That's a good question. People who are involved with FBEP and Sattler assure me that it will just be different this time, and to be fair to them, there are some people who are cognizant of the history of EMU. At the same time, I can't help but think of some very notable figures at EMU who were cognizant of the same thing, and yet today we have EMU students protesting that it's really important for them to put on Corpus Christi, and EMU, Bluffton, and Goshen being the first in their association of Christian colleges to affirm same sex married staff. That's a track record that should concern anyone.YorkandAdams wrote:How long until faith builders becomes "EMU liberal"? Is it only a matter of time or does faith builders have a plan for combating this "cancer"?
My perspective of FBEP and Sattler is that they already have strong contingents inside them that trend liberal, although at this point that's amongst the student body, not with the faculty and staff - although in my experience, university faculty and administration generally tends to trend more and more liberal over time.
In the CMC world, Rosedale likewise has long been a bastion of the more liberal-progressive element of the conference, and this seemed to go hand in hand with Rosedale's transformation from a Bible school to a 2 year college (and now there is talk of transforming into a full-blown college). My experience at the last conference of the CMC was of a speaker who gave an impassioned lecture to a group of solely youth and young people on why acceptance of homosexuality is an important priority for the church. Rosedale is a place where 35 years ago every woman would have practiced the veiling. Things change fast.
By the way, I appreciate your perspective too - I think part of a healthy community is that we aren't all dominated by just 1 way of thinking.
What's the catch? There has to be a catch.
