Archive for June 2024
Southwestern Women showcase degree offerings, scholarship during SBC
INDIANAPOLIS — The Southwestern Women’s booth at the Women’s Expo, held June 9-11 during the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting in Indianapolis, Indiana, showcased the academic offerings and multi-faceted opportunities for women at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. In a pre-SBC interview, Southwestern’s Dean of Women, Terri Stovall, explained the Fort Worth institution offers “very specialized…
Read MoreStudents pray for Southwestern Seminary personnel during SBC annual meeting
The campus of Southwestern Seminary is just a little quieter as a number of faculty and staff participate in the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting and related meetings in Indianapolis, June 9-12. But those attendees and messengers go with the prayer and support of students and other faculty who remain. Eight Southwestern women, who gather…
Read MoreSouthwestern students lead people to Christ, learn lessons of evangelism through Crossover
INDIANAPOLIS — Trying to share the Gospel with a 73-year-old man who was “rude,” reminded Joo*, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Master of Divinity student from East Asia, how God “patiently waited” for her when she came to Christ about seven years ago. Joo recalled the man told the team to “stop” talking about Jesus…
Read MoreStudent focused—in word and deed
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2024 issue of Southwestern News. My family and I had the pleasure of serving Christ and His church in sub-Saharan Africa for a decade. Throughout our time we planted churches, made disciples, evangelized, and partnered with churches filled with local believers. We also got to observe…
Read MoreTrusting God at the crossroads: Lilly Park finds her ministry in teaching
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2024 issue of Southwestern News. Lilly Park has come to many crossroads in her life. At each one, she’s turned to her “go to” Bible passage, Proverbs 16, “because it says the answer of the tongue is from the Lord,” she notes. “And that’s what I…
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