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  • FROM THE SEMINARIES: SWBTS 'legacy servants'; Mohler book on Acts; Mark Dever at SBTS
    by SBC Seminary Staff, posted Monday, September 09, 2019 (5 years ago)

    From the Seminaries: Greenway thanks SWBTS 'legacy servants'; Mohler releases 2nd book on Acts; Dever addition to SBTS reflects prayer, common conviction.

    Greenway thanks SWBTS 'legacy servants'

    FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Since becoming president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Adam W. Greenway has sought to reconnect with former faculty and staff -- or, as he calls them, "legacy servants." Read More

  • 'We are here to worship,' Mohler tells 304 SBTS grads
    by SBTS Communications, posted Tuesday, May 21, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Graduation ultimately reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to Jesus Christ that His house will be filled, R. Albert Mohler Jr. of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary said in his May 17 commencement address.

    During the 223rd commencement on the seminary lawn in Louisville, Ky., 304 master's and doctoral degrees were awarded in what Mohler said is not just a ceremony -- it is a worship service for the God who called them and prepared them for ministry. Read More

  • The Apostles Creed: 'Christians have died for this'
    by SBTS Communications, posted Monday, April 01, 2019 (5 years ago)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Among all the statements and confessions in the history of the church, the Apostles' Creed stands above them all, R. Albert Mohler Jr. writes in a new book seeking to rekindle a love for the creed nearly 2,000 years after its writing.

    Recited in churches of all traditions and varieties across the world -- and in every commencement ceremony at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary -- the Apostles' Creed has long been considered the basic teaching of Christianity. Read More

  • FROM THE SEMINARIES: Convocations at Gateway & SBTS
    by SBC Seminary Staff, posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 (5 years ago)

    In today's From the Seminaries: In spring convocations, Gateway Seminary's Jeff Iorg cautions 'Who do you follow?' can be a divisive question; R. Albert Mohler Jr. of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary distinguishes God's "secret things" from "things revealed." Read More

  • Mohler elected VP of Evangelical Theological Society
    by SBTS Staff, posted Friday, November 16, 2018 (5 years ago)

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    DENVER (BP) -- R. Albert Mohler Jr. has been elected as vice president of the Evangelical Theological Society, effective immediately following this year's Nov. 13-15 annual meeting in Denver.

    Mohler was elected as vice president with no objections from fellow scholars at the 70th annual ETS meeting. He is the third representative in the last 15 years from Southern Seminary to serve as vice president of ETS, following Thomas R. Schreiner and Bruce A. Ware.

    Schreiner, Southern Seminary's James Buchanan Harrison Professor of New Testament, was ETS vice president in 2012 and president in 2013.

    Ware, SBTS T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology, was vice president of ETS before becoming president in 2009. Read More

  • Mohler's 25 years at Southern Seminary celebrated
    by SBTS Communications, posted Wednesday, October 10, 2018 (5 years ago)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's trustees presented a resolution of appreciation to R. Albert Mohler Jr. to celebrate his 25th anniversary as president of the institution during a special chapel service Oct. 9.

    A sermon by Atlanta-area pastor James Merritt and reflections from Mohler, who became the seminary's president in 1993, also were part of the celebration at the Louisville, Ky., campus.

    Trustee vice chairman and North Carolina pastor Clint Pressley presented the resolution, reading the text to a filled-to-capacity Alumni Memorial Chapel. Mohler received the framed ... Read More

  • Q&A: Mohler reflects on 25 yrs. at Southern Seminary
    by SBTS Communications, posted Wednesday, October 10, 2018 (5 years ago)

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    LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- On the occasion of his 25th anniversary as Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's president, R. Albert Mohler Jr. sat down for a wide-ranging conversation about cultural challenges, theological education, the Southern Baptist Convention and his tenure as the ninth president of the SBC's oldest seminary.

    "When I came here as a student, I definitely came wanting to do a Ph.D. I wanted to be, and felt called to be, a theologian and a preacher of the Word," Mohler said. "I wanted to be deeply involved in apologetics. And I assumed that would be in the pastorate. But I knew that it ... Read More

  • TRUSTEES: ERLC names Mohler, Waggoner for key awards
    by Tom Strode, posted Thursday, September 06, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- Trustees of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission approved a seminary president and a courtroom advocate as recipients of the Southern Baptist entity's 2018 awards Wednesday (Sept. 5) during their annual meeting.

    The ERLC board unanimously endorsed R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, for the Distinguished Christian Service Award and Kristen Waggoner of Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) for the Religious Liberty Award.

    The trustees -- in their meeting at the SBC Building in Nashville -- also unanimously: Read More

  • Mohler confronts SBC's 'horrifying #MeToo moment'
    by David Roach, posted Thursday, May 24, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    LOUSVILLE, Ky. (BP) -- R. Albert Mohler Jr. has labeled turmoil in the Southern Baptist Convention the SBC's "own horrifying #MeToo moment" and said it stems from "an unorganized conspiracy of silence" about sexual misconduct and abuse.

    "Judgment has now come to the house of the Southern Baptist Convention," Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, wrote in a May 23 internet commentary. "The terrible swift sword of public humiliation has come with a vengeance. There can be no doubt the story is not over." Read More

  • Mohler tells NRB of 'new regime of invented rights'
    by Kenneth Chan, posted Friday, May 04, 2018 (6 years ago)

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    WASHINGTON (BP) -- The liberties enshrined in the Constitution are today "confused, contorted, and sometimes even condemned," R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, said at the National Religious Broadcasters' First Amendment Lunch in Washington on May 3.

    "Religious freedom, freedom of speech and the freedom of the press -- along with the other rights recognized and respected within the Bill of Rights -- are all threatened even as other rights are marginalized," Mohler said during the NRB gathering on Capitol Hill sponsored by In Touch Ministries. Read More