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Hymn writer Keith Getty urged the future pastors and ministry leaders at Southern Seminary to take responsibility for what their congregations sing, calling it one of the most formative influences on the life of a church.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary will offer every concentration of its Doctor of Philosophy program in a modular format beginning in fall 2027, allowing pastors and scholars to pursue the seminary’s highest level of theological study without relocating to Louisville.

The Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary met October 19–20 for their fall meeting, where they welcomed eight new members, heard President R. Albert Mohler, Jr. trace nearly 170 years of God’s faithfulness to the institution, received a remarkably strong financial report, and were reminded from 2 Timothy of the gravity of the seminary’s calling to prepare those God has called to ministry.

As a teenager, Granger Smith climbed onto an old tractor with a bush hog hitched behind it. His job was to shred the grass along both sides of the road. He fired up the engine, lowered the mower, and set off in a cloud of dust and noise.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College set aside Tuesday’s chapel service in Alumni Chapel to hear the preaching of Martyn Lloyd-Jones and to learn from his example.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary formally installed Andrew T. Walker as dean of the School of Theology during a chapel service on September 15, 2026, in Alumni Chapel.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrated a decade of training Spanish-speaking ministers this fall by hosting Reconocidos por la Verdad (“Trusted for Truth”), a conference marking the tenth anniversary of the seminary’s Online Hispanic Program.

Students entering a new season of preparation must refuse the counterfeit version of what God intends for them, said Southern Baptist Convention President Willy Rice in a chapel service at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

“The task of education, the task of teaching and learning, is an essentially theological task.” With that conviction, President R. Albert Mohler, Jr. set the terms for the Fall Convocation at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College, gathering faculty, students, trustees, and guests in Alumni Chapel to consecrate the academic year to the Lord.

Andrew Walker did not set out to become a dean. He set out to argue that theology does not stay between the ears.

A total of 104 golfers turned out Monday for the 23rd annual Heritage Classic Golf Outing — an event that generated $282,000 that will help defray tuition costs for students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.