http://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/Recent headlines from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TXen-us5/19/2013 5:27:51 AMSWBTS Feed Generator60http://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=EF3482BA-AE23-671C-4917583C4FAA0762FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The Honorable Coby Shorter III, deputy secretary of state for Texas, challenged students and faculty of Southwestern Seminary to embrace the demands of service during a chapel message, Feb. 21. Shorter, who also serves as pastor of Rosewood Baptist Church in Austin as well as Providence Church in Eagle Lake, Texas, delivered his sermon from Luke 5:27-28.Tue 26 Feb 13 13:12:56 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=C16981BD-BDC2-67A0-4DCCEF04F78A0433FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Preaching magazine’s January/February 2013 issue recognized Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Paige Patterson’s Revelation volume in The New American Commentary series among the best books for preachers in 2012. The article, written by Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president R. Albert Mohler Jr., examines commentaries as well as books on theology and ministry.Wed 20 Feb 13 16:33:51 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=7E1B8F4E-F497-C885-782A4BC32E18F287FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Christians should pursue a complete, biblical understanding of the Christian hope that takes seriously the role of Israel in God’s plan and purpose, theologian and church historian Craig Blaising said during the 2013 Day-Higginbotham Lectures at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Jan. 31–Feb. 1.Thu 14 Feb 13 16:23:52 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=7DFB788E-F7CA-8456-9E87111E3C51AB7CFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Representatives from the Korean Baptist Theological Seminary in Deajeon, South Korea, traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, to affirm and further develop the school’s partnership with Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Thu 14 Feb 13 16:20:21 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=209208D2-B750-8AD5-296E9829B7AD4674FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – In February 1993, True Love Waits morphed from a nameless concept discussed in recurring coffee break conversations into a movement that picked up popularity and steam seemingly overnight. That month, 53 teenagers from Tulip Grove Baptist Church (TGBC) in Old Hickory, Tenn., committed themselves to sexual abstinence before marriage. In the 20 years since, millions of teenagers have followed suit, bringing abstinence to the national conversation and strengthening an innumerable amount of marriages long before they ever even began.Thu 07 Feb 13 15:00:00 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=EA204C4D-D226-B324-0ACB918A081B3AFDThe following is an interview with Christine Hoover about her recently published book The Church Planting Wife. Christine and her husband Kyle, both graduates of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, moved to Charlottesville, Va., in 2008 to plant Charlottesville Community Church. Christine also shares her thoughts about life and ministry at her blog, Grace Covers Me.Fri 01 Feb 13 14:19:40 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=B8A16FBE-C6E1-10FC-B81A4BF04FA9AC46FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Children might leave Spring Kickoff talking about the tantalizing time they had jumping in the bounce houses. Hungry students might leave raging about the $1-per-slice pizza they inhaled. Professors, such as Matt Queen, whom spectators cheered on while hoisting photographic signs of his face above the crowd, might leave feeling hopeful about post-seminary careers in professional dodgeball. But for Assistant Director of Student Life Tyler Durham, it was what happened after the balls were thrown, dodged and then dropped into the background clamor of the final ‘out’ of the championship round that stuck in his mind.Thu 31 Jan 13 15:15:37 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=B85C2679-A7B6-CF8F-C6A55A7492092985FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary launched the spring 2013 semester with its convocation chapel service in MacGorman Chapel, Jan. 24. The chapel service also featured the first message in President Paige Patterson’s annual spring sermon series. This year’s series, titled “The Man Who Saw Tomorrow,” will examine the life and writings of the prophet Isaiah.Thu 31 Jan 13 15:08:03 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=116ADA68-DB99-440B-C8F127E281F905FDFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – For the second year in a row, Southwesterners trekked to Tekax, Mexico, for one week to come alongside local missionaries and seminaries who work year-round to bring the good news of Jesus Christ to Mayan and Mexican inhabitants.Wed 23 Jan 13 10:01:16 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=1160B692-9600-C65B-C989300D94E7D936What would you do if you had to choose between your life and your baby’s life?Wed 23 Jan 13 10:00:09 CSTKatie FrugéPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=0BDA4C5B-EDCD-A5C8-F436C728138A21E1FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The spiritual harvest is ripe and plentiful even among the unreached Antandroy people group, who received their name—literally, “People of the Thorns”—from the cactus plants and thickets native to their homeland in southern Madagascar. Fri 18 Jan 13 14:36:10 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=A9F9AB4E-ECFD-C7BC-04AAC5515BE5A4E2FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – A revamped School of Church Music (SCM) degree program has entered the final stages of pilot course testing and is set to launch in fall 2013. The new, streamlined Master of Arts in Worship (MAW), which features online and hybrid course options, allows students to gain theological and musical training without having