Belmont University Launches New Institute for Church Leadership
buzzz worthy. . . Longtime Woodmont Baptist senior pastor named Institute’s executive director NASHVILLE – With a strong ongoing commitment to its Christian identity, today Belmont University announced the formation of the Belmont Institute for Church Leadership, a newly created entity designed to equip church leaders for entrepreneurial thinking and innovative means to meet the modern needs of the local community and culture at large. Dr. Jon R. Roebuck, the senior pastor of Woodmont Baptist Church for the past 17 years, has been named executive director of the institute; he shared the news with his congregation yesterday and will begin his new full-time position at Belmont on June 1. Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher said, “I can’t think of anything that’s more Belmont than an institute that leverages many of this University’s strengths and passions: entrepreneurial and innovative thinking built on a foundation of Christian faith. The Belmont ...