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  • Ex-Muslim Appointed New President of Baptist College

    08/18/2008 8:12:17 AM PDT · by Between the Lines · 7 replies · 193+ views
    The Christian Post ^ | Aug. 16 2008 | Michelle A. Vu
    A former Sunni Muslim has been elected as the new president of Truett-McConnell College in Georgia. Dr. Emir Caner, who was the founding dean of the College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, was voted by Truett-McConnell’s board of trustees to become its eighth president on Aug. 8, according to the Cleveland, Ga.-based college. His new appointment makes him the first former Muslim to be elected as president of a Southern Baptist college or university. He will officially begin his duties on Aug. 18. “It’s a great day in the life of Truett-McConnell College and Georgia Baptists!...