Archive for August 2023
International student finds home, new focus for ministry at Southwestern Seminary
From growing up in Mexico City, Mexico, to moving to Fort Worth, Texas, Hugo Encorrada, a Master of Music in Worship Leadership student at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, has followed God’s calling for his life every step of the way. While in Mexico City, Encorrada was serving in a local church, but felt led to…
Read MoreScrivener equips East Texas students to apply apologetics to everyday life
Among the piney woods of deep East Texas, Don Scrivener, a 2007 Master of Arts in Christian Education graduate of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, is seeking to equip the students at Denman Avenue Baptist Church in Lufkin with the tools of apologetics. A 15-year veteran of student ministry, Scrivener said during the five years he…
Read MoreBarber challenges Southwestern community to ‘submit’ to authorities as those who are free
Christians must submit to authorities—both governmental and others—as free people, preached Bart Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Texas, during his Aug. 29 chapel message at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College. In his introduction of Barber, President David S. Dockery expressed his excitement…
Read MoreBrazilian Baptist pastors meet on Southwestern campus, organize as fellowship
A group of over 120 Brazilian pastors met Aug. 1-5 for a retreat and officially voted to declare themselves as the Brazilian Churches Fellowship. During the event, held in the Riley Center on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, the pastors elected Ebeneezer Santos the new executive director and made their formal declaration as…
Read MoreFirst 10:02 prayer meeting features praying for South Africa
Inspired by the text of Luke 10:2, the Prayer 10:02 meeting in Lottie’s Lobby of Mathena Hall on Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s campus had its first gathering Aug. 23, when faculty and students met to participate in a guided prayer time. “We go to God for things we cannot do on our own,” said Ian…
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