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Scarborough College]] | accreditation = [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada|ATS]], [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges|SACSCOC]] | type = {{ubl|Department of [[Baylor University]] (1901-08)|[[Private school|Private]] [[seminary]] (1908-present)}} | religious_affiliation = {{ubl|[[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]]|[[Baptist General Convention of Texas|BGCT]] (until 1925)}} | president = [[David S. Dockery]] | provost = Matt Queen | city = {{ubl|[[Waco, Texas]] (until 1910)|[[Fort Worth, Texas]]}} | website = {{URL|http://www.swbts.edu/}} | postgrad = 2,674 | academic_staff = 119 | campus = Suburban }} {{Southern Baptists}} The '''Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary''' is a [[Baptist]] [[theological institute]] in [[Fort Worth, Texas]]. It is affiliated with the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. It was established in 1908 and in 2005 was one of the largest seminaries in the world.<ref>SWBTS had a non-duplicating headcount of 3,567 students in all schools and all locations as of the 2005–2006 academic year. [http://www.swbts.edu/index.cfm?pageid=445 "About Us" ''SWBTS Official Website''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207164630/http://www.swbts.edu/index.cfm?pageid=445 |date=February 7, 2012 }}</ref> It is accredited by the [[Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada]],<ref>Year of last comprehensive evaluation visit: 2001; [http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=493 "Fall 2011 Data – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"];[https://web.archive.org/web/20090324002125/http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=493 "Fall 2008 Data – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"];[https://web.archive.org/web/20071217174531/http://www.ats.edu/member_schools/sowestba.asp "Fall 2006 Data – Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary"] The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada</ref> the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools|Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges]], and the [[National Association of Schools of Music]] to award diplomas and [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]], [[Master's degree|master's]], and [[doctorate|doctoral]] degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swbts.edu/catalog/documents/2006-2007catalog.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235251/http://www.swbts.edu/catalog/documents/2006-2007catalog.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Official Catalog p. 11|archive-date=September 26, 2007}}</ref> ==History== [[Image:BHCarroll.jpg|thumb|right|B.H. Carroll]] [[File:Baptist Theological Seminary (20106756).jpg|thumb|left|Postcard of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1912]] [[Image:BH Carroll Memorial Building Rotunda (Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX).JPG|thumb|right|300px|B. H. Carroll Memorial Building, the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's main administrative building.]] [[File:Official SWBTS Seal.jpg|alt=Official seal of Southwestern Seminary|thumb|Official seal of Southwestern Seminary]] SWBTS grew out of the [[Baylor University]] theological department, which was established in 1901. By 1905, [[B. H. Carroll]] had managed to convert the department of five professors into the Baylor Theological Seminary, but still under Baylor University. In 1907, while Baylor University President [[Samuel Palmer Brooks]] was on vacation in Europe, Carroll, then chairman of the Baylor Board of Trustees, made a motion that the department of religion be separated from the university and chartered as a separate entity. The seminary was established in 1908, with Carroll named as its founding president.<ref name="HistMarker">{{cite web|url=http://www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=Southwest+Baptist+Theological+Seminary&cnty=tarrant|title=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Historical Marker| publisher =Texas State Historical Commission}}</ref> The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary received its charter on March 14, 1908, but remained on Baylor's [[Waco]] campus until the summer of 1910, when the board accepted an offer made by Fort Worth citizens for a campus site and enough funds to build the first building.<ref name= "HistMarker" /> The {{convert|200|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus was located on what came to be known as "Seminary Hill," one of the highest natural elevations in [[Tarrant County]]. The first building was named "Fort Worth Hall" in honor of the seminary's new location. In 1925, the [[Baptist General Convention of Texas]] passed control of the seminary to the [[Southern Baptist Convention]]. The Department of Religious Education and the Department of Gospel Music were established within the seminary in 1915. These departments were eventually converted into schools within the seminary in 1921, becoming the School of Gospel Music and the School of Religious Education. As of 2019, the School of Religious Education is now known as the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries,<ref name="H-H">{{Cite web |url= https://swbts.edu/about/history/|title=History & Heritage|website=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170825064804/https://swbts.edu/about/history/ |archive-date=25 August 2017 |url-status= live |df=dmy}}</ref> and the School of Gospel Music is now known as the School of Church Music and Worship.