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Jim Bob, Michelle Duggar share story behind ‘19 Kids & Counting’By Keith Collier | SWBTS

A chapel service at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary turned into a family affair, Oct. 24, as Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, along with 18 of their 19 children, spread across the stage in MacGorman Chapel to share Scripture, play instruments and sing hymns.

In addition to the musical performances, Jim Bob and Michelle shared their life stories and explained how their family was selected for the hit cable television show “19 Kids & Counting,” which airs on TLC.

Jim Bob and Michelle began their story by explaining how each of them came to faith in Jesus Christ. Jim Bob grew up attending church and became a Christian at an early age. Michelle, however, never attended church as a child and became a Christian in high school after a friend shared with her how she could have a right relationship with the Lord.

Shortly after Michelle became a Christian, Jim Bob and a friend were out in the neighborhoods visiting people from

church. As they considered whom to visit next, his friend said, “Hey, I know this girl who just became a Christian, and she’s a cheerleader.” Jim Bob promptly replied, “Well, let’s go see her!”

“It was love at first sight,” Jim Bob told the chapel audience.

A year later, Jim Bob and Michelle went on their first date to a high school banquet. Following the banquet, they talked for hours about spiritual matters,

Trustees adopt response to mental health motion, decide on tenure By Keith Collier | SWBTS

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees responded to an SBC messenger’s request regarding mental health ministries, adopted bylaw and policy changes regarding faculty tenure, elected faculty and recognized President Paige Patterson for 10 years of service at their fall meeting, Oct. 16.

During the SBC annual meeting in June, Ronnie Floyd, senior pastor of Cross Church in Springdale, Ark., presented a motion requesting SBC entities to report on past, present and future efforts to assist churches in ministry to people who suffer

with mental health challenges. Trustees adopted a response to the motion, noting the seminary’s graduate and post-graduate coursework in biblical counseling and pastoral ministry.

In addition to coursework, trustees said the seminary “provides for the churches counseling workshops in which the laity come to be trained in how to respond to the difficult problems that people face. So in this way Southwestern not only trains its students but also reaches out to provide help for the churches. Further, our faculty in

counseling spends a great portion of its time counseling the counselors from the churches who frequently call on us for help with various kinds of problems.”

Trustees also unanimously approved changes to the seminary’s bylaws and policies, eliminating the future extension of tenure to faculty. Elected faculty who have already been granted tenure are unaffected and will retain the rights and privileges of tenured faculty.

Trustees elected two new faculty members, both of whom were serving

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B&H presents patterson witH anaBaptist Book in His HonorBy Keith Collier | SWBTS

B&H Academic Vice President Jim Baird presented Southwestern Baptist Theo-logical Seminary President Paige Patter-son with a copy of the recently published book, titled The Anabaptists and Contem-porary Baptists, Restoring New Testament Christianity: Essays in Honor of Paige Pat-terson, during a seminary chapel service, Oct. 15.

“Obviously, Dr. Patterson, this book is to honor you for the work that you’ve done with the Anabaptists and all the insights you have brought,” Baird said. “But I want to tell you that it is also for your service to our Lord and to His church, and it is to thank you for having the courage and character to lead sometimes when others would not.”

The volume is largely composed of essays presented at Southwestern’s conference on Anabaptists in January 2012, with many of the authors being current or former doctoral students under Patterson.

“I’m well aware of the fact that [the book] represents my antiquity,” said Patterson, “and I nevertheless appreciate it.

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Throughout its history, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary has broadened its geographical reach and influence by opening extension campuses in other areas, starting with Houston in 1975, and today includes classes as far away as Germany.

But this semester the seminary celebrates the 20th anniversary of partnering with the Arkansas Baptist State Convention (ABSC) to bring seminary education to students at the Little Rock extension.

“We began in 1992, with the partnership between the state convention and Southwestern growing out of the desire to allow students who were already

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and according to the couple, “It was that night that God knit our hearts together.”

The two married after high school, and like most couples, they were unsure if they wanted to have children right away, so Michelle took birth control pills. Three and a half years later, Michelle stopped birth control, got pregnant, and gave birth to their firstborn son, Josh.

“Then, we didn’t want to have them too close together, so she went back on the pill,” Jim Bob said.

“But we did not realize—and this is not something that is really well known—but sometimes the pill can allow you to get pregnant but can then be abortive. And that’s what happened in our situation. Michelle was on the pill, got pregnant, and then the pill caused a miscarriage, and we lost our second child.”

