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In 1926 in Elyria, Ohio, it was no secret that the “exploitation manager” of the Ku Klux Klan, Edward Young Clarke, was starting a non-profit called the “Supreme Kingdom.” Members pledged to “uphold ‘Fundamentalism.’“
Did you see that? Fundamentalism = Ku Klux Klan. Or as this archivist calls it, “Klandamentalism.”
And they donated what today would be $6million to start Bryan College.
Steve Livesay, BJU Class of 1976, will end his term as President of Bryan College at the end of this school year.
Livesay’s tenure as Bryan’s president was fraught with controversy. You can see WutBJU’s coverage of it here.
Best to you, Steve.
Alumni and Friends committed to the restoration of Bryan College. In the pages of this website you will find extensive documentation of the wrongs that have been perpetuated against Bryan College, …
Bryan College alumni persist in bringing justice to its administration.
College that has been in turmoil since 2014 requirement that everyone recognize Adam and Eve as historical figures faces new unrest with dismissal of tenured veteran professor.
BJU graduate and Bryan College President Steve Livesay is facing more public scrutiny.
Phillip Lestmann, a tenured professor of mathematics who has taught at Bryan for 40 years, had been fired. The professor was criticized by the administration for having helped organize an "opposition group" -- and that charge has many saying that disagreeing with the administration has become a firing offense, making academic freedom impossible.
Nice work if you can get it, Steve.
Steve Livesay, BJU Class of 1976 and BJA Class of 1972, is in the news again.
You might remember that Livesay is the genius that required the faculty at Bryan College not only to acknowledge that God created the world -- a standard viewpoint its namesake and all Christendom affirm -- but also to embrace a literal, six-day, young-earth Creationism. That 2014 stunt caused the Bryan faculty to vote that they had “no confidence” in Livesay’s leadership and eight board members subsequently resigned.
That was three years ago exactly.
This archivist knows Livesay pretty well. But Junior High for me was approximately 487 years ago.
BJU Alumni know the Livesay family -- his brother-in-law was BJU Bible Faculty Sam Schnaiter. Livesay’s parents were faculty members in the 70s. BJU-patriarchy is in his blood.
In 2015, Livesay became more tyrannical when he restricted Bryan faculty meetings.
But three years after the YEC-mandate and two years after tightening the reins on faculty governance, Livesay is acting with even less integrity than ever.
Quelle surprise.
Inside Higher Ed is covering it, but the local Times Free Press broke the story:
Livesay ... transfer[ed] land appraised at $6.9 million to Bryan College last year.
The land was previously Fort Bluff Camp, adjacent to the college and owned by the National Association of Christian Athletes. Livesay for years was chairman of NACA's board, and he named enough Bryan trustees to the board, including Cropp, that they comprised a majority.
In June 2016, the NACA board voted to transfer the camp property to the college. Cropp voted against the deal and since has resigned from NACA's board.
Before the deal, the letter states, Cropp confronted Livesay about his apparent conflict of interest, but Livesay denied any such thing. After the land was transferred, though, Livesay announced it was a conflict for him to serve as Bryan's president and be on NACA's board, the letter continues.
One of the factors in Livesay's performance review and compensation package last year was the college's financial performance. Cropp's letter states that acquiring the Bluff Fort Camp land boosted Bryan's assets by $5 million.
"But for the transfer of NACA property to Bryan College in June, 2016, Bryan College would have finished the year with a deficit," the letter states.
NACA's financials also reflect the nonprofit organization faced a loss of $1.67 million because of the deal, Cropp's letter continues.
You can read the Board Member’s resignation letter yourself. In sum, Wayne Cropp believes Steve Livesay is acting with a financial conflict of interest and juggling property to cover up a deficit at Bryan.
And that’s not all he’s covering up. In 2012, Livesay covered up Bible Professor David Morgan’s arrest in a child sex sting in Georgia. The student newspaper ran with the story, much to Livesay’s chagrin.
And this little property-juggling at Fort Bluff Camp? Well, that camp had a fine, upstanding founder:
According to Rhea County Investigator Rocky Potter, two women have alleged that Crain groped them in the office facilities of Fort Bluff earlier this year. Both were employees at the camp, Potter said.
One of the alleged victims is a minor. The teen reported that Crain molested her while they were alone on two occasions this year - once in May and another time in August, according to police reports.
The other alleged victim told police she was sexually assaulted in August as well, Potter said.
Both women claimed that they were alone with Crain when the incidents occurred, according to police reports. In one case, the alleged victim was asleep and reportedly awoke to Crain assaulting her.
Crain was found guilty.