<ref name= "H-H" /> === Conservative Resurgence: Russell Dilday's Dismissal and Ken Hemphill’s Election === In March 1994, the seminary experienced a sudden change in leadership with the dismissal of the seminary's sixth president, [[Russell H. Dilday]], during the [[Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence]]. On March 9, 1994, the board of trustees voted 26 to 7 to dismiss Dilday after 16 years as seminary president.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/11/us/baptists-dismiss-seminary-head-in-surprise-move.html|title= Baptists Dismiss Seminary Head in Surprise Move|last= Steinfels|first=Peter|date= March 11, 1994|work=New York Times}}</ref> Dilday was called to a board meeting where he was removed without warning and his office was locked while he was still at the meeting, preventing his removal of personal effects.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Fletcher | first = Jesse|title=Russell Dilday |date=24 November 1999|newspaper= Baptist Standard|url= http://assets.baptiststandard.com/archived/1999/11_24/pages/dilday.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407090325/http://assets.baptiststandard.com/archived/1999/11_24/pages/dilday.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status= live}}</ref> The [[Associated Press]] reported that the newly elected trustee chairman stated that the "institution needed new direction for the 21st century." Students gathered in front of the president's home in protest and support for Dilday.<ref name=":0" /> The election of Kenneth S. Hemphill as the seminary's seventh president followed, and he served the seminary from 1994 to 2003.<ref name="Hawkins">Hawkins, Merrill M., Jr. (2007) "Columns: Glimpses of a Seminary Under Assault" ''Baptist History and Heritage'' 42(1): pp. 117–18</ref> === Recent history (21st century) === On June 24, 2003, the board of trustees unanimously elected [[Paige Patterson]] as the seminary's eighth president. Patterson previously served as president of [[Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary]] for 10 years, thus becoming the second Southern Baptist leader to serve as president for two seminaries within the convention. Patterson also served as the president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] from 1998 to 2000 and was a leading figure behind the Conservative Resurgence movement within the convention.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Paige Patterson elected as president of Southwestern |last=Tomlin |first= Gregory |date= June 2003|newspaper=Baptist Press |url=http://www.bpnews.net/16174/paige-patterson-elected-as-president-of-southwestern |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170323054152/http://www.bpnews.net/16174/paige-patterson-elected-as-president-of-southwestern |archive-date=23 March 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2006 the seminary imposed a prohibition on professors or administrators promoting charismatic practices, such as private prayer languages.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date= December 2006 |title=Briefs: Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and private prayer languages |magazine= Christianity Today |volume=50 |issue=12 | page=17 |url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/december/14.17.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110112205145/http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/december/14.17.html |archive-date= January 12, 2011 |url-status=live |df= mdy-all}}</ref> In 2007 a gender discrimination suit in federal court was filed by Professor Sheri Klouda over her dismissal. Klouda claimed she was dismissed from the faculty due to her gender, being a woman.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 March 2007 |title=Former prof. files suit against SWBTS |newspaper= Baptist Press |url= http://www.bpnews.net/25152/former-prof-files-suit-against-swbts |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170204003440/http://www.bpnews.net/25152/former-prof-files-suit-against-swbts |archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In response, the seminary commented that Klouda was not dismissed but that she would not have tenure.<ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |date=26 January 2007 |title= Professor: Seminary ousted her over gender |newspaper=NBC News |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16828466/ns/us_news-education/t/professor-seminary-ousted-her-over-gender/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160904034954/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16828466/ns/us_news-education/t/professor-seminary-ousted-her-over-gender |archive-date= September 4, 2016 |url-status= live |df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=April 3, 2007 |title=Lawsuit filed against Southwestern Baptist |magazine= Christian Century |volume=124 |issue=7 |page=17 |url= https://www.christiancentury.org/article/2007-04/lawsuit-filed-against-southwestern-baptist |url-access= subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2007-04-08-faith-women_N.htm |last=Thomas |first= Oliver "Buzz" |title=Having faith in women |newspaper=USA Today |date=8 April 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170207112647/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2007-04-08-faith-women_N.htm |archive-date= 7 February 2017 |url-status= live}}</ref> The Klouda lawsuit was immediately dismissed because of church-state separation-related concerns.