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Latest update: https://ministrywatch.com/is-bob-jones-facing-closure/ "Falling enrollment, faculty cuts, and administrative resignations — Bob Jones University appears to be a college in turmoil. . . . "A group called 'BJU-New Contract' has proposed a series of actions they say the...

Here's the word, straight from the horses's mouth - in this 10 minute video, President Crockett explains what is going on and why they are laying off 10% of the faculty. The student/teacher ratio at BJU, 12/1, is lower than other Christian colleges, so the layoffs constitute a "right-sizing" of...

In post #2 above, I cited the statement from "What In the World" that "the entire constituency is talking about how Crockett wants out." I thought that was an unsubstantiated rumor. Well, as it turns out, it has now been substantiated. President Crockett would like to go back to his previous...

I think it is interesting to note that Doug Wilson would prefer that Christian women not vote: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/hegseths-former-sister-in-law-says-he-believed-women-shouldnt-vote/ "What Hegseth does have are connections to the TheoBros, a group of mostly millennial...

https://julieroys.com/trinity-evangelical-divinity-school-will-move-canada-acquisition-deal/?mc_cid=54d1e14b8c&mc_eid=5f87b5be9b Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Bannockburn, Illinois, affiliated with the Evangelical Free Church of America, was one of the largest and most influential...

I'm not familiar with Michael Bird who helped draft this statement. The bottom of the statement mentions the World Council of Churches, a very liberal ecumenical group that would naturally advocate the abandonment of all doctrinal distinctives so that all the churches can get together (under...

Lou Martuneac, who did everything in his power to hound Steve Pettit out of the Presidency of Bob Jones University in 2023, is now having conniptions because Pettit was invited to speak at Pensacola Christian College. He is branding Pettit as an "ecumenical compromiser" and Reformed theologian...

Thank you, Old Judge, for this information. I was not aware of this latest dramatic reduction in faculty. It appears that the faculty count at BJU has been declining for some time now. See this newsletter from BJU dated one year ago - March 3, 2024...

Yes, Doug Wilson is very controversial. I personally would not want to be identified with him. After reading the interview posted above, I couldn't really see where Doug got around to defining Christian Nationalism, but his view seemed to be more moderate (or less extreme) than that of...

Here is a definition of Christian Nationalism taken from the book "The Case For Christian Nationalism" by Stephen Wolfe: The church looks to the state to suppress heresy; Christianity is given official favor by the state; Church and state are formally united; The state takes active interest in...

Years ago I attended a soul-winning presentation by the senior pastor and assistant pastor of a staunchly IFB church (KJV Only, ban on women's slacks, the whole shebang). The assistant pastor played the role of an unsaved Roman Catholic prospect. The pastor told the "lost" man that he wanted...

Good article about sources of the Dictatorial Preacher Rule teaching, showing that it is by no means a monopoly of the Independent Baptist movement - many charismatics have taught and propagated this heresy...

More on Jack Hyles: https://www.wayoflife.org/reports/the_women_who_knew_jack_hyles.php https://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2013/Let-Us-Prey-Big-Trouble-at-First-Baptist-Church/

Everybody has been waiting for Somebody, Anybody, to say a good word about this forum, but Nobody did.

Update on the long-running Johnny Hunt case - he sued the Southern Baptist Convention for revealing an allegation of sexual misconduct on his part, but the court has thrown out Hunt's lawsuit. "A federal judge ruled against former Southern Baptist Convention president Johnny Hunt on Monday...