Archive for April 2020

Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series exploring the schools of The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It originally appeared in the spring 2020 issue of Southwestern News (pg. 35-39). As the School of Church Music and Worship approaches its centennial year, dean Joseph R. Crider explains that the school’s leadership draws inspiration from the…

The new Master of Theology (Th.M.) in the School of Church Music and Worship will expand music students’ opportunities for advanced study and research at the master’s level, and also serve as “an incredible launch point” for them to advance to the Ph.D. program, says the school’s administration. The degree was approved by The Southwestern…

In what President Adam W. Greenway called a “history-making moment,” The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Board of Trustees met for the first time via video conference due to the coronavirus pandemic for their spring meeting, April 7. During the meeting, trustees elected three new faculty members, approved nine new degrees and revisions to four existing…

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary provided the following statement on April 1 to Christianity Today in response to questions concerning the status of the seminary’s Dead Sea Scrolls fragments and the seminary’s archaeology program. “The Dead Sea Scrolls fragments were acquisitions of the prior administration. Because we have had very little confidence in their authenticity, the fragments…

With nearly 80 percent of churches in the Southern Baptist Convention plateaued or declining, church revitalization is a necessary ministry, said Kenneth Priest, interim director of the Center for Church Revitalization at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Addressing pastors during the fully online Church Revitalization Conference, April 1, Priest said that in light of the…