Archive for November 2018

Southwestern Seminary’s penultimate chapel service for the fall 2018 semester featured student preacher Andre Kirkland. A Ph.D. student in the School of Preaching, Kirkland serves as associate pastor at Concord Church in Dallas. Kirkland preached on Ephesians 1:15-23 in a sermon entitled “Somebody Prayed for Me,” a reference to Paul’s prayer for the church in…

The desire of four young girls in a Dallas orphanage to enter the mission field was the catalyst for the launch of the Baptist Woman’s Missionary Training School at Southwestern Seminary more than a century ago. In a presentation this fall in Roberts Library, seminary archivist and special collections librarian Jill Botticelli recalled how it evolved from…

For more than 40 years, T. Bob Davis, former trustee of Southwestern Seminary and current member of its Board of Visitors, has led many international efforts to bring dental care to people in communities lacking such treatment. Through each trip, Davis says, their mission is to provide relief from physical pain and discomfort, but also…

A mix of cultures can infuse tension or uncertainty into a multiethnic congregation, but God’s Word can be the bridge that unites all who come together, Rodney Woo told Southwestern students at a “Global Church” luncheon sponsored by the World Missions Center, Nov. 14. Woo, senior pastor of the International Baptist Church of Singapore (IBC),…