I am devastated at the decision to close Logsdon Seminary. This place means so incredibly much to me. Numerous students and alumni also reached out to me over the past couple days to express their grief. It is hard to articulate the collective pain we feel today.
For over 25 years, Logsdon prepared women and men to gospel ministry. Students graduate Logsdon prepared for real-life ministry. With over 400 graduates, Logsdon’s reach and impact is global.
The decision to close Logsdon Seminary is not only a loss for Hardin-Simmons University and the West Texas region, but for the world. Logsdon has alumni serving as ministers, professors, chaplains, denominational leaders, pastors, and missionaries. Former Logsdon students now serve in churches, universities, hospitals, nonprofits, both new and traditional churches, and in mission work around the world.
Logsdon has brilliant professors and staff, incredibly bright students, and alumni serving the Kingdom of God throughout the globe. Logsdon has a 90% placement rate, meaning 90% of Logsdon graduates serve in a field related to their education. The sad reality that Logsdon will no longer train students for Kingdom ministry is tragically sad.
I am deeply thankful for the Christ-centered education Logsdon graced me with during my Master of Divinity degree. I am grateful for the women and men who served on faculty and staff of Logsdon Seminary. My hope and prayer is that I will continue to carry the education given to me at Logsdon forward into my ministry for the rest of my life.