STANDARDS OF CONDUCT
Personal Separation
Baptist Bible College & Seminary believes that it has a responsibility to aid the students in their spiritual, moral, and intellectual development so that they will be most profitable ministers for Christ. Consistent with this conviction, the College asks that trustees, administrators, faculty, staff, and student body refrain from those practices which would result in wasting of time and talents or might be damaging to the testimony of the individual or the school.
The use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, or non-medicinal drugs is considered out of harmony with the above standard, as is participation in occult practices, gambling, dancing, excessive use of cosmetics, extremes of fashion, and immodest dress. It is expected that each individual will use the radio, television, VCR, computer, and literature in a way that is consistent with a Christ-honoring testimony. The school family agrees to this standard in writing.
Those who do not abide by the regulations, or whose spirit is evidently unsympathetic toward the standards and ideals of the College, or who seem to be exerting any negative or harmful influence upon the school, may be asked to leave. Dismissal does not necessarily imply a reflection on moral character.
Ecclesiastical Separation
The spiritual unity of all true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, regardless of denominational alignment, is a great and blessed teaching of Scripture. Tragically, however, unbelief in many organized fellowships has developed to the point where apostasy, recognizable and indisputable, exists. Wherever this condition occurs, loyalty to the plain injunctions of the Bible makes it obligatory for the child of God to withdraw from and repudiate all connections with such apostasy.
With respect to separation from apostasy, the College disavows the position of and is not a part of the National Council of Churches in America or the World Council of Churches. While in nowise impugning the orthodoxy of all Christian brethren in the National Association of Evangelicals, the College expresses its convinced disagreement with the Association’s position in its lack of complete separation from apostasy.
One of the greatest dangers to the effectiveness of the separatist program lies in the direction of “being tolerant of those who are tolerant of unbelief.” While recognizing the liberty of its personnel to minister as and where the Spirit of God directs, the College declares that as an institution it is in sympathy with, and will have fellowship with, only those Christian movements and organizations whose leaders and sponsors are not connected with the apostasy.
Baptist Bible College & Seminary does not believe that the modern charismatic movement is biblical. Any person connected with the institution who is found claiming to exercise the gift of tongues, encouraging others to seek it, or promoting its practice will be asked to remove him/herself from association with the College.