C. Richard Wells

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C. Richard Wells is an American evangelical pastor, theologian, and college president.

Wells was a member of the founding faculty of Beeson Divinity School, where he taught Ancient Greek, [1] [2] former President of Criswell College (1996-2003), [2] [3] [4] Pastor of South Canyon Baptist Church in Rapid City, South Dakota, from 2004–2009, [3] [2] and Dean of Chapel at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee from 2009 through 2011. [5] [2]

In 2011 Wells returned to Rapid City, South Dakota to restructure the Black Hills Bible Institute into John Witherspoon College and Institute for Christian Leadership, where he was President, until replaced by Ronald Lewis in 2019. [6] [7] [5] [8] [9] [10]

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  1. ↑ Day, J. Norflete. "Reminiscences of Beeson, 1988". www.beesondivinity.com. Beeson Divinity School. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Wells to oversee Union's chapel, campus ministries". Union University News. 5 August 2008. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. 1 2 "History". criswell.edu. Criswell College. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  4. ↑ Wingfield, Mark (1 January 2002). "Criswell remembered as larger-than-life mentor and pastor". Baptist Standard. Retrieved 3 May 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. 1 2 "Union installs 3, welcomes 18 new faculty". Union University News. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  6. ↑ admin. "Press Release: JWC Announces Election of New President, Dr.Ronald Lewis". John Witherspoon College. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
  7. ↑ "New College To Open In Rapid City Next Fall". Keloland.com, South Dakota News and Weather. AP. 20 September 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Academic Policies [usurped] " John Witherspoon College. Quote: "John Witherspoon will accept students from a Bible college accredited by The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE), or from colleges accredited by the Transnational Association of Colleges and Schools (TRACS)"
  9. ↑ "Christian college plans to open doors next fall". Rapid City Journal . September 19, 2011. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Christian college takes nontraditional approach". Rapid City Journal . March 21, 2012. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Nelson, Caleb (30 March 2013). "Studying and singing the Word of God". World News. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
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