FORT WORTH, Texas — Kenneth S. Hemphill announced his retirement as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary April 8 to take a new position as national strategist for the Southern Baptist Convention’s “Empowering Kingdom Growth” movement.
Hemphill’s new work, after nine years as president of Southwestern, will be a joint venture with the SBC Executive Committee and LifeWay Christian Resources in Nashville to begin this summer.
The 54-year-old Hemphill announced his retirement to the seminary family during chapel in the middle of the board of trustees’ semiannual meeting at the Fort Worth, Texas, campus.
A presidential search committee was appointed the following day. Included on the committee is David Jett, associate pastor of First Baptist Church, Gardendale.
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