Died • Peter Marshall Jr., author of The Light and the Glory and other history books, on September 8 in his hometown of Orleans, Massachusetts. He was 70.
Died • Donald Bloesch, well-known evangelical theologian in the United Church of Christ, on August 24 of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 82.
Retiring • Morris Chapman, as president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Executive Committee. Chapman was a significant voice in the SBC Conservative Resurgence.
Died • Vernon Grounds, former president of Denver Seminary, on September 12 in Wichita, Kansas. He was 96.
Appointed • William Roberts, as National Commander of the Salvation Army USA.
Retiring • R. Judson Carlberg, as the seventh president of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts.
Elected • Kevin Ezell, as head of the North American Missions Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Appointed • Andrew Scott, as president of Operation Mobilization USA.
Died • Gerald Hawthorne, former Greek professor at Wheaton College, at his home August 4 after a battle with skin cancer. He was 84.
Elected • Michael Milton, as chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary.
Named • Prince Guneratnam, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Malaysia, to the chairmanship of the Pentecostal World Fellowship during the 22nd Pentecostal World Conference in Sweden in September.
Died • Klaude Kendrick, first president of Evangel University, at his home in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He was 93.
Died • Daniel T. Sheaffer, founding pastor of Crossroads Cathedral in Oklahoma City, on September 2. He was 80.
Appointed • David Bainbridge, as the international director of Tearfund.
Died • Stanley C. Shenk, professor emeritus of Bible at Goshen College, on September 2 in Goshen, Indiana. He was 91.
Died • Jamal Badry, leader of the Music Evangelism Foundation, on August 28. He was 75.
Died • Steven Goldberg, professor of Law at Georgetown University who specialized in religion law, of a heart attack August 26. He was 63.
Killed • Biskesan Pradhan, a former Hindu extremist who converted to Christianity, brutally murdered in the Indian state of Orissa. Police are investigating.
Named • Elmer Towns, co-founder of Liberty University, to replace Ergun Caner as the dean of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary's School of Religion.
Named • Christopher A. Hall, as dean of Palmer Seminary of Eastern University. Hall will continue as Eastern's Chancellor.
Despite their crucial role in congregational life, 83 percent of women’s ministry leaders remain unpaid.
The prison had ID’ed the wrong man. But the mistake was powerfully revealing.
The abrupt departure of Alliance University and The King’s College leaves a hole in an influential city.
Both talk about endurance in suffering, but only Scripture encourages me to boast in my weakness.
