Archive for September 2023
Rankin accentuates Great Commandment and Great Commission as motivation for missions
Open one’s eyes, love God and neighbors, and accept God’s call to spread the Gospel among the nations preached Jerry Rankin, president emeritus of the International Mission Board, during his Sept. 7 chapel message at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College. In his introduction of Rankin, President David S. Dockery expressed his delight…
Read MoreLessons learned on the mission field taught to students over breakfast
During “Breakfast with a Missionary,” a come-and-go event held Sept. 7 as part of the weeklong Global Missions Week on the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary campus, Catherine Walker* learned what keeps missionaries on the field. Through interactions with missionaries who serve with the International Mission Board, Walker, a Master of Divinity student with a concentration…
Read MoreSouthwestern students get a ‘taste of the nations’ during Global Missions Week
The World Missions Center and Office of International Students Services at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary held the “Taste of the Nations” event Sept. 6, which featured food from the native countries of four different international student fellowships, a missionary panel, and a crowd of over 200 people. “We are thankful to God for this evening,…
Read MoreCabal provides apologetics tips in pilot Southwesterners’ Forum
What can ministers do to extend the conversation with unbelievers who say no to the Gospel? Ted Cabal, professor of philosophy of religion, provided ideas and counsel to answer that question and others about apologetics in the pilot episode of Southwesterners’ Forum, a new initiative of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s Office of Alumni Engagement.…
Read MoreCrider uses innovative pedagogy to teach students the ‘magic’ of writing
Rylee Riggins, who is “not a morning person at all,” said she woke up “excited” every morning in the spring for her 8:30 a.m. writing class with Amy Crider during the second semester of her freshman year at Texas Baptist College. A Lantana, Texas, native who was the 2022 recipient of the TBC Scholarship Essay…
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