KANSAS CITY, Mo. (BP) – The presidential search team at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) is accepting nominations and applications for the position of president, the team’s chairman has announced.
Midwestern’s next leader will be a visionary and a relationship-builder as well as a committed Southern Baptist with substantial local church experience, Bill Bowyer, chairman of the presidential search team, said in a statement released to Baptist Press May 18.
“Midwestern’s next leader will be a spiritually-mature Christian who displays Christ-centered servant leadership that integrates faith and work,” Bowyer said. “The ideal candidate will possess qualities such as spiritual, institutional, and academic leadership; be a visionary with strong strategic planning skills; serve as the school’s strongest relationship-builder, recruiter and fund raiser – reaching out to all of MBTS’s constituencies; possess significant leadership, administrative and management capabilities; and be a committed Southern Baptist who is a compelling speaker/preacher with substantial local church experience.
“Prospective candidates are encouraged to review the Presidential Search Profile, which contains additional information on the nature of this opportunity and the application process at: www.mbts.edu/presidentialsearch. Candidates should plan to submit applications and materials to the Presidential Search Team by July 31 for the most favorable consideration.
“Nominations and expressions of interest should be sent to: Dr. Bill Bowyer, Chairman, Midwestern Presidential Search Team, MBTSpresidentialsearch@mbts.edu. Phone: 816.414.3700.”
Bowyer is pastor of Wake Cross Roads Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C. Other members of the search team are Larry Dramann, pastor, East Boulder Baptist Church, Lafayette, Colo.; Dwight Blankenship, pastor, Parkway Baptist Church, Creve Coeur, Mo.; Larry Lewis, pastor, Reidland Baptist Church, Paducah, Ky.; Don Paxton, pastor, Rosedale Baptist Church, Abingdon, Va.; Roger Marshall, pastor, First Baptist Church, Effingham, Ill.; and Kevin Shrum, pastor, Inglewood Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn.
Robin Hadaway, associate professor of missions at the seminary, has been serving as interim president of Midwestern since R. Philip Roberts resigned in February.