Archive for November 2022
McKinney uses variety of interests to help students appreciate value of history
To say that Blake McKinney, assistant professor of history and humanities at Texas Baptist College, is a “Renaissance man,” is not a reference to history, but about his wide and varied knowledge about many things, including his beloved Chicago Cubs, Alabama football, music, movies, travel, latte coffee, and, of course, church history. “I have many…
Read MoreSouthwestern professors, students present at Christian education academic conference
Guided by the theme “The Academy and the Church: United in Mission,” Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary professors and doctoral students from the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries presented academic research during the Society of Professors in Christian Education (SPCE) Conference Oct. 20-22 in San Diego, California. Terri H. Stovall, dean of women and…
Read MoreCorbitt collection provides glimpse into African hymnody
A collection of more than 250 books, hymnals, Gospel songbooks, music scores, sound recordings, and video recordings that highlight various African dialects were donated recently to the Kathryn Bowld Music Library at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary by Nathan Corbitt, a 1985 Doctor of Musical Arts graduate and retired missionary to Eastern and Southern Africa with…
Read MoreFaculty, students represent Southwestern, TBC at annual ETS meeting
Faculty and doctoral students from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College represented the Fort Worth institution through 19 paper presentations and moderation of seven panel discussions at the 2022 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (ETS), held Nov. 15-17 in Denver. The theme of this year’s conference was “Holiness.” “What a joy…
Read MorePandemic ending on a high note for Southwestern Seminary music student
For all the tragedies COVID-19 wreaked on the world, some good things have resulted from it, especially for believers like Luke Waters, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary student, whose call to ministry was redirected in part because of the pandemic. Waters, a Master of Divinity student with a concentration in worship leadership at Southwestern Seminary,…
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