Jul 1, 2026

What Do You Say to a Woman Who Believes She Is Called to Be a Pastor?

by Candi Finch, PhD, Vice President of Student Services, Associate Dean of Mid-America College; Director of Admissions; Dean of Women; Associate Professor of Women’s Studies in Theology

By Candi Finch, PhD, Vice President of Student Services, Associate Dean of Mid-America College; Director of Admissions;
Dean of Women; Associate Professor of Women’s Studies in Theology

God’s Word is good news for women, and true Christianity has raised the dignity of women. While women have been given two boundaries within ministry (not to teach men in the church nor have authority over men in the church; 1 Timothy 2:12), there is a vast field of ministry women can and should do.

Jan 20, 2025

Practical Missions Lights the Way to Ministry

by Tim Hobbs, Mid-America alumnus, MDIV, 1992; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church, Branch, Arkansas

My seminary experience began in January 1988. Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary was really the only school in which I was interested. Their emphasis on the Bible as the Word of God, on missions, and on evangelism struck a chord that still resonates within me today. One of my very first experiences sharing the Gospel came […]

May 23, 2024

Mid-America Professors Discuss Biblical Counseling—PODCAST

by Dr. David L. Allen and Dr. John Babler

Mid-America Dean of the Adrian Rogers Center for Biblical Preaching Dr. David L. Allen joined fellow professor and Chairman of the Mid-America Biblical Counseling Department Dr. John Babler for two podcast episodes. The episodes center around burnout and how to avoid it as well as the general topic of biblical counseling.