“We were devastated,” Michelle said. “Here we were, Christians, loving being parents, holding this one baby in our arms and then realizing that with our own hands, our own lack of knowledge, we held out our [other] baby to be destroyed.

“We got on our faces before the Lord, and we cried out, ‘Father, forgive us and give us a love for children like You love children.’”

Jim Bob and Michelle committed to receive whatever gifts—that is, children—God would give them. Soon thereafter, Michelle gave birth to twins, and the Lord continued to bless them with children one after the other.

“Before you know it, we had so many kids running around, we thought, ‘What have we done?!’” Jim Bob joked.

“It was a busy time, and we were so overwhelmed that we thought, ‘We don’t know if we can handle it anymore.’”

Providentially, the couple said, the Lord brought encouragers and helpers into their life as they learned to trust in His strength. For example, one lady they knew offered to help Michelle with laundry each week, and she did so faithfully for 13 years.

Jim Bob admitted that they are not a perfect family nor are he and Michelle perfect parents.

“I really never had an anger problem until we had started having children,” Jim Bob said. “I realized that when we started having these kids and I started blowing up in anger to correct them, it was building a wall between me and my children.”

Jim Bob explained how he asked his family to forgive him and requested

that they keep him accountable when they noticed him reacting in anger. He encouraged the chapel audience to consider doing likewise.

“You can take your children to church Sunday morning, Sunday night and Wednesday night,” Jim Bob said, “but if you’re blowing up at home, it will undermine your whole ministry.”

Additionally, Jim Bob challenged fathers to “be the spiritual leaders of your family.”

“Read the Bible to your children, explain what the scriptures mean, give illustrations and make it practical for them.”

The Duggars’ love for children not only extends to their own children and grandchildren, but they also have a passion to support the rights of unborn children in America. Inspired by a pro-life rally in front of the Arkansas state capitol, Jim Bob ran for and was elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives, where he served from 1999–2003.

During his subsequent bid for a seat in the U.S. Congress in 2002, an Associated Press photographer took an image of him and his large family on Election Day. Though he lost the election, the photo appeared the next day in the New York Times, which sparked interest from a

writer for a parenting magazine.A few months later, an executive

with Discovery Health Channel saw the parenting magazine story and contacted the Duggars about filming a documentary on their family.

“I really believed that this was an opportunity to share with the world that children are a blessing from the Lord,” Jim Bob said. Eventually, the documentary became one of the top shows on cable television.

Jim Bob and Michelle concluded their time in Southwestern’s chapel service with a challenge to seminary students.

“Our challenge to you,” Jim Bob said, “is to follow the Lord wherever He leads you, to do whatever He puts on your heart—maybe to be a missionary overseas or to be a pastor or maybe getting involved in politics.

“Following the Lord is an exciting adventure, and I pray that each one of us will follow that still, small voice of the Lord and watch Him work in our lives in a miraculous way.” •

in ministry in Arkansas to begin or continue their theological education through Southwestern Seminary,” Dean of Extensions Deron Biles says.

Extension classes meet at the state convention’s facilities, and several ABSC staff have even taught courses.

“It makes for not only a great relationship between Southwestern and the state convention but also makes a great relationship between local churches and the state convention and the seminary,” Biles says.

Because of the close relationship with the state convention, the Little Rock extension has been one of the most consistent extensions with regard to student enrollment. This semester the extension has about 25 students.

Tim Deahl has been integrally involved in the partnership, serving as an adjunct professor for the extension, local church pastor, executive support for ABSC, and

liaison between the main campus and extension. Deahl, who earned his Master of Divinity from Southwestern, says most extension students are already involved in areas of ministry as opposed to preparing for ministry. About half of their numbers are involved in youth or young adult ministry, while the others serve in pastoral or music ministries.

This past semester, five students graduated from the extension, one of their larger numbers for one graduating class, Biles says. One student from the Little Rock extension received the C.W. Brister Pastoral Ministry Award, given to graduates in the school of theology and in the field of pastoral ministry.

“That was exciting to see not just the recognition of our extension but to see how our extension work is impacting the churches in Arkansas,” Biles says.

Students are asked to complete at least one year at Southwestern’s main

campus to complement their studies at the extension. Deahl says some students actually started their education at the main campus but then finished their degree at Little Rock after being called to ministry in the area. Others finished at the main campus but then returned to the Little Rock extension to teach classes there.

In the future, Biles and Deahl both say online education will likely increase and may impact the further growth of enrollment in a positive way for those who cannot attend class in person.

