May 12, 2023

Bob Jones University Appoints CEO

The Executive Committee (EC) of the BJU Board of Trustees (BOT) "unanimously appointed" Dr. Gary Weier as "temporary" CEO.1 

Why appoint a temporary CEO when the BOT has a chairman? One friend suggests the SACSCOC is behind this appointment. When the office of the president is vacated SACSCOC guidelines may require the position be filled with an appointee who at least temporarily takes on that role. In any event, there may be a need to ensure all matters going forward meet legal and/or ethical requirements.

According to the EC announcement the full BOT meets on May 16 to decide "how [BJU is] to proceed." With the SACSCOC requirement in mind and the appointment of Dr. Weier to expire at the end of the day (May 16) we might conclude a new college president will be named on May 16.

Fwiw, Gary Weier was the lead signer of the April 3rd appeal letter to the BOT. Of course, the "respectfully request" points within the letter were demands in addition to several accusations. Will Dr. Weier be a voice to impede rolling back Steve Pettit's erasure of BJU's fundamentalist, separatist foundation and deep infusion of Reformed, Covenant theology into the university and seminary?

Once the board decision "how to proceed" is announced we may have a better idea of what's in store for the university- it's faculty, staff and student body. Until then speculation runs the gamete.


LM

Footnote:
1) See Here
Dear Faculty, Staff, GAs, and Retirees,This afternoon, May 11, 2023, the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees unanimously appointed Dr. Gary Weier as acting CEO until end of day Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The full Board is scheduled to meet on that Tuesday and will decide as a Board how to proceed. The Executive Committee expressed appreciation for Gary’s willingness to serve in this temporary position. 
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When we reflect on the definition of New Calvinism and note the radical shift in doctrine, practice and culture Steve Pettit engineered on campus we conclude he is a passionate advocate for the advancement of New Calvinism.  Steve Pettit stands alongside well known gurus of New Calvinism. New Calvinism is the driving force behind the departure from BJU's historic legacy.



I have observed 'from the back pew,' a repetition of the same failures at Bob Jones University that initiated the demise of CCC [Clearwater Christian College] and other Bible fundamental colleges. Unfortunately, led by the current president of the university and his administrators, the same compromised ideologies (and many of the same personalities) that drove those institutions to their demise are perpetuating the same at BJU. They have rejected the university’s fundamental Bible legacy and voided the disciplines that shaped and instilled Christian character in generations of graduates.

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