CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The pastor of one of the country’s fastest-growing churches has been named the new president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. James Emery White, pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church, Charlotte, N.C., will take over as president, effective July 1.
White succeeds Walter C. Kaiser Jr., who will retire June 30. White has also been appointed professor of theology and culture. White is the founding and senior pastor of Mecklenburg and recently originated the Serious Times conference in conjunction with InterVarsity Press. The first of these conferences will take place in Charlotte in March. He had previously served as an adjunct professor of Christian theology, culture and apologetics at the Gordon-Conwell — Charlotte campus.
Gordon-Conwell Seminary is a multidenominational, evangelical Protestant graduate school serving more than 2,000 students on campuses in South Hamilton and Boston, Mass., and Charlotte, with an extension site in Jacksonville, Fla. Students represent 107 denominations and 44 foreign countries.
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