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Louisiana Christian seeking next president of the university

By Elizabeth Clarke, LCU News PINEVILLE, La. (LCU News) - Louisiana Christian University has announced its search for the 10th president of the nearly 120-year-old institution, according to Tommy Kiker, who serves on the university’s Board of Trustees and as presidential search committee chair. “As we begin this process, the committee and I covet your prayers and we need and ask for your input in the process,” said Kiker, lead pastor of East Leesville Baptist Church. “We are accepting applications and recommendations, but will spend most of the summer praying, receiving input from faculty, staff, alumni, and friends of the school, and developing a desired profile.” The presidential search committee members include four trustees and two LCU faculty members. The members were voted on and approved by the full board at its spring board meeting. The committee requests alumni, community members and all interested parties to offer input through a survey tool developed by LCU’s research department. The survey tool can be accessed here. The search committee welcomes applications and recommendations to the following email address: psc@lcuniversity.edu. David Jeffreys has been serving as LCU’s acting president since the … [Read more...]

June is ‘Sanctity of Preborn Life Month’ in Louisiana!

By Baptist Message staff BATON ROUGE, La. (LBM) – Because of a resolution approved by the Louisiana House during the 2023 Legislative Regular Session, pro-life advocates across the state can mark their June calendars for a month-long celebration of "Sanctity of Preborn Life Month." The resolution, which praises Louisiana Baptists’ role in the pro-life movement, notes “the Bible affirms that the preborn child is a person, bearing the image of God, from the moment of conception” and commends “the churches and individuals who worked tirelessly to cultivate a pro-life culture in our state through prayer, spiritual health and growth of our citizenry regarding pro-life matters, and public policy action including the overwhelming passage of the 2020 constitutional amendment, the Love Life Amendment.” "Be it further resolved," the resolution concluded, "that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize the month of June as Sanctity of Preborn life Month in Louisiana in celebration of the Supreme Court’s historic ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization." Rep. Dodie Horton, member of First Baptist Church, Haughton, and Rep. Valerie Hodges co-authored the bill. Will Hall, … [Read more...]