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| office=9th permanent President of Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]

| office=9th permanent President of Louisiana College in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]

| term_start=April 7, 2015

| term_start=April 7, 2015

| term_end=  

| term_end=April 14, 2024

| preceded=[[Argile Smith|Argile Asa Smith, Jr.]] (interim for [[Joe Aguillard]])

| preceded=[[Argile Smith|Argile Asa Smith, Jr.]] (interim for [[Joe Aguillard]])

| succeeded=

| succeeded=David Jeffreys (interim)

| birth_date=April 19, 1956

| birth_date=April 19, 1956

|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]],  

|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]],  

}}

}}

'''Richard Bennett Brewer, Jr.''', known as '''Rick Brewer''' (born April 19, 1956),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/richard-brewer/rickbrewer77|title=

'''Richard Bennett Brewer, Jr.''', known as '''Rick Brewer''' (born April 19, 1956),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/richard-brewer/rickbrewer77|title=

rRichard Brewer|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=Mach 2, 2018}}</ref> is the ninth president<ref>He is the tenth president if the preceding interim president, Argile Asa Smith, Jr., is included.</ref> of the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]. He succeeded the interim president Argile Asa Smith, Jr., on April 7, 2015, who filled in for eight months following the resignation in 2014 of the embattled former president, [[Joe Aguillard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140303/NEWS01/303030023/Louisiana-College-trustees-consider-new-contract-Aguillard|title=Leigh Guidry, "Louisiana College trustees consider new contract for Aguillard," March 2, 2014|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}</ref>

rRichard Brewer|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=Mach 2, 2018}}</ref> is the ninth president<ref>He is the tenth president if the preceding interim president, Argile Asa Smith, Jr., is included.</ref> of the [[Southern Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] (now Louisiana Christian University) in [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]], [[Louisiana]]. He succeeded the interim president Argile Asa Smith, Jr., on April 7, 2015, who filled in for eight months following the resignation in 2014 of the embattled former president, [[Joe Aguillard]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20140303/NEWS01/303030023/Louisiana-College-trustees-consider-new-contract-Aguillard|title=Leigh Guidry, "Louisiana College trustees consider new contract for Aguillard," March 2, 2014|publisher=''[[Alexandria Town Talk]]''|accessdate=March 3, 2014}}</ref> Brewer stepped down from his presidency on April 14, 2024. He has accepted a position as the head of school of a Christian institution, Master's Academy in Vero Beach, [[Florida]].<ref name=retires>{{cite web|url=https://lcuniversity.edu/lcus-president-rick-brewer-announces-retirement/#:~:text=Louisiana%20Christian%20University%20President%20Dr.%20Rick%20Brewer%20has,position%20keeping%20him%20in%20Christian%20ministry%20and%20education.|title=LCU’s President Rick Brewer announces retirement|publisher=lcuniversity.edu|date=March 8, 2024|accessdate=April 30, 2024}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Brewer summed up his vision, accordingly, '''Education that instructs the mind and does not deepen the soul is not true learning."'''<ref>''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni & Friends,'' Summer 2020, p. 24.</ref>

Brewer summed up his vision, accordingly, '''Education that instructs the mind and does not deepen the soul is not true learning."'''<ref>''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni & Friends,'' Summer 2020, p. 24.</ref>

==References==

==References==