Posts by Michelle Workman
Shirley 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…
Read MoreSouthwestern turns focus to the nations during Global Missions Week
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated and encouraged its core value of being globally engaged with a Global Missions Emphasis week, Sep. 3-6, which included a variety of opportunities for students to meet missionaries, hear from evangelism and missions faculty, and learn of opportunities for them join in missions. “This is a very important week for…
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