FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Harry Leon McBeth, distinguished professor of church history at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary for 45 years, passed away April 29. He was 81.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Tiffany Bowman wears a silver, thumb-sized Africa pendant around her neck. In the center of the tiny continent is a heart-shaped cutout where Ethiopia would be found on a map. In that small, heart-shaped cutout is Bowman’s heart—a heart for missions she discovered while serving in Ethiopia and that has led to her current ministry at Gladney Center for Adoption in Fort Worth, Texas.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – David Allen, dean of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, contributed a soon-to-be released commentary on 1-3 John to Crossway’s “Preaching the Word” series. Allen’s volume in the series, 1-3 John: Fellowship in God’s Family, will be released June 30.

WEST, Texas (SWBTS) – Less than 24 hours after a fertilizer plant exploded in the central Texas town of West, Fire Chaplain John Babler arrived on the scene and helped emergency crews remove the remains of fallen first responders from the blast zone. A week later, as Co-Incident Commander for the Texas Line of Duty Death (LODD) Task Force, Babler introduced President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to the families of the 12 fallen firefighters and EMS workers following the April 25 memorial service at Baylor University’s Ferrell Center.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Professor of New Testament Terry Wilder presented Southwestern president Paige Patterson with a festschrift written in honor of his and Judge Paul Pressler’s work in the Conservative Resurgence—the two-decade effort to turn the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) back to a firm stance on the inerrancy of Scripture—during chapel, April 17. Wilder cited the work of Patterson and Pressler as a significant part of the state of the SBC today.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – No one gets left out at Youth Ministry Lab (YML). After months of preparation, seminary students and professors come together to hold a conference for all things youth ministry, offering training to anyone involved in any aspect of youth ministry. This year’s event, April 5-6, marked YML’s 45th anniversary.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern President Paige Patterson has spent much of his life defending the Bible against the darts of liberal theologians and mainstream scholars who would undermine the credibility and power of the Word by denying its validity, consistency, accuracy and inerrancy.

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Jeff Christopherson called students and faculty members to seek the lost throughout the continent during the North American Church Planting Emphasis at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, March 26-28.