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Anabaptists shape 'Purpose Driven' pastor, Southern Baptist churches

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Rick Warren, renowned pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of "The Purpose Driven Life," confessed that the 16th-century Anabaptists shaped his Purpose Driven model for the church. more »

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Students preach the Word, reach the Yucatan

TEKAX, Yucatan, Mexico (SWBTS) – No runway lights guide the plane from the night sky to the night-colored tarmac. Armed policía greet passengers as they snake their way through a line in customs and immigration. Baywatch plays over the airwaves like it is 1990, and roadside-thrown Coke bottles get picked up, dusted off and reused by passers-by. more »

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Students give blood, trust God for missions

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – David, a student in the College at Southwestern, spilled his blood so he could share the Gospel with the people of Zambia. more »

Southwestern in the News

Former trustee, longtime pastor Miles Seaborn dies

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Longtime pastor and former trustee of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Miles Seaborn Jr., died Jan. 22. Seaborn, pastor of Birchman Baptist Church in Fort Worth for 29 years, played a leading role in the formation of the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention in 1998. more »