Nice, Livesay. Real nice. You cover up sex crimes and line your pockets and blame everybody else in the process.
Fantastic Players (often overlooked nationally) from 2015-16
My mind has been going about several players that were fantastic this past season, yet were often overlooked nationally for various reasons. Certainly, there are many, many players that fit this category, but here are some that deserve some attention, nationally.
Stephen Grosey, Concordia (CA) - listed at 6′7″ as a senior this past year, Concordia is in a transition year, moving from the NAIA to NCAA Division II. As such, they weren’t eligible for the NCAA Tournament, or even the conference tournament, even though the Eagles finished 22-6. So, Grosey may not have gotten the national attention since his team wasn’t eligible for the conference or NCAA tournaments. Grosey doesn’t wow you with his size or athletic ability, and his statistics weren’t gawdy. He averaged a respectable 12.5 ppg and 8.7 rpg and shot over 56% from the field......and yet I don’t think that there’s a small college team in America that wouldn’t want Stephen Grosey on their team. He’s like that ultimate “glue guy”, as he seems to do so many things that help a team win. Defends. Rebounds. Gets offensive put-backs. Takes charges. Gets deflections and loose balls. Excellent help-side defense. Just a winner.
Coach Ken Ammann, who has guided the Eagles to two NAIA Division I National Championships, had this to say about Stephen Grosey:
"Stephen Grosey is without a doubt one of the top players we have ever had in our program," CUI head coach Ken Ammann said. "He is irreplaceable, and I am so proud of his accomplishments. He is one of the best rebounders and defenders I have ever seen. He's worked very hard to achieve all he has, and is a great teammate and student-athlete, majoring in biology with a 3.46 GPA."
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Alex Richter, Augustana (SD) - Alex Richter is a 6′5″ swingman for the NCAA Division II National Champions. After scoring over 1,400 career points, playing for a team that went 65-5 in his last two seasons, and winning the regular season and conference tournament championships each of those seasons, you would think that Richter would have an impressive national profile. To some extent, that is true.....BUT Richter was often overshadowed by fellow seniors Casey Schilling and Dan Jansen. Schilling and Jansen were both 2,000-point scorers and were both among the best of the best in all of small college basketball. Yet Richter was a two-time First Team Northern Sun Conference player, and he came up huge in the Elite Eight. In the opening game against traditional nationally-ranked Tarleton State, Dan Jansen was out with an injury, and Schilling (who is an incredibly tough, “heart-of-the-team” type of player) struggling from the field (going 3-13), it was Richter who came through with a 32-point, 8 rebound game that led a comeback win over the Texans. And it was Richter that was the leading scorer (26 points) in the National Championship game win over Lincoln Memorial. And, at the conclusion of the National Championship game, it was Richter who was holding the Most Outstanding Player trophy.
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John Moon, Oklahoma Christian - Moon may have been missed on the national landscape a bit because his team struggled to a 7-21 record in 2015-16. With this said, Moon was a 7′0″ junior who has continued to progress, and had a highly impressive season. Heading into his senior season, Moon already has 1,423 points and is the Heartland Conference’s career leader in blocked shots with 164. During his junior campaign, Moon averaged 23.9 ppg and 9.1 rpg, while shooting over 58% from the field and swatting 70 shots in 28 games. Moon caught national attention when he went an astounding 20-20 from the field, and finished with 50 points, in a win over Oklahoma Panhandle State this past February. (That’s not a mis-print: John Moon went 20-20 from the field and finished with 50 points in a single game.)
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CJ Dunston, Lancaster Bible - Dunston is a 6′5″ athlete that just finished a remarkable career at Lancaster Bible. He has a very well-rounded game, and really understands how to play. Very intelligent on the court, and an excellent demeanor. A winner.
As a junior, Dunston helped lead the Chargers to a 28-3 record, while winning the NCCAA Division II National Championship. After averaging 14.6 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 2.6 apg and 2.0 spg, while shooting an impressive 65% from the field, Dunston was named First Team NCCAA Division II All American. In the three games of the NCCAA National Tournament, Dunston shot an astounding 22-28 (78.6%) from the field and averaged 17.6 ppg and 11 rpg in route to being named the MVP of the NCCAA Division II National Championship.
As a senior, Dunston helped lead the Chargers to an undefeated regular season and a conference tournament championship, winning all 27 games. Combined with winning their last four games of 2015, the Chargers won 31 straight games, which was the longest winning streak of any men’s basketball team at any four-year level of college basketball at the time. During the 2015-16 season, Lancaster Bible was making the transition into NCAA Division III, and they qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament after their undefeated season. For the year, Dunston averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg, 3.2 apg and 2.7 spg, while again shooting over 65% from the field.
