Chowan names associate campus ministers. Chowan University in Murfreesboro, N.C., has named Craig and Jennifer Janney as associate ministers to the university.
The Janneys
They will assist Mari Wiles, minister to
the university, and also teach, serve as chaplains to the student body and assist in student recruitment. The Janneys received bachelor of arts in religion degrees from Chowan in 2004 and master of divinity degrees from the school of divinity at Gardner-Webb University in Boiling Springs, N.C., this year. While at Gardner-Webb, they served as co-ministers of worship and students at Christ Covenant North Church.
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Morality activist confesses to solicitation. Moral activist and conservative Southern Baptist Convention leader Coy Privette received “deferred prosecution” on six charges of aiding and abetting prostitution during a hearing Aug. 22. Privette, a Rowan County, N.C., commissioner and former executive director of the Christian Action League of North Carolina, admitted to investigators that he had sex with an accused prostitute, according to the
Privette
prosecutor at the hearing. He has also served as president of the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, trustee chair at the SBC's Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, N.C., and a trustee of the SBC's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. Deferred prosecution means Privette, who resigned from the state convention's board after his arrest in July, will have his record wiped clean if he performs 48 hours of community service, complies with probation requirements for a year and pays court and probation costs. As he left the courthouse after his 10-minute hearing, Privette distributed a written statement thanking his friends and family for their support over the past month. “I know that I have hurt and disappointed a lot of people, and I am truly sorry,” the statement read. “It is my hope that people can find it in their hearts to forgive me.” Privette said he is going to dedicate considerable time and effort to “repair” himself. “I am already seeking professional attention to this end,” he said. “As I undergo much needed personal and spiritual reflection, I sincerely ask everyone to keep me in their thoughts and prayers on my journey to earn back the trust that I have lost.”
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