News Articles in Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) -- Danny Akin exudes Great Commission passion. As the longtime president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Akin has watched the Lord draw thousands of men and women to be trained as disciple makers and has learned many important lessons along the way about what it means to walk with Jesus and live to make Him known.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Monday morning (April 15), Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary welcomed its board of trustees and Southeastern Society (SES) to campus for their biannual meetings. This year, in addition to the plenary sessions and institutional updates, Southeastern celebrated the 20th anniversary of its president, broke ground on a new dining hall extension to the Ledford Student Center and commissioned more than 80 students and their families for service in the mission field.

SEBTS prison program trains incarcerated women for ministry; Steve McKinion named director of SEBTS PhD program; SWBTS Gospel-Centered Counseling Conference focuses on grief, suffering.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) -- Earlier this spring, Southeastern hosted its first Asian Strategic Partnership Summit to discuss mission partnerships and opportunities for theological education among Asian communities in the U.S. and in East and Southeast Asian countries.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary welcomed more than 450 women on campus March 8-9 for its annual Cultivate women’s leadership conference designed to help women discern their callings, grow in faithfulness to God and His Word, and lead out as disciple makers. This year’s theme was missional leadership, encouraging and equipping women to leverage their lives to make disciples in their contexts.

Baptism count in Georgia churches surpasses 20,000 for first time since 2017; Exploring Personhood Conference at SEBTS addresses challenges to humanity.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – This year’s Go Conference, part of Global Missions Week at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern, called hundreds of college-aged students to leverage their lives for the Great Commission.

Shaddix to undergo surgery tomorrow to remove brain tumor; MBTS’ Fusion and IMB partner for 20 years.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern welcomed students back on campus Thursday (Jan. 18) for spring convocation and the first day of classes. During his convocation message, President Danny Akin charged students, staff and faculty to pursue a lifestyle of Christ-like humility as they make disciples of Jesus.

WAKE FOREST, NC (BP) -- Twenty years ago Monday (Jan. 15), Southeastern unanimously elected Daniel L. Akin as its sixth president, recognizing God’s providence in directing Danny and his wife Charlotte to Southeastern. Now in his twentieth year, Akin has distinguished himself as a humble leader with an unwavering commitment to God’s word and a singular focus on fulfilling the Great Commission.