to physically relocate to Fort Worth. Wed 16 Jan 13 16:59:12 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=40FB1234-FAC3-76EC-427D1D46440354F5DALLAS, Texas (SWBTS)—Christian Sportsmen’s Fellowship (CSF), the creators of The Christian Sportsman magazine, honored Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Paige Patterson with the first-ever David Livingstone Award in recognition of his missionary heart combined with a passion for hunting, Jan. 4. The award was presented at the Dallas Sportsmen’s Prayer Breakfast at Eddie Deen’s Ranch Restaurant.Wed 09 Jan 13 16:44:40 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=75268781-DE2D-9AB7-4E78C34A3AC19420FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Justice Anderson, longtime Southern Baptist missionary and missions professor, passed away Dec. 29, 2012. Mon 31 Dec 12 18:26:23 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=D4F3C0B6-A528-A901-6832306E0C502A18FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary commissioned a new class of graduates, including two of its own professors, Dec. 14. The seminary conferred degrees on 197 students—13 undergraduate degrees, 156 master's degrees and 32 doctoral degrees.Tue 18 Dec 12 17:09:38 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=C4C244B6-E727-E739-1075A9FF919F939FFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Faculty and students from Southwestern’s School of Church Music played all the right notes at the seminary’s “A Steinway Pianorama Christmas” concert, Dec. 6. Pianists tickled the ivories of eight Steinway grand pianos on the main stage in Truett Auditorium during the event, and eight additional Steinway pianos were played in the rotunda prior to the concert.Tue 18 Dec 12 09:36:49 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=2B6081DA-B01D-9539-20F3987E8DF7AE98FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Seminary professors recommended reading for students as they take a break from classes during the Christmas season.Wed 05 Dec 12 11:30:41 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=26DF21B5-0A03-5660-63C2F557CD23ABF2FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – A group of young pastors in Côte d’Ivoire (the Ivory Coast) approached seminary student Preçois Norcilus at the end of October with a confession. They confessed that they had heard nothing good of Norcilus’ homeland, Haiti, but they rejoiced when Norcilus’ ministry in West Africa helped them lay aside their prejudice. Their story of cross-cultural reconciliation depicts only one way that ministry has spanned the globe through Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s partnership with seminaries worldwide. Wed 05 Dec 12 09:24:41 CSTBenjamin Hawkinshttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=267A6397-0AC7-9053-4333238EE0DDB094FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The School of Church Music released its new online theological journal and blog of the same name, Artistic Theologian, in 2012 in an effort to more emphatically join the discussion of issues in worship, church music, aesthetics and culture from an evangelical, theological perspective. Wed 05 Dec 12 09:13:41 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=36CBFB5C-FDE4-99BB-04C8EFC5BC044E71FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The Fort Worth City Council voted to authorize the closure of the Gambrell Street railroad crossing on the west side of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s campus during its Nov. 12 meeting. The decision comes after three years of communication and cooperation between the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company, the city of Fort Worth, and Southwestern Seminary, and it will make the seminary’s campus safer and quieter. Fri 30 Nov 12 11:05:21 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=35564C66-DCB4-0952-1CEFA89B35148DFAFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Fifty-four years after construction crews completed the first 12 buildings of J. Howard Williams Student Village in 1958, the first batch of 12 highly anticipated new apartment buildings has opened and become home to students and their families. Thu 15 Nov 12 12:31:53 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=352CD9A7-9FBD-C2CA-A17CE2708CEFE392FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and the Master Chorale at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary opened a season of holiday music with the performance of Handel’s Messiah on the seminary’s campus, Nov. 8. For more than 90 years, Southwestern Seminary has hosted performances of Messiah on campus, opening this free concert to the public so that more people can hear this musical presentation of the Gospel.Thu 15 Nov 12 12:27:21 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=35225FEC-D60C-08BD-BAE2EC8D4F6D86ECFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Two centuries removed from his historic departure from American shores to the people of Burma, Adoniram Judson’s life and missionary work continue to inspire and inform Baptist missions endeavors. Judson’s impact was discussed by a panel of professors at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Nov. 2, each of whom contributed to the recent book Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary. Thu 15 Nov 12 12:26:12 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=9F5D16B8-043B-1970-B5E93548E7FF6C3BFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – In light of the increasing prevalence and tolerance of pornography and erotica like best-selling 50 Shades of Grey, Southwestern hosted a closed-door, women-only Grindstone event Oct. 29 to discuss the issue, its devastating effect on marriages and ministries and what in the world women can do about it.Wed 07 Nov 12 15:19:33 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=9F06F179-09E2-DB4E-09BD59AE8090C4E5FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary president Paige Patterson was presented with a German-language festschrift by the faculty members of Bibelseminar Bonn