Fundy U: BJU edition

[Kevin]

I didn't have a "horrible" experience although I know some who did. I was able to live in town my final two years, so I was able to get away from some of the immature rules that they have for students in the dorms.

I felt the worst for my friends from the Caribbean who because of their mixed racial characteristics were subjected to several trips to the dean of men's office, where they were told in no uncertain terms to stop dating white girls (one of these trips was after the official ending of the ban on interracial dating). These were guys who truly loved the Lord, but they were judged by the color of their skin instead of the content of their character.

My beliefs have changed a great deal since I was there. I am now more Reformed in my theology (I told my brother this, and his reply was, "Who isnt?"). I am also much more open to fellowshipping with other believers with whom I disagree on some points. I have tremendous friendships with people who are charismatic, fundamentalist, and reformed. Separation as taught by BJU is something that I have mostly disregarded.

Unlike some others, I feel like I have a good education, and I am currently able to find satisfactory work with my degree in education. I needed to move away from Greenville, because I felt like many of the churches there were toxic. However, I am encouraged to hear some good things from one of my students who is at BJU, such as the fact that a chapel message was preached this semester emphasizing the inner instead of the outer man and admitting that BJU was to focused on the outward in the past.