Sept. 15, 2008 issue
MB Seminary president resigns
By Mennonite Weekly Review staffFRESNO, Calif. — Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary announced Sept. 8 the resignation of President Jim Holm, effective Aug. 29.
The board of directors asked for and received Holm’s resignation due to personal reasons. Megan Richard, director of public relations, declined to give further details about the reasons for the resignation.
Holm also declined to comment when reached at his home by telephone.
The board appointed academic dean Lynn Jost as acting president for an interim period, also effective Aug. 29.
“As MB Biblical Seminary moves forward, your prayers and support are valued,” a seminary news release stated.
Holm was inaugurated as president in 2004 and appointed to a second term in 2006. He had worked at the seminary since 1997 as a professor, student dean and constituency relations director.
Holm graduated from MBBS in 1975 and earned a doctorate of ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena in 2003.
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