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Dr. Rex M. Horne Jr. 15th President of Ouachita Baptist University

Dr. Rex M. Horne Jr. 15th President of Ouachita Baptist University

Dr. Rex M. Horne, Jr., became the 15th president of Ouachita Baptist University on June 1, 2006. Prior to his selection as president by the Ouachita Board of Trustees, he served as Senior Pastor of Little Rock’s Immanuel Baptist Church for almost 16 years.

Dr. Horne attended Ouachita Baptist University and graduated from Arkansas College (now Lyon College) in Batesville. He earned a master of divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, and the doctor of ministry degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. A native of Bastrop, Louisiana, he grew up in Camden, Arkansas.

Dr. Horne currently serves as a trustee for Baptist Health and is on the board of directors of Southern Bancorp in Arkadelphia. He was president of the Arkansas Baptist State Convention from 1995 to 1997 and has served as a trustee for Ouachita Baptist University and Lyon College. For 10 years, Dr. Horne was a columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. He is married to Becky Horne. They have four adult children and nine grandchildren.

Dr. Horne’s Inauguration

 

Speaking Schedule

May 2012

20  First Baptist Church, El Dorado, AR, 10:15 a.m.

June 2012

10  First Baptist Church, Sparkman, AR, 11:00 a.m.

17  First Baptist Church, Searcy, AR, 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

July 2012

8    First Baptist Church, Hampton, AR, 8:30 and 11:00 a.m.

29  Cherry Ridge Baptist Church, Bastrop, LA, 11:00 a.m.