Posts by Jeff Robinson

Heartbroken Boyce College students mourn the abrupt death of Nick Challies November 4, 2020

(Editors' note: Updated since initial publication)

Boyce College students and faculty gathered this morning on the lawn at Southern Seminary to mourn the death of 20-year-old Nick Challies, son of popular evangelical blogger and author, Tim Challies.

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SBTS trustees retain building names, address history, establish $5 million scholarship for African American students October 12, 2020

In their annual fall meeting, trustees of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary unanimously voted not to remove the names of the school’s founders from several campus buildings, but embraced steps to lament the institution’s racial history and provide up to $5 million in scholarships for African American students over the next few years.

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The Briefing celebrates 10th anniversary September 29, 2020

This month, The Briefing, Albert Mohler’s daily podcast, celebrated 10 years of analyzing daily events in the news from a Christian perspective.

The Briefing turned 10 on September 7 after more than 2,000 daily episodes. Ten years ago, Albert Mohler’s popular daily radio show, The Albert Mohler Program, ceased and the podcast began.

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Andy Vincent marks 25 years of faithful service at SBTS September 24, 2020

When Andy Vincent and his wife, Valerie, moved to Louisville in 1990, they intended to be here long enough for both to complete master of divinity degrees. Then, like many seminary graduates, Andy would serve as a pastor or music minister in a local church somewhere else.

But God had other plans.

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$220,000 raised at Heritage Golf Classic for SBTS and Boyce College students August 28, 2020

The 17th annual Heritage Golf Classic held August 24 at Big Spring Country Club raised more than $220,000 to help pay tuition for students at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College. 

Generous donors sponsored 108 golfers who played to raise money that is deposited directly into the Southern Fund and are deployed to underwrite the tuition costs of the students of Southern Seminary and Boyce College.

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The 2020 fall semester is a precious gift from God, Mohler says in 2020 convocation address August 27, 2020

Why should seminary education remain a priority during a pandemic? Because difficult times don’t change the mission of institutions like Southern Seminary, but make it all the more urgent, President R. Albert Mohler Jr. said Tuesday morning, August 25, in fall 2020 convocation address for The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

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Campus bookstore reopening Thursday with new online conveniences August 5, 2020

The Bookstore at Southern Seminary reopens for business this week and incoming students will be able to order textbooks through a new online partnership.

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Southern Seminary adds Justin A. Irving and Stephen O. Presley to faculty July 30, 2020

Two scholars are joining the faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary for the new academic year beginning in August. President R. Albert Mohler Jr. announced that Justin A. Irving and Stephen O. Presley will serve on the faculty in the areas of leadership and church history. Irving, who will serve as Professor of Leadership, has served for nearly twenty years in several academic and administrative capacities at Bethel Seminary, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Presley, who joins the faculty as Associate Professor of Church History, brings nearly a decade of academic experience and twenty years of pastoral experience to his new position at Southern Seminary.

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Record number of students attend Boyce College Virtual D3 Youth Conference July 16, 2020

Participating from 32 states and Canadian territories, more than 600 middle and high school students participated in Boyce College’s 2020 D3 conference, an annual event held this year as a virtual conference held June 22-25. The event gave students four days of focused, biblical teaching, encouraged a deepened relationship with Christ and community, and mobilized them for continued influence. For the last ten summers, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Boyce College have hosted the D3 Youth Conference as a major event for students in grades 6-12.

“D3 is a great event for students, and this year’s conference, in the midst of a pandemic, may have been even more important for young people,” said President R. Albert Mohler Jr. “I was honored once again to speak to them, to teach from God’s Word, and to do a special ‘Ask Anything’ event with the students. They asked some of the best questions I have ever been asked. I am a big believer in Christian young people and in this conference.”

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Southern Seminary announces three new online doctoral concentrations, including Applied Theology July 13, 2020

Continuing a long tradition of innovation, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has announced three new online doctoral concentrations leading to the Doctor of Ministry and Doctor of Educational Ministry degrees. Beginning January 2021, these online concentrations are some of the first of their kind, as the Associate of Theological Schools, the academic body that oversees the Seminary’s accreditation, published its standards for online D.Min. and D.Ed.Min. programs only in the last few months.

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