KANSAS CITY, Mo. — R. Philip Roberts is the unanimous choice of the presidential search committee of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, chairman Carl Weiser announced Nov. 28. Roberts currently serves as vice president of strategic cities for the North American Mission Board and as resident theologian for the Southern Baptist entity.
Roberts was featured in chapel Nov. 28 at the Kansas City, Mo., campus and met with search committee representatives in the afternoon, having been interviewed by the committee on two previous occasions.
In a statement released Nov. 28, Weiser said, “The committee believes they are recommending God’s man for Midwestern.” Weiser has called for a full board meeting of trustees Jan. 8-9 in Kansas City in addition to meetings with faculty and staff.
“It is with a definite sense of God’s leading that I have accepted the nomination of the presidential search committee of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary,” Roberts said Nov. 29. “I believe that the Lord has a wonderful and exciting future for this institution as it continues to contribute to ministerial training and thus the fulfillment of the Great Commission.”
The 50-year-old Roberts and his wife, Anna, have two children, Naomi and Mark.
He requested prayer for his family and Midwestern trustees “as they consider this crucial decision.”
If elected, Roberts will become Midwestern’s fourth president since its founding in 1957, succeeding Mark Coppenger, who led the seminary 1995–99.
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