— Friends & Donors —
Foundation Board
• • • • •Events
Spring Retreat
Each spring, Foundation Board members and invited guests gather at a warm-weather location for a special retreat. This is a great opportunity for donors to interact with Dr. and Mrs. Mohler and other Seminary personnel in a beautiful and relaxed setting. The retreat combines delicious meals, challenging Bible teaching, Seminary updates, and a variety of recreational opportunities to make for a memorable time away. You will return home encouraged and refreshed!
In 2011, the retreat will be held at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort, located on the Northwest Florida Gulf Coast, in Destin, Florida. The Resort includes the sparkling white beaches and emerald green waters of the Gulf, four championship golf courses, and a variety of places to shop. The dates are March 23th-26th. Mark your calendars and make plans to join us. For more information, contact Shelley Sullivan at 1-800-626-5525, or locally at 897-4700.
Heritage Week
Southern Seminary has been blessed with a rich heritage of equipping Christian ministers, missionaries, and leaders for a lifetime of faithful service. The year 2011 marks 152 years of training, educating, and preparing God-called ministers of the gospel to share the good news of Jesus Christ worldwide.
Each year, we celebrate our heritage with a weeklong gathering on campus to remind us of the stewardship that has been entrusted to our care. Heritage Week is also a time to renew our commitment to fulfill the mission of the Seminary with both faithfulness and excellence in training the next generation of students for the glory of God.
Foundation Board members and guests are encouraged to join us for this inspiring week. We invite you to experience our chapel services, sit in on a class, rub shoulders with our students, and enjoy the fellowship of other Board members. Guest speakers provide chapel messages that will enrich you spiritually. We’ll enjoy some wonderful meals together and have the opportunity to interact with Dr. Mohler and other faculty members firsthand. There’s nothing quite like being on campus to really sense what God is doing at Southern Seminary!
The dates this year are October 10-14, 2011. For additional information, contact Shelley Sullivan at 1-800-626-5525 ext. 4700, or locally at 897-4700.
Heritage Golf Classic
The Heritage Golf Classic was established to help fund theological education for students training for Christian ministry. With your partnership, the Heritage Golf Classic aids in preparing godly ministers to be equipped for the challenge of fulfilling the Great Commission in this generation. Proceeds from the Heritage Golf Classic fund students training for ministry at Southern seminary.
The tournament will be held August 22, 2011 at Champions Pointe Golf Club in scramble format with a shotgun start. There will be a hole-in-one, longest drive, and closest to the pin prize, as well as gross and net team awards.
For more information about Champions Pointe, visit www.championspointe.com, or call (812) 294-1800. For more information about Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact Charles Smith mailto:charlessmith@sbts.edu or (502) 897-4143.
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Announcements
RSS- Seminary Wives Institute
Registration is open for the spring semester of Seminary Wives Institute. Course descriptions and a child care request form are posted here. New students also register at that Web page, while returning students register on Moodle.
- The Attic
The Attic is now open Mon-Sat from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. All students and their families are welcome to make free selections from this collection of clothing, home goods and furniture located in Fuller Hall, rooms 10-11. Details are posted on the Attic Web page.
- Financial aid opportunity
The Financial Aid Office will implement a new financial aid application for the 2011-2012 academic year. The new application, Financial Aid Profile, is now available for Southern Seminary and Boyce College students to complete. To be eligible, applicants must be a full-time (SBTS: 8+ credit hours, Boyce: 12+ credit hours) master’s level or undergraduate student at the Louisville campus and must be in good academic standing. Applicants will be required to pay a $25 fee in order to submit the Financial Aid Profile. Eligible students will receive a $25 credit on their tuition account to offset cost when payment opens for Fall term. The application deadline for continuing students is June 1. More information and instructions on how to apply are available at www.sbts.edu/finaid. Questions should be directed to the Financial Aid Office at financialaid@sbts.edu or (502)897-4206.
- SBTS begins green-friendly food take-out program
Man shall not live by bread alone, but when life gets busy, one sometimes finds it difficult to make time for bread. Even at a seminary, many students, faculty members and staff can feel hard-pressed to allocate time for dine-in meals. With Pioneer College Caterers’ “Green on the Go” program coming to campus, the Southern Seminary community need no longer go short on food when short on time.
- IMB contact
Jon Clauson, an M.Div. graduate and current PhD student at SBTS, is now working with the International Mission Board to assist people in Kentucky, Ohio and Indiana who are considering service overseas. If interested in talking with him, contact Jon at jsclauson@gmail.com
Blogs
RSS- What makes evangelicalism evangelical? A new book joins the argument
- by – Sep 6
The evangelical movement in America emerged in the twentieth century as conservative Protestants sought to perpetuate an intentional continuity with biblical Christianity. While the roots of the movement can be traced through centuries prior to its emergence in twentieth century America, its organizational shape appeared mainly in the years after World War II. And, as anyone who considers the movement with a careful eye understands, evangelical definition has been a central preoccupation of the movement from the moment of its inception.
- Is God a Problem? Modern Theology Faces its Alternatives
- by – Aug 24
The Christian Century, the venerable voice of liberal Protestantism, juxtaposed two significant obituaries in its August 23, 2011 edition — and both on the same page. The magazine published a respectful obituary of evangelical titan John R. W. Stott, identifying him as “a renowned and prolific author credited with shaping 20th-century evangelical Christianity.”
- The Culture of Death Grows Desperate: War Declared on Crisis Pregnancy Centers
- by – Aug 5
The U.S. Supreme Court’s declaration of war upon the unborn in its infamous 1973 decision, Roe v. Wade, caught most conservative Christians unprepared and unaware. This shock to the nation’s conscience required Christians and other pro-life activists to develop arguments, strategies, and organizations in order to confront the Culture of Death and the legalized killing of the unborn.
- Reparative therapy, homosexuality and the gospel of Jesus Christ
- Jul 19
Each U.S. presidential election cycle brings its own set of unexpected issues, and the 2012 race already offers one topic of controversy that truly sets it apart — a debate over forms of therapy that attempt to change an individual’s sexual orientation.
Known as reparative therapy or sexual orientation conversion therapy, these approaches seek to assist individuals to change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. The cultural and political debate over reparative therapy emerged when a clinic run by Marcus Bachmann, husband of Republican candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann, was accused of offering treatment and counseling intended to change sexual orientation.