‘Christian’ University Under Fire Over Grant to ‘Foster Inclusion’ of ‘LGBTQIA+ Individuals and Women’ in the Church

If you think self-described Christian institutions are immune from wokeness, you need to think again.

In a news release Monday, Baylor University in Waco, Texas, announced its Center for Church and Community Impact, or “C3I,” has received $644,000 from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation “to help foster inclusion and belonging in the church.”

The release said, “Through academic research, this grant will help us better understand the disenfranchisement and exclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals and women within congregations to nurture institutional courage and foster change.

“Many LGBTQIA+ individuals and women experience what researchers call ‘institutional betrayal’ within their faith communities – situations where the institutions they depend on for spiritual support fail to protect them or even actively harm them,” the release added. “This

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