Posts Tagged ‘Southern Baptist Convention’

James P. Boyce’s “Three Changes in Theological Institutions” remains one of the most consequential addresses in the history of theological education and the most seminal one for Southern Baptists. As previously referenced, Boyce argued for a new seminary, established in the South, that would provide a more abundant, well-learned, and doctrinally sound ministry. As “An Read more

For those acquainted with Southern Baptist history, the name James P. Boyce is synonymous with theological education. Boyce championed the founding of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and convincingly prescribed its academic program in his “Three Changes in Theological Institutions.” Boyce’s vision for theological education was most immediately implemented and historically captured through Southern Seminary, Read more

In the annals of Southern Baptist history, James P. Boyce’s position is secure. As seminal conceptualist, leading patron, theology professor, and founding president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Boyce not only built the seminary into one of the nation’s leading theological institutions, but he also forged a trajectory of ministerial training within the Southern Read more

  Full Transcript: Today it is an honor to bring my first report to the messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention, and it is an even greater honor to serve as president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the six Southern Baptist seminaries. To this convention I say that the Midwestern Seminary Board of Read more

On eight occasions Southern Baptists have convened their annual meeting in Houston, with none of these gatherings more consequential than 1979’s SBC. In that year messengers elected Adrian Rogers president, demonstrated the Pressler-Patterson coalition was a force with which to be reckoned, and birthed what would come to be known as the Conservative Resurgence. Though Read more