A group of Hardin-Simmons University alumni, former faculty and friends have announced plans to launch a freestanding Logdson Theological Seminary in San Antonio, Texas, and they are seeking the blessing of university trustees for their effort. Those same trustees voted…
What should it cost a denomination to control governance of a university?
How much money should a denominational body have to give to a university in return for the ability to control that university’s governance? Turns out, not much in many cases. As state, regional and national denominational bodies have faced declining…
Effort grows from saving seminary to saving Logsdon’s legacy
An ecumenical network is taking shape to preserve the heritage of Logsdon Seminary after it is closed next year by Hardin-Simmons University.
Hardin-Simmons trustees stand by decision to close Logsdon Seminary
Trustees of Hardin-Simmons University voiced “full confidence” in President Eric Bruntmyer – under fire since the Feb. 7 decision to close Cooperative Baptist Fellowship-aligned Logsdon Seminary – during a called meeting Feb. 27. An open letter from the university’s board…
Hundreds of supporters seek answers about closing of Logsdon Seminary in open letter
More than 300 concerned alumni and friends of Hardin-Simmons University produced a strongly worded open letter Feb. 16 seeking answers about the recently announced closing of Logsdon Seminary.
Letter to the Editor – Explaining the silence from Hardin-Simmons faculty and staff
From Robert P. Sellers in Abilene, Texas
Letter to the Editor – HSU’s move against Pigott ‘devastating’
HSU’s move against Pigott “devastating”
Grieving Logsdon supporters fear female prof a victim of conservatives behind seminary’s closure
The seminary’s closing will also be a blow for Christians in West Texas because the nearest alternatives are hours away.
Losing Logsdon Seminary: broken commitments and wounded spirits
While true that the university faces some financial challenges, to identify money as the primary factor that forced the seminary’s closing is a smokescreen that hides the real motive.