Alumni News
Imaginative Reading Helps Pastors Grow Spiritually
[11/13/2009]
Hulitt Gloer always has loved going into bookstores. But for many years, he felt guilty about stopping to browse the latest bestsellers and the new releases in nonfiction. Resolutely, Gloer pushed past bestselling novels, heading instead for the religion section to find the books he thought he should be reading. No more.
Hulitt Gloer and about a dozen other pastors will attend the Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching retreat in Kerrville.
Gloer, a professor at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary, gave himself permission to veer off the customary theological reading track. The result has been more meaningful, relevant sermons, he said. Now he is passing the word to other pastors: Banish the guilt.
Come January, he and a dozen other preachers will head to a lodge near Kerrville for six days to discuss books, from such classics as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Grapes of Wrath to children's books such as Does God Have a Big Toe?--even science fantasy such as A Wrinkle in Time.
Imaginative Reading for Creative Preaching, an annual retreat begun in 2006, is offered through the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Truett Seminary.
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Brueggemann To Be Featured Presenter at The Winter Pastors' School
[10/15/2009]
Dr. Walter Brueggemann will be our our featured speaker at the 2010 Winter Pastors' School sponsored by the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching at Truett Seminary, February 11-13, 2010.
Register online today!
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Dr. Lamin Sanneh To Present The Parchman Endowed Lectures
[9/29/2009]
Dr. Lamin, Sanneh, The D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity and Professor of History at Yale Divinity School will present the 2009 Parchman Endowed Lecture Series at Truett Seminary on October 13-15, 2009.
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Truett Seminary to Name Honorary Alumni
[8/24/2009]
Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary will honor several people as honorary alumni during its fall convocation Aug. 25.
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Truett Seminary to Receive Plaque for International Environmental Leadership
[8/10/2009]
Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, which recently earned a designation for international leadership in energy and environmental design, will be awarded a certificate on Aug. 27 for its achievement.
A plaque will be presented to Dr. David Garland, Baylor's interim president and dean of Truett Seminary, by a representative of the U.S. Green Building Council during a celebration ceremony in the seminary's Paul W. Powell Chapel.
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Robinson To Be Featured Speaker for the Fall Preaching Convocation & Workshop
[7/30/2009]
Dr. Haddon, Robinson, The Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, will be our featured speaker for The 2009 Fall Preaching Convocation & Workshop.
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Truett Grad with Cerebral Palsy Needs Missionary Companion in India
[7/17/2009]
Heather Herschap worked in Bangalore on two month-long mission trips-- during the summers of 2005 and 2006--with the help of classmates at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary and WorldconneX, a missions network the Baptist General Convention of Texas launched.
Herschap, who has cerebral palsy, served with proVision Asia, counseling and ministering to physically challenged people.
Heather Herschap worked in Bangalore, India, on two month-long mission trips when she was a student at Truett Theological Seminary. She feels called to return for a one-year missions commitment, but she needs a caregiver to serve with her. (PHOTO/Ken Camp)
Since her graduation from seminary, she has dreamed of returning to India for an extended one-year missions experience.
But finding a classmate who could receive field-experience credit for a one-month missions trip proved easier than enlisting a long-term traveling companion. After more than 18 months, she has been unable to find a caregiver to accompany her.
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Baylor First Texas University to Earn LEED Certification for Existing Buildings
[6/23/2009]
WACO, Texas -- Baylor University has become the first university in Texas to earn a coveted environmental rating by meeting stringent standards set out by an international building council.
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Truett Seminary Awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certification
[6/22/2009]
Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary, built in 2002, was awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, a rare accomplishment for existing buildings.
Truett is the first previously-existing building on a Texas university campus to earn the certification and just the sixth building in the state to merit LEED certification in the existing-buildings category, according to USGBC communications manager Ashley Katz.
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Dr. Terry York Receives Christian Music and Ministry Award
[6/9/2009]
Dr. Terry York, Associate professor of Christian Ministry and Church Music at George W. Truett Theological Seminary, received the Baptist Church Music Conference's highest award, The W. Hines Sims Award.
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