<ref>{{Cite news |url= http://dunningrb.wordpress.com/2008/03/24/sheri-klouda-and-southwestern-baptist-theological-seminary/ |date=24 March 2008 |title=Sheri Klouda and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |url-access= subscription | quote = U.S. District Judge John McBryde dismissed Klouda’s case, ruling that SWBT is, for First Amendment purposes, a church, and that Klouda is a minister.}}, with quotations from Judge McBryde and links to court documents.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Marus |first= Robert |date=24 March 2008 |title=Judge dismisses Klouda lawsuit against Patterson, Southwestern |agency= Associated Baptist Press |newspaper= Baptist Press |url= https://baptistnews.com/article/judge-dismisses-klouda-lawsuit-against-patterson-southwestern/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170627172046/https://baptistnews.com/article/judge-dismisses-klouda-lawsuit-against-patterson-southwestern/ |archive-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> The federal judge who dismissed the case stated that "Leaders of a prominent Southern Baptist seminary who believe women are biblically forbidden from teaching men were within their rights when they told a female professor to leave", including a statement that the seminary was well within its [[First Amendment]] rights to dismiss Klouda.<ref>{{Cite news |agency= Associated Press |date=21 March 2008 |title=Judge Okays School Ban On Female Teachers |newspaper=CBS News |url= http://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-okays-school-ban-on-female-teachers/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203163359/http://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-okays-school-ban-on-female-teachers/ |archive-date= 3 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, a campus was established at the [[Darrington Unit]] prison in [[Brazoria County, Texas]].<ref>Molly Hennessy-Fiske, [https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-texas-prison-seminary-20160506-snap-story.html Seeking God, and redemption, in a Texas prison seminary], latimes.com, USA, May 6, 2016</ref> The school has significantly reduced the rate of violence in the prison. In 2014, the school received criticism from other evangelicals when it admitted its first Muslim student from [[State of Palestine|Palestine]]. The Muslim student was enrolled in Southwestern's PhD program in archaeology.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://baptistnews.com/article/southwestern-seminary-enrolls-muslim-doctoral-student-sparks-controversy/ |title= Southwestern Seminary enrolls Muslim doctoral student, sparks controversy|date=May 20, 2014|website= Baptist News Global}}</ref> Seminary president Paige Patterson defended his decision to accept the student's application, despite criticism.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.christianpost.com/news/baptist-seminary-defends-acceptance-of-palestinian-muslim-student-he-is-a-man-of-peace.html |title=Baptist Seminary Defends Acceptance of Palestinian Muslim Student, Says 'He Is a Man of Peace'|website= Christian post|date=May 21, 2014 }}</ref> The School of Preaching was established in 2015 with David L. Allen serving as the first dean. The purpose of the school is to teach students the importance of text-driven preaching. The seminary added two new graduate programs, Master of Arts in Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy in World Christian Studies, in 2016. On April 12, 2017, the executive committee reported to the board of trustees that The college at Southwestern would be renamed in honor of the seminary's second president [[Lee Rutland Scarborough]], becoming the [[L.R. Scarborough College]].<ref>{{Cite web|last= Sibley |first=Alex |date=12 April 2017 |title=College at Southwestern renamed 'Scarborough College' |publisher= Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |url=https://swbts.edu/news/releases/college-southwestern-renamed-scarborough-college/ |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170523182554/https://swbts.edu/news/releases/college-southwestern-renamed-scarborough-college/ |archive-date=23 May 2017 |url-status= live}}</ref> In May, Patterson was criticized for his comments and views on women and sexual harassment. On May 22, 2018, after a 13-hour discussion with the trustee board of Southwestern, Patterson was appointed [[President Emeritus]]. On May 30, however, the executive committee of the Southwestern trustees voted to remove all benefits provided to Patterson, including the title of President Emeritus. Patterson was immediately fired from SWBTS.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://baptistnews.com/article/paige-patterson-out-at-southwestern-seminary |title= Page Patterson out at Southwestern Seminary |work= Baptist news |access-date= 25 June 2018 }}</ref> D. Jeffrey Bingham, dean of the School of Theology, was subsequently appointed interim president.