Archive for February 2019
Stinson elected provost, vice president for academic administration at Southwestern
Randy L. Stinson has been elected provost and vice president for academic administration at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Stinson was recommended to the seminary’s board of trustees by the seminary’s Academic Administration Committee, and the board voted to approve the recommendation during a special called meeting, Feb. 27. “I could not be more excited to…
Read MoreGreenway desires ‘movement of God’ on Seminary Hill
Adam W. Greenway, the newly elected president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, says his passion and priority as president is “to serve pastors and to serve churches, to equip the next generation of pastors and missionaries and evangelists and church staff members, to see a more faithful ministry everywhere.” Following his election by Southwestern’s board…
Read MoreGreenway elected 9th president of Southwestern Seminary
Adam W. Greenway has been elected the ninth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The election occurred during a special called meeting of the seminary’s board of trustees on the Southwestern campus, Feb. 26-27. Greenway, 41, comes to Southwestern from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., where he served as dean of the Billy…
Read MoreAdvanced M.Div. gives future Christian leaders head start to new plateaus of learning
The Advanced Master of Divinity degree has always been a bridge from collegiate-level biblical and theological studies to the Master of Divinity (M.Div.) program, and now that bridge is both shorter and more efficient thanks to Southwestern Seminary’s new Advanced M.Div. The 73-hour program with 33 hours of prerequisites will enable students to build upon their undergraduate…
Read MoreFormer Havard dean, professor Bob Overton dies at 84
Robert “Bob” Overton, former associate dean, director of applied ministries, and professor of pastoral ministries at the J. Dalton Havard School for Theological Studies in Houston, died on Feb. 20 due to a stroke. He was 84. Overton was born in Fulton, Miss., on Oct. 8, 1934. His father was a pastor, so he learned…
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