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WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) -- Danny Akin exudes Great Commission passion. As the longtime president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Akin has watched the Lord draw thousands of men and women to be trained as disciple makers and has learned many important lessons along the way about what it means to walk with Jesus and live to make Him known.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) -- Earlier this spring, Southeastern hosted its first Asian Strategic Partnership Summit to discuss mission partnerships and opportunities for theological education among Asian communities in the U.S. and in East and Southeast Asian countries.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary welcomed more than 450 women on campus March 8-9 for its annual Cultivate women’s leadership conference designed to help women discern their callings, grow in faithfulness to God and His Word, and lead out as disciple makers. This year’s theme was missional leadership, encouraging and equipping women to leverage their lives to make disciples in their contexts.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – This year’s Go Conference, part of Global Missions Week at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern, called hundreds of college-aged students to leverage their lives for the Great Commission.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) – Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern welcomed students back on campus Thursday (Jan. 18) for spring convocation and the first day of classes. During his convocation message, President Danny Akin charged students, staff and faculty to pursue a lifestyle of Christ-like humility as they make disciples of Jesus.

WAKE FOREST, NC (BP) -- Twenty years ago Monday (Jan. 15), Southeastern unanimously elected Daniel L. Akin as its sixth president, recognizing God’s providence in directing Danny and his wife Charlotte to Southeastern. Now in his twentieth year, Akin has distinguished himself as a humble leader with an unwavering commitment to God’s word and a singular focus on fulfilling the Great Commission.

WAKE FOREST, N.C. (BP) -- In 2023, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern witnessed God’s continued favor as students came from around the world to receive biblical and theological education from a Great Commission perspective. Equipped to serve the Church and fulfill the Great Commission, 537 graduates were sent out to make disciples in rural towns, urban centers, and hard-to-reach places around the world.  

WAKE FOREST (BP) – During Friday’s (Dec.8) fall commencement ceremony, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and The College at Southeastern celebrated 228 Great Commission graduates, who represent 29 states and 19 countries. Joining the thousands of Southeastern alumni serving around the world, these graduates are being sent to serve local churches and make disciples wherever God […]

WEST AFRICA (BP) – As Christianity in French-speaking West Africa has spread over the past few decades, Baptist women in the region desire theological education and further access to resources for biblical interpretation as they resist the influence of the prosperity gospel.

RALEIGH, N.C. (BP) – Churches and Southern Baptist Convention entities must work together to see more missionaries reach the nations. That was the message of an all-day missions pipeline workshop for congregations in the Raleigh-Durham area.