Archive for October 2025
Scholarship honoring Morris H. Chapman announced by Southwestern
During the Oct. 22 meeting of its Board of Trustees, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary announced the launch of a new scholarship initiated by the family of Morris H. Chapman to honor his denominational legacy. Chapman, 84, passed away on Oct. 20. “The Southwestern community is thankful for the opportunity to establish the Morris H. and Jodi Francis Chapman Scholarship, recognizing the Chapmans’ contribution to the life of the…
Read MoreSouthwestern community unites in prayer during trustee meeting
The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary community, including faculty, staff, students, and Board of Trustees members on campus for their fall meeting, gathered to pray for the seminary on Oct. 21 during the fall Day of Prayer. The event began in MacGorman Chapel, where participants first gathered to fellowship, pray, and worship corporately. They then dispersed…
Read MoreMinor Prophets focus during annual preaching workshop
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary welcomed pastors and those called to pastor to the annual Effective Preaching Workshop on Oct. 13, when experienced preachers and pastors taught how to preach the Minor Prophets of the Old Testament. Matthew McKellar, professor of preaching at Southwestern and host of the workshop, pointed out the Minor Prophets are sometimes…
Read MoreSouthwestern students ‘humbled,’ ‘rejuvenated’ by New York City mission trip
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students and their team leader said they returned from a weeklong mission trip to New York City both humbled and rejuvenated. The group spent the seminary’s fall reading days working with the South Asian Community Center (SACC) in the Jackson Heights neighborhood of the borough of Queens. Team leader Ashley Allen,…
Read MoreTwo-time alumnus, long-time professor Bridges passes away
Former Southwestern Seminary professor of 27 years and two-time alumnus Tommy Lee Bridges passed away on October 9, 2025. “The Southwestern community joins me in offering thanksgiving for the life and ministry of Dr. Bridges while offering prayers and Christian sympathy for the Bridges family,” said President David S. Dockery, who was a student at…
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