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LTRP Note:<\/strong> Azusa Pacific University is listed on the Lighthouse Trails Contemplative Colleges list<\/a> as a school that promotes Spiritual Formation and contemplative spirituality (example<\/a>).<\/p>\n

By Garrett Haley<\/strong>
\nChristian News Network<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

AZUSA, Cal. \u2013 An evangelical Christian university has reportedly asked one of its professors to leave the school after she announced that she was changing her gender identity from female to male.<\/p>\n

Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private educational institution near Los Angeles with a student body of nearly 10,000. According to APU\u2019s website, the university is committed to fostering \u201ca strong, clear, unswervingly evangelical Christian worldview that permeates the university and guides its activity,\u201d and holds to \u201cthe historic Christian understanding of Scripture\u201d by reaffirming that \u201csexuality is a gift from God and basic to human identity as well as a matter of behavioral expression.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, we seek to cultivate a community in which sexuality is embraced as God-given and good and where Biblical standards of sexual behavior are upheld,\u201d the educational institution notes.<\/p>\n

For 15 years, Heather Ann Clements\u2014also known as Heather Ann Ackley, who was ordained in the Mennonite Church\u2014has been teaching various topics at the Christian university. Her online profile lists over 20 courses Clements has taught over the years, as well as dozens of publications she has authored. Click here<\/a> to continue reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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