WHEREAS, Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. was elected ninth president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary by the Board of Trustees on March 26, 1993, and inaugurated as president on October 15, 1993; and
WHEREAS, Before his election as president, Dr. Mohler had previously served as an administrator and was a distinguished Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy graduate of Southern Seminary, and pastor of Union Grove Baptist Church in Bedford, Kentucky; and
WHEREAS, Upon taking office at Southern Seminary, Dr. Mohler immediately commenced the implementation of his vision to restore Southern Seminary to the Founder’s commitment of a confessional school based on fidelity to Scripture and The Abstract of Principles, grounded in a steadfast allegiance to the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention and its confession of faith, The Baptist Faith and Message; and
WHEREAS, Because of his commitment to restore a confessional seminary based on the total truthfulness of God’s Word, a God-blessed recovery of Southern Baptists’ flagship seminary has occurred under Dr. Mohler’s watch with top-tier, Bible-believing faculty, a growing student body now among the largest in the world, and expanding and improving campus facilities; and
WHEREAS, Southern Seminary and the Kentucky Baptist Convention have a long partnership of ministry that has been mutually beneficial to the seminary and Kentucky Baptists, as evidenced by the key involvement of Southern Seminary faculty and staff in the life and leadership of the Convention as well as the ministry training of countless Kentucky Baptist pastors; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Mohler reaffirmed his vision for the seminary in a report to messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Houston this year: “I want to stand before you now twenty years later and say that those commitments are not fulfilled; they are here reaffirmed, as we move forward in an age unprecedented to do what the Lord Jesus Christ would have us to do”; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the messengers to the Kentucky Baptist Convention meeting in Paducah, November 12, 2013, congratulate Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr. on his twentieth anniversary as president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we express our thankfulness to God and gratitude to Dr. Mohler for the restoration of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as a school committed to the total truthfulness of God’s Word and fidelity to the institution’s founding confession of faith, The Abstract of Principles, and the Southern Baptist Convention’s confession of faith, The Baptist Faith and Message; and be it finally
RESOLVED, That we extend thanksgiving to God and appreciation for Dr. Mohler for his positive influence on the life and ministry of Kentucky Baptists.