Volume LXXXII, No. 2 • 2nd Trimester 2018 Contents Dream Forward 2 Dream Forward 3Better Together Scholarship Initiative 4King and Kingdon 9Equine Science Exceeds Goal for 13 Leadership Memphis-Area Students 16 Racial Injustice 18 David Potts n partnership with the Ethics as we pursue racial unity in the 22 Annual Meeting Schedule Iand Religious Liberty midst of tremendous tension.” 24 Union’s EDGE Program Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, IABCU insti- The Dream Forward Scholarship 28 Williams Baptist College tutions participated in the Initiative seeks to partner Christian colleges and seminar- 30 Legal Notes Dream Forward Scholarship Initiative. Dream Forward was ies to invest in the educational 33 Charleston Southern University created as part of the MLK50 future of minority students. The Conference, a joint venture of centerpiece of this effort is the Vol. LXXXII, No. 2 the ERLC and The Gospel creation of new pathways to a 2nd Trimester 2018 Coalition. quality higher education through an array of full and partial Publisher: Barbara McMillin, President and Board Chair, IABCU From the conference site, “Racial tuition scholarships at participat- Managing Editor Ashley Hill, unity is a gospel issue and all the ing Christian colleges and uni- Executive Secretary, IABCU more urgent 50 years after versities around the country The Baptist Educator (ISSN 0038-3848) is a reserved exclusively for minority news magazine published three times a year Martin Luther King Jr.’s for administrators, faculty, staff, trustees and death.The 50th anniversary of students in Memphis. The goal is friends of member schools by the King’s tragic death marks an to equip these students to return International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities. opportunity for Christians to to their home community to POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: reflect on the state of racial unity strengthen it in some way, for International Association of Baptist Colleges and Universities (IABCU) in the church and the culture. It example, by returning to the Samford University creates the occasion to reflect on Mid-South to make a difference P. O. B ox 2 9 3 9 3 5 where Christians have been and Birmingham, AL 35229 Continued on p. 27. Send news items to: look ahead to where we must go Executive Secretary The Baptist Educator E-mail: [email protected] IABCU Samford University P. O. 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If your institution needs legal counsel, a competent attorney should be consulted. 2 The Baptist Educator Comment From The President: BETTER TOGETHER Dr. Barbara McMillin IABCU President and Board Chair and President, Blue Mountain College hen you receive this quarter’s edition of the which Union is fulfilling its distinct mission is WEducator you will, most likely, have already through its “EDGE” program, which you can learn enjoyed your spring break or be very near to that more about in this edition of the Educator. much-anticipated pause in an otherwise hectic spring semester. Spring break brings with it the opportunity If spring break comes, can the end of the semester and for many to sojourn to destinations conducive to rest the annual IABCU meeting be far behind? June 3-5 and relaxation—the beach or the mountains being members of the IABCU will gather for our annual prime locations. For some, spring break provides the meeting hosted this year in Riverside, California, by chance to experience something new or to see some President Ron Ellis and California Baptist. Let me place you have always wanted to see. Such has been encourage each of you not to delay in registering for the case for me as Spring Break 2018 afforded me the the meeting and in making your travel arrangements. privilege of visiting two of our IABCU campuses: We will have the great privilege of being encouraged Judson College in Marion, Alabama, and Union and inspired by David S. Dockery, this year’s Hester University in Jackson, Tennessee. Lecturer. We will most certainly be blessed as he chal- lenges and equips us to consider ways in which to Judson being on spring break as well meant that I had develop the next generation of leaders on our campus- the chance to roam the beautiful campus at a leisurely es. Jim Guenther and Jamie Jordan will conduct a pace, taking in its beauty and considering the influ- session overviewing legal issues in higher education. ence this IABCU institution has had since 1838 and In the concurrent session a panel will discuss recruit- continues to have on Christian higher education for ing and supporting international students. young women. Dr. Milo P. Jewett’s vision of an insti- tution that would provide females with an education May 3 is the last day to receive a discounted rate at the comparable to what young men were receiving at Mission Inn. Make plans now to be a part of what Harvard and Yale continues to unfold as “The Judson” promises to be an engaging and informative event in shapes young women “into well-adjusted and produc- an absolutely stunning locale. tive citizens through the transmission of knowledge, See you in Riverside! the refinement of intellect, the nurturing of faith, the promotion of service, and the development of charac- ter.” You can learn more about the distinctive oppor- tunities Judson is offering its students in the article following this column. Still a few weeks away from break time, Union was abuzz with activity during my visit—most of which, from my perspective, was occurring on the baseball field. (Our son is a freshman at UU and a baseball player, so I was on campus as a “baseball mom”—a hat I thoroughly enjoy wearing.) Anchored by the magnif- icent library christened The Logos, Union’s campus is a testimony to God’s favor and providence before, dur- ing, and after an EF4 tornado left devastation in its path just ten years ago. One of the many ways in 2nd Trimester 2018 3 King and Kingdom: Racial Justice and the Uneasy Conscience of American Christianity This talk by Dr. Russell Moore was Abel to the blood of Zechariah the As a matter of fact, it’s all too easy originally delivered as the opening son of Barachiah, whom you mur- for us to think right now that the keynote of the MLK50 Conference dered between the sanctuary and hatred directed toward Dr. King and hosted by ERLC and The Gospel the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, all his message was limited to that bul- Coalition in Memphis, TN, April these things will come upon this let that felled him at the Lorraine 3rd, 2018. generation. Motel. But that’s not the case. Dr. King came into Memphis embattled. I’d like to call our attention to the 37 “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the He was here because sanitation word of the Living God in the city that kills the prophets and workers were existing under unsafe Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 23. stones those who are sent to it! conditions and unjust working con- Matthew 23, and could we begin How often would I have gathered ditions. He had been speaking out reading with verse 29 and read on your children together as a hen on the Vietnam War and other down through verse 39, Matthew gathers her brood under her wings, issues in American life and even 23:29-39. And would you please join and you were not willing! 38 See, some of his own allies thought he me in standing out of reverence for your house is left to you desolate. was going too fast, confusing issues the Word of the living God. 39 For I tell you, you will not see by speaking to too much. And some me again, until you say, ‘Blessed is of his allies thought he was going Holy Spirit says through the mouth he who comes in the name of the too slow in speaking of nonviolence of Jesus: Lord.’” and speaking of love. And among white Americans, the approval rat- 29 “Woe to you, scribes and May God bless his Word to us today. Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build ings for Martin Luther King Jr., fifty the tombs of the prophets and deco- There is a wreath at the Lorraine years ago, were just below that of rate the monuments of the righ- Motel. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. teous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in And what of the evangelical move- the days of our fathers, we would I have no doubt of that. There are ment? Black evangelicals stood not have taken part with them in probably many wreaths of flowers largely with Dr. King, but the power shedding the blood of the prophets.’ and arrangements that are being structure of white evangelicalism 31 Thus you witness against your- placed at the Lorraine Motel today, did not. As a matter of fact, those selves that you are sons of those tomorrow, and the rest of this week, few white evangelical leaders who who murdered the prophets. 32 Fill and that’s a beautiful thing because stood up and said the message that up, then, the measure of your those flowers signify that a nation Dr.