Dunston was named the NEAC Player of the Year, while leading the league in rebounds, steals and assist-to-turnover ratio. For his career, he finished with 1,531 points. After going 5-21 during his freshman season, Dunston led the Chargers to a highly impressive three-year record of 77-13, including 55-4 over his final two seasons.
Yet many people have never heard of CJ Dunston because he played at a small Bible school that was in transition into the NCAA Division III level. Congratulations, CJ, on an outstanding career.
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Brandon Cole, Bryan - Brandon Cole is a remarkable story, yet many people from around the country don’t know anything about him. I encourage you to Google him..... he just finished his collegiate career at Bryan. Cole is a 6′0″ pure post player who was incredibly dominant......and by all accounts that I’ve heard and read, he’s that absolutely class-act, hard-working, humble, student-athlete. In high school, he was runner-up for state Player of the Year in Tennessee, and is still the all-time leading scorer AND rebounder at Stone Memorial High School......but, well, he’s a 6′0″ pure post player, and coaches didn’t think that his game would translate to the collegiate level. As such, Cole ended up at the small, Christian school in Tennessee, and spent his career as one of the most dominate collegiate players that you’ve never heard of.....so, why haven’t you heard of him? Well, he played at a small Christian school in a small community and for a team that never made the NAIA Division II Tournament during his tenure at Bryan.
In his junior season, he led NAIA Division II in scoring (29.2 ppg) AND rebounding (11.4 rpg). During the first game of his senior season, Cole scored his 2,000th career point, which led to another outstanding campaign, as he averaged 29.1 ppg (2nd in NAIA Div. II, as Nebraska Wesleyan’s Trey Bardsley averaged 29.13, compared to Cole’s 29.11) and 10.9 rpg (5th in NAIA Div. II). During his four years he has compiled 2,799 points, 1,235 rebounds, 142 steals, 110 assists, and a remarkable 53.4 shooting percentage (991-for-1,857).
I talked with an opposing coach, and he absolutely raved about Cole. He said how they spent so much time game-planning against him, double and triple-teaming him.....but Brandon’s work-ethic, intelligence and skill made him so tough. He just continued to get results. The coach actually told me that he created a film of Brandon Cole to show his team......but what I thought was remarkable about what the coach told me was that the film he showed his team were highlights of rebounds that Cole DIDN’T get.....he wanted to show his team the incredible work ethic and toughness that Cole showed on EVERY play.
During the season, the SID from Bryan College, Wesley Sanders, sent me six pages on Brandon Cole. As he got to his own thoughts.....well, he gushed. He had played against Brandon in high school, went to school with him at Bryan, and eventually covered him as the SID. He wrote about the constant game-planning to stop Brandon, both in high school and college.....and how Brandon just frustrated opposing coaches and players, but yet most opposing players and coaches left in awe. Cole was just THAT intelligent, and just THAT good and just THAT humble. In the end, Wesley wrote that it was just an honor to watch Brandon Cole, as he knows that 10-20 years from now, people will still be talking about Brandon Cole’s time as a Bryan Lion.
Said Bryan Head Coach Don Rekoske: "Brandon is the most extraordinary kid I have ever watched play the game of basketball in my 29 years of coaching," said Rekoske. "It has been a privilege to coach this young man." Additionally, Coach Rekoske stated, “What truly sets Brandon apart is his character. He is humble, coachable, and a great teammate. He is a once in a lifetime young man, and I thank him for how he has represented this school and the Lord most importantly.”
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How about the remarkable season that Hillsdale Baptist’s sophomore Trey Sneed had in 2015-16?! Never heard of Trey Sneed? You have now...... and you’re likely to hear a lot more about him over the next two years, as he just finished his sophomore campaign. You may not have heard of him because he plays for a small Bible school in Oklahoma, and only played 13 minutes per game, averaging 2.5 ppg and 1 rpg, as a freshman. Additionally, it may originally be tough to find him, as the school has just changed their name to Randall University. But then he had a remarkable breakout season in 2015-16, and eventually pulled off the big trifecta: National Player of the Year, National Champion and National Tournament MVP. He did this at the NCCAA Division II level, and he did it as a sophomore.
The version of the Guide released last month only vaguely resembled its predecessor; it was doubled in length and featured substantial changes to both the publication process and what happens to students’ work after it is published. The updated version of the Guide also eliminated clauses in the 2009 version that protected student publications from undue censorship and added multiple statements about the importance of obeying and honoring authority.
BJU’s own Steve Livesay learned his lessons on administration well. He’s tightening the grip on his employees and the student body more and more.
