Posts by Michelle Workman
After decades in ministry, Forshee continues to experience transitions, new roles
After decades of serving the Lord through pastoring churches, teaching at two seminaries, and creating a non-profit ministry that supports missions and supplies resources, Danny Forshee at 60 years old said he prays his greatest years of ministry are still ahead. “I’m grateful for the experiences and the depth that God has given me,” Forshee…
Read MoreShirley sees Southwestern’s influence during recent trip to South Korea
During a recent trip to South Korea, Chris Shirley, dean of the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries, got to witness firsthand the partnership Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has with evangelical leaders in the country through its alumni and sharing of resources and efforts. About a year ago, Shirley’s book Family Ministry and the…
Read MoreFormer missions professor Earl Martin passes away
After a 14-month battle with cancer, Earl R. Martin passed peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones on August 23, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. Martin, who taught missiology and world religions at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1982-1987, was born in Milton, Pennsylvania, in 1927. In 1948, he married Mary Jane Winchester, his high school…
Read MoreWedgwood marks 25th anniversary of deadly shooting while looking ahead
Sadness as well as hope was present throughout the full sanctuary at Wedgwood Baptist Church Sunday as the congregation held a special service Sept. 15 in remembrance of the shooting that happened there 25 years ago on that day, leaving seven of their members injured and seven others killed, including several teenagers and Southwestern Baptist…
Read MoreSouthwestern alumni share of hope, healing 25 years after Wedgwood Church shooting
On Sept. 15, 1999, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary alumnus Jay Fannin (MACE, ’98) was helping at a youth event he had organized at Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth, where he had been named the youth minister 20 months previously. But that time of prayer and worship that was attended by 14 area church youth…
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