Archive for August 2020
Virtual preaching conference advocates sermon-based small groups for church revitalization
A virtual preaching conference hosted by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Center for Church Revitalization, Aug. 20, advocated and explained the use of sermon-based small groups in church revitalization. In such a model, a church’s small groups and Sunday School classes focus on discussing the preacher’s Sunday morning sermon. “Sixty-eight percent of our congregations are…
Read MoreSouthwestern Seminary mourns the death of Tony Maalouf
Tony Maalouf, senior professor of world Christianity and Middle Eastern studies in the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Aug. 26 after an extended illness. He was 63. “The Southwestern Seminary community mourns the loss of our colleague Tony Maalouf,” said President Adam W. Greenway. “I’m grateful…
Read MoreGreenway encourages students to trust in God in times of uncertainty
“The coronavirus pandemic did not catch God by surprise,” said President Adam W. Greenway during a fall 2020 “opening message” to the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Scarborough College community, Aug. 26. “And if anything, I think one of the things that we are learning to do is to more fully trust Him; to rely…
Read MoreSouthwestern Seminary launches Women’s Leadership Institute
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has launched a new Women’s Leadership Institute (WLI), which offers a variety of certificate programs for women serving in any ministry, leadership, or life context—and Illinois Baptists are already partnering with the program. These certificate programs will equip women in the work to which they are each individually called, according to…
Read MoreSchool of Church Music and Worship to livestream weekly colloquium featuring noted speakers
For the first time, weekly colloquium sessions of the School of Church Music and Worship at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will be livestreamed, allowing anyone around the world to join in the discussion and benefit from these worship studies sessions, school leaders announced. Guest speakers from the seminary faculty as well as leaders from…
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