The Master’s University & Seminary Appoints Sam Horn President

The Master’s University & Seminary Appoints Dr. Sam Horn President.

“It is an honor for any higher education institution to have a current vice president become president of another university,” says BJU President Steve Pettit. “Both Dr. Horn and Bob Jones University are greatly honored today by Dr. Horn’s presidential appointment.”

We believe Sam Horn and the evangelical Master’s Seminary are a very good fit. Sam Horn got his D.Min. from John MacArthur’s Master’s Seminary in 2007.

The announcement from the Bob Jones University (BJU) website puts a positive spin on the announcement, but is it truly a good thing when a BJU alum is president of any evangelical institution? That doesn’t speak well of a BJU alumnus that they would accept a position with an evangelical institution. Unless, of course, Sam Horn has at heart been an evangelical all along.  That would certainly explain why he brought to Northland International University the things that he did, which contributed to the school’s demise.1

With his departure for Master’s what does Sam Horn leave in his wake at BJU? Very much the same conditions he left Northland in, which ultimately destroyed the once fine fundamental Baptist college. Now he leaves BJU on the same trajectory toward non-separatist evangelicalism. It is, furthermore, worth stating the changes at Northland could not have happened without President Matt Olson’s willing participation in it. And you can be sure that the path BJU is on toward evangelicalism is not happening apart from President Steve Pettit’s knowledge and backing.

We believe Sam Horn’s appointment to Master’s will lead to greater collaboration between so-called “conservative” evangelicals and BJU.


LM

See, https://today.bju.edu/news/the-masters-university-and-seminary-appoints-dr-sam-horn-president/

Continue to: Sam Horn in Historical Perspective: Northland & Bob Jones University
“With Sam Horn departing for Master’s will BJU reverse the drive toward evangelicalism and return to the university’s legacy as a fundamental, separatist institution? All observable changes indicate the university is committed to much the same course that resulted in Northland’s demise.”

1) NIU Presents Executive Pastor of Grace Community Church to the Student Body 

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BJU’s Subtle Rejection of Ecclesiastical Separation: Is This Northland All Over Again?

For BJU Sam Horn’s participation in the E3 Pastors Conference [alongside SBC preachers] is much more than the University hosting the vocal group Cantus (a male ensemble partially comprised of practicing homosexuals) for an artist series, more than hosting new evangelical Billy Kim and his Korean Children’s Choir, and more than an ambivalent dress-code change.  This is BJU’s leader of ministerial training sharing a platform, in joint ministry, with SBC pastors. Make no mistake, Dr. Horn’s appearance at the E3 Pastors Conference is a departure from BJU’s legacy as a separatist institution, which raises the stakes of compromise to an unprecedented level with serious implications for BJU’s School of Religion and the Seminary.