Posts by James Dugger
Southwestern student to appear on America’s Got Talent
In an episode of America’s Got Talent (AGT) airing June 27, Lachune Boyd, a Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Master of Music student with a concentration in voice will be featured as one of the people auditioning. Like many talent-based televised competitions, AGT has an open audition portion during which Boyd performed. “You know, let’s just…
Read MoreAlumni honored, Dockery, Hawkins answer questions during Southwestern alumni luncheon in New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President David S. Dockery honored Dondi E. Costin and James E. “Buddy” Gray as the institution’s 2023 distinguished alumni and spoke to a capacity crowd of alumni and guests gathered at the annual Alumni and Friends Luncheon about the hope for Southwestern’s future during the June 14 event…
Read MoreStudents encourage faculty and staff representing Southwestern at SBC annual meeting
With some faculty and staff members traveling to New Orleans, Louisiana, for the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting the week of June 12, a group of students wrote notes encouraging them that they have been praying for the staff as they represent Southwestern Seminary. The students wrote notes for each day of the convention. Encouraged…
Read MoreChrist, Cubs, & Church History: How Blake McKinney shapes the lives of Texas Baptist College students
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Spring 2023 issue of Southwestern News. Teaching in higher education is a special calling in life that not many have. Blake McKinney, assistant professor of history and humanities at Texas Baptist College, has felt this calling since he was in his undergraduate program at Union University in…
Read MoreTBC hosts first-ever worship camp for high school students
Texas Baptist College (TBC) welcomed over 50 high school students to the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary on June 5 to join the first-ever TBC Worship Camp. From Monday through Thursday, students were able to learn from TBC and Southwestern Seminary faculty and students how to fine-tune their musical skills, how to study the…
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