Board Member, Cedarville Alumnus to Speak at Chapel

by Victoria Stearns, Public Relations Writer – September 4, 2015

Corey Abney, lead pastor at Florence Baptist Church in Kentucky, will speak at chapel on Sept. 8.

Dr. Corey Abney, lead pastor at Florence Baptist Church at Mount Zion in Florence, Kentucky, will serve as the guest speaker at Cedarville University’s chapel service on Tuesday, Sept. 8.  

Abney, who serves on the board of trustees at Cedarville University and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, is a member of the leadership council for the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. He is a contributor to the book “The New Answers Book, Vol. 4” of the popular Answers in Genesis series.

A 1998 graduate of Cedarville, Abney earned both his master’s and doctorate degrees at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.  He and his family reside in northern Kentucky.

Located in southwest Ohio, Cedarville University is an accredited, Christ-centered, Baptist institution with an enrollment of 3,711 undergraduate, graduate and online students in more than 100 areas of study. Founded in 1887, Cedarville is recognized nationally for its authentic Christian community, rigorous academic programs, strong graduation and retention rates, accredited professional and health science offerings and leading student satisfaction ratings.