Stories tagged with: council for christian colleges and universities

• Louisiana College quits CCCU over LGBT policy

  by Will Hall/Baptist Message, posted Thursday, February 14, 2019 (5 years ago)

  

  PINEVILLE, La. (BP) -- Louisiana College President Rick Brewer has notified the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities that the Baptist-affiliated college has withdrawn its membership from the organization.

  The issue involves a policy passed by the CCCU board of directors endorsing so-called "Fairness for All" legislation to add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of federally-protected classes while also articulating protections for churches and religious organizations.

  Brewer, in a letter to CCCU President Shirley Hoogstra, strongly objected to the CCCU board's action last October. Read More

• CCCU adopts new membership policy

  by J.C. Derrick/WORLD News Service , posted Monday, October 03, 2016 (7 years ago)

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities has adopted new guidelines to address evolving differences among member schools on the definition of marriage.

  "We believe that this document rightly articulates both the core and the breadth of the CCCU in a way that will make us the most effective witness and advocate for Christian higher education," board chairman Charles Pollard, president of John Brown University, wrote to CCCU presidents in a letter dated Sept. 22. Read More

• CCCU board considers membership requirements

  by J.C. Derrick/WORLD News Service, posted Friday, July 29, 2016 (8 years ago)

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) board of directors is considering recommendations for new membership and affiliate guidelines during meetings this week, amid differences over same-sex marriage hiring policies. Read More

• CCCU accepts resignations of Goshen, EMU

  by Diana Chandler, posted Tuesday, September 22, 2015 (9 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities announced resignations Monday (Sept. 21) of two schools that have sparked dissension -- and prompted other schools to withdraw from the council -- after expanding their hiring and benefits policies to embrace same-sex marriage.

  The CCCU Board of Directors announced the resignations of Goshen College in Goshen, Ind., and Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., after a CCCU board meeting. Read More

• Second school leaves CCCU

  by J.C. Derrick/WORLD News Service, posted Tuesday, September 08, 2015 (9 years ago)

  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- Oklahoma Wesleyan University has become the second institution to withdraw from the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities after two member schools changed their hiring policies to include same-sex couples.

  "We believe in missional clarity and view the defense of the biblical definition of marriage as an issue of critical importance," said Everett Piper, president of the Bartlesville, Okla., school. "The CCCU's reluctance to make a swift decision sends a message of confusion rather than conviction." Read More

• Christian colleges divided on response to SCOTUS

  by David Roach, posted Friday, July 10, 2015 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Though some Christian colleges and universities are extending benefits to employees' same-sex spouses in the wake of the Supreme Court's nationwide legalization of gay marriage, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities says it sees no legal reason for institutions of higher education to do so. Read More