Biola University has announced a final candidate for its president, Dr. Barry H. Corey. Details of this can be found at Biola’s Web site.
More information about his background can be found at Right Reason along with commentary at The Foolish Preacher.
As a former attendee of an Assemblies of God church I can’t help but wonder if this decision is a good fit for Biola, but do have full faith in the Presidential Search Team, which was chaired by one of my Biola classmates, Stan Jantz.
My name is Richard Smolenski and I am a theologian in training. I have an M.A. in Christian Apologetics from Biola University and an M.A. in Religion (Biblical Studies), and an M.Div. in Theology and Apologetics from Liberty Seminary.
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I am a student at Talbot and I finished my BA degree at Biola in 2003. I just wanted to reply to your comment about how you wondered whether Dr. Corey, with is Assemblies of God background would be a ‘good fit’ with Biola. I would have to say that it is a good fit. God has been moving on this campus in the past few years and in a very great way this past year. I can tell you that I have seen God opening up this campus to the realities of His Spirit. While there are some AoG beliefs that are not in line with Biola’s doctrinal statement, we have been assured that Dr. Corey does not hold to those beliefs. If you would like to read some stories about the way God moved on campus last October, please visit http://www.recounthiswonders.com I hope that after reading some of those stories and seeing how God is working on campus, it will be more evident that God’s hand is in the selection of Dr. Corey by the Presidential Search Team.