FROM HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY What started as a meeting in the HSU cafeteria has grown to an international partnership with multiple departments of the university. When Grey Hoff, associate vice president for marketing and global engagement, met Kisemei Kupe three years ago, he quickly found out that Kupe had a heart for the Lord and a calling to minister to his
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Editor’s Note: Kelly Pigott is professor of church history at Hardin-Simmons University. He also is an author and creator of the blog, Spilled Coffee on Ancient Scrolls. His lastest book is “From Eden to Heaven,” The following post originally was posted on his blog and is reprinted here by permission. BY KELLY PIGOTT Is it just me, or does it
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HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY While Lynsi Johnson has learned much from her professors at Logsdon School of Theology and Hardin-Simmons University, she learns about life from the people she serves as a chaplain and the people she meets on the streets. “The dying and the homeless are two populations that could teach the world a lot about humility and compassion for life,”
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By LORETTA FULTON The following article by Loretta Fulton first was published in the Abilene Reporter-News June 29 July will be a momentous month for Dennis and Janelle O’Connell, but June wasn’t bad either. On July 7, the couple will celebrate 40 years of marriage and on July 20 they will depart for Thailand for their 20th mission trip with
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HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE Travel courses are a way for students to experience new places, but for Dr. Priscilla Selvaraj, a May term trip to India was going home. Selvaraj led six students from May 15-26 for a psychology class titled “Discovering Self through Experiencing Diversity.” As an associate professor of psychology and counseling, Selvaraj wanted her students to study
Read moreHunter Brown with flowered cross at Potosi Baptist Church. Photo courtesy Hardin-Simmons University By GRACE MITCHELL Hardin-Simmons University While Logsdon students take classes in preparation for ministry, many students are already putting their knowledge into practice in ministry positions. Hunter Brown has been serving as the youth minister of Potosi Baptist Church for almost two years. During that time, he
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HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY NEWS RELEASE Eight graduate students from the Clinical Counseling and Marriage & Family Program at Hardin-Simmons University recently returned from a travel course titled “Counseling Diverse Populations.” This course was designed as a mission trip where the students traveled to New York and Ireland to study the diverse culture and work with RIOT Ministries counseling underprivileged youth. Beginning in
Read moreDr. Travis Frampton, longtime religion professor and administrator at Hardin-Simmons University, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Schreiner University in Kerrville. Frampton, who has been at Hardin-Simmons 19 years, currently serves as vice president for university mission and strategic vision at HSU. According to a news release from Hardin-Simmons, Frampton has held numerous positions, including professor
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By LORETTA FULTON Scroll through a list of the top-paying career fields for 2019 college graduates and you won’t see the word “ministry.” Most likely, anyone entering a ministry field will have to be on staff of a large institution for a very long time to reach even the lowest level of pay for those top-paying careers. Left to
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