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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Southern In Short : News Events Reviews Thoughts Profiles Seminary Magazine, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2825 Lexington Road, -PVJTWJMMF ,:r6414 SBTS names Pratt new dean of Graham School . 4 Former BGS Dean Lawless takes position with IMB ....................... 5 SBTS Prof Chitwood elected to lead Kentucky Baptists ......................... 6 This image points SBTS hosts Connecting Church and Home conference .................... 10 to the urgent need Seminary celebrates 60th anniversary of McCall presidency............... 14 for the church to produce leaders Review of Trained in the Fear of God ...................................... 18 capable of rightly Mohler suggests 11 for ‘11 ............................................... 24 shepherding the Piper to Southern Baptist Pastors: Be Radically God-Centered ............25 people of God. A Year of “Thinking in Public” .......................................26 SBTS.EDU 3 In Short: News Events Reviews Thoughts advance at the Southern Baptist Convention’s THE NEW International Mission Board, June 1. YORK TIMES In addition to his role as dean, Pratt will serve as associate professor of missions. QUOTES “Zane Pratt is one of the world’s premier MOHLER missiologists and most effective missionaries. By Josh Hayes His missions leadership has been stellar, and his experience leading a missionary movement in one of the world’s most challenging regions In an article in The is invaluable,” said R. Albert Mohler Jr., New York Times president of Southern Seminary. highlighting the Pratt earned his bachelor’s degree from Duke Southern Baptist University in Durham, N.C., and his master Convention’s of divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological appointment of Seminary in South Hamilton, Mass. Fred Luter Jr. to the At both Duke and Gordon-Conwell, Pratt of!ce of !rst vice was a fellow student with Mark Dever, senior president, R. Albert pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Mohler Jr., president Washington, D.C., and a Southern alumnus of Southern and former chairman of the school’s board Seminary, states his of trustees. thoughts concerning “Zane is a great combination of biblical multiethnic re!ection and personal action. He’s lived it leadership. out. I’m thankful for the opportunity [for “It’s a historic him] to continue to work to ful"ll the Great development for the Commission, only for this next chapter, as Southern Baptist a stateside teacher,” Dever said. Convention and a SBTS NAMES PRATT Prior to moving overseas, Pratt was a sign of its future, if church planter in Massachusetts as well as it’s going to re"ect NEW DEAN OF BILLY an of"cer in the U.S. Army Reserve. America,” Mohler GRAHAM SCHOOL “Pratt is a renowned leader who will stated. fit well with the kind of energy that is By Josh Hayes “Leadership has to present now in the Billy Graham School,” emerge naturally, said Russell D. Moore, dean of the School but we bear a moral Southern Seminary announced Zane Pratt’s of Theology and senior vice president for responsibility placement as the new dean of the Billy academic administration at Southern to encourage Graham School of Missions and Evangelism, Seminary. “He understands that theology development of August 2011. is not an academic discipline that ought to multiethnic leaders,” he said. “[Pratt] understands that theology is not an academic discipline that The New York Times Web site carries the ought to be separated from the Great Commission, but the Great full article online at Commission is fueled by theology and theology is informed by the www.nytimes.com Great Commission.” Pratt comes to the deanship at Southern be separated from the Great Commission, from serving overseas as a missionary from but the Great Commission is fueled by 1991 to 2011. He oversaw missions work theology and theology is informed by the across Central Asia from 2001 to 2011. Pratt Great Commission.” will replace former dean Chuck Lawless who Pratt is married to Catherine with whom he became vice president for global theological has two teenage children, Charlotte and Greg. 4 SOUTHERN SEMINARY | FALL 2011 FORMER BGS DEAN foundation for mission work. “Chuck Lawless is a great man of God, LAWLESS TAKES a man of deep gospel passion and a POSITION WITH IMB wonderful