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/23/613604818/head-of-southern-baptist-seminary-removed-over-remarks-on-rape-abuse-of-women|title=Southern Baptist Leader Removed Over Remarks On Rape, Abuse of Women| publisher =NPR |access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/news/releases/statement-regarding-dr-paige-patterson/|title=Statement Regarding Dr. Paige Patterson |date=May 23, 2018 | publisher = Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |access-date= 2018-05-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.bpnews.net/50945/patterson-appointed-pres-emeritus-by-swbts-trustees |title=Patterson appointed pres. emeritus by SWBTS trustees|last= Roach |first= David |website= BP news|access-date= 2018-05-23}}</ref> On February 27, 2019, [[Adam W. Greenway]] was elected by the board of trustees as the ninth president of the seminary. He was the first alumnus since [[Russell H. Dilday|Russell Dilday]] to serve as president, having earned his Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Seminary in 2002. Greenway had previously served as dean of the Billy Graham School of Missions, Evangelism and Ministry at [[Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]] in Louisville, Kentucky. After Greenway’s resignation, [[David S. Dockery]], also an alumnus, was called as interim president on September 27, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://swbts.edu/news/releases/greenway-elected-9th-president-southwestern-seminary/|title=Greenway elected ninth president of Southwestern Seminary | publisher = Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |first= Alex | last = Sibley | date = February 27, 2019 |access-date=2019-02-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Smietana |first=Bob |date=September 26, 2022 |title=Southern Baptist departures continue as major seminary president resigns |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2022/09/26/sbc-adam-greenway-southwest-seminary/ }}</ref> For the year 2021-2022, it had 2,071 students.<ref>Univstats, [https://www.univstats.com/colleges/southwestern-baptist-theological-seminary/student-population/ Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Student Population], univstats.com, USA, retrieved February 20, 2023</ref> ===Presidents=== {| class="wikitable" |- !No. !Name !Term |- | 1 | [[Benajah Harvey Carroll]] | 1908–1914 |- | 2 | [[Lee Rutland Scarborough]] | 1915–1942 |- | 3 | E. D. Head | 1942–1953 |- | 4 | J. Howard Williams | 1953–1958 |- | 5 | Robert E. Naylor<ref>{{Cite news|last=Hailey |first=Cory J. |date=25 February 1999 |title=Robert E. Naylor, dead at 90, led Southwestern from 1958-78 |newspaper=Baptist Press |url=http://www.bpnews.net/1403/robert-e-naylor-dead-at-90-led-southwestern-from-195878 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627150052/http://www.bpnews.net/1403/robert-e-naylor-dead-at-90-led-southwestern-from-195878 |archive-date=27 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> | 1958–1978 |- | 6 | [[Russell H. Dilday]] | 1978–1994 |- | 7 | Kenneth S. Hemphill | 1994–2003 |- | 8 | [[Paige Patterson|L. Paige Patterson]] | 2003–2018 |- | 9 | [[Adam W. Greenway]] | 2019–2022 |- | 10 | [[David Dockery]] | 2022-current |- |} ==Administration and faculty== SWBTS is currently administered by a 40-member [[Trustees#Other uses|board of trustees]] serving staggered terms of office. Board members are elected by the Southern Baptist Convention. Trustees elect faculty members and administrative officers. Financial support is derived from the Southern Baptist Convention's Cooperative Program, endowment earnings, gifts and student fees. [[Adam W. Greenway]] was the ninth president of the seminary.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/|title=Faculty | Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu}}</ref> The full-time faculty includes approximately seventy individuals with nearly twice as many part-time and adjunct faculty members.{{Citation needed|date=June 2017}} ==Academics== Aside from theology, the school offers a wide variety of graduate majors such as apologetics, biblical counseling, Christian education, divinity, Islamic studies, missiology, and music.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/academics/degrees/masters-degrees/|title=Master's Degrees {{!}} Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> Since 1908, Southwestern Seminary has graduated more than 44,000 students. Southwestern's current student body represents 46 states and 45 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/academics/|title=Academics {{!}} Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> The seminary's academic journal, ''[[Southwestern Journal of Theology]]'' has been published since 1958.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baptisttheology.org/BackIssues.cfm|title=Home | Baptist Theology|website=www.baptisttheology.org}}</ref> It is conservative and Baptist in orientation. In the fall of 2005, the seminary converted its undergraduate program into the [[L.R. Scarborough College]], later renamed [[Texas Baptist College]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scarboroughcollege.com/degrees/|title=Degrees {{!}} Scarborough College|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> In 2007 the seminary began an initiative for engaging and transforming culture, its new Center for Cultural Engagement, named in honor of [[Richard Land]].<ref>See {{Cite web|author=Collins, Keith|date=22 October 2007|title=WRAP UP: Seminary trustees fall 2007 meeting|url=http://www.swbts.edu/pressreleases/story.cfm?id=C97924C9-15C5-E47C-F948B0777A244E91|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071105072153/http://www.swbts.edu/pressreleases/story.cfm?id=C97924C9-15C5-E47C-F948B0777A244E91|archive-date=November 5, 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref> In line with this initiative, the seminary employed prominent [[intelligent design]] advocate [[William A. Dembski]].