Training Events

August 22 – Wayne City Baptist, Wayne City

September 12 – Twin Oaks, Sleepy Hollow

September 19 – Friendship Baptist, Plainfield

September 26 – Chatham Baptist, Chatham

October 3 – First Baptist, Metropolis

October 10 – Metro Community, Edwardsville

Kansas City, Mo. | President Jason Allen reported to messengers at the SBC Annual Meeting in June that Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) completed the current academic year with an enrollment of 5,100 students, compared to 1,100 when he took the post just over a decade ago. In addition, 10,000 lay leaders are enrolled in the online For the Church institute. Allen also reported Midwestern has net assets of $90 million, up from $10 million eleven years ago.

He pointed to the MBTS “Missions Moonshot,” a plan to partner with the International Mission Board and produce 100 students for missions abroad. With students in all 50 states and 64 countries, he expressed the seminary’s desire to continue to increase its reach for the sake of the lost.

“When we think of our work, we don’t just think of the numbers,” Allen said in a message focusing on three kinds of stewardship. “We think of the young men and women being trained on our campus to serve your churches and to reach the nations for the cause of Christ.

“It’s a theological stewardship, a missional stewardship, an operational stewardship, and collectively, a precious stewardship,” Allen said.