Posts by Ashley Allen
Wakefield uses biblical counseling skills learned at Southwestern to create a safe haven for women
Jenifer Wakefield has known what it’s like to need a home and a safe haven. The three-time Southwestern Seminary graduate grew up with a rocky family life which led her to run away from home when she was 10 years old. She stayed away so long that she ended up stealing food and was picked…
Read MoreSeminary community gathers for prayer for God’s mercy, favor
Heeding the call to prayer for God’s mercy and favor issued by Interim President David S. Dockery, more than 100 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College faculty, staff, and students gathered in the rotunda of the B.H. Carroll Memorial Building Oct. 3 for the first of many scheduled prayer gatherings for the seminary…
Read MoreBarber reminds Southwestern community not to grow weary in doing good during chapel message
Keep doing what is good even when ministry is tiring, preached Bart Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of First Baptist Church of Farmersville, Texas, during his Sept. 29 chapel message at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College. In his introduction of Barber, Interim President David S. Dockery described the…
Read MoreIorg urges Southwestern, TBC community to seek Jesus’s peace, stay on mission
A “pastoral word” about Jesus’s peace and a challenge to remain on mission was offered by Jeff P. Iorg, president of Gateway Seminary, during the Sept. 27 chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College, the first held since the Sept. 22 resignation of former President Adam W. Greenway. Iorg, a 1990…
Read MoreStudents prevail over faculty again in annual softball game filled with fellowship, fun
Adding to their second consecutive loss, the Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College faculty team fell to the student team 9-1 in an upset that was neither stunning nor hard fought during the annual Student vs. Faculty Softball Game held Sept. 22 at the Recreation and Aerobics Center’s field. Elijah Brewer, a TBC student enrolled…
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