董事会发表了一份声明 在2022年5月23日,解释了他们的决定.
"经过多方面和复杂的考虑, the Board of Trustees has reached the decision to retain 网易彩票下载’s current employee lifestyle expectations regarding 性ual conduct.
“We want the community of SPU to know that this was a thorough and prayerful deliberation,董事会主席塞德里克·戴维斯说. “虽然这个决定带来了复杂而发自内心的反应, the Board made a decision that it believed was most in line with the University’s mission and 信仰声明 and chose to have SPU remain in communion with its founding denomination, 美国自由卫理公会, as a core part of its historical identity as a Christian university.
The decision means SPU’s employee conduct expectations continue to reflect a traditional view on Biblical marri年龄 and 性uality, as an expression of long-held church teaching and biblical interpretation.
While the board has landed on a decision that reflects a prayerful and sincere commitment to the wellbeing of SPU’s identity as an orthodox, 福音派, 卫斯理, 以及信仰和学习的普世机构, there is also sober acknowledgement of how this news will be received. The board acknowledges that there is disagreement among faithful Christians on the topic of 性uality and identity."