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Bob Jones University

The chair of the Bob Jones University board of trustees steps down

John Fea   |  April 7, 2023

We covered the recent fundamentalist coup at Bob Jones here. Mark Wingfield has the latest at Baptist News Global. John Lewis, the chairman of the Bob Jones University board of trustees, has resigned. Here is Wingfield: …[President] Pettit resigned March […]

Steve Pettit resigns as president of Bob Jones University

John Fea   |  March 31, 2023

Back in November 2022 old school fundamentalists at Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina tried to remove president Steve Pettit. Apparently the popular president was allowing the wrong kind of music in chapel, letting female athletes wear “immodest clothing,” […]

Bob Jones University president Steve Pettit survives a fundamentalist revolt

John Fea   |  November 17, 2022

Several old school fundamentalists on the board of Bob Jones University recently tried to remove university president Steve Petitt. They failed. I got the news from the BJU-watching blog “What In The World.” It was also just announced to the […]

A former Bob Jones student reacts to the university board’s attempt to oust its president

John Fea   |  November 14, 2022

If you aren’t familiar with this story yet, get up to speed here. John Ellis, a former Bob Jones University student who blogs at “Practically Known Theology,” has more. Here is a taste of his post, “The (Possible) Slow, Strange, […]

What is happening at Bob Jones University?

John Fea   |  November 13, 2022

According to reporter Steve Rabey, the Bob Jones University may be facing an old school fundamentalist revolt. The board of the university may remove president Steve Pettit for allowing the wrong kind of worship music in chapel, letting female athletes […]