Archive for April 2017

Since 2005, Southwestern’s Dressed for Service ministry has provided more than 800 women, both graduating female students and wives of graduating students, with a new outfit appropriate for interviews, church services, and other special events. For all the recipients, the ministry is a blessing for their next steps in ministry, and it also connects them…

Jalil Dawood was 18 and struggling when he committed his life to Christ in Rome after fleeing his home in Iraq. In 1982, he was at a crossroads in life—wondering why followers of Christ were persecuted in many parts of the Middle East, why he and others were forced to live as refugees. He would…

“How different would your ministries be if we as believers, leaders and parents got serious about discipling our students?” Robby Gallaty, senior pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tenn., extended this challenge to attendees of Southwestern Seminary’s annual Youth Ministry Lab (YML), April 7-8, inviting youth ministry leaders to take seriously the role…

Trustees received reports on the renaming of the College at Southwestern and the establishment of the Patterson Center for Global Theological Innovation (GTI); elected officers; promoted and elected faculty; approved students for spring and summer graduation; approved a budget of $36,833,962 for the 2017-18 fiscal year; and conducted other business at their spring meeting, April 11-12.…