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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.

There is much one could say about the impact of his scholarship on many Southern Seminary alumni, their churches, and students through the ministries of the pastors and scholars whom Dr. Stein taught and while I could mention a few of the innumerable scholars Dr. Stein’s scholarship shaped, I want to focus this tribute on a few important encounters I personally had with Dr. Stein when I was a Southern Seminary student as a tribute to him.

For much of his life, Joshua Lemayan did not plan to be a pastor. He trained as a computer scientist and mathematician. Lemayan gradually discovered that God was redirecting his life toward the church.

When Jacob and Tori Myrick first began seminary, life circumstances made online education the right choice.

At The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, missions is not treated as an abstract ideal reserved for future ministry. It is woven directly into student formation, training, and opportunity. For Mark Schisler, that commitment became tangible through a Bevin Center theological education trip to Kenya—an experience that reshaped his vision for ministry and confirmed Southern’s mission-minded identity.

“This is by God’s grace. It is to God’s glory,” President R. Albert Mohler, Jr. said as he welcomed guests to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary’s December 12, 2025 commencement service. This year marked the Seminary’s 236th commencement exercise.

The Evangelical Theological Society (ETS) annual meeting brings together scholars, teachers, pastors, and students committed to evangelical academic work. This year in Boston, nearly 40 representatives from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College contributed through paper presentations, moderated sessions, and research discussions.

Tom Nettles has spent decades steeped in Baptist history, and even now, as he faces health challenges, his devotion to the Baptist story has not dimmed. Though he could not attend the John Gill and Nicaea Conference held at Southern Seminary on October 31, his influence was felt in the room.

Do you believe God still fans the flames of renewal in struggling churches? He can. And he still does. One way God continues to breathe gospel life into struggling churches is through the raising up of men equipped to labor in the difficult soil.