KANSAS CITY (BP) – Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason Allen announced Sept. 14 that the seminary has reviewed its retooled 81-credit-hour master of divinity degree after its initial year and concluded that it has benefited students toward completing their ministry education and training more efficiently and effectively. Previously required to take 96 credit hours to earn the degree, students now have the opportunity to finish their M.Div. studies in a shorter amount of … [Read more...]
MBTS’s ‘For the Church’ event defends biblical truth
KANSAS CITY (BP) – As society’s view of truth continues to change, attendees at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s second annual For the Church Conference were urged to lead their churches and ministries in becoming pillars and buttresses of truth. More than 1,000 pastors, students and ministry leaders from across America packed into the Kansas City campus’ Daniel Lee Chapel complex to attend panel discussions, workshops, and main sessions with messages by Jason Allen, Russell … [Read more...]
MBTS’s Allen challenges Southern students
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (SBTS) — Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary President Jason K. Allen returned to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to challenge students on finishing well. During the Aug. 27 chapel service, Allen preached from 2 Timothy 4:7 to remind students about Paul’s challenge to Timothy to keep their eyes on the finish line. “Don’t settle for anything less than the direction God has given you, and don’t settle for anything short of completing that course,” Allen … [Read more...]
One team with a mission
At the end of the month, a significant event takes place at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. It is a symposium on the Southern Baptist Convention. September 28-29, “The SBC and the 21st Century: Reflection,” Renewal and Recommitment has the potential to be a defining moment about how Southern Baptists work together to fulfill the Great Commission and the Great Commandment. Big time Southern Baptist leaders are converging on the campus of MBTS to make presentations and engage in … [Read more...]
MBCH wary of potential new labor laws
BRIDGETON – The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) is used to fighting hard for its funding – whether it’s state contracts, tax credits or donations – but if proposed federal labor laws go into effect Jan. 1 of next year, the costs could put a serious hurt on MBCH’s ministry. The Obama Administration and the Department of Labor have proposed changing the definition of “exempt” employees with respect to overtime laws. The proposed regulations would more than double the current salary … [Read more...]
MBCH serves women who choose life
BRIDGETON – It’s a constant retort from those that defend abortion: “Women facing an unplanned pregnancy often don’t have any other option. They don’t know how or can’t take care of an infant without any support. It’s better to just terminate the pregnancy.” The Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) stands at hand, ready to give that support. In the second quarter of 2015, MBCH served 12 women in its pregnancy resedential program in St. Louis, and 78 women through in-home services in … [Read more...]
MBTS acquires Spurgeon’s ‘preaching rail’
KANSAS CITY – Midwestern Seminary President Jason Allen announced on Aug. 10 the acquisition of a preaching rail from First Baptist Church in Weaver, Ala., which was used by British preacher Charles H. Spurgeon during his ministry. The rail, which is a piece of furniture that functioned much like a modern-day pulpit, was used by Spurgeon during his 19th century ministry and will now be prominently featured in Midwestern Seminary’s newly completed Charles H. Spurgeon Library. “The … [Read more...]
HLGU, SBU weigh CCCU options in light of gay marriage policy
BOLIVAR – What started as policy changes at two obscure Mennonite colleges has grown into a nationwide controversy leaving Bible-believing institutions like Southwest Baptist University (SBU) and Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) caught in the middle. Goshen College, an Indiana school affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA, announced in July it would expand hiring and benefits practices to include employees in same-sex marriages. Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia, also connected … [Read more...]
Midwestern Seminary receives $7 million lead gift for proposed student center
KANSAS CITY - In what President Jason Allen called an answer to prayer for one of the “most significant institutional needs” since the school’s inception in 1957, Midwestern Seminary received a lead gift from an Oklahoma family for a new student center. Allen said he could not appropriately express gratitude to God for His kind providence in uniting the seminary with Harold and Patricia Mathena, of Oklahoma City, who so generously pledged $7 million to Midwestern Seminary, as a lead gift … [Read more...]
HLGU, SBU, MBCH react to SCOTUS ruling
JEFFERSON CITY – Leaders from Missouri Baptist entities – Southwest Baptist University (SBU), Hannibal-LaGrange University (HLGU) and the Missouri Baptist Children’s Home (MBCH) – have had time to digest the June 26 United States Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage. They are unanimous in their disagreement with the court, but believe their legal standing is valid – for now – as they maintain the close, covenant relationship with the Missouri Baptist Convention (MBC) and a … [Read more...]
MBTS adds scholar, author Owen Strachan to faculty
KANSAS CITY – Owen Strachan joined the Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's faculty on July 1, as associate professor of Christian Theology and as director of a forthcoming center for theology and culture. Having previously served since 2010 in multiple roles at Boyce College and Southern Seminary, in Louisville, Ky., Strachan will undertake the duties of molding the next generation of God-called men and women at Midwestern Seminary. “Dr. Strachan is one of the brightest young … [Read more...]
Missouri students share Jesus at SBC’s Crossover
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Students from Midwestern Seminary and North Central Missouri College were among more than 3,300 volunteer missionaries at 47 venues around the city the week before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, knocking on 10,000 doors, sharing 4,900 gospel presentations, resulting in at least 345 professions of faith. Dianne Barnes, the leader of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry at North Central in Trenton took five students with her, working with Stowe Mission in inner … [Read more...]
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