For almost 70 years John F. Walvoord has been a part of Dallas Seminary. Explore how a wise man in Scripture answered that question. Find out how you can equip yourself to choose well.
Hasty decisions can lead to long-term consequences.
God's Decision for Dallas Seminary Arriving in Dallas of the fall of 1931, John F. Walvoord was determined to learn all he could from the eight resident professors of the Evangelical Theological College. In 1931 Most of the faculty and students in those days spent weekends traveling to rural churches to preach and minister. John's long-range goal was to become a missionary and he applied to several mission boards in his last year of school. Rosen Heights Presbyterian Church in nearby Fort Worth called John and Geraldine to ministry and he served as pastor there for 16 years. During this time he worked on his doctorate and so impressed the faculty that President Lewis Sperry Chafer invited him to fill the temporary position of registrar at the newly christened Dallas Theological Seminary.