Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

FORT WORTH, Texas (RNS) — For much of the past decade, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Graduates of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College (TBC) were challenged to minister in light of the fact that enthroned Jesus is “reigning over the universe” and their own lives and ministries, during the May 2 spring commencement address by Richard Ross, senior professor of student ministry and two-time alumnus (’74, ’80).

FORT WORTH (BP) -- Adam Groza didn’t grow up Southern Baptist, so when a friend suggested he check out Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he said, “I had never heard of Southwestern Seminary. I didn’t know about Southern Baptist seminaries, quite frankly.” Now he is approaching his first anniversary as president of Gateway Seminary, the Southern Baptist Convention’s only seminary in the western United States.

MBTS, Spurgeon College, partner with Cedarville University for MBA; SWBTS to provide new resources to students through Logos partnership.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Two-time Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumnus and long-time professor of Old Testament F. B. Huey Jr. died April 7. He was 100 years old.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Trustees heard about the institution’s progress “from a time of serious challenge” two years ago to a “time of stability and hopefulness,” President David S. Dockery said in his report during their spring meeting April 9. “It has happened because God’s been so kind to us.”

FORT WORTH (BP) -- Prestonwood Baptist Church and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary formally marked the opening of Prestonwood Pregnancy Center during a March 26 ribbon-cutting ceremony on the seminary’s Fort Worth campus.

FORT WORTH, Texas – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program and the seminary’s role in its beginning during a Founder’s Day chapel service March 13 on the Fort Worth campus.

NEW YORK (BP) — Former Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary interim provost Matt Queen received today a judgement of time served with one year of supervised release, six months of home confinement and a $2,000 fine related to a federal investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention regarding sexual abuse.

AUSTIN, Texas (BP) – The Supreme Court of Texas has issued a ruling on two questions raised in a case brought against Paige Patterson and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary by a plaintiff known as Jane Roe.