Posts by James Dugger
Southwestern Seminary announces spring chapel schedule
The schedule for the spring 2024 chapel services was released today by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. The chapel schedule begins on January 23, with Convocation led by President David S. Dockery. O.S. Hawkins, chancellor of Southwestern Seminary, will preach the Jan. 25 chapel sermon. Guest speakers include Gilberto Corredera, pastor at Prestonwood en Español in…
Read MoreMann uses pastoral experience at Southwestern to mentor students
Mentoring students is something that many professors feel is a priority when attempting to influence students. John Mann, associate professor of theology and business at Texas Baptist College (TBC), feels that same conviction to mentor students as he was once mentored. Born to a family in the oilfield business, Mann moved around Texas until his…
Read MoreSouthwestern students, faculty use experience in evangelism, biblical counseling during Japan mission trip
Japan is one of the most unreached countries in the world when it comes to the Gospel being spread there. With this fact in mind, 18 students and one faculty member from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary took part in a mission trip to Nagoya, Japan, to both share the Gospel and lead a biblical counseling…
Read MoreNext-Gen ministry: How Doug Bischoff pioneered helping Houston’s First be a ‘better partner for parents’
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of Southwestern News. In most churches today, children’s ministry and youth ministry have little to do with each other outside of sharing a building. At Houston’s First Baptist Church, however, Southwesterner Doug Bischoff has pioneered ministry that seeks to make “church a better partner for…
Read MoreGiving back to the school that gave them so much
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of Southwestern News. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary holds a special place in the hearts of Tom (’80) and Claudia Cooksey, and for that reason, they decide to give back to an institution that has given them so much. Both Tom and Claudia grew up…
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