Bob Jones University: Are the Founding Principles & Practices in Sight?

October 2019 was essentially the first time we raised serious concerns with and sounded the alarm over what was taking place at Bob Jones University under Steve Pettit’s Presidency. See, "This is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile," and Neither is Bob Jones University

To be sure, the first five years of Pettit’s presidency left many friends and alumni deeply concerned with the trajectory of the school. In the months that followed the October 2019 article Steve Pettit’s non-separatist agenda for BJU became increasingly pervasive and egregious. Some of this was documented in Dr. David Beale's FACTS: An Enlarged Discussion.

The advancement and proliferation of Reformed Theology became a cornerstone of Pettit’s remake of the university's doctrinal core. Ecumenical compromise and worldliness went on virtually unchecked. See,

• Ecumenical Compromise with Franklin Graham
• A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Blasphemous Fashion Design Show
• Opening Campus to Roman Catholic and New Evangelical Entities
• Proliferation of Reformed, Covenant Theology and New Calvinism

Soon after Pettit’s departure we asked if the Board was ready to act on the future direction of the university. We didn't have long to wait. See, BJU: A Return to the Founding Principles & Practices?

Under its new president, Dr. Joshua Crockett, BJU begins its 2024-25 academic year August 26. Will we see new tangible evidence that President Crockett is leading the university toward some semblance of the very best of BJU's founding principles and practices?


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