Fuller Theological Seminary is an interdenominational evangelical seminary nestled in the heart of Pasadena, California. Founded in 1947 with over 2300 students from 110 denominations, they have a pretty standard statement of faith that allows a range of thought and beliefs as they try to navigate between neo-orthodoxy and theological liberalism, seeking to find a middle ground.
In actuality, however, liberals long ago captured Fuller, and it has become a cauldron of progressive theology and bad beliefs about the bible despite its lofty claims to the contrary. Vast swaths of faculty and students hate Jesus and the scriptures, and they have bought in wholesale to the spirit of age.
If you want to lose your faith, Fuller is a great place to be
While fostering diverse thought on the inspiration of scriptures and various social remedies, Fuller recently proposed revisions to its Code of Conduct. These changes, if implemented, would ensure that students are not expelled for engaging in same-sex activity, a step they say is towards creating a more welcoming environment for LGBTQ students.
At present, their sexual standards states:
Fuller Theological Seminary believes that sexual union must be reserved for marriage, which is the covenant union between one man and one woman, and that sexual abstinence is required for the unmarried. The seminary believes premarital, extramarital, and homosexual forms of explicit sexual conduct to be inconsistent with the teaching of Scripture. Consequently, the seminary expects all members of its community–students, faculty, administrators/managers, staff, and trustees–to abstain from what it holds to be unbiblical sexual practices.
The new draft would read:
“There are thoughtful Christians and churches that have different interpretations (of allowabale sexual activity.) Therefore, we expect all members of this global, evangelical, and ecumenical seminary student and learner community to live with integrity consistent to the Christian communities to which they belong.”
Fuller has responded to news of the document leaking, saying that discussions regarding this topic are ongoing and that the document is just one of many possible policies being considered, with nothing set in stone yet.
What holds true for every other institution will hold true for Fuller, however. Once the door is cracked for issues of sexuality to be discussed or debated, the battle is already lost, and Fuller has been taking a steady stream of rainbow-used shotgun blasts to the chests for decades. Fuller becoming 100% LGBTQ affirming is not a matter of if, but when, and that when will be here very, very soon.
