Posts by Alex Sibley
‘Be the kind of leader that will help advance the Gospel,’ Richards exhorts
Noting that God defines “winning” differently than the world does, Jim Richards, executive director of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), encouraged the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary chapel audience to consider what kind of leaders they want to be as they serve the church. “Cultures change, faces change, names change, but Jesus’ lordship over…
Read MoreFormer youth ministry professor Phil Briggs dies at 88
Phil Briggs, distinguished professor of student ministry and youth education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 1971 to 2004, died on April 18. He was 88. “Dr. Briggs was a Southwesterner with few equals,” said Southwestern Seminary President Adam W. Greenway. “As a four-time graduate and long-tenured faculty member for more than three decades, his…
Read MoreEngage in a ‘transformational trust,’ Brown preaches
Even in the face of uncertain times, Christians must be characterized by a “transformational trust” in the Lord, said Robert Brown, executive director of Lakeway Christian Schools in Morristown, Tennessee, during his chapel sermon at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, April 14. “How we choose to live and how we choose to conduct ourselves will be…
Read MoreGod is doing ‘fresh, marvelous’ work on Seminary Hill, Greenway tells trustees
God is doing “a fresh and marvelous work” on Seminary Hill, President Adam W. Greenway declared to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s board of trustees during their spring meeting, April 12-13. During the meeting, Greenway announced the seminary plans to resume “full, normal on-campus operations in the fall,” and the board approved the 2021-2022 budget, elected…
Read MoreFour appointed to Scarborough College faculty
Four new professors have been appointed to the faculty of Scarborough College, President Adam W. Greenway announced during Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s spring meeting of the board of trustees, April 13. “With the addition of these new faculty, our college will be infused with even greater academic rigor and proven ministers of the Gospel who…
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