Archive for June 2025
Clay Smith thrives as pastor of Georgia church following founding pastor
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Southwestern News. When Bryant Wright concluded his time as president of the Southern Baptist Convention, 2010-12, and followed that service with a pastoral sabbatical, he began to create a plan alongside his fellow pastors of Johnson Ferry Baptist Church on how to find his…
Read MoreSouthwesterners reach hardened hearts in Spain with the Gospel
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2025 issue of Southwestern News. While a boy was growing up in a small town in Iowa, USA, a girl was being raised in the large city of Sau Paulo, Brazil. But today those two individuals, Dwight and Mara Williams, serve together as missionaries in Madrid, Spain,…
Read MoreTBC Student Worship Camp helps students grow musical gifts, worship leadership
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary campus welcomed 80 high school students June 3-6, for the Texas Baptist College (TBC) Student Worship Camp, where faculty and students helped attendees fine-tune their musical skills and study the theology of worship and how to serve their church in that area. “Our goal for the camp is to help…
Read MoreMichelle Myers helps working Christian women do things God’s way
Lessons learned in business as well as from personal struggles led Michelle Myers to the realization that she wanted to help and encourage working Christian women in their walk with the Lord. And she wanted to do things God’s way or not at all. Myers grew up in Germantown, Tenn., a Memphis suburb, where her…
Read MoreSouthwesterners play key roles in SBC annual meeting events
Faculty and others connected to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary participated in the 2025 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting and related events in Dallas, June 8-11, in a variety of ways. “The 2025 Southern Baptist Convention provided excellent opportunities for the Southwestern Seminary community,” President David S. Dockery said. “Several people had opportunities to represent Southwestern throughout…
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