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May 02

Women's Auxiliary hosts four teas across Texas

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) –Little girls don't have to be taught to dress up in their mother's pearls and high heels. No one has to show them how to set a Fisher-Price table with a Toys-R-Us tea set and plastic scones, and no one has to teach them to speak daintily and cordially to the stuffed animals and dolls attending the tea. Yet, somewhere between age 3 and 33, a modern and largely egalitarian society has a way of roughing up those soft edges and coaxing women to brush off those graceful tendencies.

Apr 26

First Lady Dorothy Patterson highlights women's roles on Family Talk radio show

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – With Ann Romney, wife of presidential hopeful Mitt Romney, in national headlines for her choice to be a stay-at-home mom and Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen's initial disapproving comment on CNN garnering more than 150,000 views on YouTube, it seems the never-cooled coals of culture wars regarding women's roles have been stoked and reignited. James Dobson's Family Talk radio show injected a dose of biblical perspective on those very roles, April 11—the same day Rosen appeared on CNN—airing a speech Southwestern First Lady Dorothy Patterson delivered several years ago to Concerned Women for America. In her address to the group, Patterson wove her personal experiences and biblical truths together to present a captivating perspective on God's plan for women, their roles and their relationship to men.

Apr 24

13 women graduate in certificate programs

FORT WORTH, Texas (SWBTS) – Southwestern granted 11 women the Certificate in Education and Ministry and one woman the Leadership Certificate in Women's Ministry during chapel, April 19. One student at the seminary's Houston campus also earned a Leadership Certificate in Women's Ministry, which she received April 24.

Apr 12

Dressed for Service mentors outfit 70 women for ministry

Seventy women received the blessings of Southwestern's Dressed for Service ministry this spring in Fort Worth and Houston, each shopping with a Women's Auxiliary (WA) mentor, who helped her select an outfit suitable for serving in ministry.

Apr 12

New graduate-level homemaking concentration launches this fall

Beginning fall 2012, students will have yet another option in the Master of Arts in Christian Education degree as Southwestern's Women's Programs introduces a new concentration in homemaking. Previously, only the College at Southwestern offered such a concentration, but with faculty additions and the administration's approval, master's students will now have a comparable option to consider in the graduate program.

Voices Blog

May 17

Does the Fight for Marriage Really Matter?

In recent months, marriage has taken center stage both on the national level and in discussions among believers. Last week, North Carolina voters approved a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages and joined 30 other states that have already done the same. North Carolina went so far as to ban civil unions recognizing marriage as the [...]

May 15

Raising Your Children Without Raising Your Voice

…Wow!  Is that even possible? There is only one way that I know to do that.  It is to teach your children to have proper respect for the authorities God has placed over them, and then to teach them to obey the first time. The first verse we ever had our children memorize was John [...]

May 10

Daughters, Be Good to Your Mothers

To say that I’m looking forward to this weekend would be an understatement.  I’m ecstatic. This Saturday the Meredith girls will be reunited.  Now that my sister and I have left the nest and live in separate states, reunions like these with mom are rare and cherished, and obviously make a second piece of cheesecake [...]