Stories tagged with: gateway

• Iorg to Gateway grads: Engage hurting people

  by Katherine Chute, posted Monday, May 20, 2019 (yesterday)

  

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  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Gateway Seminary President Jeff Iorg is commissioning 142 Gateway Seminary graduates at five commencement ceremonies across the seminary's multi-campus system this spring to fulfill the mission of Jesus by engaging hurting people.

  Commencement for Gateway's main campus in Ontario, Calif., was held May 17 at Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland, Calif. At that ceremony, 72 graduates from 16 states and four countries received certificates, diplomas, master's and doctoral degrees. Read More

• TRUSTEES: Iorg notes changing student demographics

  by Kathie Chute, posted Thursday, May 09, 2019 (12 days ago)

  

  Photo by Caleb Stallings

  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Gateway Seminary's spring enrollment increased 6 percent over spring 2018, President Jeff Iorg reported to trustees during their May 6-7 meeting at the Ontario, Calif., campus.

  "This increase continues the steady growth pattern at both the new Ontario campus and in our online programs," Iorg said. Read More

• Seminaries' alumni & friends to gather in Birmingham

  by SBC Seminary Staff, posted Friday, April 26, 2019 (25 days ago)

  

  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (BP) -- Southern Baptists' six seminaries will host alumni and friends for fellowship and updates in conjunction with the Southern Baptist Convention's June 11-12 annual meeting in Birmingham, Ala. Read More

• Gateway Seminary begins 75th anniversary celebration

  by Kathie Chute, posted Friday, March 15, 2019 (2 months ago)

  

  Gateway photo by Caleb Stallings

  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Seventy-five years ago, Southern Baptists' seminary to the West was born during a prayer meeting, the dream of a visionary man.

  Gateway Seminary celebrated the anniversary of that occasion Thursday (March 14) during a Founder's Day event that culminated in a 10-hour prayer vigil by faculty, staff and students. Read More

• Facebook considers whether Gateway is 'hate group'

  by Diana Chandler, posted Thursday, March 14, 2019 (2 months ago)

  

  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Gateway Seminary is cooperating with Facebook to show the school is not a "hate group" in efforts to boost a post describing the Bible as the ultimate authority.

  Facebook refused to boost a post linking Gateway President Jeff Iorg's March 5 blog entry entitled "Logical Progression," which mentioned abortion, gender issues and polygamy in asserting the domino effect of unbiblical decisions. Read More

• Reaccreditation affirmed for Gateway Seminary

  by Gateway Seminary staff, posted Wednesday, March 13, 2019 (2 months ago)

  

  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- The Western Association of Senior Colleges and Universities Commission (WSCUC) officially affirmed reaccreditation for Gateway Seminary on March 4.

  Highlights of the commission's report included a reaccreditation period of 10 years and praise for educational excellence. It also singled out the online program as "a high quality program that exhibits the best practices in distance education." Read More

• Gateway to offer all master's degrees online

  by Kathie Chute, posted Tuesday, February 19, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

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  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- Gateway Seminary will become the first Southern Baptist seminary to offer all its master's degrees completely online in the fall of 2019.

  Approval to offer the final two degree programs online came from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS) on Feb. 15.

  "Having all of our master's degrees online means that more than ever before, Gateway students have optimum flexibility to hone their ministry skills as they expand God's Kingdom around the world," said Kristen Ferguson, Gateway's director of online education. "We couldn't be more thrilled to offer this flexibility to them." Read More

• FROM THE SEMINARIES: Convocations at Gateway & SBTS

  by SBC Seminary Staff, posted Wednesday, February 06, 2019 (3 months ago)

  In today's From the Seminaries: In spring convocations, Gateway Seminary's Jeff Iorg cautions 'Who do you follow?' can be a divisive question; R. Albert Mohler Jr. of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary distinguishes God's "secret things" from "things revealed." Read More

• FROM THE SEMINARIES: Gateway hosts first Jonathan Edwards conference; convocations at Southeastern & Midwestern

  by SBC Seminary Staff, posted Thursday, January 24, 2019 (3 months ago)

  

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  Gateway Seminary hosts its first Jonathan Edwards conference; David Platt addresses Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's convocation; Jason Allen announces faculty appointments at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary's convocation.

  Gateway hosts its first Jonathan Edwards conference

  ONTARIO, Calif. (BP) -- The Jonathan Edwards Center at Gateway Seminary hosted its inaugural conference Jan. 15-16 at the ... Read More

• MLK taught as 'Christian hero' at SBC seminaries

  by David Roach, posted Friday, January 18, 2019 (4 months ago)

  

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  NASHVILLE (BP) -- When a white supremacist gunned down nine black worshipers at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston, S.C., mission catalyst Bob Lawler knew he had to say something to the Baptist association he led in northern California.

  So Lawler gathered the association's 48 ethnically diverse churches for a joint worship service. When he stood to preach, Lawler harkened to the words of Martin Luther King Jr.

  "In the 'I Have a Dream' speech," Lawler recalled telling the Redwood Empire Baptist Association, "not only did [King] say, 'I have a dream. I have a dream.' He also said, 'with this faith'" repeatedly, "reminding us that it's not just a humanitarian effort" to effect racial reconciliation. "It's an effort based on the Gospel." Read More