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James Skillen retiring, Bill McCartney unretiring, and other transitions.

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Retiring • James Skillen, as president of the Center for Public Justice, effective October 1, 2009. He has served the organization since its founding in 1977.

Unretiring • Bill McCartney, as chairman and CEO of Promise Keepers (PK), the men's ministry he cofounded in 1990. He retired as president in 2003. Former PK executive vice president Raleigh Washington will serve as president. Board chairman Sam Winder, who proposed McCartney's return, and president and CEO Tom Fortson have both resigned.

Commissioned • Doug Nuenke, as president and director of the U.S. Navigators. He has been on staff with the discipleship ministry since 1992, most recently leading its Metro Mission. Nuenke succeeds Alan Andrews. Mike Treneer remains the Navigators' international president.

Installed • Christopher A. Hall, as the first chancellor of Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania. A Christianity Today editor at large, Hall is the author of several books on the early church. He will oversee the day-to-day academic operations of the college as Eastern president David Black focuses on fundraising.

Died • David M. Scholer, professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary, of colorectal cancer at age 70. Though much of his scholarship focused on Gnosticism, his course "Women, the Bible, and the Church" was the seminary's most popular elective, the school said.

Hired • Charmaine Yoest, as president and CEO of Americans United for Life. Before joining the Chicago-based prolife organization, she worked as vice president of communications at the Family Research Council and as an adviser to Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign.

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George D. Cooper

Posted: October 16, 2008 8:54 AM


I have followed Jim Skillen's writings since I graduated from seminary in 1971. He has captured the mind of Christ as it relates to Christian thinking in the political arena. He has sponsored public forums which have sharpened the critical thinking of so many leaders in the church and community. We hope he will continue to write and speak in his retirement.

Carl T. Fynboe

Posted: October 15, 2008 12:41 PM

The retirement of Jim Skillen will be a great loss to Christian leadership in the political arena of Washington, D.C. I consider him to be one of the most brilliant speakers and writers on the role of the Christian in government. Jim has drawn to the public forum eminent leaders and scholars to comment and write on the critical importance of a Biblical or Judeo-Christian worldview in the management and conduct of leaders in national and international matters.

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