Archive for October 2017
Southwestern students, faculty to present at 69th annual ETS meeting
Southwestern Seminary will be represented by 16 faculty members and seven students at the 69th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Providence, R.I., Nov. 15-17. This year’s theme will be “The Heritage of the Reformation.” Southwestern faculty and students taking part in the meeting and their topics include: David Allen (dean, School of…
Read MorePhilemon ‘all about the heart of the Gospel,’ conference teaches
Comprising only 335 words in 22 sentences across six paragraphs, the New Testament book of Philemon—the third shortest book in the Bible—was the focus of this year’s Text-Driven Preaching Workshop, Oct. 9, on the campus of Southwestern Seminary. The six-member School of Preaching faculty led the day-long conference, expounding the message of the book paragraph…
Read MoreSouthwestern named certified training center at ACBC annual conference
Southwestern Seminary was named a certified training center of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC) during the ACBC annual conference in Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 2-4. ACBC provides certification for counselors who affirm the sufficiency and superiority of the Bible for counseling, thus providing confidence in their counselees that they are equipped to connect the…
Read MoreResults of ministry work sometimes go unseen, student learns
Jonathan Sorne’s two months of ministry in Canada this summer were surprisingly discouraging. Having assisted with mission work in Canada before, Sorne, a bachelor’s student at Scarborough College, had assumed he would find at least a few opportunities to engage in fruitful Gospel conversations and perhaps even lead someone to the Lord. But the reality…
Read MoreLocal church partnership heightens passion for evangelism
On Saturday, Sept. 9, Southwestern Seminary students partnered with Great Commission Baptist Church (GCBC) in Fort Worth, Texas, to train its members in evangelism. The training was led by Brandon Kiesling, assistant professor of evangelism, and Dale Allen, minister of evangelism at GCBC and a Southwestern graduate (Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling, 2015). After…
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