Jeff Iorg, the longtime president of the Southern Baptist Convention's only California seminary, was chosen to lead the church following a spate of controversies in recent years.
A top Southern Baptist administrative body has selected its first permanent leader in nearly two-and-a-half years, a time when it has navigated a tumult of controversies ranging from a sexual abuse scandal to financial struggles — to its own stumbling efforts to find a new president.
Iorg had recently announced plans to retire from the seminary but agreed to be considered for the Executive Committee post, which he will start on May 13. Iorg said he is grateful for the denomination he is serving. In a Thursday news conference, he said he 'came to faith in Jesus Christ because of the witness of a Southern Baptist church' and has degrees from a denominational college and seminaries.
have a long track record of promoting women in ministry leadership, supervising women in a ministry organization, and doing it effectively in ways that I think, demonstrate a pattern of how I will act at the Executive Committee,' he said. The committee is still navigating responses to sexual abuse.
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