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Assemblies of God Theological Seminary president to retire

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The president of Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, which merged into Evangel University last year, has set a late summer 2015 retirement date.

Byron Klaus, who continues to hold the role with AGTS in the merger with Evangel that include Central Bible College, has held the president role since July 1999, according to a news release.

"I am clear about this step that I believe is just as ordered of the Lord as my original coming to serve this marvelous institution," Klaus said in the release.

Before joining AGTS, Klaus served 20 years on the faculty and administration at Vanguard University of Southern California, the same school Evangel President Carol Taylor came from.

"It has been an honor to serve with Dr. Klaus during an extraordinary year of transition as we are now fully implementing the consolidation of Evangel, CBC and AGTS," Taylor said in the release. "Klaus has been a tireless and visionary champion for seminary education and for the benefits of an embedded seminary where ministerial education can now be provided from baccalaureate through doctoral levels."

Under the leadership of Klaus, the fifth and longest serving president of AGTS, the school expanded its doctoral programs from a single doctor of ministry degree and maintained accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission.

The executive committee of the Evangel Board of Trustees and the AGTS Board of Advisors will appoint a presidential search committee and be active in the transition, according to the release.[[In-content Ad]]

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