Jeff Robinson

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--What does the adoption of children have to do with the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the local church?       Everything, says Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's Russell D. Moore.       Moore -- who together with his wife Maria adopted two sons from a Russian orphanage several years ago ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–The Southern Baptist Convention faces a critical crossroads and must move into the future with denominational structures and methods open to change or face serious decline, R. Albert Mohler Jr. told attendees of a forum on the future of the SBC held Aug. 19 at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Southern Seminary’s president said […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)--A healthy Christian is one who balances his theological beliefs with a humble and Christ-like life, Daniel L. Akin said at the annual Founders Ministries breakfast in Louisville, Ky.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–On Oct. 1, 1859, four young professors and nine students met for the first day of class when Southern Baptist Theological Seminary opened its doors in Greenville, S.C. One hundred and fifty years later, the seminary ministers in Louisville, Ky., where it moved in 1877. The institution’s faculty now numbers in the hundreds; […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–In late 1879, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary was as good as dead. A post-Civil War financial panic left the seminary’s donor base unable — and in some cases unwilling — to pay off pledges to fund the fledgling institution’s endowment. To prop up the school, President James Petigru Boyce had bled dry his […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Tom Nettles has written, co-written or edited nearly a dozen books on Baptist history. But he wanted to quit in the middle of his latest book, a biography of James Petigru Boyce, founding president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Buoyed by encouragement from a friend and a deep love for his subject, Nettles […]

This summer The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will play host to the Southern Baptist Convention as the denomination holds its June 23-24 annual meeting in Louisville to commemorate its flagship seminary's anniversary. The seminary will hold several events to mark its 150th anniversary, including an alumni and friends luncheon on campus at 12:30 p.m. on […]

On a sultry July day in 1856, an up-and-coming professor at Furman University stood before his faculty colleagues and delivered his inaugural address. In his presentation, the 29-year-old James Petigru Boyce set forth a comprehensive vision for theological education in terms of "three changes in theological education;" its seismic impact upon the Southern Baptist Convention […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–One hundred and fifty three years ago, a young scholar named James Petigru Boyce cast a vision for theological education for his colleagues at Furman University, a vision that echoes down the halls of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary today. Boyce proposed “three changes in theological education,” arguing that such an education should be […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s trustees have approved the creation of a new school combining the School of Church Music and Worship with the School of Leadership and Church Ministry to better meet the changing needs of local congregations. The new School of Church Ministries, approved by trustees April 21, aims to better equip […]