Logsdon Seminary Expands Study and Service Opportunity for Students in Athens, Greece
Story by Kristen Harris

Logsdon Seminary has announced plans to return to Athens, Greece for study and service during the Spring 2012 semester.

Dr. Ken Lyle, Jr., professor of New Testament and Greek and Director of Logsdon’s Master of Divinity Program, is excited about sharing the Athenian experience with seminary students.

“Individual students are obviously going to gain exposure to things they may not otherwise get to see in terms of history and culture…but maybe more importantly in terms of ministry,” said Lyle.

The 2012 trip will mark the third opportunity for Logsdon Seminary students explore the significant biblical and cultural sites of Greece while also partnering with various ministry organizations in and around Athens, including one started by Bob and Janice Newell.

The Newells, who currently serve as field personnel with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship in Athens, Greece, shared their unlikely journey with Logsdon students on November 10 during a visit to the Abilene campus.

“A poem begins as a lump in the throat,” Bob said as he and Janice shared their story of calling during the Logsdon Seminary chapel service.

The quote, taken from a letter by Robert Frost, exemplifies their story – Poetry in Motion as a metaphor to describe the creative work of God and their call to cross-cultural ministry in Athens.

At a time in life where most people contemplate retirement, Bob and Janice Newell embarked on a journey taking them halfway around the world. The Newell’s poetic tale of educating, empowering, and loving the Albanian population of Athens began the first time they heard about the Albanian struggle for acceptance.

Logsdon Seminary’s San Antonio extension is moving to a new location in the city.

Under the leadership of This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , the San Antonio program has grown in terms of enrollment and course offerings. As a result, the extension needed a larger space and has moved this fall onto the campus of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio.

In the past Logsdon’s extension met at Wayland Baptist University in San Antonio, which has been a gracious host. However, because of the growth of both Logsdon and WBU, a new meeting place was required to meet demands. Logsdon’s close friendship with WBU will continue and grow in the years ahead, as seminary students are encouraged to take coursework from Wayland to transfer into their Logsdon degrees where appropriate, and vice versa.

Logsdon’s move to Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio provides the seminary with generous classroom, office, and student activity spaces that are designated for seminary purposes and will meet student needs for the foreseeable future. Logsdon is grateful to Trinity Baptist Church for their willingness to host the seminary’s program and looks forward to creative ways to partner with the church in ministry preparation.

For more information about Logsdon Seminary in San Antonio, contact Dr. Wally Goodman at (210) 860-2003 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Logsdon Seminary is breaking new ground in ministry preparation in South Texas. Beginning this fall, Logsdon Seminary is offering coursework in McAllen as an outreach of its Corpus Christi campus.

The McAllen Area has about three-quarters of a million people and is one of the fastest growing population centers in the nation. Until now this large metropolitan area has not had access to Protestant graduate theological education. In response to this need, Logsdon has seen this need and is moving forward with plans to develop an extension campus in the McAllen area.

The seminary is offering one course in McAllen this fall, taught by Dr. Ken Hugghins, and another course will be offered in the spring term. The classes meet in a state-of-the-art classroom at BT McAllen, a dynamic church, whose lead pastor, Trevor Carpenter, is also a Doctor of Ministry student at Logsdon.

Logsdon Seminary is currently moving toward the creation of an on-going extension at McAllen, where up to 49% of the Master of Divinity degree may be earned (the remaining coursework may be taken at Logsdon's Corpus Christi extension). The proposed McAllen center will function cooperatively with the Corpus extension, involving a sharing of resources and leadership housed at the South Texas School of Christian Studies.

For more information about Logsdon Seminary coursework in McAllen, contact Dr. Doug Jackson, Director of Logsdon Seminary Programs at Corpus Christi at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or (361) 991-9403.