last month during a graduation ceremony in Bonn, Germany. Since 2005, Bibelseminar Bonn has been home to a Southwestern extension center that offers master’s degrees to students training for ministry in Germany. Wed 07 Nov 12 15:10:08 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=668DB5AF-B34A-443C-38197A4DDEF6977DFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – There have been books, there have been conferences, and there have been websites for youth ministry. Now, there’s an app for that.Thu 01 Nov 12 14:32:22 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=66262DD6-90EF-825A-2F67811739F17183FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Missions experts at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary said that the kingdom of God can be advanced through the efforts of business professionals who serve around the world. Southwestern’s Richard Land Center for Cultural Engagement hosted its first Kingdom Professionals Conference, Oct. 25-26, where professionals learned about strategies for using business as a platform for missions worldwide.Thu 01 Nov 12 14:21:03 CSTBenjamin Hawkinshttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F70E183A-CE2A-3761-2DAB7B2FF952C59EFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Malcolm Yarnell, professor of systematic theology at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, surprised seminary president Paige Patterson, Oct. 17, with the announcement of a festschrift to be published by B&H Academic in honor of Patterson. Yarnell, who edited the volume, said the book will consist of essays on the evangelical Anabaptists of the 16th century.Thu 25 Oct 12 11:15:55 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=F636CC1F-E56A-38A9-5849C2769BD080F1FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The Southern Baptist Convention’s Hispanic Consortium met at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Oct. 11-13, to develop strategies for reaching the United States’ rapidly growing Hispanic population.Thu 25 Oct 12 10:52:24 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=6641BE6F-A2AB-845D-3578A9EEA58AD0A6FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s board of trustees elected two new faculty members, installed a professor to an academic chair, and devoted time to prayer in their fall meeting, Oct. 17. Trustees also toured the final construction stages of new student housing as well as the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible exhibition.Wed 17 Oct 12 16:28:18 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=659646B4-0856-FB02-F509672571E68371FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Whether young or old, conservatives and liberals, those inside and outside the church—everybody loves the sermon on the mount, said Terry Wilder, professor of New Testament at Southwestern, at the seminary’s annual Advanced Expository Preaching Workshop, Oct. 8. Wed 17 Oct 12 16:09:34 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=65873C05-B1B6-52DA-AC5F3C352AA05E9BFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – International Mission Board President Tom Elliff shocked students at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary during a chapel service, Oct. 9, when he spilled what he said were uncut diamonds worth more than $6 million on the chapel stage. The fumble—accompanied by audible gasps—came moments after Elliff told students that a wealthy doctor had donated more than 2,000 uncut diamonds to the IMB to fund mission work.Wed 17 Oct 12 16:07:55 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=656352FE-0819-889F-8AE567EE8E9D094DFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – During a chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Samuel Stephens reported how he and fellow seminary student Paul Morris shared the Gospel at a nearby Starbucks with Mike and his girlfriend, Sin. Wed 17 Oct 12 16:04:00 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=343838CB-EAE9-950A-BE9F903BAF227BF5FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Governor Rick Perry visited the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Bible exhibition on the campus of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth on Oct. 15. Perry invited more than 20 prominent North Texas pastors to join him for lunch and a tour of the exhibition. Tue 16 Oct 12 17:09:06 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=2E983D73-AE32-FD82-382AE72E05F6FD7BFRISCO, Texas (SWBTS) – God is more interested in kingdom-minded families committed to His glory than ‘holy huddles’ and ‘nice families’ in the church, Richard Ross, professor of student ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, said during his main session message at the D6 Conference in Frisco, Texas, Sept. 27. The two-day family ministry conference, drawn from Deuteronomy 6 (D6), helps churches implement discipleship strategies that encourage primary spiritual formation in the family.Thu 11 Oct 12 15:13:21 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=2E8C104A-C541-04B1-3A5321613DA473ABFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – About 150 college students attended Re-Call, the College at Southwestern’s revival, Sept. 24-26, and left reminded and refreshed about the Lord’s calling on their lives. Bill Elliff, directional pastor at the Summit Church in Little Rock, Ark., spoke for the revival’s three sessions and helped students and faculty remember whom they serve and why they serve.Thu 11 Oct 12 15:12:01 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=2D8E9FD2-9060-DFB4-43E13845D4E2B2DDFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Seminary professor John Yeo wants his students to stand confidently under the authority of Scripture, a stand he made by abandoning the practice of infant baptism.Thu 11 Oct 12 14:44:20 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=2D4E8397-E2EB-0C99-1B662DC3DF8C0D61FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – When a group of students found out that a new business, Toppers Pizza, would be giving free pizza for