Posts by Karen Garcia
Southwestern alumnus Adam Groza marks first year as Gateway Seminary president
Adam Groza didn’t grow up Southern Baptist, so when a friend suggested he check out Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he said, “I had never heard of Southwestern Seminary. I didn’t know about Southern Baptist seminaries, quite frankly.” Now he is approaching his first anniversary as president of Gateway Seminary, the Southern Baptist Convention’s only seminary…
Read MoreSouthwestern students experience missionary life in Thailand
A group of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary students worked alongside International Mission Board (IMB) team leaders in Thailand during the seminary’s spring reading days, getting a taste of what missions work is like overseas, led by their professor who was once a missionary to the country. The March 15-23 trip was sort of a homecoming…
Read MoreRibbon-cutting held for Prestonwood Pregnancy Center on Southwestern’s campus
Prestonwood Baptist Church and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary formally marked the opening of Prestonwood Pregnancy Center during a March 26 ribbon-cutting ceremony on the seminary’s Fort Worth campus. The center, located on the south part of the campus in a building on Townsend Drive, provides support and resources to women facing unplanned pregnancies. Services include…
Read MorePanel discusses role of Cooperative Program during Southwestern Founder’s Day chapel
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Cooperative Program and the seminary’s role in its beginning during a Founder’s Day chapel service March 13 on the Fort Worth campus. Southwestern Seminary President David S. Dockery noted the event usually involves an address about one of the early leaders of the seminary. However,…
Read MoreSouthwestern couple bringing theological education to native land
Mandimby Ranaivoarisoa and his wife, Tiana, both grew up in Antananarivo, the capital city of Madagascar, but had very different upbringings. Now, after earning degrees at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, they are preparing to return to their native land and the seminary they started there. Mandimby grew up in a Christian family, with his father…
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