Dockery earns Lifetime Achievement Award

Deerfield, Ill. - Trinity International University President David S. Dockery provided the keynote address at the second annual gathering of the Southeastern Theological Fellowship, where he also was given the Lifetime Achievement Award.

His address, titled "Confession, Church and Community: A Distinctive Approach to Evangelical Scholarship," was delivered at the STF annual banquet in San Diego, following the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.

Dockery called for scholarship that begins with faith seeking understanding, to issue forth in faith speaking understanding. This touches themes examined in a new publication by Research Professor of Systematic Theology Kevin Vanhoozer, a colleague at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Dockery encouraged more than 150 scholars who were gathered at the dinner to offer a distinctive education grounded in the best of the Christian intellectual tradition and the revelation of the Trinitarian God. Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary's Associate Professor of Church History Nathan Finn praised Dockery's "stirring remarks about evangelical scholarship and theological education."

SEBTS President Danny Akin and Provost Bruce Ashford presented recognitions to a handful of scholars for their pursuit of excellence in their various fields. Trinity alum Scott Bridger was applauded for his doctoral dissertation in the area of Islamic studies. Trinity alum George Guthrie was recognized for his outstanding commentaries on the Books of Hebrews and 2 Corinthians. Former Trinity faculty member and current Gordon-Conwell faculty member Eckard Schnabel was also recognized along with Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary theologian Malcolm Yarnell.

Dockery's Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes his years of promoting scholarship in his various academic leadership posts, as well as for his own publications, particularly those in Baptist studies.

"David Dockery is the doyen of Christian higher education, having served as mentor and role model for countless educators over the course of the past several decades," Ashford said in presenting the award. He thanked Dockery for his contribution toward serving and preparing the next generation of Christian leaders and scholars.