teacher,” said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Seminary. “He By Aaron Cline Hanbury will devote all these great gifts through the International Mission Board into the lives MOORE Chuck Lawless, former dean of Southern of missionaries around the world.” APPEARS Seminary’s Billy Graham School of In his new role, Lawless will provide Missions and Evangelism, became vice theological leadership and guidance to ON CNN TO president for global theological advance the IMB and its personnel, while helping DISCUSS at the International Mission Board, June 1. strengthen relationships with Southern The IMB Board of Trustees unanimously Baptist churches, seminaries and other ROBERTSON’S elected Lawless in an effort to emphasize partners. Since 2008, he consulted the COMMENTS the importance of sound theology as the IMB about theological education while By Josh Hayes continuing in his work at Southern Seminary. Now Lawless will dedicate his Southern Seminary’s “[Lawless] will devote all full attention to that work. Russell D. Moore ap- Lawless served SBTS as dean of the these great gifts through the peared live on CNN’s Billy Graham School and vice president of “Newsroom”, Sept. International Mission Board academic programming since September 16. Moore, dean of the 2005. Prior to his deanship, Lawless taught into the lives of missionaries School of Theology and as a professor of church and community in senior vice president around the world.” the Graham School, beginning July 1996. for academic adminis- tration at SBTS, spoke about “700 Club” host Pat Robertson’s ad- vice that a man should divorce his Alzheimer- ridden wife, saying that Robertson’s coun- sel does not agree with a Christian per- spective of marriage. “It is a grievous thing to hear a Christian leader speak in this way,” Moore said in the CNN interview. “Ac- cording to the Christian Scriptures, marriage is a picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ.” The CNN appearance follows Moore’s article, “Christ, the Church, and Pat Robertson,” posted Sept. 15 at his blog, www.russellmoore.com CNN’s Web site carries the video of Moore’s appearance, “Christian outlash over Robertson advice,” at www.cnn. com/search SBTS.EDU 5 In Short: News Events Reviews Thoughts ADAM AND EVOLUTION “The moment you say ‘We have to abandon this theology in order to have the respect of the world,’ you end up FORMER SBTS PROF Chitwood earned his master of divinity and doctor of philosophy degrees from with neither CHITWOOD ELECTED Southern Seminary. biblical TO LEAD KENTUCKY “Paul Chitwood is one of the most respected young leaders in the Southern orthodoxy nor BAPTISTS Baptist Convention and in Kentucky Baptist the respect of By Josh Hayes life,” said Russell D. Moore, dean of the School of Theology and vice president for academic the world.” The Kentucky Baptist Convention (KBC) administration at SBTS. “He understands _____ announced the election of Paul Chitwood Kentucky Baptists and he understands the as executive director-treasurer of the urgency of the Great Commission. I could R. A"#$%& convention, May 2011. not be more thrilled with his selection as M'("$% J%., Chitwood served as associate professor of executive director-treasurer of the Kentucky P%$)*+$,& '- evangelism and church growth at Southern Baptist Convention.” S'.&($%, Seminary from 2007 until 2011. He began Chitwood served as senior pastor of First S$/*,0%1 his position as KBC executive director, July Baptist Church in Mt. Washington, Ky., from ', N0&*',0" 1. He replaces former director-treasurer Bill 2003 until taking on his new administrative P.#"*2 R0+*' Mackey who retired May 31. role. Prior to that, he served pastorates in T($ 0%&*2"$ “Kentucky Baptists will be celebrating the other Kentucky Baptist churches. 0,+ 0.+*', nomination of Dr. Paul Chitwood as executive Chitwood was KBC president in 2005-06, “E30,4$"*20") director of the Kentucky Baptist Convention. following his term as !rst vice president Q.$)&*', &($ I have known Paul for many years, and he is in 2003-04. In 2002, he was president of E5*)&$,2$ '- a man of deep conviction, Great Commission the KBC Pastors’ Conference. Additionally, A+0/ 0,+ E3$,” passion, pastoral vision, tremendous from 2008 to 2010, Chitwood was chairman 0%$ 030*"0#"$ 0& personal skills and leadership ability. He will for the International Mission Board of the 666.,7%.'%4 provide outstanding leadership for Kentucky Southern Baptist Convention.