As iron sharpens iron,
one person sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
“While the series credibly exposes these horrors, it simultaneously conflates legitimate aspects of evangelical Christianity with the misguided systems of the IBLP and ultimately heads toward faith deconstruction. ” - World
“Working alongside Liberty Coalition Canada are dozens of churches across the country, a number of small media outlets and at least one well-funded think-tank…. Several Canadian pastors in the movement also have ties to a controversial branch of evangelical Christianity in the U.S. known as reconstructionism.” - CBC
“The question forty years ago was this: would evangelicals be part of the renewal of the Southern Baptist Convention? The question today is: Will Southern Baptists be part of the renewal of evangelicalism?” - TGC
“Dr. Anderson will succeed Dr. Marty Marriott who has served as the school’s president since 2009 and was named chancellor (see below) at the MBU commencement program on May 5.” - P&D
“The Bob Jones University Board of Trustees today appointed Dr. Alan Benson acting CEO, effective May 17, 2023…. Teaming with Benson will be Dr. Gary Weier and Dr. Bruce McAllister.” - P&D
https://www.mbu.edu/blog/events-press-releases/new-president/
The Board of Trustees of Maranatha Baptist University appointed Dr. David Anderson, a 1986 graduate, as the sixth president of the institution on May 11, 2023. He will assume the office on August 1, 2023, in preparation for Maranatha's fifty-sixth academic year.
https://www.mbu.edu/blog/events-press-releases/new-chancellor/
Bob Jones University is not the only educational institution within historic Fundamentalism that is seeking new leadership this summer. Maranatha Baptist University, a much smaller school located in the North, announced yesterday that their president of fourteen years has vacated the office. According to the article, the transition was effective immediately upon the close of the University's commencement exercises.
“What does the university say today? That’s an essential question when covering this story. There have been quite a few changes at BJU, which may be what this power struggle is all about.” - GetReligion
By Jonathan W. Peters
Josh Buice, pastor of Pray’s Mill Baptist Church in Douglasville, GA, started the G3 (Gospel-Grace-Glory) Conference in 2013 to assist local church pastors. Buice intended this theology conference to “focus on God’s Word as opposed to the pragmatism and techniques that are so often the focus of evangelical conferences.”
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