Southwestern is committed to providing quality, conservative, theological education in a growing number of locations through its extension education ministry. Extension education began under the challenge of President Naylor to “take the seminary to the minister [rather than] making the minister come to the seminary.”
Southwestern opened its very first extension center in the fall of 1975 and has continued its commitment in a growing number of locations since. These centers are an extension of the educational arm of the Seminary. Their purpose is to bring a taste of Southwestern to an area where it might otherwise be inaccessible and implant a desire as well as provide a medium for excellence in theological education.
At the extensions, classes are offered toward the MDiv and MACE degrees. Students must complete one year towards their degree (30 hours) at either the Fort Worth or Houston campuses. Online and compressed video courses do not count towards on-campus hours. For more information about Southwestern Seminary Extension Centers please contact Dr. Deron J. Biles, Dean of Extension Education, P.O. Box 22000, Fort Worth, Texas 76122.
Southwestern Seminary in Oklahoma was opened in 1976 on the campus of Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee located at 500 W. University Drive, Shawnee, OK. This extension center began as a joint project between Southwestern, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Baptist University.
Courses are offered at this extension towards the MDiv and MACE degrees. Required courses for both degrees are scheduled on a three-year rotating cycle. Courses not common to these degrees may only be taken at the Fort Worth campus. Classes are typically offered on Mondays at this location.
Southwestern Seminary in San Antonio began in 1977 through the cooperative venture of the seminary and nine local associations around the city. Classes meet at the Castle Hills First Baptist Church located at 2220 Northwest Military Highway, San Antonio, TX. In April 2006, the trustees approved the naming of the program in San Antonio as the William R. Marshall Center for Theological Studies and elected Dr. Rudy Gonzalez as the first dean of the Marshall Center.
All but one year of study may be completed on the San Antonio extension for the MDiv and MACE degrees. For more information about Southwestern in San Antonio, contact Dr. Rudy Gonzalez.
Southwestern Seminary in Little Rock began in 1993 through a cooperative venture of the seminary and the Arkansas Baptist State Convention. Classes meet in the Arkansas Baptist State Convention building located at 10 Remington Drive, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Courses are offered at this extension towards the MDiv and MACE degrees. Required courses for both degrees are scheduled on a three-year rotating cycle. Courses not common to these degrees may only be taken at the Fort Worth campus. Classes are typically offered on Mondays at this location.
Southwestern Seminary in Plano began in the spring of 2003 at Prestonwood Baptist Church located at 6801 W. Park Boulevard, Plano, Texas.
Courses are offered at this extension towards the MDiv and MACE degrees. Required courses for both degrees are scheduled on a three-year rotating cycle. Courses not common to these degrees may only be taken at the Fort Worth campus. Classes are typically offered on Mondays at this location.
Courses are offered at this extension towards the MDiv and MACE degrees and in partnership with BMA Seminary. Courses unique to Southwestern are offered at this location on a rotational basis in accordance with the joint agreement between Southwestern Seminary and BMATS. Classes are typically offered on Mondays or Fridays/Saturdays at this location.
Southwestern first began offering classes in Lubbock in the fall of 1990. Currently, classes are being held at the Lubbock Baptist Associational Office located at 4207 34th Street, Lubbock, TX.
Courses are offered at this extension towards the MDiv and MACE degrees. Required courses for both degrees are offered on a rotating cycle. Courses not common to these degrees may only be taken at the Fort Worth campus. Classes are typically offered on Mondays at this location.
In 2005, Southwestern Seminary began offering courses leading to the Master of Arts in Theology degree on the beautiful campus of the Bibelseminar in Bonn, Germany.
Students in Bonn can complete the entire Master of Arts in Theology with a concentration in Pastoral Ministry. Classes are offered in German or in English with German translation by resident and visiting Southwestern faculty on a five week rotating schedule from October to June.
For information on the MATh offered in Germany contact Dr. Friedhelm Jung:
by mail at: Bibelseminar Bonn, Haus Wittgenstein
Ehrental 2-4, 53332 Bornheim-Roisdorf
by email at: fjung@bsb-online.de
or by phone at: +49 (0) 2222.701200