Seattle Pacific University is just one of several Christian universities in the United States that is in conflict with a founding denomination and leadership over LGBTQIA+ inclusion. This page contains links to reporting on other CCCU schools as well personal blog posts and newsletters by faculty members of CCCU schools. Links will open in a new tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Southern Baptists Confront a ‘Third Way’ on Homosexuality and Sin”<\/a> \u2013 June 9, 2014, Tim Townsend and Jessica Mart\u00ednez, Pew Research Center<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “How LGBT Students Are Changing Christian Colleges”<\/a> \u2013 July 23, 2014, Philip Francis and Mark Longhurst, The Atlantic<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Toeing the Line: Christian Colleges Send Mixed Signals to LGBTQ+ Students”<\/a> \u2013 Sept. 18, 2018, Ginger O’Donnell, Insight Into Diversity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Most Evangelical College Students Appreciate LGBT People Even If Trustees Don’t”<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 5, 2019, Kevin Singer, Laura Dahl, Alyssa Rockenbach, and Matthew Mayhew, Religion News Service<\/em> Opinion<\/p>\n\n\n\n “How Christian Colleges Have Been Revising Student Handbooks Since Obergefell”<\/a> \u2013 Mar. 17, 2020, Liam Adams, Christianity Today<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Students at Catholic Colleges Leave with Less Positive Attitudes Toward Gay People Than Their Peers\u2014But That\u2019s Not the Whole Story”<\/a> \u2013 June 3, 2021, The Conversation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Slow-Moving Rift in Evangelical Christian Higher Education”<\/a> \u2013 Apr. 22, 2022, Jacob Lupfer, Religion News Service <\/em>Opinion<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The Hidden Life of a Christian College Professor”<\/a> \u2013 June 30, 2022, Emma Green, New Yorker<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “LGBTQ+ Students Lead the Charge for Equal Rights at Religious Colleges and Universities”<\/a> \u2013 Aug. 16, 2022, Greg Evans and Mariah Bohanon, Insight Into Diversity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “LGBTQ+ Advocacy Group Releases List of ‘Worst’ College Campuses for Queer Students”<\/a> \u2013 Sept. 9, 2022, Brooke Migdon, The Hill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “As Pride Club Takes on Yeshiva University, LGBTQ Students at Other Religious Colleges Take Notice”<\/a> \u2013 Sept. 28, 2022, Louis Keene, Forward<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Students Protest Christian University for Upholding Its Religious Values”<\/a> \u2013 July 14, 2022, Alex Munguia and Ben Cook, Campus Reform<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Students Hold First LGBTQ+ Group Meeting After Reinstatement”<\/a> \u2013 Oct. 3, 2018, Emily Praske, Zu News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Ending the Discrimination of LGBTQIA+ Students on Baylor’s Campus”<\/a> Petition \u2013 Oct. 2020, Change.org<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “BW Trustees Vote to End Formal Affiliation with the United Methodist Church”<\/a> \u2013Apr. 26, 2019, Shawn Salamone, Baldwin Wallace New & Events<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Joint Statement of NASCUMC Member Presidents on the Called General Conference and the Subject of Human Sexuality”<\/a> \u2013 Jan. 5, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Biola Reaffirms LGBTQ Policy after Controversy at Azusa Pacific”<\/a> \u2013 Oct. 12, 2018, Macie Cummins, Austin Green, and Isabelle Thompson, The Biola University Chimes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “One-Third of Professors Sign Letter Opposing CRC Sexuality Report”<\/a> \u2013 Jan. 27, 2021, Juliana Knot, Chimes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Sexuality Report Response”<\/a> \u2013 Dec. 10, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n “‘You Are Loved,’ Calvin Students Say to LGBTQ Peers During Protest Against Homophobic Signs on Campus”<\/a> \u2013 Mar. 11, 2021, Melissa Frick, MLive<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n “‘I’m Not Going to be Ashamed’: Queer CSR Employee Quits to Speak Freely about Split from Calvin”<\/a> \u2013 Mar. 21, 2022, Harm Venhuizen, Chimes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Students