Archive for August 2016

For many new students, Move-in Day marks the first day of campus life at Southwestern Seminary. Approximately 50 new students moved into Fort Worth Hall and Barnard Hall, the men’s and women’s dormitories, on Aug. 19. As excited students arrived on campus with moving trucks loaded with boxes, Student Housing and Student Life teams worked…

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following report is by the Tandy Institute for Archaeology’s Tom Davis, director of the Kourion Urban Space Project in Cyprus. Davis serves as professor of archaeology and biblical backgrounds at Southwestern Seminary as well as chair of its archaeology department. The Kourion Urban Space Project (KUSP) continues to uncover evidence of the…

After working alongside church planters in Vancouver, Canada, for six weeks, 10 students from the College at Southwestern returned with a better understanding of what it means to “live life on mission.” Students were deployed to Vancouver Island, June 20 – July 29, through the North American Mission Board’s Generation Send program, and there they…

Southwestern student Jae Kang Im was looking for a quick haircut when he entered a barber shop in South Korea on Aug. 2. When the hairdresser accidentally cut one of his ears, however, Im decided to turn the mishap into an opportunity to present the Good News of salvation. Im was chatting with his hair…

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will officially welcome faculty, staff and students at convocation on Aug. 25. Returning students and faculty will experience a host of academic and facility changes. Robert Naylor, the fifth president of Southwestern Seminary, once stated, “The seminary is a living thing.” All living things are in a state of constant flux,…