Because Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary is reputed to be the largest Christian Evangelical university in the world the current situation concerning Dr. Ergun Caner is most unfortunate. Being Southern Baptist pastor (for now) here at Apprising Ministries I’ve been doing what I can to bring this before the church and to make the information accessible.

Along  this line Bob Allen of the Associated Baptist Press has done a good job in his report Liberty U. to investigate alleged untruths by seminary president of bringing together the details that are known up until this point. I’ve condenced his piece but following is the link where you can read it in total:

 Liberty University will investigate reports that its seminary president has misled the public in his testimony about converting from militant Islam to Christianity, officials of the school in Lynchburg, Va., announced May 10.

Liberty Provost Ron Godwin is reportedly forming a committee to conduct a formal inquiry into questions surrounding Ergun Caner, president of Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, that have circulated on blogs and more recently in media outlets including Christianity Today and Associated Baptist Press…

Caner has been quoted in Baptist and secular media as an expert on Islam. But discrepancies in biographical information he has provided in sermons — many recorded — preached over the years have caused some to question his credibility.

 Some are questioning even his basic testimony of converting to Christianity from a devout Sunni Muslim background — which has been held out by many Southern Baptist and other evangelical leaders in recent years as an illustration of Christ’s power to save anyone…

James White, director of Alpha and Omega Ministries, a Christian apologetics organization based in Phoenix, said he became suspicious after Caner claimed to have debated Shabir Ally,… White then was contacted by Mohammad Khan, a 22-year-old Muslim college student in London, who made a series of videos on his laptop computer accusing Caner of misrepresenting Islam in order to make Muslims look bad…

Other websites showed that Caner changed his online resume… Southern Baptist bloggers weighed in after Caner accused the Southern Baptist Convention International Mission Board of using deception in outreach to Muslims in a podcast interview posted on the blog SBC Today.

Some Baptist bloggers accused Caner of giving Christianity a bad name by deliberately misrepresenting his testimony. Others defended him, saying the real motive behind blog attacks against Caner were comments he has made in the past harshly critical of Calvinism…

Caner issued a statement admitting to “pulpit mistakes” but insisting he never intentionally misled anyone. Liberty University revised Caner’s online biography to remove references that he was raised in Turkey and has debated leaders of various faiths.

Liberty officials initially sought to downplay the controversy… (Online source)

You can read this report by Bob Allen of the Associated Baptist Press in it’s entirety right here.

See also:

DR. JAMES WHITE: AN OPEN LETTER TO DR. FALWELL AND DR. GODWIN

*UPDATE*LIBERTY FORMS INQUIRY COMMITTEE ABOUT ERGUN CANER

*UPDATE* DR. ERGUN CANER, DR. JAMES WHITE, AND ANGELZ TO THE RESCUE