The Christian Century

Three of the largest Baptist universities in the U.S. have each chosen a different strategy in selecting the president who will shape the school’s future.

Mercer University and the Georgia Baptist Convention have agreed to terms that will end their 172-year-old relationship. The convention will end funding of the school after 2007, and Mercer will get control of trustee elections and all assets, including a $19.6 million endowment.