Southeastern to name building after Pattersons

WAKE FOREST, N.C. — A new three-story, 36,050-square-foot academic building at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SEBTS) will be named the Paige and Dorothy Patterson Hall.

The seminary’s trustees approved the concept and construction of the building honoring the former SEBTS president and first lady during their April 10–11 spring meeting at the Wake Forest, N.C., campus. The new building will house the L. Russ Bush Center for Faith and Culture; the Ph.D., D.Min. and Ed.D. offices; six large classrooms; and 19 faculty offices.

There will be no debt on the building because the $5.9 million construction cost is either in hand or pledged toward the much-needed facility, Southeastern’s vice president of administration, Ryan Hutchinson, told trustees.