Kyle Smith

GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary President Daniel Akin told alumni June 14 that he is “optimistic, encouraged and forward-looking” concerning both the results of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in Greensboro and the future of Southeastern Seminary in the days ahead.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--Whether by taking the Gospel across the streets of North America or to the nations of the world, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary has the Great Commission on its heart, according to President Daniel Akin.

GREENSBORO, N.C. (BP)--A motion calling for the relocation of the 2008 annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention to hurricane-stricken New Orleans was referred to the SBC Executive Committee, although one of its staff members expressed several concerns about its feasibility.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--In the midst of a culture inundated with religious misinformation that often militates against biblical Christianity, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary June 1 launched the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture, a center designed to lead the way in responding to controversial cultural issues and equipping Christians to do the same.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Unlike most students at Southeastern College at Wake Forest, Daniel Ritchie takes notes in class by writing with his feet.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--The crucible of suffering proved to be where Greg Harris found hope to sustain him through the hardest season of his life.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--To respond to many of today’s cultural problems, Christians need a theology of culture that enables them to engage culture without conforming to it, said Gene Veith in a two-day lecture series at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--More than six months ago, Jim Innis stood on the campus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, surrounded by flooded buildings, uprooted trees and a campus that was only a shell of its former self.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Believers should be “so wrapped up in the love of Jesus” that the lost world cannot help but notice, LifeWay Christian Resources President Thom S. Rainer said March 14 at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP)--Those whom God uses to reach the world with the Gospel have an eternal perspective and a willingness to follow God even if it demands their death, said Jerry Rankin, president of the International Mission Board.