The Christian Post reports the review of the 140-year-long relationship comes over concerns about a student-organized event featuring LGBT advocates, including the president of the Human Rights Campaign.
The "All Are Neighbors" event was held on April 22, reportedly in response to and on the same day as a Turning Point USA rally on campus.
When asked about hosting the two events the same day, Baylor told AFN in part that the university has historically "opened its doors to a wide range of student-invited speakers with differing viewpoints on theology, politics, research and many other subjects."
The "All Are Neighbors" event is believed to be the first time Baylor allowed an openly homosexual Christian advocacy speaker on campus for such an occasion.
AFN also reached out to the Baptist General Convention of Texas (BGCT), which declined to comment about the review.
Pastor Jeff Schreve, who hosts a program on American Family Radio, says given that the BGCT is "the more moderate convention in Texas" and tends to turn a blind eye to things that concern conservatives. He is surprised that it is questioning this longstanding relationship.
"For Baylor to do something that would cause the BGCT to say, 'We're going to reevaluate our relationship,' that's really something beyond the pale," he comments.
Meanwhile, he advises parents and prospective students to consider what a Christian school believes about fundamentally foundational things, specifically what its science department teaches about creation.
Schreve says a Christian knows what they are getting into when attending a secular school and can be salt and light there, but Baylor is a private Christian research university whose stated mission is "to educate men and women for worldwide leadership and service by integrating academic excellence and Christian commitment within a caring community."
"The thing that's dangerous is when you naively go to a school that you think is Christian, and then your child comes out not believing the things they went in believing—that Genesis 1-11 is true and there were two people, Adam and Eve, and God created in six days of creation," the pastor submits.
Last summer, likely due to the potential loss of major donors, Baylor rescinded its initial acceptance of a $643,000 grant meant to promote LGBT "inclusion and belonging" in Christian churches.
