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One hundred Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students teamed with six local churches and the Baptist Student Union International ministry at the University of Louisville to share the Gospel throughout the city during the annual Reaching Out event, Oct. 22.

Pursuing a correct knowledge of biblical doctrine must lead Christians to a deeper love of both God and neighbor, or they will have missed the point of studying theology, said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in an Oct. 11 chapel sermon.

Thom Rainer came to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1994 as founding dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Church Growth, where he anticipated staying until his retirement.

Calling it “a hallmark in the history” of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, President R. Albert Mohler Jr. announced Wednesday a fully-funded $1 million endowed professorship, named in honor of late Alabama Christian statesman Albert Lee Smith, Jr.

To meet the demands of a steadily increasing student enrollment, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary may offer more classes during the early morning and evening, President R. Albert Mohler Jr. told the seminary’s board of trustees Tuesday during its annual fall meeting.

Peter Perl’s apprehension grew the minute he saw the roommate list for his trip to the Middle East.

For three weeks, the long-time newspaper journalist would be rooming with a Southern Baptist seminary student – and he was uneasy.

To remedy the pervasive biblical illiteracy in America, ministers must return to the discipline of expository preaching, Daniel Akin said in chapel Oct. 6 at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Pictures are typically worth a thousand words, but the images that the television coverage of Hurricane Katrina produced did not prepare Mary Sills for the destruction she witnessed first-hand in southern Mississippi.

While many see only rubble when looking at what is left of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Chuck Kelley sees something decidedly different: opportunity.

Kelley, president of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, visited the campus of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Tuesday to thank students for their gifts, prayers and encouragement for his flood-ravaged school.

Though contemporary voices of ‘tolerance’ view the proclamation of Christianity as a grossly intolerant act, every believer is called to contend for the Gospel in the public square, renowned evangelist Voddie Baucham told students during the Sept. 1 chapel service at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Governments, corporations, educational institutions, businesses and churches all need leaders, and it is the church’s responsibility to train up youth to fill those positions, Jimmy Scroggins said during the Vision Conference VII at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

After visiting 20 churches in seven states this summer, Thomas Bolton has some fresh ideas for training Southern Baptist Theological Seminary students to serve effectively in local church music ministries.

Bolton, dean of the school of church music and worship at Southern, spent 11 Sundays visiting some of the Southern Baptist Convention’s most prominent churches.