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On Friday, May 8, 2026, faculty, family, and friends gathered on the Seminary Lawn for the 237th Commencement Ceremony of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. They joined together on a beautiful spring morning for a day Mohler called "marvelous" and "stupendous in gospel eyes," celebrating the graduates as they prepare to take their place in pulpits, churches, classrooms, and mission fields around the world.

For the third consecutive spring, Southern Seminary and Boyce College gathered to celebrate recipients of the Mary K. Mohler Scholarship. The inaugural 2024 luncheon honored ten students, while this year’s event welcomed 26 scholarship recipients, with 19 attending in person to share a meal with the donors who made their studies possible.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recently hosted Spring Preview Day, welcoming 146 prospective students and guests to campus. Preview Day gives future students a firsthand experience of life at Southern Seminary. Guests not only tour the campus but interact with the faculty who make Southern a distinct place to grow in Christian community while being equipped to serve the church. For the faculty, Preview Day is a chance to make a case for why Southern is the right place to train for a lifetime of ministry.

U.S. Senator Josh Hawley delivered the 2026 Duke K. McCall Leadership Lecture at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, charging the seminary community to lead the nation toward spiritual revival by engaging its deepest moral and cultural crises.

The Board of Trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary convened on Monday, April 13, for their annual Spring meeting to adopt the operating budget, approve faculty promotions, elect new board officers, and honor outgoing trustees. Throughout the meeting, trustees received reports from the financial board, the audit committee, and standing committees covering every area of institutional life, affirming the health of the seminary and the faithfulness of its leadership.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary announced that Bradley G. Green will join the faculty as Professor of Philosophy and Christian Theology. Green brings decades of experience in theological and philosophical scholarship, a rich publication record, and a deep commitment to the formation of the next generation of Christian leaders.

Every day, teachers face multiple challenges when it comes to handling distracted students, maintaining discipline in their classrooms, and navigating the latest educational trends. But for Christian educators the calling carries an added challenge: remaining faithful to Christ in increasingly complex classrooms. Boyce College plans to meet that challenge with its Encouraged and Equipped Teachers’ Conference on June 27, 2026.

Southern Seminary recently hosted Joel Beeke where he spoke at chapel, engaged with students, and presented the Mullins Lectures on “Reformed Experiential Preaching.” In the lectures, Beeke urged aspiring pastors to preach with conviction—believing God uses the ordinary means of preaching to perform extraordinary works of redemption.

The Church Partnerships program acknowledges that across the country, churches are already training future pastors, ministry leaders, and staff through internships, apprenticeships, residency programs, and structured theological instruction. Rather than requiring students to duplicate that work, Southern seeks to come alongside churches and affirm their formation efforts by creating accredited academic pathways that build on what churches are already doing.

Shawn Wright, Professor of Church History at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered the Faculty Address titled “The Reformation, Baptists, and Biblical Retrieval Theology” to colleagues and students on February 4, 2026.

Southern Seminary and Boyce College marked the ceremonial beginning of the Spring 2026 term today with convocation, gathering faculty, students, and staff for worship and to consecrate the semester’s work to the Lord.

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced a new PhD concentration in Islamic Studies, further strengthening the institution’s longstanding commitment to equipping the church for global gospel engagement.