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Grappling with youth issues likened to pointing youth away from hell

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–The wrestler enters the ring with a sense of anticipation and fear facing a foe who should not be battled alone. The battle is not one of glamour and show but one in which a loss means the loss of a soul. “The Ultimate Wrestling Challenge,” Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s 32nd annual […]

Seminary-bound Wedgwood victim would have turned 24 April 11

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)--Although Kim Jones' earthly light faded last Sept. 15 from the sanctuary of Wedgwood Baptist Church to the presence of the Lord, the light from her three-year walk as a Christian is still shining in those she touched.

New birth, sense of call, rededications sparked by student missions conference

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Students at the “MPACT” Missions Conference didn’t just come to Fort Worth, Texas, to hear about missions; they came to do missions. And at least one youngster is grateful they did. Part of the annual conference at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary involved going into the community to conduct sports clinics, help with […]

Christian country’s Double Portion found fertile ground at seminary

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–With banjo strings and guitar picks, Christian country music band Double Portion has hit the Christian country music charts with a love for Christ and a desire to share that love with others. Double Portion’s first number one song nationwide, “Angel Band,” earned the 1999 Vocal Duo Award at the Christian Country […]

Librarian translates much needed music textbook into Chinese

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Flipping through books on church music is just a homework or research assignment for some people. But for Fang-Lan Hsieh it was the beginning of a ministry. Hsieh, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s music librarian, had looked through many books on church music when she became burdened for people in ministry in Chinese […]

Long-time New Testament prof retires at Southwestern Seminary

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Lacoste Munn has had 40 years of thrills working with his heroes and doing something he loves — teaching thousands of students New Testament and Greek at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “It’s a real thrill to see students interested in the New Testament, absorbing its message and then teaching it now and […]

Missionaries should train nationals, stay in background, worker says

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–A missionary’s task is more than just ministering on foreign soil; it is about training nationals to evangelize and minister in their country, says the missionary-in-residence at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. “An expatriate missionary never ought to pastor a national church,” says Steve Woods, who graduated from Southwestern […]

Student from mainland China found open doors to U.S. seminary study

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–When Rachel Zhang stepped on to the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary campus this fall, she knew what God had done to get her there. “There were a lot of miracles,” said Zhang, Southwestern’s first student from communist China. “God led me here step by step.” Long before she faced the major hurdle […]

When tragedy like Wedgwood strikes, don’t stop ministering, speaker u

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Do not stop ministering in the midst of tragedy but embrace the opportunity to share Christ with a lost and hostile world, said Fort Worth pastor Carroll Marr at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Marr, pastor of Southcliff Baptist Church, spoke at Southwestern’s chapel service one week after a gunman killed seven people […]

Jesus didn’t see people as liabilities, Yeats says

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP)–Christians can make a difference in people’s lives if they first see people the way Jesus sees them, said John Yeats, editor of the Oklahoma Baptist Messenger, at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Aug. 31. “Jesus has a burden for people. He sees the condition of the heart. He speaks to them as […]