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[RICH.SCHRAMM@ecunet.org]

AMERICAN BAPTIST NEWS SERVICE 
Office of Communication  
American Baptist Churches USA 
P.O. Box 851, Valley Forge, PA 19482-0851 
Phone: (610)768-2077 / Fax: (610)768-2320 
Web: www.abc-usa.org
Richard W. Schramm, Director 
 E-mail: richard.schramm@abc-usa.org

CHARLES MOORE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF 
NORTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
 Dr. Charles W. Moore, senior pastor of First 
Baptist Church in Charlotte, Mich., for the past 11 years, 
has been named president of Northern Baptist Theological 
Seminary in Lombard, Ill., effective July 1.
 Moore was elected by the Board of Trustees at 
Northern, one of ten theological schools related to 
American Baptist Churches USA through Educational 
Ministries.  Moore succeeds Dr. Ian Chapman, who is 
retiring as president after 13 years and will become 
chancellor.
 Moore also will serve as professor of Christian 
ministry and leadership.
 Under Moore's leadership in Charlotte, First Baptist 
completed both a successful capital funds campaign that 
raised $750,000 and a major building project.
 Moore holds the B.A. degree in communications 
and biblical studies from Geneva College, an M.Div. degree 
from Bethel Theological Seminary and a D.Min. degree 
from Northern.  He also was honored by Northern as a 
Grow scholar in 1998 for his outstanding ministry and 
scholarship. 
 "I am both humbled and honored by the 
opportunity to serve God in this capacity," Moore said.  "It 
is my dream that we will continue to build on the 
standards that have been a rich part of Northern's 
history."

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