Archive for June 2016
Witnessing opportunity arises in God’s precise timing
Many people may think that a mission trip is over when they head to the airport on the last day in order to fly home. In fact, this is what Abigail Maltempi, a student in the College at Southwestern, assumed when she was riding a shuttle to the airport in St. Louis on the last…
Read MoreAnnual Crossover efforts yield 105 professions of faith
ST. LOUIS, Missouri (SWBTS) – Brandon Kiesling, instructor of evangelism at Southwestern Seminary, says Crossover, the Southern Baptist Convention’s yearly evangelism push prior to its annual meeting, is significant for three reasons. First, the lost are confronted with the Gospel. Second, local churches are reinvigorated during the weeklong evangelism push. “Many of the churches we…
Read MoreMadagascar mission team equips local leaders for Gospel ministry
On May 26, a team of 19 Southwestern students and faculty launched out on an 18-day journey to Madagascar. Now in its fifth year, Southwestern Seminary’s Madagascar Embrace program began as an initiative to evangelize the Antandroy, an unreached, unengaged people group (UUPG) in Madagascar. This year, in the city of Fort Dauphin, the mission…
Read MoreStudent overcomes feelings of inadequacy to become ardent soul winner
Although Emily Mitchell was excited to participate in this year’s Crossover evangelism efforts in St. Louis, Mo., she often found herself discouraged and, at times, even inferior. Having only been active in church for two years (with God calling her to join the church one year and to ministry the next), Mitchell, who just completed…
Read MorePatterson participates in ‘historic’ lecture series in Spain
Founded in 1293, the University of Alcalá de Henares, located northeast of Madrid in Spain, is recognized as one of the oldest universities in Europe. It was there that the 16th century theologian Erasmus taught the doctrines of humanism, which served as a seed bed for the Protestant Reformation. It was also there that some…
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