Danny Akin Global Missions Endowment Established for Enduring Missions Work
Mary Asta Mountain | April 30, 2026
On April 21, Southeastern Seminary’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the creation of the Danny Akin Global Missions Endowment, honoring President Danny Akin’s legacy as a Great Commission leader these past 22 years and establishing a permanent source of funding for continued missions work through Southeastern’s Center for Great Commission Studies (CGCS). To date, the endowment has already received over $800,000 in gifts and commitments.
“Dr. Danny Akin has shaped Southeastern Seminary into a Great Commission seminary,” said Jonathan Six, vice president for institutional advancement, “a place where every classroom is a Great Commission classroom, and where the final marching orders of King Jesus guide everything that we do at Southeastern. The entire institution marches in unison towards that mission. At the heart of this work stands the Center for Great Commission Studies.”
Established in 1991 by Lewis Drummond, the CGCS is Southeastern’s oldest center and exists to mobilize and equip students, faculty, and staff in the fulfillment of
the Great Commission. This equipping and mobilizing happens in the classroom, in the community, and among the nations in partnership with local churches, state conventions, the North American Mission Board, and the International Mission Board.
Each year, the CGCS mobilizes the Southeastern community around the Great Commission through a variety of reoccurring events, including Gathering Chapel and Global Missions Week. Moreover, through the CGCS, hundreds of Southeastern and Judson College students have traveled across the world on North American and international mission trips.
In addition to walking alongside students considering the call to missions, the CGCS seeks to partner with the local church in mission mobilization by providing a steady stream of resources through its articles, newsletter, and podcast (The Sent Life).
As the Danny Akin Global Missions Endowment receives further funding, the CGCS will be able to continue and expand this work in its efforts to serve the church and fulfill the Great Commission.
“Through this endowment, future students will continue to be pressed with a life-defining question: Not why should I go, but why should I stay?” said Director of Financial and Alumni Development Drew Davis. “They will be trained, equipped, and sent to places where Christ is least known and most needed. This fund provides enduring support for missions mobilization, supporting the work of the Center for Great Commission studies, so that every student called to go will have the preparation, encouragement, and opportunity to obey.”
To give to the Global Missions Endowment in honor of Danny Akin and support of the CGCS, visit sebts.edu/give.