Fundamentalism

The president of Maranatha Baptist Bible College has resigned after seven years, citing personal reasons. Dr. Dave Jaspers became the president in January 1999. The Board of Trustees has appointed Dr. Larry Oats, long-standing faculty member and administrator, as interim president.

As reported in our forums, Dr. Jim Schettler has resigned as pastor of the Campus Church at Pensacola Christian College.

SharperIron has acquired an audio file of Dr. Schettler’s brief resignation speech and a follow-up address from Dr. Arlin Horton.

^{NOTE: Dr. Jaspers personally sent a copy of the following email to SI after sending it to various members of the MBBC family. -GJL}

Dear Friends,

Dr. David Jaspers has resigned as the president of Maranatha Baptist Bible College. The reasons are personal. Dr. Larry Oats, who has been a part of Maranatha since 1968, is now the interim president of the college until a successor is found.


This information has been confirmed by the office of the President.

^{NOTE: This article was orginally published on November 3, 2005. It was part of a liveblog of the 2005 Annual Convention of the American Council of Christian Churches}