Criswell Interim President Named

Lamar Cooper will be the interim president of Criswell College. The Dallas Bible school lost its president when Jerry Johnson decide to quit battling the pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Robert Jeffress. First Baptist founded the school but Johnson accused Jeffress of trying to sell its assets in order to fund a church sanctuary. Jeffress has denied the charge. Cooper has been a professor of Hebrew and Old Testament studies and served as acting president in 2003.