By GRACE SOSA It’s been a week since I found out that my school, Logsdon Seminary, will be closing. It seems that every day offers another blow—another professor learns she’s lost her position. Another university program cut or moved. My emotions range from sad to angry to confused throughout the day. I do not understand. While I was not a
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HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIVERSITY February 14, 2020 Jacob Brandt At its February 2020 meeting, Hardin-Simmons University’s Board of Trustees took a number of significant steps to better position the institution financially to continue its mission to provide excellence in education enlightened by Christian faith and values. At the meeting, Board members challenged each other to support Hardin-Simmons University financially as well as
Read moreHardin-Simmons University has announced closure of its Logsdon Seminary, which was established in 2004 as part of Logsdon School of Theology. The School of Theology will remain open. Logsdon Seminary offered master of divinity, master of arts, and master of arts in family ministry degrees, plus a doctor of ministry Logsdon School of Theology offers undergraduate majors in biblical studies,
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By LORETTA FULTON The church should be counter-cultural, but it has a lot of work to do in that area, the pastor of South Side Baptist Church said during the Feb. 4 chapel service at Hardin-Simmons University. Segregated worship services are evidence of that. In fact, Blake White, South Side’s pastor since 2017, said he had told his congregation they
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By LORETTA FULTON Bob and Kelli Phillips, co-hosts of the popular TV series, Texas Country Reporter, will bring their observations and insights from years of traveling the state to Abilene March 26 for the annual Hardin-Simmons University Round Table Scholarship Luncheon. The luncheon will be held 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Abilene Country Club, 4039 Treadaway Blvd. Individual tickets are
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By LORETTA FULTON The first time Mike Wurman undertook a monumental endeavor, he came back with “A Sketch & A Prayer.” This time, he finished with a number of sketches and a bunch of prayers. Wurman is the father of Brittany Pigott, a student in the physician assistant program at Hardin-Simmons University. Each spring, first-year students go on a mission
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By GRACE SOSA This Advent season has been one of the most joyful ones I have experienced. I began the month with an exciting new job, working at my church coordinating children’s ministry. My husband and I bought our first Christmas decorations for our first home. We both finished a semester of seminary and celebrated the graduation of friends. But
Read moreBy FELICITY NEPTUNE Hardin-Simmons University When James B. Simmons partnered with merchants, ranchers, and pastors to establish what would later be called Hardin-Simmons University, he asked for the school to be called Christlieb College — the college of Christ’s love. While the name itself did not endure, the vision and mission for the school did. One way that HSU is
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By LORETTA FULTON “Unity when possible, truth always.” Those words, spoken by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., are as relevant today as when King spoke them and should always be on the minds of ministers, Dr. Johnny Hill said during a breakfast held Nov. 13 as part of the Hardin-Simmons University Symposium. “The prophetic does not undermine the pastoral,” Hill
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