Texas pastor donates 12,000 books to SWBTS Houston campus

HOUSTON, Texas (BP) - Southwestern Seminary's Havard School for Theological Studies in Houston recently celebrated the donation of a 12,000-volume theological library during the school's convocation.

Texas pastor W.C. "Buddy" Burns, a 1966 graduate of Southwestern Seminary, donated the library. Burns has served as pastor of churches in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas for 45 years. For 13 years he was pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Port Arthur, Texas.

Burns now serves churches as a transitional pastor. His current transitional pastorate is at First Baptist Church of Iowa Park, Texas.

Denny Autrey, dean of the Havard School for Theological Studies, said that the Burns donation will make a huge impact on the Houston campus.

"We currently have between 3,800-4,000 volumes," Autrey said. "With Mr. Burns' donation ... our library will triple in size."