Is Joy Moore still the president of Northern Seminary — or not? No one seems to know. Ten months ago, the suburban Chicago seminary, affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, hired its first African American president. The much-praised professor and church elder promised to usher in a “new season of ministry”—good news for a seminary whose last president was accused of bullying women. And with a revamped, diversified board, Northern was poised to start a new chapter.
