Posts by Alex Sibley
Southwestern Seminary equips scholar-practitioners in inaugural EdD cohort
Southwestern Seminary is the “preeminent Southern Baptist seminary” for “studying Christian education,” says Bryan Barrineau, student pastor at First Baptist Church in Enterprise, Alabama, and one of the nine students in Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s first Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) cohort, which began in October. Approved by the seminary’s board of trustees at their spring…
Read More‘Love one another,’ Greenway charges graduates during in-person commencement
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Scarborough College recognized, celebrated, and commissioned 638 bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and certificate graduates during its fall 2020 commencement ceremony, Dec. 4, of whom 223 were present. The ceremony took place in MacGorman Chapel, but due to COVID-19 restrictions, only graduates, faculty, and production staff were present in the room. All wore masks…
Read MoreA conversation about ‘Baptists and the Bible,’ 40 years later
Critics of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Conservative Resurgence accused conservatives of holding contemporary Baptists to standards of belief not held by their forebearers. Against that argument in 1980, Tom J. Nettles and L. Russ Bush—alumni of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary who were then serving on the school’s faculty—published a comprehensive history of the doctrine of…
Read MoreStories of Southwesterners’ evangelistic fervor reach beyond Seminary Hill
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students, faculty, and alumni have long been faithful in their evangelism efforts on campus and beyond. The stories of their Gospel witness have been told and celebrated on Seminary Hill, but they have also been noticed by Christians and ministry leaders across the country. David Jeremiah, pastor and founder of the…
Read MoreFROM THE HILL: Park shares how to prepare for winter seclusion, Queen shares COVID-19 evangelism and discipleship strategies
“From the Hill” is a regular series highlighting the work of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s faculty. Check back here regularly to find articles, blogs, podcasts, interviews, and more. “Southwestern Seminary’s Adam W. Greenway,” Adam W. Greenway (president of Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough College, professor of evangelism and apologetics), interviewed on “TAB Talks” “Adam W. Greenway, the…
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