Posts by Ashley Allen
Harris applies classroom learning to share the Gospel among refugees
When Julie Harris* accompanied a friend to a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary for Preview Day in the spring 2019, the Mount Pleasant, Michigan, native had no idea she would be the one who would ultimately end up as a student on the Fort Worth campus. Harris began pursuing her Master of Arts in Islamic Studies…
Read MoreCopeland has ‘hands on both sides of the map’ from Seminary Hill
The opportunity to “have hands on both sides of the map” is what Michael Copeland heard in the spring 2022 when he was contacted about serving at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary as assistant professor of missions and associate director of the World Missions Center. Alongside his family, Copeland had been serving as a missionary with…
Read MoreDuring installation as Southwestern’s tenth president, Dockery offers challenge for renewed commitment to theological education
Beginning his 40th year of service in Christian higher education, David S. Dockery was officially installed as the tenth president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during an investiture ceremony that was part of the Aug. 22 convocation service at the Fort Worth institution. In the presence of faculty, staff, students, trustee officers and new trustees,…
Read MoreNewest Southwesterners welcomed to Seminary Hill during new student orientation
Like generations of students before them, new students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College were welcomed Aug. 11 for new student orientation in Truett Auditorium in the B.H. Carroll Memorial Building to begin a full day of getting acclimated to the Fort Worth campus before classes begin for the fall semester. “We…
Read MoreRetired music theory professor Janis Watkins passes at 83
Janis Nutt Watkins, retired associate professor of music theory at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Aug. 9. She was 83. “While I never had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Watkins, I’ve heard from her students that she cared deeply for them,” said Joseph R. Crider, dean of the School of Church Music and Worship at…
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