October 28, 2005

Georgetown College Quits Baptist Group

By THOMAS BARTLETT

Georgetown College is severing its ties to the Kentucky Baptist Convention, a move that will make the college independent at the price of more than $1-million in annual support.

The change will allow the college to select members for its Board of Trustees. Since 1942 the members have been picked by the Baptist convention.

Georgetown now receives $1.3-million a year from the group. That amount will drop by 25 percent each year over the next four years, under an agreement between

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