SBC Seminary Undergraduate Programs Reenergize Campuses as 150-Plus Church Planters Attend Send Network Orientation
The Baptist Press morning briefing on November 13, 2026, rounded up several Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) developments, led by two items: seminary undergraduate programs reenergizing seminary campuses, and more than 150 church planting missionaries attending Send Network Orientation hosted by the North American Mission Board (NAMB).
The briefing reports that a look around SBC seminary campuses reveals changes under way, with chapel services, lawns, cafeterias and dormitories populated by more 18- to 22-year-olds than ever, as seminary undergraduate colleges have blossomed. Leavell College at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary is among the examples, with undergraduate cohorts bringing new energy to campuses traditionally dominated by graduate students.
On church planting, NAMB hosted Send Network Orientation on November 3-5, welcoming more than 150 church planting missionaries from 40 states and provinces to be welcomed into the network family.
Other items in the briefing included sustained giving to the Lottie Moon offering helping gospel access to Deaf people in the Middle East, with the International Mission Board appointing both Deaf and hearing missionaries to serve among the global Deaf; an original trauma counseling textbook taking shape at Ukrainian Baptist Theological Seminary amid the ongoing trauma of war; and state meeting reports from Michigan and Wyoming.
Source: Baptist Press
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Photo: 图：新奥尔良浸信会神学院 Leavell College 礼拜堂外立面。CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Leavell College facade, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
