Posted on 04/15/2024 10:30:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Nearly six months after ending his Republican presidential campaign, former Vice President Mike Pence landed a new teaching job at Grove City College in Pennsylvania.
In a statement posted last week, the conservative Christian college said it was establishing a Center for Faith & Public Life “to support the presence of Christian faith in public institutions.” Pence will help launch the initiative, serving as the Distinguished Visiting Fellow.
“The appropriate role of faith in the public square is a major issue in this moment of our American life,” said Grove City College President Paul McNulty. “The Founders envisioned a free society sustained by a self-governing citizenry and strengthened by virtues rooted in religious belief. At the core of Christian faith is the call to do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God. The Center will examine how and why Christians have sought to put their faith into action for the common good.”
Judeo-Christian values are coming under increasing attack in America, the statement noted, and the new initiative will bring awareness to the vital and historic relationship between public life and faith, and how faith can be integrated into public policy as well as other sectors of society.
“Mike Pence is the perfect choice for the Center’s first fellowship,” McNulty said. “No one has pursued this calling more sincerely than the former vice president. He is an extraordinary role model for what it looks like to lead with wisdom and winsomeness in public life, and he will be a leading source of thought leadership and an impactful voice of the Center.”
Pence, who was on campus to address a conference held by The Institute for Faith & Freedom, said it was his "great honor" to serve in the position.
“Faith and engaging in public life are not mutually exclusive, nor should they ever be. History shows that Christians steadily working toward the common good have changed the world, and Grove City College opening a center shows they are committed to continuing this work.”
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It’s got a $182 million dollar endowment.
Deep State must like it.
About halfway between Pittsburgh and Erie PA. Not a very impressive school in an unimpressive area.
Janitor? Dog catcher? Grounds employee at a McDonald’s?
Worm counter at Suppliers on the Lake? Dem Poop taste
tester?
This guy fell off a cliff politically, and he’s not coming
back.
Distinguished visiting A. H...
Those who can’t do….
Mike Pence makes a point of never being alone with the truth.
GCC was “formerly” informally affiliated with the PCUSA, and apparently has had a long-standing Reform-leaning contingent in the faculty; this appointment seems to confirm that.
Since Grove City College was founded in 1876, well before the 1973 split, it’s unlikely to have been affiliated with the PCUSA, which didn’t exist yet. The Presbyterian split occurred in 1973 if I remember correctly into PCUSA ( the theologically liberal wing of Presbyterians) and PCA ( the theologically conservative wing ).
Religious affiliations of institutions can evolve over time. Grove City College’s move towards a non-denominational stance reflects this shift.
Overall, while Grove City College isn’t formally affiliated with any denomination today, its historical ties likely lie with the more conservative Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) based on the timing and its current theological identity.
Grove City should be mocked to hire such as loser. And Pence IS humiliated by finding only such a D list school to sign on to.
He has DEAD EYES!!
I did not say from its beginning.
The split between the original PCA and PCUSA implied a long-standing apostasy on the latter’s part. The GCC’s association with Pence is bad enough.
Reagent, and they accept federal money too...BUT they have a lot of language about only recognizing your birth gender and such 😉
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