Professor David Allen departs Southwestern Seminary
FORT WORTH (BP) – A longtime professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced his resignation, according to a seminary statement. David Allen, Distinguished Professor of Preaching and Director of the Center for Expository Preaching will make July 31 his last day on faculty.
FIRST-PERSON: A new day for a culture of life
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The Dobbs decision is a great day in America for the sanctity of human life, and it’s especially significant for the most vulnerable members of our society who have no voice other than those who have spoken on their behalf in myriad ways, like marching every January in Washington, D.C.
SBC seminaries use annual luncheons to honor faithful service
His servants who have made unique and lasting impacts on their respective institutions. Below are reports from each seminary's luncheon event.
FIRST-PERSON: Convictional cooperation and confessional commitments
Is emphasizing our cooperative work tantamount to downplaying our doctrinal commitments as Southern Baptists? Such a question poses an unappealing choice to be sure. These twin objectives are not mutually exclusive, of course, as is well attested by our own history and heritage.
Longtime professor of adult education Lucien Coleman dies at 91
Lucien Edwin Coleman Jr., retired professor of adult education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (1983-1993), died Saturday, June 11, in his home in Weatherford, Texas. He was 91.
SBC DIGEST: Mission:Dignity Sunday materials available; SWBTS relaunches alumni association
Mission:Dignity Sunday (June 26) materials ready to order; Southwestern relaunches alumni association for seminary, TBC graduates.
SBC DIGEST: SWBTS faculty book on authority, sufficiency of Scripture; HLGU to remain open
SWBTS faculty release book ‘The Authority and Sufficiency of Scripture’; HLGU to remain open this fall
SWBTS releases list of 13 individuals connected to sexual abuse allegations
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – The chairman of the Board of Trustees and president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary jointly published today an open letter to the seminary community that includes a list of 13 individuals who were previously students and/or staff of the institution and who appear on a larger list of persons arrested or credibly charged with sexual abuse or sexual assault maintained by the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, which was previously unknown until its release last week following an independent investigation.
Image of God conference: Model is incarnate Christ
FORT WORTH (BP) – Christ’s incarnation provides the pattern and understanding for what it means to be a human being created in the image of God, participants in a Southern Baptist-sponsored colloquium were told May 24-25.
Greenway encourages graduates to have ‘Romans 12 ministry’ for ‘Romans 1 world’
FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) – America’s cultural situation that is well summarized in Romans 1 should be answered by ministers with a Romans 12 ministry, President Adam W. Greenway said in his address to graduates of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College during their May 6 commencement ceremony.