Archive for April, 2013
Inaugural Charge & Investiture of Dr. Jason K. Allen as the 5th president of Midwestern Seminary, administered by Dr. Kevin Shrum chairman, Board of Trustees
This week at jasonkallen.com I will be releasing a series of articles related to my inauguration as the fifth president of Midwestern Seminary. Today I am posting the script of my inaugural charge and investiture, which is a solemn pledge that I will make to the Midwestern Seminary Board of Trustees, who serve on behalf Read more
Campbellsville University & the KBC
Though no longer a Kentucky Baptist, I spent more than a decade serving Southern Baptist churches within the commonwealth. Over the past decade, I have watched with great appreciation as the Kentucky Baptist Convention has modeled winsome collaborative work, initiated their own Great Commission Resurgence Task Force and implemented its recommendations, and renewed their emphasis Read more
Homosexuality, Ordination & a Seminary Degree?
Being a seminary president means you receive mail, and lots of it. Publications from every sector of life flood my office on a daily basis. I enjoy perusing many of these materials, especially those related to theological education. Usually, I am alternately amused and frightened by much of what I read, as each publication demonstrates Read more
Simply Profound yet Profoundly Simple: The Paradox of the Gospel and the Mandate for a Robust Witness
A paradox, G.K. Chesterton quipped, is “a truth standing on its head, waving its legs to get our attention.” In the Bible, such paradoxes abound. Paradoxically, Jesus is both God and man; and, paradoxically, the Bible was given by both human inscription and divine inspiration. One such paradox, or seemingly contradictory truth, is rooted in Read more
A Third Ordinance? The Cooperative Program & the Future of Collaborative Ministry
As a convictional Baptist, I am committed to two, and only two, ordinances for the local church—baptism and the Lord’s Supper. If I advocated a third ordinance, however, it just might be the Cooperative Program. Of course I am speaking with hyperbole, but over the last 15 years my appreciation for this denominational staple has Read more