By Loretta Fulton Myles Werntz was faced with a dilemma in 2020 when he was notified that his place of employment would be closing. He was a professor at Logsdon Seminary at Hardin-Simmons University when he learned that HSU would be closing the seminary. Rather than waiting for a new opportunity, he created his own. He contacted the dean of
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ACU’s Baptist Studies Center is hosting a webinar on Monday, Feb. 21, exploring the topic, “Women in Ministry: Becoming Advocates for Half the Church.” The webinar originally was planned as a run-up to an on-campus event in March at Abilene Christian University. But the on-campus programming was postponed until next fall due to COVID concern, said Myles Werntz, director of
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Abilene Christian University’s Baptist Studies Center is hosting a webinar at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 18, with two presenters from Baptist congregations in Dallas. The webinar is free to the public but registration is required. A link to the webinar will be sent on Jan. 18. Click here to RSVP. Title of the webinar is “Community Ministry: What Have We
Read moreAbilene Christian University is hosting a webinar on hunger and hope at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29. Hunger and Hope: Ministry in Times of Food Crisis is sponsored by ACU’s Baptist Studies Center and the Siburt Institute for Church Ministry. Featured guests will be Eugene Cho, director of Bread for the World, and Jeremy Everett, director of the Baylor Collaborative
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ACU NEWS RELEASEEmerald Cassidy To help fill a void created by the closing of another seminary in its home city, Abilene Christian University is creating a Baptist Studies Center (BSC) in its Graduate School of Theology (GST). Dr. Myles Werntz has been named the founding director of the new center. He currently serves as the T.B. Maston Chair of Christian
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