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Bob Jones University (BJU) is a private university in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. It is known for its conservative and evangelical cultural and religious positions. The university, with approximately 3,000 students, is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) and the ...
[45] That year BJU enrolled students from fifty states and nearly fifty countries, representing diverse ethnicities and cultures, and the BJU administration declared itself "committed to maintaining on the campus the racial and cultural diversity and harmony characteristic of the true Church of Jesus Christ throughout the world."
Robert N. Schaper (1922–2007), evangelical theologian, resigned from the BJU faculty in 1952 and completed his academic career at Fuller Theological Seminary Katherine Corne Stenholm (1917–2015), founding director of the University's Unusual Films studio; one of the first women film directors in America; keynote speaker at the Cannes Film ...
Bob Jones University was founded in Bay County, Florida, then moved to Cleveland, Tennessee, before arriving in Greenville in the mid-1940s. Bob Jones Sr. was an evangelist, who said he saw young ...
BJU Press is the largest book publisher in South Carolina, and more than a million pre-college students around the world use BJU textbooks. [5] The press also publishes trade books under two imprints.
Bob Jones University v. United States, 461 U.S. 574 (1983), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court holding that the religion clauses of the First Amendment did not prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from revoking the tax exempt status of a religious university whose practices are contrary to a compelling government public policy, such as eradicating racial discrimination.
Joshua Leigh Crockett (born January 17, 1979) is a Baptist pastor and the sixth president of Bob Jones University.. Crockett earned a Bachelor of Arts in rhetoric and public address, [1] a master's degree in counseling, and a Master of Divinity from Bob Jones University.
Bob Jones University v. Simon, 416 U.S. 725 (1974), is a decision made by the Supreme Court of the United States holding that Bob Jones University, which had its 501(c)(3) status revoked by the Internal Revenue Service for practicing "racially discriminatory admissions policies" towards African-Americans, could not sue for an injunction to prevent losing its tax-exempt status. [1]