“It’s a new day with online education,” Biles says. “I see online education strengthening the work of our extension centers. This now becomes an opportunity for students to continue ministering where they are, and they now have new options to continue or even complete their degree and continue to serve in the place God has called them and led them.

“This is, I think, an opportunity for us to see the potential of reaching students that we might never had reached, who now have not only exposure to Southwestern through the extension but opportunities to study with our elected faculty on campus,” Biles says. “And I think it opens doors to the opportunities for new students for our extensions.”

Deahl says the enrollment at the extension had dropped slightly for a time, but now it is again picking back up, and he looks forward to even further growth.

Classes at the extension meet just one day a week, and because of donations, a meal is now provided for students. The extension also provides a fully equipped library and other resources.

Biles and Deahl both look forward to the continuing partnership between Southwestern and the ABSC, as they train students to preach the Word and reach the world. •

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Conference on the home draws more than 1,000 womenBy Michelle Tyer & Keith Collier | SWBTS

Southwestern President Paige Patterson referred to the home as God’s “first and most important institution” during the opening session of a women’s conference on campus Oct. 25–26.

“If the home fails, not far behind it will come the whole social order. Destroy the home and you will destroy the social backbone of any republic wherever it may be.”

More than 1,000 women attended the Art of Homemaking Conference, which drew not only seminary students but also women from across Texas and even out of state. The conference, sponsored by Crossway Books, featured main sessions speakers Michelle Duggar, Elizabeth George and Dorothy Patterson.

Michelle Duggar, the loving mother from TLC’s hit cable reality show “19 Kids & Counting,” spoke during the Friday evening and Saturday afternoon plenary sessions, offering advice as well as encouragement to mothers.

“I will be the first to admit we do not have a perfect family,” Duggar said. “We have challenges every day. Just multiply that 19 times over … and you can just imagine we face challenges. But by God’s grace and by His principles and His ways, we have learned and our family has experienced joy unspeakable, and we have experienced unity all because of Jesus.”

Duggar said her goal during her time at the conference was to pass on wisdom she had received from godly mentors and to give practical advice on how to bring unity and peace to the home. She shared how women could make their homes godly teaching, hospitality, craft, nurturing and ministry centers for their families.

To achieve this, Duggar said, mothers first need to teach their children to love God and to love others by training them to exhibit biblical character qualities while the mothers also live them out as an example.

“The Lord Jesus Christ personifies all godly character, and we desire to grow to be more like Him every day,” Duggar said.

Duggar especially encouraged mothers to practice love, meekness and joy in their lives while instilling qualities such as attentiveness, obedience and self-control in their children through faithful training.

“True character is not dictated by our circumstances; it just reveals it. What’s deep in our heart comes out when we’re squeezed,” Duggar said.

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Seminary President Paige Patterson, taught a session Saturday afternoon from Proverbs 31 concerning a noble, or virtuous, woman.

“I am, without apology, family-obsessed. … This is a passage about a woman who is family-centered without apology,” Patterson said.

Marriage is a lifetime commitment, Patterson said, noting that this is a concept largely abandoned in current society.

“Are you just following the women in front of you, are you just following the culture … or are you looking at the light that can be found in Scripture and from God Himself?” Patterson challenged the women at the conference.

The Proverbs 31 woman provides for her family diligently, but Patterson also believes it refers to her tending to her family’s spiritual condition.

“That’s our responsibility to be able to teach them about the Lord and to be sure that, more than anything else, we have explained to them how to be saved and we have helped bring them to the

blessed Jesus even as children,” Patterson said.

This woman of virtue would then receive praise from her children and husband but not because of her outer appearance, Patterson said.

“Charm and beauty are things that change,” Patterson said. “And if we’re

going to put our biblical womanhood, if we’re going to put our commitment to God, hinging on these two outer things, then we’re in trouble.”

Instead, the Proverbs 31 woman is praised for her fear of the Lord and her desire to please Him.

Author and national speaker Elizabeth George spoke Saturday morning on how to be a woman after God’s own heart. George’s book, A Woman After God’s Own Heart, has sold more than 1 million copies.

George, who did not surrender her life to Christ until she was 28 years old, shared that when she first read Acts 13:22, which describes King David as a “man after God’s own heart,” it challenged her.

“I said, ‘Well, I want to be a woman after God’s own heart because I want to be a woman that would fulfill all God’s will [and] His purpose for me in my life,’” George recalled.

Women must make a daily decision to seek after God, George said. And that daily commitment should start with time in God’s Word.

