Church-Controlled Schools

One of the first themes that the freshman student at Calvin College was required to write in English 103 some years ago was: “Should Calvin College Be a Church-Controlled School?” This question was asked because it was one which was debated at considerable length by clergy, faculty, members of the board of trustees, and even by some members of the student body. A topic such as this may hardly seem apropos or of importance to us in the Protestant Reformed Churches because we are not currently...