Baptist Briefs: Horne resigns at Ouachita Baptist University

Rex Horne talks with students at Ouachita Baptist University, where he served as president for nine years. (Photo: Ouachita Baptist University)

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Rex Horne, President Bill Clinton’s former pastor, is stepping down after nine years as president of Ouachita Baptist University. Horne, who arrived at the Arkansas Baptist State Convention-affiliated school in Arkadelphia, Ark., in 2006 after 16 years as senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, resigned effective this summer to become president of Arkansas’ Independent Colleges & Universities. In his new job, Horne will support scholarships, governmental affairs and public affairs on behalf of 11 independent institutions of higher education throughout the state. Horne became Ouachita’s 15th president at age 52, succeeding Andy Westmoreland, who resigned to become president of Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.

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