Warriors speak the language of baseball
Members of the Southern Wesleyan University Baseball Team share ball-playing skills with Puerto Rican youngsters.
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Retired SWU professor hosting Italy Tour
The Coliseum and other Roman landmarks are among several stops on an 11-day tour of Italy, hosted by retired SWU Religion Professor Dr. Jim Bross.
SWU group views significant Biblical artifacts
Southern Wesleyan University students, faculty, staff and alumni traveled to Charlotte Feb. 5 to tour the "Passages" exhibit, featuring Biblical artifacts in the collection of the family of Steve Green, President of Hobby Lobby.
Building bridges - under a bridge
Each Saturday night, 16 Cents Ministry and volunteers from area churches hold “Church under the Bridge,” where they serve a hot meal and conduct a worship service. The ministry, started by SWU graduate Kevin Carter and his wife Joy, helps to meet...
Schaupp joins American Leprosy Missions staff
Darren Schaupp, a 1991 SWU Christian ministry graduate, was recently named director of program operations for American Leprosy Missions.
SWU alum active in Superstorm Sandy relief
Members of the Denton Wesleyan Church team pitch in to help Superstorm Sandy victims. The church is pastored by 1989 SWU religion graduate Charlie Collins.
Evangelism class visits exciting church plant
The weekend of September 22-23, Dave Tolan, missions mobilizer, took his Evangelism and Church Health class on a field trip to Vintage Church in Greensboro, N.C. area.
Southern Wesleyan University receives major gift
Southern Wesleyan University received a $182,000 gift from an alumnus who remembered the institution in his will and estate plans. The gift will benefit efforts to prepare a new generation of ministers as Southern Wesleyan develops the...
Ministry center at SWU to prepare new generation of leaders
Southern Wesleyan University has announced plans to develop a new facility that will train future generations for Christian service.
SWU professor co-authors book about Wesleyan history
Dr. Robert Black, professor of religion at Southern Wesleyan University, co-authored The Story of the Wesleyan Church, a book that traces the denomination’s roots.
SWU graduate publishes commentary
Dr. Gareth Lee Cockerill, a Southern Wesleyan University graduate and ordained Wesleyan minister, received an honor unique among Biblical scholars.
Preparing to serve
The Southern Wesleyan University Division of Religion held a commissioning service April 26 at historic Freedom’s Hill Church on the campus in Central for graduating religion students. Graduating religion students participating in the service...
Technology + Theology = Techology
Rev. Tony Casey, left, and Rev. Matt Tietje shared with SWU ministry majors a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of “The Techology Show,” a podcast that features “technology, theology and everything in-between.” They spoke at Founders’...