a year to the first people in line for its grand opening, evangelism—not pepperoni or cheese— was the first thing that came to their minds.Thu 11 Oct 12 14:37:20 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=A9259A6B-DFB1-4B91-D4F00F36A3E84D7FFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Eddie Belle Leavell Newport, the wife of a former administrator at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, died at the age of 93, Sept. 29. In 1941, she married John P. Newport, who joined the seminary’s faculty in 1952 and later served as provost and vice president for academic affairs.Thu 04 Oct 12 08:09:07 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=DDCBC969-B69F-B252-ADBDD9771761802DFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –Counseling professors John Babler and David Penley offer a seven-session certification in biblical counseling each fall and spring at Southwestern’s Fort Worth campus, where they teach candidates the need for, purpose of and how-to’s of biblical counseling. In the last several years, the duo has broadened that training to include sessions at churches as far away as Philadelphia. Tue 25 Sep 12 10:04:11 CSTSharayah ColterPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=DEAC65E6-BC81-CC31-21F62C3BC31B4D55FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The excitement of a new semester drifted across Southwestern during the campus picnic and church fair, Sept. 6.Thu 20 Sep 12 11:10:08 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=DE6CAE26-ED76-361C-A20CD35F26157570FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Reading a geography book for school at the age of 9, Sam Scott* learned about the people of India, and God set his heart on fire for taking the Gospel to India. Now a college student at Southwestern, Scott said the seminary’s International Church Planting (ICP) Week, Sept. 10-14, stirred once again his passion for sharing the message of Christ with the people of India.Thu 20 Sep 12 11:03:11 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=DDF50D52-E320-C54D-A8B11A92A82030C1FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – The 2012 Presidential election will be the most important election in nearly 150 years, Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said during a lecture series on the theology of work and economics at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Sept. 5.Thu 20 Sep 12 10:50:07 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=3FF6EA87-06FC-E775-0696148E2AE5AE0EFORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Faculty, former students, denominational leaders, and pastors from across the country joined with the family of Roy Fish to celebrate the life of the distinguished professor of evangelism emeritus at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Sept. 14. Fish, 82, passed away peacefully the morning of Sept. 10. The memorial service was held on the seminary’s campus.Mon 17 Sep 12 09:12:08 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=A447F01F-BBB8-BC37-2CCDE41220408E88FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Eugene Florence, 108, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. The wake will be held at the Greater St. Stephen First Baptist Church, located on the corner of East Berry and Sydney in Fort Worth, on Sunday, Sept. 16 from 6-8 p.m. The memorial service, officiated by Dr. Michael Bell, will be held at the church on Monday, Sept. 17, at 10 a.m.Fri 14 Sep 12 08:38:43 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=E4E7A7D9-9E70-0C68-577958E8DCBEF0A2FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Students were challenged to rely on the sufficiency of God’s Word and to guard against a “rush to relevancy” in preaching during the annual Northcutt Lectures on Preaching, Aug. 30-31. Mark Howell, pastor of First Baptist Church of Daytona Beach, Fla., delivered three lectures over the two days as he sought to dispel common myths about preaching and pastoral ministry.Mon 10 Sep 12 15:27:13 CSTKeith CollierPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=D6ACC7B0-9D52-F31D-491E079902E63190FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary celebrates the legacy of distinguished professor emeritus of evangelism Roy J. Fish, who passed away on the morning of Sept. 10. Fish served Southwestern for nearly 50 years and once occupied the L. R. Scarborough Chair of Evangelism (“The Chair of Fire”), and his name has become synonymous with “evangelism” throughout the Southern Baptist Convention.Mon 10 Sep 12 08:49:18 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=3FD01C53-970A-99CB-FAE523F29CF730E8FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Terry Turner, president of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), endorsed a petition that defends the biblical definition of marriage during chapel at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Sept. 5. During his chapel message, the pastor of Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church in Mesquite, Texas, also challenged students and faculty to sign the petition, which will be presented to President Obama.Fri 07 Sep 12 10:30:42 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=E4A4BE22-CE36-24DC-0DF6E4966B2812A0RICHMOND, Va.— Jordanian authorities are investigating the death of Southern Baptist representative Cheryll Harvey, whose body was discovered in her apartment in Irbid, Jordan, Tuesday, Sept. 4. Foul play has been confirmed in the death of the 55-year-old, single woman from Texas.Wed 05 Sep 12 16:01:19 CSTDon Graham, IMBPress Releasehttp://www.swbts.edu/campusNews/story.cfm?id=D7EE4844-011A-97FA-AAFBEF8EF7411278FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Churches can join Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in promoting spiritual awakening across the United States by hosting preachers during Revive this Nation, March 10-13, 2013. Revive this Nation is open to churches in all 50 states and Southwestern aims to send preachers to every state.Wed 05 Sep 12 10:05:50 CSTBenjamin HawkinsPress Release