Archive for April 2023
Registration open for Southwestern Alumni and Friends Luncheon at SBC; booths to highlight connecting with alumni
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will host its annual Alumni and Friends Luncheon at the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting Wednesday, June 14, from 12:00-2:00 p.m. at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel in the Grand Ballroom. The Fort Worth institution will also host two booths during the June 11-14 meetings in New Orleans. “O.S. Hawkins and…
Read MoreGray, Costin named 2023 Southwestern Distinguished Alumni
Alabama pastor James E. “Buddy” Gray and newly appointed president of Liberty University Dondi E. Costin were named the 2023 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Distinguished Alumni, David S. Dockery, president of the Fort Worth institution, announced today. Gray and Costin will be honored at the annual Alumni and Friends Luncheon at the Southern Baptist Convention…
Read MoreYarnell presents paper on Anabaptists in Hungary, preaches to Hungarian Baptists
Not all countries are like the United States with regard to the presence of Baptist churches, and that is also true in Hungary. Malcolm Yarnell III, research professor of theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was invited to speak at three different gatherings of Hungarian Baptists during a visit from April 14-17. Yarnell was asked…
Read MoreSouthwestern team assists with clean-up at tornado-damaged Oklahoma Baptist University, community
Following the touchdown of 13 confirmed tornadoes on April 19 that struck and damaged parts of Oklahoma, including the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) in Shawnee, Oklahoma, a group of students, faculty, and staff from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College traveled to the Shawnee, Oklahoma, campus to assist with clean-up. Led…
Read MoreSouthwestern alumnus writes a book of over 40 original Chinese hymns
While God’s calling on one’s life is experienced differently by people, for Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumnus Scott Callaham it has changed over time and has led recently to an outcome he would never have predicted in publishing a book of Chinese hymns. Originally, Callaham felt called to be an active-duty chaplain in the Navy,…
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