Molly Marshall was elected president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary Nov. 12, becoming the first female president of an accredited Baptist seminary.
Marshall, 54, succeeds Thomas Clifton, who retired at the end of 2003 after 10 years as president.
For the past nine years, Marshall has been professor of theology and spiritual formation at Central and currently serves as acting academic dean. Central Seminary, founded in 1901, is affiliated with the American Baptist Churches U.S.A. and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.
“We interviewed a field of exceptionally well-qualified candidates, but Dr. Marshall’s love and devotion for theological education is what convinced the committee that she is the right choice to lead the seminary into a new era,” said incoming trustee chairman Don Wissman, who also served on the search committee.
In addition to teaching, Marshall has served as a youth minister, campus minister and pastor. A graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University, she received master’s and doctoral degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. She has done additional study at Cambridge University in Cambridge, England, and Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, N.J.
Marshall and her husband, Douglas Green, live in Shawnee, Kan., a suburb of Kansas City.
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