<ref name="swbtspr01">{{cite web| last = Tomlin| first = Gregory|author2=Thompson, Brent | title = SWBTS trustees elect new deans, faculty, and vice president; expands program in San Antonio| publisher = Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary| date = April 2006| url = http://www.swbts.edu/publicrelations/story.cfm?id=6AF30AD4-F56F-42A0-AECAE37C070C8424|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060901205340/http://www.swbts.edu/publicrelations/story.cfm?id=6AF30AD4-F56F-42A0-AECAE37C070C8424 |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016, the seminary added a master's degree program in Philosophy. The program was approved by the board of trustees and, in January 2017, by the accreditation body, the [[Association of Theological Schools]] (ATS).<ref name="Philosophy-MA">{{Cite web|last=Sibley |first=Alex |date=23 January 2017 |title=Accreditors approve new M.A. in Philosophy |publisher=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |url=https://swbts.edu/news/releases/accreditors-approve-new-ma-philosophy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203081942/https://swbts.edu/news/releases/accreditors-approve-new-ma-philosophy/ |archive-date=3 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> Southwestern's then President, [[Paige Patterson]], stated ''Everybody is a philosopher, the question is are you a good one or a bad one? We are committed to having good philosophers and to making good thinkers and philosophers out of our people.''<ref name="Philosophy-MA" /> In June 2023 the university was placed on Warning status by its [[Educational accreditation|educational accreditor]], the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]], after the accreditor's board found significant non-compliance with its standards for institutional governance, financial resources and financial conflicts of interest.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2023/06/Disclosure-Statement-SWBT-J2023.pdf |title=Disclosure Statement Regarding the Status of THE SOUTHWESTERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY |access-date=2023-09-11 |publisher=[[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]]}}</ref> Southwestern is divided into six schools: * The School of Theology * The School of Church Music and Worship * The Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries * The Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions * The [[Texas Baptist College]] ===School of Theology=== Established in 1908, the School of Theology trains seminary student for master's or doctorate degrees in theology. Concentrations include biblical languages, apologetics, theology, church history, preaching, pastoral ministry, etc. Students are able to obtain a master's or doctoral degree designed as an entrypoint into Christian ministry in a variety of contexts. The current interim dean is W. Madison Grace II.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/academics/schools/school-theology/|title=School of Theology {{!}} Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref> ===School of Church Music and Worship=== Originally a department within the School of Theology, the School of Gospel Music was established in 1921. The school was renamed to the School of Sacred Music in 1926, a name which it bore until 1957 when the school was renamed the School of Church Music. In 2019, the school was renamed the School of Church Music and Worship.<ref name="swbts.edu">{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/about/history/|title=History & Heritage {{!}} Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref> The current dean of the school is Joseph R. Crider.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Leo Day: Dean of the School of Church Music and Professor of Voice |publisher=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary |url=https://swbts.edu/academics/faculty/church-music/leo-day/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204165821/https://swbts.edu/academics/faculty/church-music/leo-day/ |archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/academics/schools/school-church-music/|title=School of Church Music {{!}} Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref> ===Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries=== The Terry School of Educational Ministries offers several different master's and doctoral degrees such as the Master of Arts in Christian Education (MACE). The school was originally a department within the School of Theology until the School of Religious Education was established in 1921. The school was renamed to the School of Educational Ministries in 1997. The school was officially renamed in 2009 in honor of Jack D. Terry.<ref name="swbts.edu"/> Current concentrations provided in this school include biblical counseling, children's ministry, collegiate ministry, and student ministries. The current dean is Chris Shirley.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/academics/schools/cfm/|title=Jack D. Terry School of Church & Family Ministries {{!}} Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|website=swbts.