Insights

As an unpopular middle schooler in Alabama, Brook Dwyer was attracted to the message of God’s all encompassing love. “I was always curious about God and faith, but it wasn’t until the summer I turned 13 that I decided to be a follower of Jesus,” Brook shares. A few...

“I may not seem like a very nice person, but I’m really not as nice as I seem,” jokes Dr. Doug Jackson, the Director of Logsdon Programming and Assistant Professor of Spiritual Formation. When you first meet Dr. Jackson, his wit and intelligence are matched only by...

The Widow's Offering "Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box, and he saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.  And he said, 'Truly, I tell you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them.  For they all contributed out...

Written by Dr. Tony Celelli, SCS President If servant leaders care deeply about other’s well-being, then one should consider the four directions of leadership: Down, Up, Laterally, and In. The most obvious direction in which leadership is expressed is through the...

Written by Dr. Tony Celelli, SCS President Leaders appear to be in short supply these days. It’s not that people are not in positions of authority or directing the workflow of others, but rather it’s that these same people fail to envision leadership as more than...

“The doors God has opened for me at Stark College and Seminary (SCS) are unreal,” Ashley Kendall says. “God has really brought me out of my comfort zone and is using the people and the learning experiences here at SCS to mold and shape me into the woman He is calling...

Stark College and Seminary (SCS) aims to create an environment in which the love of God overcomes our differences. In South Texas, SCS is surrounded by a diverse community.  SCS values multiculturalism and recognizes the importance and value of each person and...

Growing up in Gomez Palacio, Durango, Mexico, Dr. Tony Miranda met God early in his life. “I joined the Royal Ambassadors, a mission education organization, as a child and later joined the youth group at my local congregation where my parents also served,” Dr. Miranda...

On November 1, 2018, Stark College and Seminary celebrated the incredible ways God is moving in South Texas at our annual Hand and Dove Scholarship Banquet. Since 2008, the trustees of Stark College and Seminary have used this occasion to recognize an outstanding...

Dear Friends, The South Texas School of Christian Studies began a new chapter of Christian education at our annual Hand and Dove Scholarship Banquet last night. It is with great excitement we announced our new name, Stark College and Seminary. Doris and Bill Stark...