I don’t know the full story, by any means. But Baylor has seen a LOT of academic infighting. And I was told on good authority from someone who is an insider there, a couple of years ago, that Baylor managed to cut itself loose from Baptist governance. They don’t answer to anyone, I don’t believe.
As for their repeated attacks on intelligent design, there’s nothing Baptist about it. Their position is more properly described as Darwinian. Which is rather odd, in my view.
“And I was told on good authority from someone who is an insider there,
a couple of years ago, that Baylor managed to cut itself loose from
Baptist governance.”
I may have spoken in error (post 14)...I thought Baylor was still
somehow tied to the Southern Baptists main body (can’t remember the
name of that group).
Maybe they are now free-standing.