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-08-25}}</ref> === Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions === In 2005, the division of evangelism and missions in the School of Theology was reorganized as the Roy J. Fish School of Evangelism and Missions.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bpnews.net/26638/|title=Evangelism prof Roy Fish honored at SWBTS|last=Collier|first=Keith|date=18 October 2007|newspaper=Baptist Press|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627182549/http://www.bpnews.net/26638/|archive-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> This division provides students with spiritual ''mentorship, a solid theological grounding in Scripture, and coursework that equips'' them ''to share the Gospel with intelligence, relevance and boldness.''<ref name="Fish-2">{{Cite web|url=https://swbts.edu/academics/schools/evangelism-missions/|title=Roy Fish School of Evangelism & Missions|publisher=Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160706131645/http://swbts.edu/academics/schools/evangelism-missions/|archive-date=July 6, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The current dean is John D. Massey.<ref name="Fish-2" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.bpnews.net/20543/former-muslim-el-salvadoran-among-17-new-swbts-faculty|title=Former Muslim, El Salvadoran, among 17 new SWBTS faculty|last=Thompson|first=Brent|date=7 April 2005|newspaper=Baptist Press|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627183826/http://www.bpnews.net/20543/former-muslim-el-salvadoran-among-17-new-swbts-faculty|archive-date=27 June 2017}}</ref> ==Religious beliefs== The [[Baptist Faith and Message]] (2000) is the seminary's confessional statement (see the ''Southwestern Declaration on Academic and Theological Integrity'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.swbts.edu/about/declaration.cfm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901191649/http://www.swbts.edu/about/declaration.cfm|url-status=dead|title="Southwestern Declaration on Academic and Theological Integrity" Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|archive-date=September 1, 2006}}</ref> The [[Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy]] and the [[Danvers Statement|Danvers Statement on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood]] provide further interpretive guidance related to the seminary's doctrinal positions on the nature of biblical inspiration and gender roles, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Affirmed Statements|url=https://swbts.edu/about/affirmed-statements/|publisher=SBTS|access-date=4 February 2017}}</ref> ==Extension Campuses== Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has its main campus in Fort Worth, but also offers programs and selected degrees at remote campuses.<ref name="Campuses">{{Cite web|title=Fall 2011 Data - Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary|publisher=Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada|url=http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=493|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090324002125/http://www.ats.edu/MemberSchools/Pages/SchoolDetail.aspx?ID=493|archive-date=March 24, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> *Master of Arts in theology ([[Bonn]], Germany) == Controversies == In 2019, after the scandals of sexual abuse accusations involving [[Paul Pressler (Texas politician)|Paul Pressler]] and sexual abuse cover-ups involving [[Paige Patterson]], the Seminary removed the stained glass windows depicting the actors of the conservative resurgence, located in the MacGorman Chapel and opened in 2011. <ref> Bob Allen, [https://baptistnews.com/article/seminary-removes-stained-glass-windows-celebrating-conservative-takeover-of-sbc/#.XN17IVNKh0v Seminary removes stained glass windows celebrating conservative takeover of SBC], baptistnews.com, USA, April 12, 2019 </ref> ==Notable people== ===Faculty=== <!-- DO NOT ADD PEOPLE TO THIS LIST WITHOUT A VERIFIABLE CITATION. Additions without a citation are subject to removal. If a citation link is broken, please replace it with one that works. --> {| class="wikitable" |- !bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="20%" | Name !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="42%" | Known for !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="38%" | Relationship to SWBTS |- |[[Benajah Harvey Carroll]] || Pastor, theologian || SWBTS founder and first president |- |[[Walter Thomas Conner]] ||Theologian || Professor 1910-1949 |- |[[William A. Dembski]] || Proponent of [[intelligent design]] || Professor of Apologetics since 2006<ref name="swbtspr01"/> |- |[[David S. Dockery]] || Former President of [[Union University]] & [[Trinity Evangelical Divinity School]] |Distinguished Professor of Theology, Theologian-in-Residence, Current President of SWBTS |- |[[E. Earle Ellis]] || New Testament scholar || Research Professor of Theology Emeritus |- |[[William Roscoe Estep]] || Baptist and Anabaptist historian, professor || Professor of Church History Emeritus |- |[[James Bruton Gambrell]] || Theologian || Chair of Christian Ethics and Ecclesiology from 1912 to 1914<ref>{{cite web|last1=Summerlin|first1=Travis L.