byFaith Staff The Rev. William S. Cain, chairman of the Erskine Board of Trustees, announced today that Dr. Paul Kooistra of Suwannee, Ga., has been appointed president of Erskine College and Theological Seminary. “I am thrilled to have Dr. Paul Kooistra as president and part of the Erskine family,” Cain said. “He is a time-tested…
By Linda Arntzenius Dr. M. Craig Barnes was installed as Princeton Theological Seminary’s seventh president at a service at the Princeton University Chapel last week. Mr. Barnes is also a professor of pastoral ministry. The October 23 event featured an inaugural procession in which delegates from 37 academic institutions took part, including those from the…
By Anugrah Kumar Reports in Western media about the victory of a moderate cleric in Iran’s presidential election have raised expectations for change in the Islamic republic, but local Christians doubt the next president, Hassan Rouhani, will be able to alleviate Christian persecution. “In your Western media, the candidates are divided into conservatives and reformers,…
By Hilary Trenda Some Davidson College students and faculty are pushing the school to drop a bylaw that requires the school’s president to be a Presbyterian. Since it was founded in 1837, the small liberal arts college in Davidson has been affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Some form of the religious requirement bylaw has…
By Lincoln Davidson A majority of Davidson College students who voted in a referendum this week said they favor removing a requirement that the college’s president be a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA). In the vote on campus Monday, students joined the college’s faculty and alumni in conveying their disappointment over a recent Board…
By Scott Jaschik For the last year, Davidson College has had a series of discussions over whether it should keep a requirement in the college’s bylaws that the president be a Presbyterian. Those who attended the public discussions said that students and professors alike seemed to agree that it was time for the requirement to…
By Lincoln Davidson Davidson College faculty on Thursday expressed disappointment over the Board of Trustees’ recent decision to reaffirm a requirement that the college’s president be affiliated with the Presbyterian Church USA. In a resolution adopted overwhelmingly at a faculty meeting, professors also said they oppose a college requirement that 80 percent of board members…