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Over a period of twenty-five years, Terry M. Turner received three degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary: 1991 Master Arts Biblical Studies, 1995 Master Arts Christian Education, and 2014 Doctor of Ministry in Christian Education. He planted the Mesquite Friendship Baptist Church (MFBC) in May 1991 with a core group of sixteen members. As of 2019, […]

Chaplain G. William (Bill) Bryan, DTS graduate, beloved chaplain, pastor, friend, devoted husband, father of three, grandfather to nine, and spiritual mentor to many, passed into the presence of our Lord early in the morning, Friday, December 14. While our hearts are saddened by this news, we have the hope of the resurrection that will take place

Cameron Mullens (ThM, 2011) paces across a room in a worn, weathered church building. He gestures and scrawls on the whiteboard in front of more than a hundred students. Women with heads covered with teal, crimson, or black glittery scarves sit in one section, while other women scatter themselves among the rest of the group.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Dear Dallas Theological Seminary Family, On Friday, October 26 in my report to the Seminary Board I announced my future retirement plans as president of Dallas Theological Seminary and want to share them with you.  After much prayer and discernment, I am announcing my plan to retire from the

Thirty-seven years ago a group of ordinary people called Gary DeSalvo to lead Temple Bible Church in Temple, Texas, straight, “fresh out of seminary, in 1981,” DeSalvo explains. He was twenty-six years old, and he and his family “fell in love with the people.”  DeSalvo explains further, “There’s no other place we would rather serve

Dr. Larry J. Waters (PhD, 1998), professor of Bible Exposition, Editor-in-Chief for “Bibliotheca Sacra,” author, beloved friend, devoted husband, father of two, grandfather to five, and spiritual mentor to many passed away this morning, Tuesday, August 7, 2018, after suffering a stroke. Although we trust that his joy abounds in the presence of the Lord Jesus he

In the early hours of Friday, August 3, 2018, Robert P. Lightner (ThM, 1959; ThD, 1964) went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He served as professor of Dallas Theological Seminary, author, beloved friend, devoted husband, father of three, grandfather to fifteen, grandfather-in-law to seven, a great-grandfather to six, and mentor to many. Our thoughts

Through his ministry The Last Well, Dr. Todd Phillips (DMin, 2010) has set the ambitious goal of providing clean drinking water as well as eradicating waterborne illness for the citizens of Liberia by the year 2020. Liberia has long been noted as one of the poorest countries of the world. And with a life expectancy

Mark Warrington (ThM, 2013) and Brady Blair (MABS, MACE, 2017) serve as the Director and Associate Director of the Baptist Student Ministry at The University of Texas at Dallas in Richardson, TX. BSM is a ministry of the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT). You can read about their work with college students at www.bsmatutdallas.org.