MacGorman Conference Center dedicated at Southwestern
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary officially dedicated and opened the J.W. "Jack" MacGorman Conference Center, an $11 million component of the newly constructed $22 million Ralph M. Smith Leadership Development Complex, in a special ceremony Sept. 10.
Seminary in transition, Hemphill tells faculty
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--"Texas Baptists gave less than $40,000 to Southwestern Seminary through the Baptist General Convention of Texas' preferred option giving plan," Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Kenneth S. Hemphill told a faculty retreat at the Fort Worth, Texas, school.
Breshears joins Southwestern as development exec, general counsel
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Joseph W. Breshears, a Fort Worth attorney, joined the development staff of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary April 2.
Arab seminary & Southwestern forge ‘fraternal relationship’
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, signed a "historic" agreement April 3 with a seminary in Beirut, Lebanon.
The Arab Baptist Theological Seminary in Beirut is the only Baptist seminary in the Middle East-North Africa region and the only Christian seminary that can openly train converts from other religions.
"This is a historic agreement," said Ghassan Khalaf, president of the ABTS.
The "agreement of fraternal relationship" signed by Khalaf and Southwestern Seminary President Kenneth S. Hemphill encourages "faculty enrichment through mutual use and cooperation." Southwestern has similar agreements with educational institutions in Tokyo, Korea and India and is trying to respond to requests from other international institutions.
Southwestern introduces Islamic studies program to reach Muslims
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A new master's degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will train students to minister to the growing number of Muslims in the United States and abroad.
$58 million master plan, new faculty highlight Southwestern trustee meeting
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–While Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees mourned escalating tensions among Baptist leaders in Texas, they celebrated another strong year in the life of “the Texas Baptist seminary.” Trustees approved a $58 million campus master plan, hired four new faculty and elected two others to faculty status during their semiannual meeting Oct. 17-18. […]
SBC beliefs statement, Texas resolution highlight Southwestern trustee meeting
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A dramatic signing of the Baptist Faith and Message and the passing of a resolution urging Texas Baptists to defeat a proposal at their upcoming state convention highlighted Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s semiannual board of trustees meeting Oct. 17-18. Texas Baptist churches should reject a proposal to cut funding to Southern Baptist […]
True Love Waits’ Richard Ross joins Southwestern’s faculty
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--A key architect of the worldwide True Love Waits abstinence campaign is joining the faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
Southwestern trustees approve theology dean, 6 new faculty
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Fulfilling a promise to hire faculty who reflect the nation's growing ethnic diversity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees hired five men and two women from three countries to fill a leading post and six faculty positions.
Seminary students benefit from Chinese soldier’s encouragement
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A Chinese soldier’s encouragement during World War II of a future Southern Baptist missionary is helping make seminary education possible today for a Brazilian student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. At a special scholarship donor luncheon Jan. 27, Fabio Torres of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, met Jesse Kidd, the World War II […]
