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William Jewell College will begin a nationwide search during the 2015-16 academic year to replace President David Sallee, who will retire in August 2016.

Christopher Calmer has stepped down as president and treasurer of the Missouri Baptist Foundation, effective on June 25.

Foundation Executive Vice President Stephen Mathis has been named as interim president.

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland participants heard updates from partner field personnel and member churches and saw Associate Coordinator Jeff Langford recognized for 10 years of service during a regional meeting held in conjunction with the national Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly June 15-19 in Dallas.

As millennials — people born in the 1980s and ’90s — consider issues of faith and science, environmental issues are among their primary concerns. Recent polls suggest millennials are concerned about climate change and see environmental public policy actions as a priority.

Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Heartland will no longer help sponsor the mature adult retreat in Missouri.

In a meeting via video-conference on June 13, members of the CBF Heartland Coordinating Council decided not to contribute $1,000 for the retreat set for Oct. 12-14 at Windermere Baptist Conference Center.

Millennials see more affinity between religion and science.

The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship will gather for its 2015 General Assembly at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas, June 15-19. News updates from the meeting are available at cbf.net/dallas2015. In addition, CBF will offer live streaming of the Wednesday through Friday evening sessions at cbf.net/livestream.

The 2015 Southern Baptist Convention's is streaming its annual meeting, held this year at the Greater Columbus Convention Center on June 16-17 in Columbus, Ohio. The SBC annual meeting site can be found at sbcannualmeeting.net/sbc15/default.asp, including a link to live video straming. Registration (free) is required to access the signal.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Savannah Oswald elbowed her way through the crowds on Black Friday 2014, searching for the cutest clothes she could find for her limited bucks. She hit the stores that day to shop for Christmas gifts for family and friends. Instead, God led her to think of the young women who would soon pass through the first safe house in Iowa set up to serve only survivors of human trafficking.

Talking with church health consultants reveals similar stories. One common experience they often share features a church that asks for help after burning through several pastors in nearly as many years. During the consulting process, a deacon or other lay leader says something like “we just can’t find a good pastor” or “seminaries don’t train pastors like they used to.”