Steve Pettit's Resignation from BJU Stands
On Friday Bob Jones University staff was notified, as later reported by Fox Carolina News Steve Pettit resignation stands despite the change of Chairman of the Board of Trustees. With that settled questions over the direction of and/or survivability of BJU following Pettit’s tumultuous tenure remain.
- Roll back Pettit’s disastrous agenda?
- Restore integrity and trust?
- Restore a balance in biblical separation?
- Reach out to and reassure the disenfranchised base?
- Put in place safe guards and boundaries for leadership as conditions of remaining employed?
- Opt for a status quo hoping the university survives in any form?
"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."
Steve Pettit was on staff at Northland through the early years of Matt Olson's tenure as President. He left prior to Northland's demise. With the 2014 announcement Pettit would become BJU president objective observers instinctively questioned whether the agenda that led to Northland's ruin might be attempted at BJU. We didn't have long to wait to find out. Spiritual sanctification was sacrificed for secular pragmatism, pandering to millennials became the guiding principle, Reformed & Covenant theologies quickly permeated the school, with New Calvinism the underlying driving force behind it all. The disastrous results of the Pettit and executive administration agenda brought BJU to the current crisis.
Dawson's educational roots are firmly planted in Reformed theology and non-separatist evangelicalism. One man who has known Dawson for years says he (Dawson) is "very much influenced by Reformed theology." Dawson may be hard wired to Dave Doran's disdain for fundamentalism, novel interpretation and practice of separation. Dawson is more aligned with Pettit than the previous chairman. It's entirely possible he will push the university ever deeper into Reformed theology, evangelical and ecumenical compromise. One thing is certain- We won't have to wait long to know Sam Dawson's intentions for BJU.
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