|title=GAMBRELL, JAMES BRUTON|url=https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fga11|website=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association|access-date=January 8, 2016|date=June 15, 2010}}</ref> |- |[[James Leo Garrett Jr.]] || [[Theologian]] || Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Theology |- |[[T. B. Maston]] || Christian ethicist, [[Civil Rights]] advocate || Professor of Christian Ethics |- |[[C. Barry McCarty]] || Chief Parliamentarian of [[Southern Baptist Convention]] || Professor of Preaching and Rhetoric |- |[[J. Frank Norris]] || Fundamentalist preacher || SWBTS trustee |- |[[L. Paige Patterson]] || Former president of the [[Southern Baptist Convention]] || SWBTS eighth president |- |[[Lee Rutland Scarborough]] || Professor, evangelist || SWBTS second president |} ===Alumni=== SWBTS includes many notable and well known alumni including several different [[Southern Baptist Convention Presidents]], a [[U.S Senator]], a [[US Governors|US Governor]], U.S. [[presidential candidate]]s, members of the White House [[Cabinet of the United States]], seminary presidents, pastors, educators, theologians, Civil Rights activists, songwriters, authors, etc. <!-- DO NOT ADD PEOPLE TO THIS LIST WITHOUT A VERIFIABLE CITATION. Additions without a citation are subject to removal. If a citation link is broken, please replace it with one that works. --> {| class="wikitable" |- !bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="20%" | Name !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="42%" | Known for !! bgcolor="#e5e5e5" width="38%" | Relationship to SWBTS |- | [[Gary Chapman (author)|Gary Chapman]] || Author of [[The Five Love Languages]] series || Master of Religious Education / Doctor of Philosophy |- | [[Bill Moyers]] || 11th [[White House Press Secretary]] for U.S. 36th President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], Journalist || Master of Divinity |- | [[James Lankford]] || Junior [[United States senator]] (R-OK), 2015–present || Master of Divinity<ref>{{cite news|title=Campaign-2012: Candidates: Oklahoma: James Lankford: House|year=2012|newspaper=[[The Washington Times]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813035529/http://www.washingtontimes.com/campaign-2012/candidates/james-lankford-61119/|archive-date=August 13, 2014|url-status=live|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/campaign-2012/candidates/james-lankford-61119/|df=mdy-all}}</ref> |- |[[Jeff Iorg]] |President, [[Gateway Seminary]] (formerly Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary) |Doctor of Ministry |- |[[Daniel Akin]] |President, [[Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary]] |Master of Divinity |- | [[Louie Giglio]] || Pastor, Passion City Church and founder, Passion Movement || Master of Divinity<ref name="college">{{Cite web|publisher=Christ Notes|year=2007|title=Louie Giglio Books and Ministry|url=http://www.christnotes.org/_louie-giglio.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080223083952/http://www.christnotes.org/_louie-giglio.asp|archive-date=February 23, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |[[J. D. Grey]] || 28th [[Southern Baptist Convention Presidents|Southern Baptist Convention President]], Pastor of First Baptist Church of New Orleans, 1937–1972 || Master's degree<ref>James Cole and Robert L. Lee, ''Saint J. D.'' ([[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]: Word Publishers, 1969), pp. 159–1963</ref> |- |[[Ronnie Floyd]] |60th [[Southern Baptist Convention Presidents|Southern Baptist Convention President]], 2014 - 2016. |Master of Divinity |- |[[Steve Gaines (pastor)]] || 61st [[Southern Baptist Convention Presidents|Southern Baptist Convention President]], 2016–2018 || Master of Divinity |- |[[Jack Graham (pastor)|Jack Graham]] || 55th [[Southern Baptist Convention Presidents|Southern Baptist Convention President]], 2002–2004, Senior Pastor of [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]] || Master of Divinity, Doctor of Ministry |- |[[William G. Tanner]] |President of [[Oklahoma Baptist University]] from 1971 to 1976. |Bachelor of Divinity / Doctor of Theology |- |[[Mark Brister]] |14th President of [[Oklahoma Baptist University]], Humanitarian, Baptist Pastor |Master of Divinity / Doctor of Ministry |- | George E. Hearn || Psychologist and Professor at [[Louisiana College]] || Master's degree |- |William Alvin Hatton |Featured Missionary in Brazil. Founded [https://embaixadoresdorei.org Royal Ambassadors] in Brazil.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MAP Stories: Meetings that change lives|url=https://www.texasbaptists.org/article/map-stories-meetings-that-change-lives|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Texas Baptists|language=en}}</ref> |Bachelor's Degree (1942-1945) |- | [[Mike Huckabee]] || 44th [[Governor of Arkansas]] & U.S. Presidential Candidate in 2008 and 2016. || Graduate study (one year) |- | [[Robert Jeffress]] || Senior Pastor, [[First Baptist Church (Dallas, Texas)]] || Doctor of Ministry |- | [[Larry Lea]] || Televangelist || Attended the doctoral program<ref>Balmer, Randall Herbert (2002) ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism'' Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 333, {{ISBN|0-664-22409-1}}</ref> |- | [[Phillip Lee, Jr.]] || [[United States Navy Reserve]] Rear Admiral || Master of Divinity (1990), Master of Religious Education (1998) and Doctor of Philosophy degree (2000)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rear Admiral Phillip "Endel" Lee, Jr. |date=24 January 2018 |publisher=United States Navy |url=http://www.navy.mil/navydata/bios/navybio.asp?bioID=945 |access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref> |- |[[Fred L. Lowery]] || Pastor of First Baptist Church of [[Bossier City, Louisiana|Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]]; Televangelist, "The First Word"||Master of Theology<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.okbu.edu/news/2000-02-14/lowery-featured-speaker-for-obu-chapel-service|title=LoweryFeatured Speaker for Oklahoma Baptist University Chapel Service, February 14, 2000|publisher=okbu.edu|access-date=June 16, 2012|archive-date=December 20, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220033102/http://www.okbu.edu/news/2000-02-14/lowery-featured-speaker-for-obu-chapel-service|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | [[Robert L. Lynn]] || President of [[Louisiana College]] from 1975 to 1997 ||<ref>"Dr. Lynn is slated by Lions", ''[[Minden Press-Herald]]'', [[Minden, Louisiana]], September 24, 1975, p. 1</ref> |- | [[Baylus Benjamin McKinney]] || Singer, hymnist||Seminary student<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?ID=6344|title=Stacy Whitlow, 'Wherever He Leads I'll Go,' B.B. McKinney reunion sings anew, August 14, 2000|publisher=bpnews.net|access-date=19 November 2013}}</ref> |- | [[Erwin McManus]] || Lead Pastor of [[Mosaic Church]] || Master of Divinity |- | [[Don Miller (Tennessee politician)|Don Miller]] || [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] member of the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]] || M.R.E.<ref name="capitol">{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/members/h10.html|title=Representatives - TN General Assembly|website=www.capitol.tn.gov}}</ref> |- | [[John R. Rice (pastor)|John R. Rice]] || Evangelist and founder of [[Sword of the Lord]] fundamentalist publications || Attended in 1920 |- | [[Rick Scarborough]] || former pastor, heads [[Vision America]] || Master of Divinity<ref name=Post>Murray, Shailagh. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/07/AR2005050701266_pf.html "Filibuster Fray Lifts Profile of Minister: Scarborough Has Network and Allies"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', May 8, 2005. Accessed December 19, 2007.</ref> |- | [[Charles Stanley]] || Pastor, [[First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia]] || Master of Divinity |- | [[Rick Warren]] || Founder and Senior Pastor of [[Saddleback Church]] || Master of Divinity |- | [[Paul Washer]] || Preacher, Founder/Director of HeartCry Missionary Society || Master of Divinity |- |[[Jack Hyles|Jack Frasure Hyles]] |Pastor of the [[First Baptist Church (Hammond, Indiana)|First Baptist Church of Hammond]], IN (1951 - 2001), Founder of [[Hyles–Anderson College|Hyles-Anderson College]] |Master's Degree<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hylesanderson.edu/files/admissions/2016-2017/2016-2017_HAC_Catalog.pdf|title=Hyles-Anderson 2016-17 Catalog|date=2016 }}</ref> |- | [[Earl Stallings]] || Minister and [[Civil Rights Movement]] Activist || Master of Divinity |- | [[Lester Roloff]] || Evangelist within [[Independent Baptist]] movement, controversial operator of girls rehabilitation home || Master of Divinity |- |[[Charles Robert McPherson]] |Senior Pastor of Riverside Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado, 1962-1986 |Master's degree<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://onlymaterials.com/files/bobarticle2-v2.pdf|title=Denver Post, August 2, 1986|date=August 2, 1986|work=Denver Post}}</ref> |- | [[Edwin Barry Young (pastor)|Edwin Barry Young]] || Founder [[Fellowship Church]] || Master of Divinity |- |[[Dondi E. Costin]] |6th President of [[Liberty University]], [[Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force]] (2015-2018) <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Board unanimously appoints Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dondi E. Costin, Ph.D., as president, Pastor Jonathan Falwell as chancellor » Liberty News |url=https://www.liberty.edu/news/2023/03/31/board-unanimously-appoints-maj-gen-ret-dondi-e-costin-ph-d-as-president-pastor-jonathan-falwell-as-chancellor/ |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=Liberty News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CHAPLAIN DONDI E. COSTIN |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/623192/chaplain-dondi-e-costin/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.af.mil%2FAbout-Us%2FBiographies%2FDisplay%2FArticle%2F623192%2Fchaplain-dondi-e-costin%2F |access-date=2023-03-31 |website=www.af.mil |language=en-US}}</ref> |Master of Divinity |} ==References== {{Reflist|3}} ==External links== *[http://www.swbts.edu/ Official website] {{coord|32.682|-97.348|type:landmark_region:US-TX|display=inline,title}} {{Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary}} {{Fort Worth}} {{Tertiary education in Dallas-Fort Worth}} {{Southern Baptist Colleges}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Seminaries and theological colleges in Texas]] [[Category:Seminaries and theological colleges affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention]] [[Category:Universities and colleges in Fort Worth, Texas]] [[Category:Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] [[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1901]] [[Category:Evangelicalism in Texas]] [[Category:1901 establishments in Texas]] Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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