Posts by Remington Cook
Southwestern alumnus leads relief, provides ministry in wake of devastating Spanish floods
Joel and Angela Jolley grew up as missionary kids, and as adults felt led to go into the mission field themselves. After Joel graduated from Southwestern in 2014 with a Master of Arts in Missiology, and the couple spent some time planting churches in Irving, Texas, they moved in 2019 to Valencia, Spain, as missionaries…
Read MorePhD student Fretes desires to use education to train young pastors in Paraguay
Federico Fretes’ journey to Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is one of dedication, faith, and unwavering commitment to learning as much as he can. A native of Paraguay, he has walked a path that has taken him from being a young believer to a PhD student with aspirations of shaping the next generation of church leaders.…
Read MoreSouthwestern students gather to participate in Collegiate Day of Prayer
Students and faculty of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Texas Baptist College gathered to participate in the Collegiate Day of Prayer on Feb. 27, joining thousands of other students and campuses around the country taking part in the global initiative. Records of this scheduled day of prayer on college campuses held on the last Thursday…
Read MoreRevived Southwestern collegiate ministry program impacts campus ministries
On college campuses across the nation, students can find Baptist Student Ministries. While it may go by a different name in different parts of the country, the organization, established as the Baptist Student Union over 100 years ago in 1919, has branches on over 700 campuses across the United States. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is…
Read MoreHawkins: true worship results in Christians telling others about Jesus
Christians will know that they truly have worshiped God when they understand God’s holiness, recognize their helplessness, and are driven to tell others about Jesus, Chancellor O.S. Hawkins preached to the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary community gathered for the Chancellor’s Chapel, Jan. 23. Preaching from Isaiah 6:1-9, Hawkins expounded on the importance of worship in…
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