Archive for March 2025

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program and the seminary’s role in its beginning during a Founder’s Day chapel service March 13 on the Fort Worth campus. Southwestern Seminary President David S. Dockery noted the event usually involves an address about one of the early leaders of the seminary. However,…

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary recognized Glen C. Kinney and Kenneth and Paula Hemphill as faithful partners of the institution, presenting them, respectively, with the B. H. Carroll and L. R. Scarborough awards on March 13 during the Founder’s Day Luncheon. Following the Founder’s Day chapel, featuring a panel discussion about Southern Baptist cooperation, including the…

Joel and Angela Jolley grew up as missionary kids, and as adults felt led to go into the mission field themselves. After Joel graduated from Southwestern in 2014 with a Master of Arts in Missiology, and the couple spent some time planting churches in Irving, Texas, they moved in 2019 to Valencia, Spain, as missionaries…

“The Department of Justice has notified Southwestern Seminary that the investigation into the handling of sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention has concluded with no actions against the seminary. For more than two years, Southwestern fully cooperated with the DOJ throughout the investigation and is pleased that there were no findings of wrongdoing against…