“A woman after God’s own heart is a

woman of the Word,” George said.She advised women to give God the

first part of their day as if it were a tithe so that nothing else will rob that time from them later on. That time with Christ will give strength.

“We need to be women who wait on the Lord; there is no other place for us to get what we need to get through one day,” George said.

George also emphasized that along with reading the Bible, spending time in prayer is crucial for managing the home.

Along with the plenary sessions, the conference gave women opportunities to choose from 17 breakout sessions throughout the weekend, with topics including the ministry of prayer, raising teens, raising preschoolers, planning holidays, working from the home, the effects of feminism, and how to bring joy to one’s husband without losing her own.

Breakout sessions were led by Southwestern Seminary women’s programs faculty, wives of faculty and pastors, and others. In addition to Dorothy Patterson, wives of three other Southern

Baptist seminary presidents presented at breakout sessions—Mary Mohler from Southern Seminary, Rhonda Kelley from new Orleans Seminary, and Ann Iorg from Golden Gate Seminary.

Additionally, more than 40 authors were on hand signing books, including the Duggar family and contributors to the Crossway publication The Christian Homemaker’s Handbook, which was edited by Dorothy Patterson and homemaking professor Pat Ennis.

The conference, in large part, sprang from Dorothy Patterson’s passion for the family and for training women how to build healthy, Christ-honoring homes. Appropriately, the first day of the conference happened to also be her birthday, so Southwestern Dean of Women’s Programs Terri Stovall took the opportunity to recognize Patterson’s special day as well as her rich contribution to women’s ministry. •

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Addiction broken, marriage restored through seminary chapel constructionBy Alex Sibley | SWBTS

When Craig Abbott accepted the assignment for project manager of the construction of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary’s MacGorman Chapel in 2010, he did so reluctantly.

Still hurting from the death of their infant son just three years prior, Abbott and his wife, Michele, were both in a dark place. Feeling that his lifestyle did not match the standards of Southwestern, Abbott approached the task cynically, but he soon learned that God would use the experience to transform his entire family.

“My peers in the industry [had] kind of a joke coming in before we started,” Abbott says. “‘You’re gonna go out to Southwestern Baptist, and you’re gonna find you some Jesus.’ And that’s what happened.”

Abbott, the Manhattan Construction project manager for both MacGorman Chapel and the seminary’s new student housing, shared his testimony during a chapel service, Oct. 8, relating his gratitude to Southwestern as the catalyst by which God changed his life.

“I thank God first of all for putting me here [at Southwestern],” Abbott says. “The first three years, I didn’t want to be here, but He used it for His good.”

Following the death of their son in 2007, the Abbotts both turned to alcohol. Their marriage and family spiraled out of control as a result.

“I really hated the man I was at that time,” Abbott says. “I was trapped in this sin. And my family was a wreck. And

I was really sick and tired of trying to live the lie that I had it all together.”

Halfway through the chapel construction, Abbott’s wife entered rehab. Though Abbott initially planned to use this as a catalyst for divorce, he soon realized that God had a different plan.

“[God] really began to point out the fact that I really deflected everything onto my wife,” Abbott says. “I wasn’t the man I needed to be.”

While attending church one day, Abbott heard a sermon on comfort from 2 Corinthians 1:8-9, a passage in which Paul relates that he and his companions endured suffering “that [they] might not rely on [them]selves but on God, who raises the dead.”

“At that service, it clicked,” Abbott says. “I accepted Christ as a child, but I really never truly surrendered my will to His will. I’d been running the show for 30 years, and it wasn’t working. So that following day I made the decision that I would turn my life over to Christ.

“At that point, everything changed. It was phenomenal. And this is why Southwestern Baptist is so special to me, because it was while I was working here that I found my true purpose in Christ. It was while I was here that I learned to be the spiritual leader of my family. It was while I was working here that my entire family that following summer found salvation. The chains of addiction were broken. We celebrate two and a half years sober. not only that, the Lord equipped

my wife and me to serve as leaders in our church’s Celebrate Recovery ministry. He just turned our life around.”

In addition, God blessed the Abbotts with a son in the summer of 2012.

“I don’t tell you this, though, to boast,” Abbott says, “but to give glory to God and to thank you guys. As a little

baby Christian trying to find my way, Southwestern’s been a haven where I can really grow in my knowledge of Christ.

“God used Southwestern Baptist to really water the seed that had taken root. And for that I am eternally grateful.” •

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under presidential appointment. Scott Aniol was elected as assistant professor of church music in the School of Church Music, effective Jan. 1, 2014. Dean Sieberhagen was elected assistant professor of missions and Islamic studies

in the Roy Fish School of Evangelism and Missions, effective Jan. 1, 2014.

