Ribbon-cutting held for Prestonwood Pregnancy Center on Southwestern’s campus

Prestonwood Baptist Church and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary formally marked the opening of Prestonwood Pregnancy Center during a March 26 ribbon-cutting ceremony on the seminary’s Fort Worth campus.

The center, located on the south part of the campus in a building on Townsend Drive, provides support and resources to women facing unplanned pregnancies. Services include ultrasounds, pregnancy testing, classes, and more. The Fort Worth center also will be used as a national training facility for other pregnancy centers.

President David S. Dockery addresses those who attended the ribbon-cutting for the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center.

“This facility has been sitting here, waiting for how it was going to be transformed and sanctified and to be able to be used for Kingdom purposes, and so God has answered our prayers in so many ways,” President David S. Dockery said, noting that the seminary’s partnership with Prestonwood is a demonstration of the institution’s commitment to the sanctity of human life. He added that seminary student volunteers and biblical counselors will be able to walk alongside people during a stressful time in their lives.

Dockery said the seminary has no better partner than Prestonwood and thanked Jack Graham, longtime senior pastor of the congregation and a Southwestern alumnus. Graham spoke of the “incredible ministry” at the seminary, adding that, “as God gave us this opportunity, we couldn’t say yes fast enough.”

Prestonwood pastor and Southwestern alumnus Jack Graham spoke of the purpose of the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center.

Prestonwood Pregnancy Center was founded in 1991 as a vision of Graham’s to bring light to the darkness of abortion. Additional centers are located in Richardson and southwest Dallas, and a mobile clinic serves clients throughout the Metroplex.

“This is a labor of love,” Graham said at the Fort Worth center opening, noting that the centers are “a hospital, in ways, for people who need hope.” He added that those who serve in the centers “are not here to judge; we are not here to condemn. We are here to love.”

Leanne Jamieson, the center’s executive director, described the center as “a mission field, and God does amazing things through this ministry.” She noted that, though the Fort Worth center had a soft opening in January, “already in this building, 105 clients have chosen life.”

Leanne Jamieson serves as the executive director of the Prestonwood Pregnancy Center.

Following a check presentation from Prestonwood Christian Academy, which raised more than $21,000 for the center, the crowd counted down before Dockery, Graham, Jamieson, donors Stephen and Dianne Prowse, Redemption City Church Pastor Matthew Kendrick, center site manager Norma Avila, and Rhonda Jones, director of satellite locations for Prestonwood, cut the ribbon. The center then was opened for tours.