Editor’s Note: This article is the first concerning this issue published by Christianity Today, the major Christian news magazine, founded by Billy Graham.

The story starts with a summary of the issue, and then includes many interview reports and an analysis of similar situations in other schools/denominations. Here are a few of the quotes – read the entire article to see them all in context:

“The issue is not ‘academic freedom,'” said Charles Wilson, a retired ARP minister who runs a blog on denominational woes. “The issue is ‘academic license’ that seeks to subvert the evangelical witness of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in higher education.”

James Brooks Kuykendall, chair of Erskine’s music department, said he agreed with the conclusions drawn by the synod’s investigative commission, but worries about the synod’s solutions. “I am glad to see that the denomination is concerned,” he said. “Within the college there has been a move for more intentional faith/learning integration for the past ten years, but any institution of higher education changes at a glacial pace

Robert Andringa, president emeritus of the CCCU, noted, “There is a long continuum of relationships between individual Council campuses and their founding (parent) denominations. Every president and board must honor their history, maintain a trust relationship between the college and the denomination, yet work to find an appropriate balance in the authority each party needs to fulfill its mission

“The matter is very simple: Is Erskine an agency of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church or is the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church an agency of Erskine?” (Charles Wilson)

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