Giving: News & Events
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Paul Pressler Leadership Scholarship
The Paul Pressler Leadership Scholarship is named in honor of Judge Paul Pressler for his efforts in the conservative resurgence within the Southern Baptist Convention to uphold the integrity and inerrancy of Scripture. This scholarship was initiated to join in with Judge Pressler’s lifetime investment in the next generation of Christian leaders in our country and the world.
Jerry Johnson Leadership Scholarship
The Jerry Johnson Leadership Scholarship is named in honor of Dr. Jerry Johnson for his vision, leadership, and commitment to developing Christian leaders. This scholarship will join in the development of these Christian men and women as they prepare for a lifetime of ministry through their education at
W.A. CRISWELL CHAIR OF EXPOSITORY PREACHING
In 1970, out of his deep concern over liberalism seeping into the pulpits of America, Dr. W. A. Criswell founded Criswell College in Dallas to train a new generation of expository preachers who would stand confidently on the inerrancy and authority of the Bible as the Word of God.
What Spurgeon was to the 19th century, W.A. Criswell was to the 20th. An expositor and orator without peer, he had a scholar's mind, a pastor's heart and a missionary's zeal. He was devoted to the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, and he longed to see preachers prepared to preach the Bible for the salvation of the lost and growth in grace of the saved.
The W. A. Criswell Foundation, under Dr. Jack Pogue's leadership, leaves this legacy through the W. A. Criswell Chair of Expository Preaching for new generations of Christian leaders that is captured in the closing line of Dr. Criswell's weekly "Pastor's Pen" column in which he stated, "I'll see you Sunday with a Bible in my hand, and a message from God in my heart."
Dr. R. Alan Streett, Professor of Evangelism and Pastoral Ministry, has been named as the W. A. Criswell Chair of Expository Preaching. Dr. Streett is the author of The Effective Invitation and plans to re-launch the annual "W. A. Criswell School of the Prophets" in 2009. This national conference includes sessions featuring some of America's best preachers, as well as seminars that help pastors learn to prepare and deliver expository sermons.
Learn more about the rich history of the Criswell legacy and available resources provided by the W. A. Criswell Foundation.