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Bob Jones University President Resigns Amid ‘Dysfunction,’ Scandal
Steve Pettit accuses board chairman of blocking investigation into controversial ‘boobs and butts’ PowerPoint presentation …
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Why would anyone go to BJU, let alone a follower of Christ?
As a lifelong Greenvillian it’s time that the bigoted ” idealism” of BJU be shut down forever. Turn it into a real University where closed minds are opened by real learning. BJU is a blight on our beautiful city.
Is John Lewis the one who swept the Title IX allegations under the rug the first time that led to Dr. Pettit getting the job over another Jones scion?
Just another example of how Evangelical Christians are the worst people around. Absolute trash.
Can we shipped them off to some other land, like the English did to the Puritans?
Just another example of how all Christians are flawed. We’re petty, we’re proud, we’re pious, we’re legalistic and we are plastic. We do what we don’t want to do, and can’t bring ourselves to do what we want. We are “saved” not because of our loveliness but God’s grace. We are being refined and restored by the Holy Spirit, but that won’t be completed till heaven. Bob Jones has many great things going for it. A few days among the faculty and students will show you that. Hopefully, the old guard board will step down and the reformers take over. A “reformed” Bob Jones, there’s an idea!
BJU is nothing less than a cult and always has been one. They are arguing over making women submit to primitive ideology and controlling their attire? As a Greenvillian, I have witnessed their legalistic ideology which reenforces their theology. What an embarrassment to the Kingdom. These people are the ones in the so called Freedom Caucus- many graduated from BJU. It is ironic that both only want to oppress rather the assist Freedom.
Thank you Mark Freeman for your comments above. My wife and I have a graduate of BJU and a current student of BJU, both having profited immensely from the leadership of Steve Pettit and the awesome faculty. The school is blessing so many in the community and is truly a city on a hill for Christ that cannot be hid.
The President and the Board Chairman must be unified. President Pettit seems right taking himself out of a role where he sees unity denied. The Board needs to decide on the future direction of the college – Pettit or Chairman.
Everyone knew a non-Jones President would have to lead or just be a pawn. We have a leader – a godly leader – in Steve Pettit. Our prayer is that the board recognizes the opportunity before them and, by God’s grace and for His glory, reinstates Steve Pettit as President of Bob Jones University for the long haul. We need a president like Steve Pettit, a man who is humble, willing to lead but not do so under a sham, able to address issues and standards with grace, and who likes to play a bit of gospel bluegrass. Fundamental Christianity needs a leader like Steve Pettit. If we want to produce leaders in all walks of life, would we not want a servant leader like Steve Pettit to be championing the way by being in the visible, public helm of a school like Bob Jones University! Like a friend of mine said at a critical juncture in my life, “Choose Life”, so the board must choose wisely, because, as we know and sense in our hearts, this is a choice of great significance, a choice of life or death, that will have long-term and lasting results. No matter what, God is in charge, and I would want to make sure I came down on His side. May God bless the students, faculty, staff, administration, Steve Pettit, Dr John Lewis, and the board of Bob Jones University.
If BJU goes back to strict fundamentalism and legalism and rules the school will close, BJU will no longer be their. Buildings and land will be sold off.