Posts by Ashley Allen
Retired professor of foundations of education Margaret Lawson dies at 79
Margaret P. Lawson, retired associate professor of foundations of education at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, died Sept. 29. She was 79. “The Southwestern Seminary community expresses our Christian sympathy to the friends and colleagues of Margaret Lawson,” said David S. Dockery, president of Southwestern Seminary. “As a professor she taught the principles of teaching, curriculum…
Read MoreMcKellar seeks to influence next generation of pastors as he was influenced
As a sophomore in high school growing up in the East Texas town of Mount Pleasant, Matthew McKellar, professor of preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, told his pastor he thought God was calling him to preach. “He said, ‘If you can do anything else, and be happy, you need to do it. If you…
Read MoreWand sisters’ love for the nations nurtured at TBC
From Southeast Asia to East Asia to Western Europe to the Mediterranean to the Hawaiian Islands, Stephenville, Texas, natives Mikayla and Jessica Wand, juniors at Texas Baptist College, know the Lord has given them each a heart for missions. Mikayla and Jessica are two of the three Wand triplets who are students at TBC. Their…
Read More‘Day of Prayer’ calls Southwesterners worldwide to pray for Seminary Hill
The four words David S. Dockery, president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, posted on social media on Oct. 2, 2022, “pulled my heart out of my chest and straight up to the throne of God,” recalled Melana Hunt Monroe, director of prayer ministries at the Fort Worth-based institution. “Please pray for Southwestern,” wrote Dockery, who…
Read MoreYang’s ‘waste’ was God’s preparation to lead Chinese Language Programs
When the Lord called Hongyi Yang, associate professor of World Christianity at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, to ministry she thought her previous education was a “waste.” Yang, who has taught at Southwestern since 2016, came to the United States in 2000 as an international student to begin studying in the field of media studies at…
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