Petition Calvin University Against LGBTQ+ Policies”<\/a> \u2013 Apr. 6, 2022, Julie Dunmire, Fox 17 WXMI<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “‘Walking a Tightrope’: Calvin’s Complicated Stance on LGBTQ+ Issues Has Caused Problems for Decades”<\/a> \u2013 Apr. 10, 2022, Harm Venhuizen, Chimes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Calvin Denies Reappointment for Professor Who Officiated Same-Sex Marriage”<\/a> \u2013 Apr. 21, 2022, Harm Venhuizen, Chimes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “A Calvin Professor Officiated a Same-Sex Wedding. It Likely Cost Him His Job”<\/a> \u2013 Apr. 22, 2022, Bob Smietana, Religion News Service<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Synod is Over, but What Will Its Decisions Mean for Calvin?”<\/a> \u2013 June 16, 2022, Abigail Ham, Chimes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “An Elite Christian College Has Become The Latest Battleground In America’s Culture Wars”<\/a> \u2013 June 19, 2022, Jonathan Cohn, HuffPost<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Housing Dispute Puts Quaker University at Front of Fight Over Transgender Issues”<\/a> \u2013 July 24, 2014, Joshua Hunt and Richard P\u00e9rez-Pe\u00f1a, New York Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Viral Video Reignites LGBTQ Debate at Quaker School”<\/a> \u2013 Dec. 5, 2019, Jack Jenkins, San Diego Union-Tribune<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Keeping a Ban, Offering Support”<\/a> \u2013 Mar. 17, 2015, Jake New, Inside Higher Ed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We Are All Houghton<\/a><\/em> website, Amy Coons and Joshua Duttweiler<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Lee Handbook ‘Falls Short’ for LGBTQIA+ Students, Alumni Say”<\/a> \u2013 Sept. 21, 2021, Maria Carrasco, Inside Higher Ed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Malone University Students Held Sit-in to Bring Visibility to Professor\u2019s Resignation, LGBTQ+ Climate on Campus”<\/a> \u2013 Oct. 22, 2021, Ken Schneck, The Buckeye Flame<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Pro-LGBTQ Clergy Unwelcome at Samford”<\/a> \u2013 Sept. 15, 2022, Katherine Knott, Inside Higher Ed<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Gay Alumni Question Policy of Christian College in Montecito”<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 16, 2011, Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Students Rally to End LGBT Discrimination at Westmont College”<\/a> \u2013 Mar. 9, 2016, Donald Scherschligt, Noozhawk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Westmont Opposes Bill to Protect LGBTQ Students”<\/a> \u2013 Aug. 17, 2016, Donald Scherschligt, Santa Barbara Independent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Wheaton Students Protest ‘Train Wreck Conversion’ Speaker’s Ex-Gay Testimony”<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 21, 2014, Kate Tracy, Christianity Today<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n OneWheaton<\/em> Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n “How a Leading Christian College Turned Against Its Gay Leader”<\/a> \u2013 Feb. 23, 2016, Julie Rodgers, Time<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n “Awe and Vertigo on the Narrow Ridge”<\/a> \u2013 July 30, 2019, Fred Johnson (Personal Website) (Whitworth University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Whitworth University\u2019s Statement on Free Expression and Civil Discourse”<\/a> \u2013 Dec. 31, 2021, Fred Johnson (Personal Website) (Whitworth University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “LGBTQ in the CRC”<\/a> \u2013 June 19, 2022, Kristen Du Mez, Du Mez Connections<\/em> Substack Newsletter (Calvin University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Cracking the Code”<\/a> \u2013 June 26, 2022, Kristen Du Mez, Du Mez Connections<\/em> Substack Newsletter (Calvin University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Why, More Than Ever, Christian Colleges Need to Inhabit the ‘Messy Middle'”<\/a> \u2013 June 29, 2022, Christopher Gerhz, The Pietist Schoolman<\/em> (Personal Website) (Bethel University)<\/p>\n\n\n\nAnderson University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Biola University<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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