WINNSBORO – When Temple Baptist Church here formally voted to support Louisiana College’s recent trustee action, other churches started doing the same.
By Karen L. Willoughby
Managing Editor
WINNSBORO – When Temple Baptist Church here formally
voted to support Louisiana College’s recent trustee action, other
churches started doing the same.
LC trustees voted a revision of the Christian
Commitment policy for faculty, staff and administrators at their April
3-4 meeting.
“The issue here is not individual sin, but the
concept of exemplifying a Christian lifestyle,” said Tim Johnson,
chairman of the LC board of trustees and pastor of First Baptist
Choudrant. “That’s what sets us apart from other
institutions: We are a liberal arts college that is distinctively
Christian.
The policy for the first time in recent history
addresses the issue of beverage alcohol: Faculty, staff and
administrators “are expected to abstain from serving, using, or
advocating the use of alcoholic beverages in public and/or in
settings in which students are or are likely to be present.” (See #5
below.)
Temple Winnsboro voted unanimously in favor of a
resolution supporting the Christian Commitment statement and the LC
administration for taking its action, said Bill Robertson, Temple’s
pastor and president of the Louisiana Baptist Convention.
“We express sadness that this action has to be taken
and surprise that it has not already been done,” concluded the
resolution.
“As an alumnus of LC and former trustee, I am
thrilled at the strong stand our college is taking on being
‘unashamedly Christian,’” emailed Curt Iles of Dry Creek Baptist, where
the deacons recently voted to affirm the Christian Commitment policy.
“Our church, where Dr. Joe Aguillard and his family attended for over
25 years, is so proud of his leadership, example and integrity.”
Others writing in support: North Acres Baptist in
Minden; East Ridge Baptist in Lake Charles; Longview Baptist in
Deville, and First Baptist in Choudrant.