A group of people from the Great Plains Conference of the United Methodist Church recently traveled to the Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas. Among them were Southwestern student and LPI graduate Raquel Resendiz, as well as Institute for Discipleship executive director Steve Wilke. Raquel ...
Bishop Wilke leads Bible studies at SPARK Conference
January 8-13, 2016, the annual SPARK Youth Ministry Conference in Dallas was held at Kessler Park United Methodist Church. Youth workers attended seminars, received training, applied to Southwestern College's Master of Arts in Specialized Ministries' youth ministry emphasis, and more.Bishop Richard ...
BeADisciple Academy director featured on new podcast episode
Leah Hartman, the director of the BeADisciple Academy, is a featured guest on the UMC Young People's Podcast with Carl Gladstone. The twenty-three minute interview features Leah talking about how the Academy came into being as well as what the program hopes to accomplish.Listen on iTunes. Leah is fe ...
Institute to Host DISCIPLE Anniversary Celebrations
The Institute for Discipleship will be hosting celebration receptions in honor of the 30th anniversary of DISCIPLE Bible Study in 2016. Celebrations are being planned for the United Methodist Church's General Conference in Portland, Oregon, as well as the five Jurisdictional Conferences in the Unit ...
Fall 2015 Campus Ministry Update
Hanne and five Southwestern students make their way to Florida for Exploration 2015The school year is nearly half over, and campus ministry is in full swing! We’ve been blessed to have several phenomenal speakers at Chapel so far this year, including new Southwestern president Brad Andrews.Rev. Be ...
Speakers Selected for Spring 2016 Philosophy & Religion Lecture Series
The next two speakers have been selected for the Philosophy and Religion lecture series.Dr. D. Stephen Long, Ethics chair at Southern Methodist University, will present the next Smith-Willson lecture on Monday, February 22, at 4pm in Wroten Hall on the Southwestern campus. Dr. Long will present “Let ...
New Christmas album connects traditions new and old
Winfield, Kan. — A band made up of Southwestern College alumni and friends is releasing an album of live Christmas worship music entitled In the Company of Friends.The album features rock worship-style variations on Christmas favorites such as “O Come O Come Emmanuel,” “The First Noel,” and “What Ch ...
Institute for Discipleship Given Control of Master’s Program
The Institute for Discipleship will be taking over recruitment, advising and academic responsibilities for Southwestern College's online Master of Arts in Specialized Ministries degree program. This change will take place in fall of 2015. The degree had been under the domain of the college's Profe ...
Friends of Southwestern Invited to Gathering During Great Plains Annual Conference
There will be an SC gathering at Mead’s Corner (430 E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67202) in Wichita, Kansas, on June 11 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. during the Great Plains Annual Conference. All Builders in Ministry and guests are welcome.New Southwestern president Brad Andrews and new campus minister Ben Han ...
Rev. Ben Hanne Becomes Campus Minister
Rev. Ben Hanne is the new Campus Minister at Southwestern College. He will begin on July 1, 2015. His full-time position is underwritten by the GPAC. “We are extremely pleased to have Rev. Hanne to assist the college efforts to provide a ministerial presence to our whole college community. We are eq ...
2015 Amp It Up! Deadline Approaching and CD Project Announced
Amp It Up Camp is just around the corner! Registration deadline is May 1- Visit this page to register!The first night of camp will be kicked off with a live album recording concert titled “In the Company of Friends.” The album will be produced by Joel Cameron of Nashville. The concert will include C ...
Guidero Announced as 2015-2016 Visiting Scholar
The Institute for Discipleship is pleased to announce that Kirsten Guidero will be our visiting scholar for the 2015-2016 school year. Kirsten is a Ph.D. candidate from Marquette University. She received her B.A. from the University of Chicago where she graduated with general and departmental honors ...