During a chapel service, Oct. 16, trustees recognized Paige and Dorothy Patterson for 10 years of service at Southwestern Seminary.

“As a young pastor during the early ‘80s, I had the opportunity to watch Dr. Patterson from afar, to watch him move about in our convention with integrity, tenacity and theological insight. I saw a man that was bigger than life, robust and fearless,” said Steven James, chairman of the board of trustees.

James recalled hearing Patterson preach in 2010 during the dedication of the seminary’s MacGorman Chapel. He told Patterson he was impressed during the sermon with “the mercy, humility and compassion that you have in your heart, especially for those who are lost.”

“That’s when my spirit—even with all we went through in the ‘80s—really connected with your spirit.”

James read an official proclamation from Texas Governor Rick Perry and another proclamation from the City of Fort Worth declaring Oct. 16, 2013, as Paige Patterson Day. •

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It changes every year. Sometimes it begins before Thanksgiving, other times not until mid-January. On average, the outbreak begins in December. Regard-less of when it will begin, one thing is certain: cold and flu season looms on the horizon.

Richard Knight, the physician at Southwestern’s campus medical clinic, offers simple preventive methods: wash your hands and be careful to avoid expo-sure in public. He also says it’s not too late to get a flu immunization, which the clinic offers.

Southwestern’s on-campus clinic, located at 4501 Stanley Ave. across the street from Roberts Library, opened in 2006. Several decades ago, the seminary operated the Walsh Medical Center on campus, but it was eventually closed and converted into the Walsh Counseling Center, leaving Southwestern without an on-campus clinic for many years.

In 2005, during a campus visit, Rich-ard Knight met with Dr. Patterson, who had been Knight’s pastor decades earlier at First Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Ark.

“He had a vision to have a clinic here

on the campus for students and fami-lies,” Knight recalls, “and he asked me if I wanted to come and be a part of that. So we prayed about it for a few months. The Lord was just directing, ‘Yeah, go do that’. So here we are.”

The clinic staff consists of Knight and two nurses. They offer services to faculty, staff, students, dependents and campus guests, Monday through Friday. The majority of cases fall under the cat-egory of “urgent care,” which includes sicknesses and minor injuries.

Knight approximates the clinic’s costs at one-fifth those of other clinics in the area.

“We have the low-cost clinic visit fee [of $25],” Knight says. “And then any other services that we do here are on a cost-basis, so whether it’s vaccines or supplies, we only charge what it costs us to get those things.”

“The vision or goal for this clinic,” Knight says, “is a ministry support for those who are going on to full-time ministry in some form or fashion. Our mission here is to support their health to enable them to do that in a healthy fashion.

“We can take time with each patient to understand their needs. I have a free-dom here to minister. I can share Scrip-ture with a patient. I can pray with a patient. I can counsel with them in ways that it would be much more difficult out in the public realm. We try not only to help their medical needs; we try to have a ministry of encouragement, meeting the other needs as well.” •

Campus clinic enables the called to serveBy Alex Sibley | SWBTS

“For a festschrift volume—which is a German word that has to do with an anni-versary volume normally put together by the students of a professor—this is the most beautiful volume I’ve ever seen in my life. It’s incredible.”

Unique to the book is a section with photos taken from a spring 2012 Anabaptist study tour through Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and the Czech Republic, which was led by Patterson and Malcolm Yarnell, a pro-fessor at the seminary and editor of the book.

R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., contributed a preface for the book, and Richard Land, president of South-ern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, n.C., wrote the introduction.

Some of the more noted contributors include Saddleback Church pastor Rick Warren, Anabaptist scholar Abraham Friesen, Truett-McConnell College president Emir Caner, Cedarville University president Thomas White, Southwestern Seminary vice president Jason Duesing, and Yarnell. Addi-tionally, an essay by Patterson himself was included.

The book is broken into three sections: theology, Balthasar Hubmaier, and history. The first section includes sections on Ana-baptist theology, including their theological method and views on religious liberty. The second section highlights Hubmaier, an Ana-baptist theologian whose views are similar to those of contemporary Baptists, particularly those related to political theology. The final section emphasizes important individuals and movements among the Anabaptists. •

OnLInE ExTRA » For more information about the clinic, including hours of operation and contact information, visit swbts.edu/clinic.

OnLInE ExTRA » Southwestern’s Fall 2012 issue of Southwestern News magazine on the Anabaptists and the study tour can be viewed at swbts.edu/snfa12.

