Tom Elliff hopes to capture the hearts of pastors and their spouses who attend the upcoming Kingdom Family Conference designed to promote the prosperity and preservation of families.Įlliff wants to fill the church leaders with excitement about the Southern Baptist Convention's Kingdom Family Strategy in the hope that they will encourage their congregations to cultivate the family strengthening concepts. The unfolding conversation about Critical Race Theory/Intersectionality (CRT/I) taking place across the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) reveals not only that we deserve a failing grade on this four-fold test, but before a watching world we appear all the more determined to tear each other apart.DEL CITY The Rev. – Do we truly work to find ways to come together rather than to tear each other apart? – Do we seek to believe the best about each other, rather than assume the worst? – Do we treat one another with Christian dignity and respect? ![]() – By our actions, is it evident that we love one another? His probe about the Decalogue’s penultimate commandment, “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor” (Exodus 20:16, av), came in the context of gratitude expressed for my recent op-ed ( “Inerrancy still matters so does integrity”) where I challenged my fellow Great Commission Baptists-as well as myself-to consider four specific questions: Sadly, it seems the correspondent was not making a mere rhetorical inquiry. That jarring question was posed to me in a recent letter written by a recipient of our seminary’s Southwestern News magazine. “Have Southern Baptists forgotten the Ninth Commandment?” Even in 2020, a year marked by civil unrest and a global pandemic, Southwestern remained true to its mission, adapting to changing circumstances in order to commission 638 graduates for service, strengthen its academic offerings, hire new faculty and leadership, and continue its emphasis on both academic output and evangelistic outreach.Īn Open Letter to the Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough College Family, from Adam W. In 2020, Southwestern Seminary remained committed to rigorous academics, practical focus despite COVID-19 limitationsĮstablished in 1908 and making its home in Fort Worth, Texas, since 1910, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has never abandoned its task of equipping men and women to live their calling in fulfillment of the Great Commission. As interim provost he will help us to continue the Southwestern tradition of the very best in theological education.” He is a statesman of Christian higher education who is deeply respected across the evangelical world. Dockery is the very epitome of a Southwesterner-a minister of the gospel who loves the Lord, serves the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention, and leads in scholarship. That he is now willing to accept this new, highly consequential role is further evidence of God’s faithful provision for Southwestern. “He has been an outstanding contributor in every role I have asked him to fill-indeed, in every way exceeding my already high expectations for him. David Dockery’s return to Seminary Hill last year has been one of God’s greatest blessings to Southwestern Seminary,” said Greenway. The seminary is also commencing a national search for the institution’s next chief academic officer. Dockery’s appointment is effective immediately. Dockery, a “statesman of Christian higher education,” interim provost of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he announced today. Skaug to the Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough family, and learn more about him here.Ĭampus News David Dockery named interim provost of Southwestern Seminary ![]() He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Gateway Seminary, holds the Doctor of Ministry and Master of Divinity degrees from Southern Seminary, and earned an undergraduate degree from the College of Idaho. He was ordained to the Gospel ministry in 2004 by Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. He has also served as vice president for institutional advancement at Gateway Seminary and director of development at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Skaug served as the senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland, California, since 2016, and previously pastored churches in Colorado and South Carolina. ![]() Pastor and former seminary administrator Benjamin Skaug was elected the new dean of Scarborough College in October 2020, and this week, he officially begins his duties as dean. Benjamin Skaug begins deanship of Scarborough College “This Week on the Hill” is a weekly roundup of campus news, announcements, and events from Southwestern Seminary and Scarborough College.
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