Baylor University Surrenders Biblical Truth For A $643,000 LGBT Grant

In 1845, Baylor University was birthed in the heart of Texas as a light for biblical truth and Christian education. It was not just another school--it was a covenant with God, sealed by Baptist pioneers who believed the world needed a university grounded in His Word. 

But now, in 2025, Baylor stands as a sobering example of what happens when a once-great Christian institution trades that sacred calling for cultural relevance and a six-figure grant from a liberal foundation.

A $643,401 grant from the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation is being funneled into Baylor's Diana R. Garland School of Social Work to push LGBTQ+ "inclusion and belonging" within churches. Not society. Not on campus. Not in public discourse. In the Church. This isn't about civil rights. It's about spiritual revisionism.

And here's the great tragedy--Baylor isn't the first, and it certainly won't be the last.

What used to be called "compromise" is now labeled "courage." What used to be biblical faithfulness is now dismissed as "exclusionary." The words of Christ Himself--"Go and sin no more"--have been replaced by therapy-speak and identity affirmation. And rather than training students to love people with the truth, Baylor is now preparing them to deconstruct truth in the name of love.

The grant's stated goal is to examine the "exclusion of LGBTQIA+ individuals within congregations" in order to "nurture institutional courage and foster change." The result? A trauma-informed, secular gospel--one that sees repentance not as healing but as harm.

Let's be clear: everyone is welcome in the Church. But welcome to what? To hear the good news of freedom from sin. Not to find affirmation for a lifestyle that the Word of God consistently and lovingly calls sin. There is a difference between hospitality and heresy. Baylor has chosen the latter.

Even worse, they are dressing it up in the language of "belonging" and "research." The initiative will feature interviews with young adults and roll out so-called "trauma-sensitive training resources" to teach congregations how to use inclusive language and promote LGBTQ+ identities from the pulpit.

Do you hear that? That's not just a liberal ideology creeping into a classroom--that's the sound of wolves in shepherd's clothing stepping behind the altar.

The backlash has already begun. Pastor Denny Burk called the move "illuminating and sad," declaring that Baylor has been walking away from the faith for years. Pastor Matt Kennedy was even blunter: "Better the wolf with bared fangs than the wolf disguised as a shepherd." And he's right. At least a secular university doesn't pretend to care about biblical fidelity.

Baylor is still affiliated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. That convention, in theory, affirms a biblical view of sexuality and marriage. But where are they now? Where is the leadership? Silence in the face of this betrayal is itself a betrayal.

And let's not forget: this is just the latest step in a long descent. Baylor professor Greg Garrett, who once taught a Harry Potter class that devolved into lectures on J.K. Rowling's "hatred of trans people," previously received a nearly half-million-dollar grant--also from the Baugh Foundation--to study "racial myths." Baylor is not just drifting; it is sprinting away from the Bible.

Sadly, this mirrors what we've seen at other Christian institutions. Azusa Pacific University quietly removed statements on biblical sexuality. Seattle Pacific University faced a public war over hiring faculty in same-sex relationships. And let's not forget Calvin University's recent embrace of LGBTQ+ advocacy from within its theology department.

Each of these schools has something in common: they forgot that a Christian university cannot serve both God and Mammon. Once you surrender the authority of Scripture to appease culture, the collapse is inevitable. And it's always done in the name of compassion--but never in the name of the cross.

Baylor was founded to proclaim Christ. Now it promotes inclusion without repentance. But the Gospel is not "come as you are and stay as you are." It's "come as you are and be transformed."

So to the parents wondering where to send their kids, hear this: it is better to send your child to a secular school where the wolves are visible than to send them into the lair of wolves cloaked as Christian educators. At least in the secular world, the fight is obvious. But betrayal from within is harder to spot--and harder to recover from.

Let this be a warning to every Christian school, church, and ministry: the devil doesn't always knock with horns and fire. Sometimes he brings a checkbook and a smile.

We must be courageous enough to say: God's Word does not change--and we won't either. Not for $643,000. Not for a million. Not for the applause of man. Baylor may have sold its soul, but we still have time to keep ours.