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North Park University Statement to the Press
CHICAGO, IL (December 5) – Editor's note: Following is the complete
text of Dr. David Horner's statement presented during a press conference
Thursday at the school.
As a matter of university policy, North Park does not comment in the
press on individual personnel matters or litigation. It is our
understanding that a lawsuit is being filed related to our hiring practices.
North Park University is a Christian university owned and operated by
the Evangelical Covenant Church; our hiring policies reflect our
Christian mission and our relationship to our sponsoring denomination.
These policies state that "full-time faculty are expected to be
committed Christians in faith and action, as traditionally understood by
the Evangelical Covenant Church."
The perspective of the Covenant Church with respect to sexual ethics is
expressed in a 1996 Annual Meeting Resolution on Human Sexuality. This
resolution states in part, "God created people male and female, and
provided for the marriage relationship in which two may become one. A
publicly declared, legally binding marriage between one woman and one
man is the one appropriate place for sexual intercourse. Heterosexual
marriage, faithfulness within marriage, abstinence outside of marriage –
these constitute the Christian standard."
Church statements such as this inform our university's decisions related
to personnel and other matters.
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