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Get to Know Your Professors: Chris ShirleyBy Alex Sibley | SWBTS

Born into a Christian home, Chris Shirley publicly professed his faith at an early age.

“I walked the aisle when I was 6 years old,” Shirley says, “because my sister had done it the week before. And I thought it would be cool to eat in church.”

After this false start, God truly captured Shirley’s heart at age 12.

“I repented of my sin at that point,” Shirley says. “I was broken. [The pastor] came over and we talked through it, and [he] helped me understand what I was experiencing, and I prayed to receive Christ at that time really. That’s the official point

at which my journey with Christ began.”As Shirley would learn over the next

30 years, this journey would be rife with detours.

Shirley graduated from Belmont University in nashville, Tenn., in 1981 with a B.B.A. in Music Business.

“I just thought it would be the coolest thing,” Shirley says, “to go get a music business degree, thinking I would work in the music industry somehow. But by the time I got out, I realized it was not where I needed to go. I really had no direction.”

Shirley next entered the field of education, teaching high school business classes for a year. God used this time to position Shirley for his first call to ministry; specifically, the camping ministry. As a child, Shirley attended Ridgecrest, a Christian conference center in north Carolina, and he later worked there on summer staff. During his time teaching high school, the camp asked him to return as associate director of camps.

During this period, Shirley also became active in the local church by involving himself in Sunday school teaching and discipleship, as well as serving as a deacon. Here, God began to redirect Shirley toward a new chapter of ministry.

Shirley recalls, “People began to say to me, ‘You really ought to think about being a minister of education. Have you ever thought about working on staff at a church?’ I kept getting these messages from them that really, to me, were the Holy Spirit calling me to this. So I surrendered to that call.”

After exploring his seminary options, Shirley settled upon Southwestern, deciding that it offered the best education program. He earned his Master of Arts in Christian Education in 1994 and his Ph.D. in 2002. He then joined the faculty in 2007 and serves as assistant professor of adult ministry.

Shirley’s time at Southwestern, along with his 12-year stint as associate pastor at Wedgewood Baptist Church,

allowed him to cultivate his passion for discipleship, which he integrates into his teaching.

“For me, teaching is about students,” Shirley says. “I want to invest in their lives at every level, and that gives me the greatest blessing in being a teacher. I really see teaching as a disciple-making process, particularly in seminary.”

Though Shirley is mostly a behind-the-scenes person, God has used him here at Southwestern in a big way.

“In my discipleship classes, I teach from a model that I developed,” Shirley says. “It is very much related to what we do in the local church and how we use the mechanism of the local church to disciple our people. Somehow that model got in the hands of someone in the Sudan. He emailed me about it [asking for permission to use it]. That experience brought home to me the fact that we have global impact here. What we do here reaches beyond just this block or two that we own in Fort Worth.”

Shirley’s journey with Christ led him multiple directions, but each path ultimately satisfied his call to minister the Word of God.

As an encouragement to students, Shirley says, “Don’t wait for ministry opportunities to come to you, but go find them. Go find opportunities to use what you’re learning here and make it applicable. Your ministry does not begin when you finish this degree. Your ministry begins today.” •

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FALL Afterschool Fun 3:30-5:00p.m., Mondays or Wednes-days | NCC. Contact: Shelly Ward at ext. 2970 or sward@swbts.edu.

FALL southwestern music Academy Quality education in a Christian setting. lessons begin aug. 26. private lessons for ages 5-adult in piano, voice, strings, organ, flute and guitar. Reduced rate introductory lessons for beginning piano and string students through age 12. Registration is open to voice, piano, organ and violin students. Ten percent discount for siblings and seminary spouses. for more information, visit swbts.edu/musicacademy, email musicacademy@swbts.edu or call ext. 3241.

FALL writing center paper Stress? We can help. Visit the Roberts library Writing Center. Call ext. 2750 or email WritingCenter@swbts.edu for more information.

FALL mother’s Day Out program 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesdays & Thursdays | NCC. Now enrolling for fall semester. One- and two-day programs available as well as drop-ins on a first-come, first-serve basis. New extended hours: 1-4 p.m. information on prices and days at www.swbts.edu/childrenscenter. Contact: Shelly Ward at ext. 2970 or sward@swbts.edu.

FALL Riley center student Discount Students, their parents, grandpar-ents and siblings can use the student discount for 20 percent off of guest rooms at the Riley Center. for guest room reservations, contact ext. 8800.

