Inerrancy ‘drift’ festers in Christian academia
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Challenges in biblical inerrancy facing Christian colleges and seminaries were aired during the Evangelical Theological Society's annual meeting in Baltimore.
Prof revives Patterson inerrancy debates
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- During the tumultuous period of the 1980s and 1990s within the Southern Baptist Convention, Paige Patterson, then-president of the Criswell College, was at the forefront of the struggle over biblical inerrancy between theological conservatives and moderates.
Jim Bob, Michelle Duggar & 18 of their 19 kids featured in seminary’s chapel
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- A seminary chapel service turned into a family affair as Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and 18 of their 19 children spread across the stage to share Scripture, play instruments and sing hymns. 
In addition to the musical performances, Jim Bob and Michelle recounted their life stories and how their family was selected for the hit cable television show "19 Kids & Counting," which airs on TLC.
Anabaptist book is tribute to Patterson
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- A new book, "The Anabaptists and Contemporary Baptists, Restoring New Testament Christianity: Essays in Honor of Paige Patterson," has been released as a tribute to Paige Patterson, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
SWBTS trustees address mental health motion, vote on tenure, celebrate Patterson’s 10 years
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees responded to a motion on mental health ministries referred from the SBC’s annual meeting, concluded a process to end faculty tenure and recognized President Paige Patterson for 10 years of service during their fall meeting Oct. 16.
Seminarians teach door-to-door evangelism to church’s students
BRANDON, Fla. (BP) -- In the span of three hours, more than 100 middle school, high school and college students delivered the Gospel to nearly 2,300 homes in a Tampa neighborhood.
The door-to-door blitz was the culmination of an evangelism training weekend at Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, Fla., led by faculty and students from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.
In sum, teams visited 2,292 homes, which yielded approximately 230 conversations and 120 complete presentations of the Gospel Sept. 14. As a result, six people prayed to receive Christ on their doorsteps. "We wanted to do everything we could to go into our community and reach people with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we really wanted to do something in partnership with Southwestern Seminary," Stephen Rummage, pastor of Bell Shoals Baptist Church, said. The team from Southwestern consisted of two evangelism professors -- Matt Queen and Dean Sieberhagen -- along with 18 students. They trained Bell Shoals students on Saturday morning and led teams out in door-to-door evangelism in the afternoon as a lead-up to National Back to Church Sunday Sept. 15. "We chose Southwestern because we know that Southwestern has a hot heart to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ with people," Rummage said.
"We know what they're doing in their community around Southwestern Seminary to reach people with the Gospel, so we wanted a little bit of that spirit here in our community as we seek to reach the people around us with the Gospel. Queen is one of Rummage's former students. "I know about his commitment to evangelism and to personal soul-winning, so I really wanted our students here to have an opportunity up close to find out what it's like to be around people like Matt and like the students who are studying with him at Southwestern, who are sharing the Gospel diligently, boldly and through the power of the Holy Spirit," Rummage said. Rummage initially was amazed at the size of team that was planning to come from Southwestern and the students' willingness to pay their own way to fly to Florida and train members at Bell Shoals. "As thrilled as I am that we would have students who would do that, at the same time, I didn't want them to do that. I wanted us to pay for them to come," Rummage said. The church paid for the Southwestern team's airfare and provided host homes for the weekend. "We believe it's a great investment in Southwestern students because there are going to be things they experience here that will make a difference in their ministry and their life," Rummage said. "But it's also a great investment in our church, in our community and in our students right here because as they go out and share the Gospel, God is going to change their lives and the lives of those they're going to share with." During the evangelism weekend, Southwestern students and faculty led teams of three as they walked the streets, knocked on doors, engaged residents with the Gospel and invited them to church. ...Pornography likened to temple prostitution
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Russell D. Moore assessed the "weaponized epidemic of porn" during a chapel sermon at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Sept. 5.
TRUSTEES: New VP, deans named at SWBTS
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees elected a vice president and two deans during a special called session of the trustee executive committee July 24.
2nd VIEW: Hispanic diversity needn’t hinder Gospel opportunities
NASHVILLE (BP) -- In response to a study released by the Pew Research Hispanic Center, three Southern Baptist Hispanic leaders see a growing need for churches to consider the diversity among Hispanic populations as they reach out to those in their communities.
Cuba seminary rises from near-extinction
HAVANA, Cuba (BP) -– More than 70 students in Havana received diplomas July 5-6 through a partnership that has revived a Cuban seminary during the past eight years.
