faithrunner

On Friday evening, February 28, I was inaugurated as the second President of B. H. Carroll Theological Institute . Even as I type the sentence it does not seem real. Those sorts of things are for people who excel in their profession and have a string of accomplishments that those in the organization honor and want in those who lead them. I have neither of those things, but here I am: humbled, thrilled, strangely confident, and certain I am where God wants me for this season of growth for the Institute and for my life. While I hold the academic credentials for the position, my time of service has been spent in the trenches of local church ministry not in an institution of higher learning. Those two realities may appear disconnected for most who would serve as a President of a seminary like I do, but for Carroll Institute, they are a perfect fit. Let me explain. Carroll Institute is not a typical model of seminary training . Actually, my academic training and my pastoral/teaching mi