Archive for June 2023
Christ, Cubs, & Church History: How Blake McKinney shapes the lives of Texas Baptist College students
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2023 issue of Southwestern News. Teaching in higher education is a special calling in life that not many have. Blake McKinney, assistant professor of history and humanities at Texas Baptist College, has felt this calling since he was in his undergraduate program at Union University in…
Read MoreSouthwestern, TBC students use ‘right questions’ to engage in Gospel conversations during Crossover in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – Embracing the “uncomfortableness of evangelizing with strangers,” 26 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College students engaged 800 people, sharing the Gospel 168 times resulting in 5 professions of faith from June 5 to 8 during the weeklong Crossover teaching and training among the neighborhoods, wards, parks, and historic French Quarter…
Read MoreTBC hosts first-ever worship camp for high school students
Texas Baptist College (TBC) welcomed over 50 high school students to the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on June 5 to join the first-ever TBC Worship Camp. From Monday through Thursday, students were able to learn from TBC and Southwestern Seminary faculty and students how to fine-tune their musical skills, how to study the…
Read MoreWilliams, Wilkinson named to doctoral leadership roles at Southwestern Seminary
Associate Professor of Old Testament Joshua E. Williams and Associate Professor of Theology Michael D. Wilkinson have been appointed directors of the Research Doctoral Studies (RDS) and Professional Doctoral Studies programs, respectively, announced today by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary academic leadership. “Dr. Josh Williams has faithfully served Southwestern Seminary and its students for seventeen years…
Read MoreSpreading the Gospel to the Nations: Andrew Bristol follows the Lord in obedience around the world
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2023 issue of Southwestern News. When talking to Andrew Bristol (’93, ’99)*, one would never know the native Texan has spent the past 20 years living overseas, immersed in international culture and can speak Farsi fluently. Andrew believes that teaching leaders how to read and teach…
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