The American Baptist Historical Society welcomes Rev. Dr. Priscilla Eppinger as the next Executive Director. She will begin her duties on August 15. Dr. Eppinger comes to the Historical Society from Graceland University Community of Christ Seminary in Lamoni, Iowa, where she has been Professor of Religion since 2002. She was educated at Agnes Scott College (BA), Andover Newton Theological School (M.Div), and Northwestern University and Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (PhD). At Graceland University, she has been teaching religious studies, theology, and church history to seminary students and undergraduates.
Her roots in American Baptist Churches (ABC) life run deep, having served as a missionary to Zaire and on staff for the American Baptist Home Mission Societies. She has also been a member of the General Board of ABC and the board of ABC Educational Ministries, as well as on the ABC biennial planning committee. As an ordained minister, she served churches in Massachusetts and Illinois.
A public welcome is being planned by the Board of Managers for Friday, September 30.
