The Baylor University Board of Regents met during its May meeting to address discussions taking place between Baylor University and the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Linda Livingstone, president of Baylor University, said her meetings with Julio Guarneri, BGCT executive director, have been “collegial and collaborative.”
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“We had a conversation with our board this morning about the conversations that are ongoing, and I think, much like the ones that Julio had with his board, our board is supportive of those conversations continuing. We’ll keep them updated as we move into the fall to kind of see where that goes,” Livingstone said.
“I enjoy working with Julio. We have a great relationship and partnership, and I certainly know that there will be ongoing ways that we’re going to work closely together between the two entities,” Livingstone continued.
Days earlier during the BGCT Executive Board May meeting, Guarneri noted, “Two student-led events on the Baylor campus April 22 caused much controversy and have brought to the forefront the relationship between the BGCT and Baylor.”
In an April 17 advisory, Guarneri stated, “I will ask the directors attending our upcoming May Executive Board meeting to initiate a study of our relationship with Baylor through our Institutional Relations Committee.”
‘Longstanding history’
“We’ve had a very longstanding history with the BGCT and value that relationship and certainly look forward to continuing to partner in various ways with the BGCT. I was in Plainview and met with the Institutional Relations Committee earlier this week, and then Julio Guarneri met with the executive board of the BGCT,” Livingstone said.
“What I will say is that Julio and I have been having ongoing conversations for quite some time about how we work together, how we partner, and what that relationship should look like going forward. We’re working under a relationship agreement that was developed in 2010,” she continued.
“We recognize that while we have complementary missions, because we are both Baptist institutions and care deeply about our Christian missions, we do have different missions. We’re a Research One university, whereas the BGCT is really an affiliation of churches.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Kendall Lyons and originally published by Baptist Standard.
