Appointed • Ben Homan, as president of John Stott Ministries. Homan is president and CEO of Food for the Hungry and former development officer for Covenant Seminary, St. Louis.
Died • Robert Dugan Jr., past director of government affairs for the National Association of Evangelicals, on May 4 in Albuquerque. He was 78.
Leaving • Francis Chan, as senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in Simi Valley, Calif., in order to pursue new opportunities. (See Christianity Today's profile of Chan and analysis of his departure.)
Resigned • Melissa Fryrear, as Focus on the Family's senior analyst on gender issues, in April to pursue speaking opportunities.
Died • Moishe Rosen, founder of Jews for Jesus, on May 19 in San Francisco. He was 78. (See Christianity Today's obituary.)
Appointed • Randolph Marshall Bell, as president of the First Freedom Center. Bell was previously the U.S. State Department's ambassador-at-large for Holocaust issues.
Appointed • Junias Venugopal, as provost of Moody Bible Institute, starting July 1. He was previously vice president for educational affairs at Columbia International University.
Appointed • David Gushee, as head of Mercer University's new Center for Theology and Public Life.
While we pray for peace, we need moral clarity about this war.
A Christian reconciliation group in Israel and Palestine warned that war would come. Now the war threatens their relevance.العربيةFrançais
Eastern Orthodox poet Scott Cairns reflects on his new collection, his journey of faith, and poetry’s capacity to apprehend inexhaustible realities.
