Archive for September 2021
Conference offers biblical model for preaching and teaching Galatians
The Center for Church Revitalization at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary hosted its first Preaching & Teaching Conference on campus, September 27-28, providing pastors and church leaders a model for developing a church-wide sermon series through the book of Galatians. In addition to faculty-led workshops for the development of age-specific curriculum, plenary sessions were led by…
Read MorePresident Adam W. Greenway preaches during inaugural Texas Baptist College chapel
During the inaugural Texas Baptist College (TBC) chapel service, September 29, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and TBC President Adam W. Greenway challenged students to be people of integrity before a watching world. Although TBC students and faculty participate in the twice-weekly, seminary-wide chapel services, the first-ever chapel service for the college allowed for a special…
Read MoreHawkins outlines seven lessons from the lives of Norris, Truett during Southwestern Seminary chapel
In his September 28 chapel address at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College, O.S. Hawkins, president and chief executive officer of GuideStone Financial Resources, encouraged students, faculty, and staff to remember “their works follow them,” drawing upon lessons from the lives of Baptist legends, J. Frank Norris and George W. Truett. In his…
Read MoreThe complementarianism debate
Editor’s note: this article appears in the Summer 2021 issue of Southwestern News. Given the renewed discussion of complementarianism among Southern Baptists, I wish to offer a few thoughts that I pray will be constructive for conversations across our constituency. The Danvers Statement (1987) is the foundational document that lays out what we now affirm…
Read MoreBGCT’s David Hardage offers students encouragement for how to ‘live rightly in the world’
David Hardage, executive director of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), encouraged Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College (TBC) students to consider how to be believers and ministers who balance “living in this world, but not becoming one of it,” during the September 23 chapel service. Welcoming Hardage and other BGCT staff…
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