From: Darrell128@aol.com
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 12:54:32 -0500 (EST)
Subject: NR 97022: Calvin College Issues Statement of Support for Bouma
NR #1997-022: For Immediate Release
Calvin College Issues Statement of Support for Bouma
In a prepared statement, Calvin College has issued a response to the pending
overtures before Classis Wisconsin and Classis of the Heartland. The
following is the complete text of the prepared statement by Phil de Haan,
Calvin College director of media relations, without any form of editorial
comment.
by Phil de Haan
Director of Media Relations, Calvin College
Distributed by United Reformed News Service
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (February 19, 1997) URNS -- Calvin College affirms the
decision of Synod 1996 that Dr. Hessel Bouma is responsibly working within
the bounds provided in Church Order Article 29 as he examines the complex
range of issues related to the lives of the unborn. In addition the 31-member
Calvin College Board of Trustees -- which includes 29 CRC members, ministers,
and business people, men and women, young and old -- has examined both the
book Christian Faith, Health, and Medical Practice and Professor Bouma's
teaching and concluded that the positions and conclusions taken in and
reached in the book by the five authors do not violate the confessions or
Scripture, standards to which all Calvin faculty members are held, and that
Professor Bouma's classroom performance exhibits a healthy respect for the
decisions of Synod and a deep love for Scripture and the Christian faith
which serves as a foundation for all that he does. An academic setting such
as Calvin College must allow its professors room to examine various dynamics
related to important issues of the day. Academic freedom is at the heart of
what we do at Calvin -- always cradled in the confines of Scripture and our
common confessions.
Cross-References to Related Articles:
#1996-073: Synod Rejects Wisconsin Overture: Calvin Prof Dr. Hessel Bouma III
Remains Free to Teach His Views on Abortion
#1997-003: Allegan Christian Reformed Church Asks Synod to Equate Abortion
with Nazi War Crimes
#1997-009: Classis Zeeland Overtures Christian Reformed Synod to Reaffirm
Opposition to Abortion and Send Letter to Congress; Classis Rejects
Abortion-Nazi War Crimes Comparison by 18-13 Vote
#1997-021: Calvin College Professor's Views on Abortion Prompt More
Complaints in Classis Wisconsin and Classis of the Heartland
Contact List:
Dr. Hessel Bouma III, Professor of Biology, Calvin College
Science Building 233, 3201 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
O: (616) 957-6401
Mr. Phil de Haan, Director of Media Relations, Calvin College
3201 Burton St. SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49546
O: (616) 957-6475 * H: (616) 241-4061 * F: (616) 957-8551 * Pager: (616)
680-1958 * E-Mail: DEHP@Calvin.edu
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