Posts by Ashley Allen

In June 2021, when Mike Smith retired as the president of Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, Texas, he and his wife, Susan, already knew how God was leading their next steps. The couple had recently sold their East Texas home and purchased a 42-foot, fifth-wheel trailer and a heavy-duty pickup truck so they could make themselves…

Felix Cabrera, líder entre los Bautistas del Sur, fue nombrado director asociado de Programas Hispanos en el Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS), anunció hoy el presidente Adam W. Greenway. “El nombramiento de Felix Cabrera para ayudar en el liderazgo de nuestros Programas Hispanos es otra prueba de nuestra determinación de suplir la necesidad de más obreros…

Southern Baptist leader Felix Cabrera has been appointed associate director of Hispanic Programs at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, President Adam W. Greenway announced today. “The appointment of Felix Cabrera to help lead our Hispanic Programs is further proof of our resolve to meet the needs of more faithfully trained Hispanic and Latin-American Gospel workers to…

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Dec. 27 with the addition of arrangements and Dec. 29 with memorial donation requests from the family. John William “Jack” MacGorman, long-time professor of New Testament at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and namesake for its MacGorman Chapel, died today at the age of 100, two days shy of…

Editor’s note: this article appears in the Fall 2021 issue of Southwestern News. When the new occupant of their old house on Felix Street walked across the street with a misdelivered envelope, Mike (’92) and Estelle Jewell were blessed by God’s timing. The envelope was from their home church in South Texas and, almost to a…