Southwestern Seminary announces fall 2021 chapel schedule

Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary released its chapel schedule for the fall semester, which includes a return to twice-a-week chapel services, beginning with Convocation on August 24. 

The school hosted chapel services once a week in the spring semester due to COVID-19. Members of the seminary community who are not vaccinated are strongly encouraged to wear facemasks during indoor activities, according to new COVID protocols released August 16 by the seminary’s COVID taskforce.

The fall schedule includes Southern Baptist Convention President Ed Litton, pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Alabama, and a Master of Divinity alumnus of the seminary. Other speakers include Adam W. Greenway, president of Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College; Benjamin M. Skaug, dean of Texas Baptist College and associate professor of theology; Jim Denison, founder and CEO of the Denison Forum; and H. B. Charles Jr., pastor of Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida; and other pastors. 

In addition to Litton, Southern Baptist denominational life will be represented by two SBC entity representatives: O.S. Hawkins, president of Guidestone Financial Resources, and Zane Pratt, vice president for Global Training with the International Mission Board; three Baptist state convention executive directors: Todd Gray, Kentucky Baptist Convention; David Hardage, Baptist General Convention of Texas; and Kevin Smith, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware; and four educational institution presidents: Corey Hines, Howard Payne University; Adam C. Wright, Dallas Baptist University; Heath Thomas, Oklahoma Baptist University; and Rob Blackaby, Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary and College.

Also scheduled to speak are other members of the administration and faculty of the seminary and college. 

Chapel services are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 a.m. (CT) in MacGorman Chapel located on the Southwestern Seminary campus in Fort Worth, Texas. Chapel may also be viewed live online at swbts.edu/live

The complete chapel schedule is listed below:

Aug. 24 – Adam W. Greenway, president, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Convocation

Aug. 26 – Benjamin M. Skaug, dean, Texas Baptist College

Aug. 31 – Drew Erickson, lead teaching pastor, Travis Avenue Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas

Sept. 2 – Cory Hines, president, Howard Payne University, Brownwood, Texas

Sept. 7 – Jim Denison, founder and CEO, Denison Forum, Dallas, Texas

Sept. 9 – Todd Gray, executive director-treasurer, Kentucky Baptist Convention, Louisville, Kentucky

Sept. 14 – Ed Litton, senior pastor, Redemption Church; president, Southern Baptist Convention, Mobile, Alabama

Sept. 16 – Zane Pratt, vice president for Global Training, International Mission Board, Richmond, Virginia

Sept. 21 – Justin Wainscott, assistant professor of Christian ministry, Texas Baptist College

Sept. 23 – David Hardage, executive director, Baptist General Convention of Texas, Dallas, Texas

Sept. 28 – O.S. Hawkins, president, GuideStone Financial Resources, Dallas, Texas

Sept. 30 – Kevin L. Smith, executive director, Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware, Columbia, Maryland

Oct. 5 – Fall Reading Days – No Chapel

Oct. 7 – Fall Reading Days – No Chapel

Oct. 12 – Adam C. Wright, president, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, Texas

Oct. 14 – Bill Skaar, pastor, First Baptist Church, Grand Prairie, Texas

Oct. 19 – Jonathan Richard, pastor, First Baptist Church Estancia; Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Southwestern Seminary, Estancia, New Mexico

Oct. 21 – H.B. Charles Jr., pastor, Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Jacksonville, Florida

Oct. 26 – Dean Sieberhagen, Vernon D. and Jeannette Davidson Chair of Missions, Southwestern Seminary

Oct. 28 – Adam W. Greenway, president, Southwestern Seminary, President’s Forum

Nov. 2 – Carl Bradford, assistant professor of evangelism, Southwestern Seminary

Nov. 4 – Edward Upton, interim vice president for institutional advancement, Southwestern Seminary

Nov. 9 – Heath Thomas, president, Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee, Oklahoma

Nov. 11 – Mark E. Taylor, associate dean of the School of Theology, Southwestern Seminary

Nov. 16 – Rob Blackaby, president, Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary and College, Cochrane, AB, Canada 

Nov. 18 – Richard Ross, J.M. Price Chair of Religious Education, Southwestern Seminary