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Hawkins, Dockery take Southwestern Seminary roles

Hawkins, Dockery take Southwestern Seminary roles

April 19, 2023

FORT WORTH, TEXAS (SWBTS) – O.S. Hawkins has been tapped for the new role of chancellor at Southern Baptists’ Southwestern Seminary (SWBTS) in Ft. Worth,…

Former SBC president Charles Stanley passes at age 90

Charles Stanley

Former SBC president Charles Stanley passes at age 90

April 19, 2023

Years of praying, serving finally yield fruit for IMB workers

EARTHQUAKE AFTERMATH – Local partners working with Southern Baptists’ Send Relief compassion ministry distribute blankets, clothes, and basic supplies to Syrian refugees in southern Turkey in the days following the deadly Feb. 6 earthquake. (Photo credit: IMB)

Years of praying, serving finally yield fruit for IMB workers

April 19, 2023

Years of praying, serving finally yield fruit for IMB workers

REACHING OUT – Workers from Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board seek to make contact the residents of hard-to-reach, villages in Southeast Asia that rarely have contact with outsiders. (Photo credit: International Mission Board)

Years of praying, serving finally yield fruit for IMB workers

April 14, 2023

State of the Bible report exposes current attitudes on Scripture

State of the Bible report exposes current attitudes on Scripture

April 11, 2023

Southwestern Seminary's
full accreditation restored
FORT WORTH — Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary “is now in full compliance with all accreditation expectations” of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) following action by the SACSCOC board on June 11, President David S. Dockery announced in a letter today to the seminary community. The action comes after an April site visit to the seminary resulted in a recommendation to remove the sanctions, which were initially put in place in June 2023 with a “warning” status. “Southwestern Seminary is no longer on probation for good cause but is in full adherence with SACSCOC accreditation standards,” Dockery said. “We are genuinely grateful to God to receive this good and encouraging report that all sanctions have been removed, which is an answer to the prayers of many.” Dockery cited six “markers of institutional stability and health,” affirmed by SACSCOC to demonstrate the seminary’s progress: institutional culture embracing of its mission, identity, heritage, and core values; improvements in enrollment, credit hours taught, and increases in tuition revenue; decreased expenses and increased unrestricted revenue resulting a $10 million turnaround; improvement of $40 million in net assets; cash reserves and cash equivalents reaching 50 percent of the annual budget; and dramatic improvements in the institution’s Composite Financial Index, Composite Score Ratio, and bank covenant ratios, objective measures compiled by outside organizations.