Christian Colleges and Seminaries

“Enrollment numbers, financial challenges, and the pandemic spelled the end.” - C.Today

“in commenting on the challenges posed by the cultural acceptance of transgender ideology, the letter could have done a better job in bringing to bear the kind of pastoral sensitivity this topic deserves.” - Nicholas Perrin

“Twelve students and faculty sued four members of the university’s board of trustees for refusing to scrap an employment policy that bars the hiring of people in same-sex relationships.” - RNS

President Pettit’s resignation “prompted 17 faculty and administrative leaders to write to the full board, declaring the university in ‘real and imminent jeopardy’ and demanding the resignation of both Chairman Lewis and Vice Chairman Hantz Bernard.” - BGN

“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

“Rigney has long been considered controversial for his views on empathy and for his relationship with Idaho pastor Doug Wilson.” - RNS

“Costin’s appointment represents the first time the school hasn’t had someone named Jerry at the helm, as he succeeds interim president and longtime board chair Jerry Prevo and the two Jerry Falwells before him.” - CToday

“The resignation is effective at the end of the current academic year. In a release from the university on March 30, Pettit thanked the students and staff and called his time as president ‘one of the greatest privileges of my life.’” - Post & Courier

“Like with any crisis, the situation in higher education also presents opportunities. One of our mottos at the Colson Center is that ‘outrage is not a strategy,’ and that’s just as true here as it is elsewhere.” - Breakpoint

“…Paul House’s little book, Bonhoeffer’s Seminary Vision: A Case for Costly Discipleship and Life Together. House’s burden is not hagiographic; rather his goal is to alert his readers to a hole growing in modern seminary studies.” - Mark Snoeberger