Is the decision consistent with the college’s long-held position of putting God before national and patriotic allegiances?
Yes. One of the greatest U.S. freedoms is that we can express our faith and love of country in different ways, and we recognize that Christians differ in how to do that. Historically, playing the national anthem has not been among Goshen College’s practices primarily because of our Christ-centered core value of compassionate peacemaking seeming to be in conflict with the anthem’s militaristic language. Although Goshen College is owned by Mennonite Church USA, we have a diverse student body that comes from 40 different Christian denominations, several world religions, 35 states and 25 countries and all races and ethnicities. The college believes being faithful followers of Jesus calls us to regularly consider how to be a hospitable and diverse community.
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