Archive for October 2019

In his address to The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary community, President Adam W. Greenway pledged to lead “one Southwestern” from four “vantage points”: institutionally, denominationally, relationally, and ultimately during Oct. 21 inauguration ceremonies to mark his election as the seminary’s ninth president earlier this year. Appealing often to the founding president of the institution, B.H.…

The challenging work of missions is the core directive of the Great Commission and the mandate of “ordinary believers” to reach beyond their comfort zone to serve God, Southern Baptist Convention President J.D. Greear told the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary community during chapel services, Oct. 17. “Those who believe must be sent,” he said. Preaching…

Veteran Southern Baptist journalist and communicator James A. Smith Sr. has been appointed director of public relations at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, President Adam W. Greenway announced Thursday, Oct. 17. “Jim Smith is one of the Southern Baptist Convention’s most respected journalists and gifted communicators who brings a wealth of public relations experience and…

Christ’s message of love, conveyed in Scripture, should guide our churches, our convention, and our daily walk as Christians, said Ronnie Floyd in an Oct. 11 chapel sermon at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Floyd, president and CEO of the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention, preached from John 13:34-35: “I give you a new…

Social pressure, violence, and unrest are barriers to mission work in Central Asia, but the region is fertile with opportunities for enthusiastic missionaries who want to spread the Gospel abroad, International Mission Board representatives told students at a luncheon recognizing Global Missions Week at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The Sept. 18 luncheon brought together students and…