The Changing Role Of North American Seminaries In Global Theological Education – by Don Sweeting
Plenary Address at the Lausanne Consultation on Global Theological Education in the Twenty First Century, May 29-June 1, 2012 in Boston
So here is the strange situation we find ourselves in–we have more seminaries and fewer students. All the while, in many parts of the world, there are more students who want theological training, but there are fewer seminaries. This is the elephant in the room that no one likes talking about. As we’ve heard this week, there are many nations where the vast majority of its pastors have no formal Biblical and theological training. This is an urgent matter.
Richard Land’s future with Southern Baptists may hinge on report – by Bob Smietana
Land has never been afraid to speak his mind. In 1998, he championed the Baptist boycott of Disney over gay-themed events at amusement parks. “Do they expect Mickey to leave Minnie and move in with Donald?” Land told the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention, according to the Orlando Sentinel. “That’s Goofy!”
UNC Committee Won’t Recommend “All-Comers” Policy
Campus should remain open to Christian groups
"Anywhere they see any restrictive anything they want to strike that out, but that is an absolutely necessary component of the exercise of free speech." -- ADF attorney