One of the highest-profile faculty members at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary announced via Twitter March 20 she will resign at the end of the current semester and has no other job lined up. Karen Swallow Prior, research professor of English…
Can Southern Baptist seminaries maintain gender restriction for pastors while encouraging women theological scholars? One school is trying.
A decade after Southern Baptist Convention seminaries were adding academic programs in homemaking to advance the denomination’s new emphasis on traditional gender and family roles in the church and home, at least one is creating opportunities for female students to…
Millennials not OK with conventional science vs. religion debates, experts say
By Brian Kaylor Ninety years ago, the “Scopes Monkey Trial” in Dayton, Tenn., pitted reason against faith and defined the Bible as an opposing perspective to science. A national media circus erupted as substitute high school teacher John Scopes faced…
Pastor calls out ‘tolerated non-involvement’ in Southern Baptist churches
By Bob Allen One of the most unrecognized sins in Southern Baptist life is “tolerated non-involvement” by church members, a prominent pastor said recently in a conference at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church…
After initial skepticism, online theological education growing
By Jeff Brumley Chris Wondree is a full-time seminary student and a student ministry intern at a Virginia church, all of which means he’s busy. Fortunately, Wondree said, the internet helps alleviate the stress of running back and forth between…