FALL RAc Programming Swim lessons for children 4 and older (Contact Tyler durham for more details) | personal Training by landon Norton | CrossTraining- fitness Times: M/W/f 7 a.m.; T/Th 5:10 p.m. instruc-tor: Jared howard. price: $20 for 2x/wk. (evenings); $30 for 3x/wk. (morn-ings); or $50 for both. The price is for the month. | Swim Team Workouts- instructor: Julie Belflower. Times: M/T/Th 3:45 – 4:30 p.m. price: $40/month for one child (prices for more than one child can be discussed).

FALL RAc childcare T/Th 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. | NCC. The RaC now offers childcare at the NCC for parents wishing to workout Tuesdays and Thursdays. Rates for 1.5 hour ses-sions: Walk-in: $3.50/child. Monthly: $16/child with $40/month cap per family. Contact the NCC at ext. 2970 for more information.

FALL Homeschool classes ncc sewing Tuesdays, 8:30-10 a.m. You do not need a sewing machine to take the class. art: Wednesdays and fridays, 1:30-3 p.m. art history and application daily. Cost: $35/month. Register by emailing Shelly Ward at sward@swbts.edu or by calling ext. 2970.

NOV7

Land center Luncheon11:30 a.m. | SBR. Speaker: dr. Berry driver

NOV8

One magnificent Obsession6 p.m. | WMC. Evenings of prayer and praise for the nations. Nov. 8: Venezu-ela; Nov. 15: Kyrgyzstan.

NOV8

3rd Annual chili cook-off6:30-8 p.m. | RaC Tennis Courts. free hot dogs, hot chocolate, bounce houses, hay rides for the kids. prizes for top three winners and best decorated table. for more information, email Justin Benson at jbenson@swbts.edu.

NOV18

metochai6:30-8:30 p.m. | SBR. Metochai is an organization for student wives. Guest Speaker for Nov. 18: Mrs. Karen Sand-ers. free childcare available for ages 6 months through 6th grade. Child-care reservations must be made by noon Monday, November 18; Contact women’s programs with questions or to make childcare reservations at ext. 3600 or mbullens@swbts.edu.

DEC 7

southwestern Holiday Bazaar 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | RC. Sponsored by Southwestern’s Women’s programs and Metochai. Exhibitors must have a Southwestern connection (student, student spouse, staff, faculty). Examples of booths: Mary Kay, premier design Jewelry, homemade Christmas ornaments, handmade scarves, etc. Booth space is $15, and deadline to reserve space is Nov. 1. Contact: Women’s programs Office (p101 or ext. 3600).

DEC31

2014 certification of church membershipCertification forms are due dec. 31 to the Registrar’s Office. Check student e-mail for more info.

SPRING2014

may 2014 Graduates:Submit your application for Graduation to the Registrar’s Office via Webadvisor.  if received by November 15, you will receive results of a degree evaluation by January 23.  final application deadline:  January 31. for more information, e-mail registrar@swbts.edu or call ext. 2000.

SPRING2014

chapel choir The chapel choir is a new offering for the Spring 2014 semester at either 0 or 1 hours of credit and is open to all Southwestern students. Contact: dr. leo day, lday@swbts.edu.

SPRING2014

Pauline Turkey and seven churches of Revelation Tour March 7-16, 2014. Join dr. aaron Son, professor of New Testament on a 10-day trip visiting pauline sites such as Ephesus, laodicea, Colossae, hierap-olis (pamukkale), pisidian antioch, ico-nium, lystra and derbe, as well as cities of the seven churches of Revelation, including philadelphia, Sardis, Thyat-ira, Smyrna, Ephesus and pergamum. The group will also visit istanbul (Con-stantinople) and Cappadocia. Students can earn 3 credit hours during the trip, which will cost an estimated $2,699 per person, including airfare. Contact Son at ason@swbts.edu with questions or to sign up.

RAC RAc Party Packages The RaC party packages The RaC now offers additional party packages with discounts to seminary students:

*Three hour Birthday party package: $125 for 1 hour bounce house usage, 2 hours private back room rental with access to RaC facilities (pool, courts, etc.).

*Bounce Only: $75 for 1.5 hours of bouncing.

*Room Only: $75 for 2 hours of private back room rental with access to RaC facilities.

*possible Extras: Extra bounce house: $35. Extra 30 min. bounce time: $20 per bounce house. after 25 children, additional $5 per child.

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BOwLD music LiBRARyMon., 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.Tues., Thurs., 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.Wed., 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.Fri., 8 a.m. – 5p.m.Sat., 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.Closed on Sundays.

