Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary opened its doors in 1950 with a mandate to teach Christian preachers, teachers, missionaries, and counselors in the southeastern states. In 1992, then President Paige Patterson reestablished the seminary on faithful, evangelical doctrines during the SBC conservative resurgence. It then founded the College at Southeastern in 1994, named Judson College in 2024, and emphasized its Great Commission impulse, programs, and alumni who carry the Christian gospel across the United States of America and the world. At its heart, Southeastern is a Christian educational community, rooted in the Protestant Baptist tradition, that equips men and women to serve the church and fulfill the Great Commission to the glory of Jesus Christ, that "the word of God advanced and multiplied" (Acts 12:24). To this end, the faculty fosters five Core Competencies in which every student and disciple ought to grow: spiritual formation, biblical exposition, theological integration, ministry preparation, and critical thinking and communication. The Writing Center was founded in 2009 to foster "critical thinking and communication" through writing with a Christian ethic and perspective to communicate clearly the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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