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Ukraine: In the Midst of War | Bob Hicks (ThM, 1976; DMin, 1988)
LITTLE DID I KNOW November 2018, I was in Ukraine for my fourth trip in four years. Covering four cities, I spoke with groups of Ukrainian military chaplains, psychologists, soldiers, and military academy cadets in addition to widows and parents

G. William (Bill) Bryan (1936–2018)
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

For the Nations: Refugee Outreach | Cameron Mullens (ThM, 2011)
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

President Mark L. Bailey, Ph.D. Announces Future Retirement Date
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

2018 Alumni Distinguished Service Award | Gary DeSalvo (ThM, 1981)
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

The Workshop Counseling | George Fritts (ThM, 2016)
I am the Executive Director of The Workshop Counseling, an activity-oriented, faith-based, non-profit counseling center becoming established in the mid-cities area of DFW. My church—Shady Oaks Baptist Church in Hurst—has given me the run of our Student Building during the

Dr. Larry J. Waters (1946-2018)
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.

Dr. Robert Lightner (1931-2018)
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,

The Last Well | Dr. Todd Phillips (DMin, 2010)
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

BSM at UT Dallas | Mark Warrington (ThM, 2013) and Brady Blair (MABS, MACE, 2017)
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

2017 Alumni Distinguished Service Award | Vincent Parker (ThM, 1995)
Not too far from the downtown skyscrapers of Dallas, Texas, Golden Gate Missionary Baptist Church sits in the modest Oak Cliff community known as “The Bottom.” Why the name? For many years the church has lived at the bottom of

Ashley Scarbrough (MAMW, 2015)
I work at Children’s Relief International, a non-profit based in Rockwall, Texas. We partner with national leaders (many of whom are DTS grads) to take the light of Christ to those in deep poverty. Like many non-profits, the employees wear many