CHICAGO — A pastor with Alabama ties who for nearly 20 years has led Baptist churches in the South will take the helm of Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in suburban Chicago, the school’s board of trustees announced Jan. 29.
William D. Shiell, pastor of First Baptist Church, Tallahassee, Florida, will become president of the century-old seminary in Lombard, Illinois, on March 1. He has been pastor of First, Tallahassee, since 2013, following a nine-year pastorate at First Baptist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee. He is a graduate of Samford University in Birmingham and holds degrees from Baylor University’s Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas.
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