RAcMon.– Fri., 6 a.m. – 10 p.m.Sat., 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.RAC pool closes one hour early.Call for lifeguard hours.Closed on Sundays.

sOuTHwesTeRn OuTFiTTeRsMon.– Fri., 7:45 a.m. – 5 p.m.Closed on weekends.

sOuTHwesTeRn GRiLLBreakfast (Mon.– Fri.): 6:45 a.m. – 10 a.m.Lunch (Mon.– Fri.): 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.Closed on weekends.

THe cAFéMon.– Fri., 6:45 a.m. – 11 p.m.Sat., 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.Closed on Sundays.

cAmPus cLinicCall x8880 to schedule appointment.Weekdays: First appointment at 8:30 a.m.Last appointment at 4:30 p.m.Closed during lunch.Closed on weekends.

*All services are closed during chapel, Tues., Wed. and Thurs.

ON-CaMpuS JOBS

Grill server

Servers at the Naylor Student Center exist to serve the needs of the student body, faculty, administration, and guests of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary by serving a variety of entrees at the Grill at Southwestern. They are required to work with a variety of kitchen tools and equipment, operate within the confines of fda approved inspection, preparation, and service practices, and maintain a clean and orderly working environment.

Shifts Available: Monday-friday | 6 a.m. – 2 p.m.

for more job details regarding this position and many others, please visit swbts.edu/humanresources or contact heather Welborn at ext. 6200 or hwelborn@swbts.edu.

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Elizabeth George answers questions about being a woman after God’s heartBy Michelle Tyer | SWBTS

During a women-only Grindstone, ladies from Southwestern Seminary and many who were not students heard the story of author and speaker Elizabeth George.

In town for the Art of Homemaking Conference, George participated in the Grindstone question-and-answer forum Oct. 24 to share her testimony and to discuss issues raised by the women.

George was raised in a good home but not a Christian one, even though her family faithfully attended church.

“Everything was at church except for a need of Jesus Christ as Savior,” George said of her church experience.

She did not recognize that need until she was 28 years old.

By then she had married husband Jim, who had been raised in a Baptist home. They attended church only twice as a married couple before decisions to skip church led to not attending for eight years.

“We just could not talk about anything spiritual because we just didn’t think alike on it,” George said.

Without any rules, standards or principles in their home coming from God’s Word, George said they were soon doing everything wrong as a couple and later as parents. However, after their two daughters were born, they decided it would be good for their daughters to be in church. Soon, George found herself hunting through the Los Angeles County yellow pages searching for a church they would enjoy.

“That was how I was trying to search

for God,” George said.It was only after studying a Christian

book in preparation for a Sunday school lesson that George finally recognized the reason why Christ died for her, even though she had known of Christ’s sacrifice her whole life.

After purchasing her first Bible, George began reading through it, and every time she read a verse about God, she highlighted it in gold, going through six highlighters in the process. Those highlighted verses later became Loving God With All Your Mind, a book she penned concerning the character of God.

But George also started reading through the scriptures with a pink highlighter in hand so she could highlight every verse she found about women. After living the first decades of her life without God, George said she was ready to learn how to be a Christian woman.

Those verses would become A Woman After God’s Own Heart, a topic about which George now frequently speaks to women.

“Don’t resist what God is telling you in His Word. Open your heart. That’s a woman after God’s own heart,” George encouraged.

George admitted that living a lifestyle after God’s heart is a struggle in today’s culture and can only be faced day by day with God’s help.

“I like to think of our days like a blossom,” George said. “And every day we want to know God’s will, we want to do God’s will and be that woman after God’s own heart. … Each

day that flower is opening. Every single day He’s revealing just a little more of His will.”

After sharing her story, the women were given a chance to ask George questions. Discussions included the topics of how to remain a woman after God’s own heart even during crises or when one’s husband is not a spiritual leader. Questions also asked for practical advice for studying the Bible.

“I am just so delighted to see the wonderful crop of women going out like an army,” George said of the women at Southwestern, whom she says she hopes will be an army with the goal of changing

women’s lives.Dean of Women’s Programs Terri

Stovall also asked George if it is truly possible for women to follow after God’s heart in a world that strongly discourages and often opposes such a lifestyle.

“We must be women after God’s own heart in a world the way it is today,” said George. “We are the light. We have the living Words of truth. Let’s not worry about the world.”

Only through daily meeting with God in His Word and in prayer, George said, will women have the strength to be that light. •

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