Baylor lowers the required number of Baptists on its Board of Regents to 67% in response to ‘changing denominational demographics’
Baylor University’s Board of Regents affirmed a task force recommendation in July to lower the percentage of board members from Baptist churches from 75 percent to 67 percent. Until 2011 Baylor was represented by 100% of Baptists, the Baptist Standard reported.
Previously at its May meeting, regents voted to expand Baylor’s longstanding motto – Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana (For the Church, For Texas) – by adding Pro Mundo (For the World).
According to a memo from the Board, the change comes in response to changing denominational demographics and the need to recruit the most qualified Christian leaders.
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“More than 20 percent of Baylor’s undergraduate students identify as non-denominational, followed by 19 percent Baptist and 16 percent Catholic,” the memo stated.
Baylor, a private Baptist research university in Waco, Texas, was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the first educational institutions west of the Mississippi River.
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