John Brown University

===Shift away from fundamentalism===
As the university grew, Brown continued to preach throughout the country and on the radio. He was well known for his attacks on [[liquor]], [[gambling]], [[dancing]], and other [[Christian fundamentalist]] issues of the time.<ref name=Ostrander/>{{rp|20}} This brought him into close proximity with [[Bob Jones Sr.]] founder of [[Bob Jones University]], who presented Brown with an [[honorary doctorate]] in 1937.

In the 1940s, the close ties between JBU and the [[Christian fundamentalist]] movement began to wane, as the university took an unexpected turn away from [[fundamentalism]]. John Brown himself was always a proponent of [[interdenominationalism]], and by aligning himself with [[Youth for Christ]] and other [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] organizations after [[World War II]], JBU was making a statement. John Brown's description of the school in 1948 as "[[interdenominational]] and definitely [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]]"<ref name=Ostrander/>{{rp |117}} is very telling in this regard.