Presidential Forum Promotes Discussion of Institutional Values
CARI STRATE | STAFF WRITER
Over 300 APU students, faculty and staff gathered in UTCC on Tuesday, March 23 at 7p.m. to discuss the institutional values of APU at the Presidential Forum. The format of the event changed this year, as a staff or faculty member acted as a facilitator for each table, encouraging discussion.
Tyler Prieb, SGA President, and Laura Jane Kenny, elected SGA President for 2010, introduced the event by reading the University passage for the 2010 to 2011 school year. Following their introduction, Kenny opened the evening in a prayer for openness, listening, and honesty.
Peggy Campbell, Kenneth Waters, and Jon Wallace spoke at the event, framing the institutional values for the attendees.
Campbell spoke representing the trustees and reviewed APU’s Mission Statement.
“I hope you leave feeling highly assured in what you chose APU for,” Campbell said.
Going over APU’s Statement of Faith, Waters gave his own seven observations on the Statement of Faith. Waters stated that the Bible is the infallible word of God, and discussed the difference between infallibility and inerrancy.
When Wallace spoke, he had the facilitators pass out copies of APU institutional values to everyone in attendance. Wallace covered APU’s Motto, God First, and the APU Positional Statements on Evangelical Commitment, Human Sexuality, Diversity, and Alcohol.
“Living outside of God’s best is a plan for shipwreck,” Wallace said.
Following the speakers, the facilitators lead each table in discussion, covering four provided questions and intending to gain input from each table. A participant at each table was asked to write down everything discussed, and these comments were collected to be typed up and presented as records representing the voice of students.
Wallace, encouraging the APU community to live intentionally and closing in prayer, concluded the Forum.
“Your future matters to the church, matters to us, matters to the world,” Wallace said.
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