as Sweden and Germany participated in the […]
Their distinguished careers were played to different tunes
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–One man held a state convention position that often meant filling multiple positions simultaneously. Another served churches bivocationally throughout his ministry career. A third served one church for 33 years. What W.A. Bradshaw, James McCaleb and Bill James share is a gratitude for the training at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary that helped […]
Goodbyes said to 7 victims of Wedgwood Baptist shootings
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Four victims of Wedgwood Baptist Church shooting were buried Saturday, Sept. 18, as friends and family said their final goodbyes. Friends and family remembered Shawn Brown, 23, as a man who loved Jesus. Brown, a graduate of Howard Payne University, was a sixth-grade Sunday school teacher at Wedgwood and a student in […]
Southwestern prof receives brigadier general promotion
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Professor James T. Spivey Jr. was promoted to brigadier general May 7 during ceremonies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, making him the highest-ranking chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserves and the third-highest in the Army. Spivey, associate professor of church history and director of Southwestern’s Houston campus, has been […]