Posts by Karen Garcia
Chan thankful for God’s guidance in faith journey
Southwesterner Alan Chan sees God’s blessings at every point in his life. His family had fled to Hong Kong when it was under British rule. Chan was born there, the fifth of six children, and grew up with his family living in a small apartment. “Well, you call it an apartment, but more or less…
Read MoreStudents experience life, ministry in Central Asia
A group of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College (TBC) students spent a week in a predominately Muslim country in Central Asia, experiencing life and ministry among the unreached. Michael Copeland, assistant professor of missions, associate director of the World Missions Center, and dean of students, led the group overseas during the seminary’s…
Read MoreSouthwestern to host sixth annual ‘Prelude to Christmas’ concert
The School of Church Music and Worship (SCMW) at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will present its annual gift to the seminary and surrounding communities—Prelude to Christmas, a free concert signaling the start of the holiday season—Nov. 13-14 in the MacGorman Chapel and Performing Arts Center on the seminary campus. “Christ is Born in Bethlehem” is…
Read MoreTexas Baptist College is focus of chapel panel discussion
Texas Baptist College, the undergraduate program at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, was the focus of the Sept. 17 chapel service, with a panel of faculty highlighting the distinctive work of the college. Seminary President David S. Dockery explained the different approach to chapel is “something that we do to try to introduce what we do…
Read MorePruitt stresses urgency of reaching ‘Generation Alpha’
Generation Alpha—those born between 2010 and 2024—is a massive mission field and it’s urgent that believers reach them for Christ, Shane Pruitt, NextGen director for the North American Mission Board, said during the Sept. 15 chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. “It’s those that are in children’s ministry, middle school ministry, high school ministry.…
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