Onterio Calif. | Gateway Baptist Seminary Vice President Adam Groza was elected to succeed outgoing President Jeff Iorg in a meeting of trustees April 16. The unanimous vote comes one month ahead of Iorg’s departure to lead the SBC Executive Committee. Iorg had planned to retire after 20 years as Gateway’s president.
Groza is a Pasadena, California native. He joined the seminary administration as Vice President for Enrollment, coming from Southwestern in Fort Worth.
“I came back to California in 2010 to be part of Gateway Seminary because I believe raising ministry leaders in the western United States is a necessity for Southern Baptists,” Groza said. “I still believe in this mission, and I am humbled to be entrusted with this responsibility.”
Trustees approved Groza’s nomination of Kristen Ferguson as Vice President of Enrollment and Student Services. She has been employed by the seminary since 2016.
Ferguson currently serves as chair of the SBC’s Committee on Resolutions and is a research fellow for the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission. She is the author of three books and several articles. Her most recent book, “Excellence in Online Education,” focuses on fostering Christian community in a virtual environment.
—excerpted from Baptist Press